Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Targeting EGFR-dependent tumors by disrupting an ARF6-mediated sorting system

  • Huiling Guo,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Su Ren,
  • Lang-Fan Zheng,
  • Yi-Xuan Zhuang,
  • Dong-Lin Li,
  • Hui-Hui Sun,
  • Li-Ying Liu,
  • Changchuan Xie,
  • Ya-Ying Wu,
  • Hong-Rui Wang,
  • Xianming Deng,
  • Peng Li,
  • Tong-Jin Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33788-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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EGFR is aberrantly activated in many cancer types. Here the authors show that small GTPase ARF6 mediates the trafficking of palmitoylated EGFR from Golgi to plasma membrane and the blockade of this sorting system inhibits the growth of EGFR overexpression tumours.