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Genome-wide CRISPR screening reveals genetic modifiers of mutant EGFR dependence in NSCLC

ABSTRACT: Human non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) harboring activating mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) frequently respond to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as erlotinib and gefitinib. However, the responses are not durable, and the magnitude of tumor regression is variable, suggesting the existence of genetic modifiers of EGFR dependency in EGFR-mutant NSCLCs. Here, we applied a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screening to identify genetic determinants of EGFR TKI sensitivity and uncovered both known and putative candidates. Specifically, we show that knockout of RIC8A, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) essential for G-alpha protein activation, enhanced EGFR TKI-induced cell death and prevented acquired resistance. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that RIC8A is a potent positive regulator of the pro-survival YAP signaling pathway, activation of which rescued the EGFR TKI sensitizing phenotype resulting from RIC8A knockout. We also show that knockout of ARIH2, or other components in the Cullin-5 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, conferred resistance to EGFR inhibition, in part by promoting nascent protein synthesis through METAP2. Together, these data uncover a spectrum of previously unidentified regulators of EGFR TKI sensitivity in EGFR-mutant NSCLC cells, providing insights into the heterogeneity of EGFR TKI treatment responses in EGFR-mutant NSCLCs.

INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion Lumos

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

SUBMITTER: Debora Bonenfant

LAB HEAD: Debora Bonenfant

PROVIDER: PXD014198 | Pride | 2019-11-14

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Genome-wide CRISPR screening reveals genetic modifiers of mutant EGFR dependence in human NSCLC.

Zeng Hao H Castillo-Cabrera Johnny J Manser Mika M Lu Bo B Yang Zinger Z Strande Vaik V Begue Damien D Zamponi Raffaella R Qiu Shumei S Sigoillot Frederic F Wang Qiong Q Lindeman Alicia A Reece-Hoyes John S JS Russ Carsten C Bonenfant Debora D Jiang Xiaomo X Wang Youzhen Y Cong Feng F

eLife 20191119

EGFR-mutant NSCLCs frequently respond to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, the responses are not durable, and the magnitude of tumor regression is variable, suggesting the existence of genetic modifiers of EGFR dependency. Here, we applied a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screening to identify genetic determinants of EGFR TKI sensitivity and uncovered putative candidates. We show that knockout of <i>RIC8A</i>, essential for G-alpha protein activation, enhanced EGFR TKI-induced cell death ...[more]

PMID: 31741433

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Project description:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. Mutations in the kinase domain of EGFR, a predominant driver oncogene, such as L858R missense mutation and a series of deletions spanning the conserved sequence 747LREA750, are associated with sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, patients receiving EGFR-TKIs (gefitinib and erlotinib) develop drug-resistance due to a secondary mutation at the gatekeeper residue (T790M) in about 50-60% of cases, urging for new drug development. Afatinib, a FDA approved second-generation EGFR-TKI that was developed to circumvent T790M-mediated resistance, has not been very effective in clinical trials. In this study, we performed a global phosphoproteomic screen to identify targets that undergo mutant EGFR-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation and their modulation by erlotinib or afatinib. We undertook stable isotope labeling of amino acids in cell culture (SILAC), phosphopeptide enrichment, and quantitative mass spectrometry to identify dynamic changes of phosphorylation downstream of mutant EGFRs in lung adenocarcinoma cells harboring L858R or L858R/T790M mutations and their modulation by erlotinib and afatinib inhibition. We identified and quantified 397, 429, 223, and 594 phosphotyrosine sites in H3255, 11-18,PC9, and H1975 cell lines that were grown in presence of FBS and in presence/absence of TKIs, respectively. These account for a total of 907 unique phospho-tyrosine sites in 496 proteins. Among them, 187 phosphotyrosine sites were found to be in 89 kinases, which may serve as intermediary regulatory kinases in EGFR signalling pathway. Further analysis indicated that in TKI-sensitive H3255 and 11-18 cells, there were 58/111 and 65/101 tyrosine sites that were hypophosphorylated in presence of erlotinib and afatinib, respectively. However, in TKI-resistant H1975 cells, 189 and 264 tyrosine sites were hypophosphorylated in presence of erlotinib and afatinib respectively, indicating that the afatinib-specific additional sites could be validated for identifying potentially new drug targets to counter TKI-resistance. Ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) of proteins with altered phosphorylation sites demonstrated that several canonical pathways including ephrin receptor signalling and integrin signalling pathways were enriched, which may play important roles in cell growth and proliferation. However, upon EGF stimulation of serum starved H3255 cells in presence or absence of TKIs, 99 tyrosine sites that were hyperphosphorylated upon EGF stimulation were inhibited in presence of erlotinib or afatinib. But in H1975 cells treated with erlotinib, 48 of the above sites were either unchanged or were hyperphosphorylated. These sites include EGFR (Y1197/869/998), JAK1 (Y1034), FRK (Y497), GAB1 (Y657/689), MAPK1 (Y187), MAPK3 (Y204), MET (Y1252/1253). Furthermore, a total of 112 sites that were observed to be hypophosphorylated upon EGF stimulation in H1975 cells, were found to be hyperphosphorylated upon erlotinib inhibition. This could possibly be due to the activation of downstream phosphatases with EGF stimulation. We are now performing in-depth bioinformatic analysis and validation experiments using functional genomics to understand the role of targets of mutant EGFR signalling in lung cancer.

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Genome-wide CRISPR screening reveals genetic modifiers of mutant EGFR dependence in NSCLC

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Genome-wide CRISPR screening reveals genetic modifiers of mutant EGFR dependence in human NSCLC.

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