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An adaptive Src–PDGFRA–Raf axis in rhabdomyosarcoma

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 426; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.092

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Jinu Abraham, Corrine Ying Xuan Chua, Jason Glover, Jeffrey W. Tyner, Marc Loriaux, Aoife Kilcoyne, Francis J. Giles, Laura D. Nelon, Jennifer S. Carew, Yongjian Ouyang, Joel Michalek, Ranadip Pal, Brian J. Druker, Brian P. Rubin, Charles Keller,

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (aRMS) is a very aggressive sarcoma of children and young adults. Our previous studies have shown that small molecule inhibition of Pdgfra is initially very effective in an aRMS mouse model. However, slowly evolving, acquired resistance to a narrow-spectrum kinase inhibitor (imatinib) was common. We identified Src family kinases (SFKs) to be potentiators of Pdgfra in murine aRMS primary cell cultures from mouse tumors with evolved resistance in vivo in comparison to untreated cultures. Treating the resistant primary cell cultures with a combination of Pdgfra and Src inhibitors had a strong additive effect on cell viability. In Pdgfra knockout tumors, however, the Src inhibitor had no effect on tumor cell viability. Sorafenib, whose targets include not only PDGFRA but also the Src downstream target Raf, was effective at inhibiting mouse and human tumor cell growth and halted progression of mouse aRMS tumors in vivo. These results suggest that an adaptive Src-Pdgfra-Raf-Mapk axis is relevant to PDGFRA inhibition in rhabdomyosarcoma.