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Exploratory study on downregulation of PD-L1 in KRAS G12V-mutant non-small cell lung cancer cells by selumetinib
Online published: 2021-06-29
Supported by
Scientific Research Project of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning(201840083);Weak Discipline Construction Project of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning(2015ZB0503);Production, Study and Research Project of Shanghai Colleges and Universities(RC20190079)
·To investigate the correlation between Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene(KRAS)-mutant subtypes and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues and cell lines, and the possible underlying mechanism.
·Real-time quantitative PCR and fluorescence-activated cell sorting were used to verify the correlation between PD-L1 mRNA or protein and KRAS mutation status in the NSCLC cell lines. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of PD-L1 in the tumor tissues of 77 NSCLC patients with early stages (Ⅰa?Ⅱb). The effect of KRAS mutation on the cytokines in the RAS downstream signaling pathway, i.e., protein kinase B (PKB or AKT), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), ribosomal S6 protein kinase (p70S6K), and extracellular regulated protein kinase (ERK), was studied by Western blotting. Dabrafenib (RAF inhibitor), selumetinib [mitogen activated-protein kinase (MEK) inhibitor], GDC0941 (phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor), MK2206 (AKT inhibitor), and rapamycin (mTOR inhibitor) were used to treat 6 KRAS-mutant cell lines, respectively, to detect the regulation of these five tyrosine kinase inhibitors on PD-L1 expression.
·In the NSCLC cell lines, the expressions of PD-L1 mRNA and protein in the KRAS mutant cell lines were significantly higher than those in the KARS wild-type cell lines (P<0.05). KRAS G12V- and G12C-mutant cell lines showed the highest expression of PD-L1 mRNA and protein, respectively. For the NSCLC patients with early stages, the proportions of PD-L1 overexpression in the tumor tissues of the patients with KRAS G12V and G12D mutants were significantly higher than those of the patients with KRAS wild-type. Western blotting showed that in the KRAS-mutated NSCLC cell lines, p70S6K was activated, while ERK, AKT and mTOR were not activated. Moreover, 1 μmol/L GDC0941, 0.5 μmol/L MK2206, and 10 nmol/L rapamycin could not affect the expression of PD-L1 in the 6 KRAS-mutant cell lines. Darafenib (5 nmol/L) up-regulated PD-L1 in only one KRAS G12V-mutant cell line and one L19F-mutant cell line (P<0.05), while selumetinib (0.1 μmol/L ) inhibited the expressions of PD-L1 in three KRAS G12V-mutant cell lines and one L19F-mutant cell line (P<0.05) in a dose-dependent manner.
·The expressions of PD-L1 in the tumor tissues and cell lines of NSCLC with KRAS mutation, especially G12V mutation subtype, were higher than those in the NSCLC tissues and cell lines with KRAS wild-type. Selumetinib can downregulate the expression of PD-L1 in KRAS G12V-mutant NSCLC cells, which suggests that KRAS G12V-mutant NSCLC cells may up-regulate the expression of PD-L1 by upregulating MEK.
Yun-fang MA , Li-na PAN , Zhen LI , Bei-li GAO , Jia-an HU , Zhi-hong XU . Exploratory study on downregulation of PD-L1 in KRAS G12V-mutant non-small cell lung cancer cells by selumetinib[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2021 , 41(6) : 741 -748 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2021.06.006
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