Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Oncogenic RAS commandeers amino acid sensing machinery to aberrantly activate mTORC1 in multiple myeloma

  • Yandan Yang,
  • Arnold Bolomsky,
  • Thomas Oellerich,
  • Ping Chen,
  • Michele Ceribelli,
  • Björn Häupl,
  • George W. Wright,
  • James D. Phelan,
  • Da Wei Huang,
  • James W. Lord,
  • Callie K. Van Winkle,
  • Xin Yu,
  • Jan Wisniewski,
  • James Q. Wang,
  • Frances A. Tosto,
  • Erin Beck,
  • Kelli Wilson,
  • Crystal McKnight,
  • Jameson Travers,
  • Carleen Klumpp-Thomas,
  • Grace A. Smith,
  • Stefania Pittaluga,
  • Irina Maric,
  • Dickran Kazandjian,
  • Craig J. Thomas,
  • Ryan M. Young

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33142-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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RAS mutations are commonly found in multiple myeloma (MM). Here, the authors show that oncogenic RAS mutations activate mTORC1 signalling in MM and combining mTORC1 and MEK/ERK inhibitors synergize to improve survival in preclinical models.