靶向酪蛋白激酶 1δ抑制致癌 NRAS 驱动的黑色素瘤。
Pharmacological targeting of casein kinase 1δ suppresses oncogenic NRAS-driven melanoma.
机构信息
Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Postdoctoral Research Station of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
The State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550014, China.
出版信息
Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 21;15(1):10088. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54140-1.
Activating mutations in NRAS account for 15-20% of melanoma, yet effective anti-NRAS therapies are still lacking. In this study, we unveil the casein kinase 1δ (CK1δ) as an uncharacterized regulator of oncogenic NRAS mutations, specifically Q61R and Q61K, which are the most prevalent NRAS mutations in melanoma. The genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition of CK1δ markedly destabilizes NRAS mutants and suppresses their oncogenic functions. Moreover, we identify USP46 as a bona fide deubiquitinase of NRAS mutants. Mechanistically, CK1δ directly phosphorylates USP46 and activates its deubiquitinase activity towards NRAS mutants, thus promoting oncogenic NRAS-driven melanocyte malignant transformation and melanoma progression in vitro and in vivo. Our findings underscore the significance of the CK1δ-USP46 axis in stabilizing oncogenic NRAS mutants and provide preclinical evidence that targeting this axis holds promise as a therapeutic strategy for human melanoma harboring NRAS mutations.
NRAS 中的激活突变占黑色素瘤的 15-20%,但仍然缺乏有效的抗-NRAS 疗法。在这项研究中,我们揭示了酪蛋白激酶 1δ(CK1δ)是一种未被描述的致癌 NRAS 突变(特别是 Q61R 和 Q61K)的调节剂,这是黑色素瘤中最常见的 NRAS 突变。CK1δ 的基因缺失或药理学抑制显著破坏了NRAS 突变体,并抑制了它们的致癌功能。此外,我们确定 USP46 是 NRAS 突变体的真正去泛素化酶。从机制上讲,CK1δ 直接磷酸化 USP46,并激活其对 NRAS 突变体的去泛素化酶活性,从而促进体外和体内致癌 NRAS 驱动的黑素细胞恶性转化和黑色素瘤进展。我们的研究结果强调了 CK1δ-USP46 轴在稳定致癌 NRAS 突变体中的重要性,并提供了临床前证据,表明靶向该轴作为携带 NRAS 突变的人类黑色素瘤的治疗策略具有前景。