Crizotinib inhibits activation of MET pathway caused by MET extracellular SEMA domain duplication.

Lung Cancer : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Jiatong LinMinghui Wang

Abstract

Aberrant MET activation, which promotes cell proliferation and tumor metastasis, occurs in many types of cancer and results from multiple mechanisms. A novel MET duplication mutation was found in a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient. The clinical response to crizotinib was investigated and the functional relevance was characterized in cellular models. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed on the tumor tissue and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) of a patient with advanced NSCLC. In vitro studies including western blot, proliferation assays and colony formation assays were used to confirm the clinical observations. The patient was identified to harbor a duplication of the MET SEMA domain. After a month of treatment, the patient showed a marked response to crizotinib, a multikinase inhibitor with potent activity against MET. Functional in vitro studies demonstrated that expression of MET SEMA duplication in NIH-3T3 cells stimulated the activation of MET signaling. Crizotinib treatment obviously repressed cell proliferation, colony formation, and MET signaling pathway. Crizotinib treatment resulted in a clinical response in a patient with MET SEMA duplication. Results of cellular analyses together with the clinical da...Continue Reading

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