Identification of MRCKA as an integral component of ovarian cancer signaling and a therapeutic target

ABSTRACT: High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most lethal gynecological cancer with few effective targeted therapies. HGSOC tumors exhibit genomic instability with frequent alterations in the protein kinome; however, only a small fraction of the kinome has been therapeutically targeted in HGSOC. Using multiplexed inhibitor beads and mass spectrometry (MIB-MS), we mapped the kinome landscape of HGSOC patient tumors and tumors isolated from HGSOC patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. Kinome profiling of HGSOC tumors uncovered a prevalent MIB-MS kinome signature consisting of established HGSOC driver kinases, as well as several kinases previously unexplored in HGSOC. Loss-of-function analysis targeting the tumor kinome signature in HGSOC cells nominated CDC42BPA (also known as MRCKA) as a putative therapeutic target. Characterization of MRCKA knockdown in established HGSOC cell lines demonstrated MRCKA was integral to signaling that regulated the cell cycle checkpoint and focal adhesion/ actin remodeling, and depletion of MRCKA impaired cell migration, proliferation and survival. Moreover, small molecule inhibition of MRCKA using BDP9066 inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in HGSOC cells, as well as blocked spheroid formation, supporting MRCKA as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of HGSOC.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

DISEASE(S): Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary

SUBMITTER: James Duncan  

LAB HEAD: James Stuart Duncan

PROVIDER: PXD015849 | Pride | 2020-02-19

REPOSITORIES: Pride