Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

BCL-XL directly modulates RAS signalling to favour cancer cell stemness

  • Sophie de Carné Trécesson,
  • Frédérique Souazé,
  • Agnès Basseville,
  • Anne-Charlotte Bernard,
  • Jessie Pécot,
  • Jonathan Lopez,
  • Margaux Bessou,
  • Kristopher A. Sarosiek,
  • Anthony Letai,
  • Sophie Barillé-Nion,
  • Isabelle Valo,
  • Olivier Coqueret,
  • Catherine Guette,
  • Mario Campone,
  • Fabien Gautier,
  • Philippe Paul Juin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01079-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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BCL-XL provides a survival advantage to cancer cells even in the absence of apoptotic pressures. In this study, the authors show that BCL-XL interacts with RAS in a BH4-dependent manner and regulates RAS-mediated activation of pathways involved in the stemness feature of breast cancer cells.