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BMB REPORTS
卷 49, 期 9, 页码 455-456出版社
KOREAN SOCIETY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2016.49.9.125
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beta-catenin; Colorectal cancer; Ras; Small molecule; Wnt signaling
Mutations of APC and KRAS are frequently observed in human colorectal cancers (CRCs) and the Wnt/beta-catenin and Ras pathways are consequently activated in a significant proportion of CRC patients. Mutations in these two genes are also known to synergistically induce progression of CRCs. Through a series of studies, we have demonstrated that inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway negatively regulates Ras stability, therefore, Ras abundance is increased together with beta-catenin in both mice and human CRCs harboring adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations. In a recent study, we identified KY1220, a small molecule that simultaneously degrades beta-catenin and Ras by inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway, and obtained its derivative KYA1797K, which has improved activity and solubility. We found that KYA1797K binds the RGS domain of axin and enhances the binding affinity of beta-catenin or Ras with the beta-catenin destruction complex components, leading to simultaneous destabilization of beta-catenin and Ras via GSK3. activation. By using both in vitro and in vivo studies, we showed that KYA1797K suppressed the growth of CRCs harboring APC and KRAS mutations through destabilization of beta-catenin and Ras. Therefore, our findings indicate that the simultaneous destabilization of beta-catenin and Ras via targeting axin may serve as an effective strategy for inhibition of CRCs.
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