Targeting plasma membrane phosphatidylserine content to inhibit oncogenic KRAS function
2019
The
small GTPase
KRAS, which is frequently mutated in human cancers, must be localized to the plasma membrane (PM) for biological activity. We recently showed that the
KRASC-terminal membrane anchor exhibits exquisite lipid-binding specificity for select species of
phosphatidylserine(PtdSer). We, therefore, investigated whether reducing PM PtdSer content is sufficient to abrogate
KRASoncogenesis.
Oxysterol-related binding proteins ORP5 and ORP8 exchange PtdSer synthesized in the ER for phosphatidyl-4-phosphate synthesized in the PM. We show that depletion of ORP5 or ORP8 reduced PM PtdSer levels, resulting in extensive mislocalization of
KRASfrom the PM. Concordantly, ORP5 or ORP8 depletion significantly reduced proliferation and anchorage-independent growth of multiple
KRAS-dependent cancer cell lines, and attenuated
KRASsignaling in vivo. Similarly, functionally inhibiting ORP5 and ORP8 by inhibiting PI4KIIIα-mediated synthesis of phosphatidyl-4-phosphate at the PM selectively inhibited the growth of
KRAS-dependent cancer cell lines over normal cells. Inhibiting
KRASfunction through regulating PM lipid PtdSer content may represent a viable strategy for
KRAS-driven cancers.
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