Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Invest Dermatol. 2020 Nov;140(11):2114-2116. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.05.103.
NRAS-driven melanomas frequently develop resistance to MAPK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase inhibitors (MEKis), which limits their therapeutic utility. Nguyen et al. (2020) show that MEKi-resistant cells upregulate phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), the rate-limiting enzyme in serine synthesis. Suppression of PHGDH rendered cells sensitive to MEKis, suggesting that PHGDH may be a therapeutic target for melanoma.
NRAS 驱动的黑色素瘤常对丝裂原活化蛋白激酶/细胞外信号调节激酶激酶抑制剂(MEKi)产生耐药性,限制了其治疗用途。Nguyen 等人(2020 年)表明,MEKi 耐药细胞上调磷酸甘油酸脱氢酶(PHGDH),这是丝氨酸合成中的限速酶。抑制 PHGDH 使细胞对 MEKi 敏感,表明 PHGDH 可能是黑色素瘤的治疗靶点。