Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Copper bioavailability is a KRAS-specific vulnerability in colorectal cancer

  • Léo Aubert,
  • Neethi Nandagopal,
  • Zachary Steinhart,
  • Geneviève Lavoie,
  • Sami Nourreddine,
  • Jacob Berman,
  • Marc K. Saba-El-Leil,
  • David Papadopoli,
  • Sichun Lin,
  • Traver Hart,
  • Graham Macleod,
  • Ivan Topisirovic,
  • Louis Gaboury,
  • Christoph J. Fahrni,
  • Daniel Schramek,
  • Sylvain Meloche,
  • Stephane Angers,
  • Philippe P. Roux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17549-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The oncogene KRAS is frequently mutated in cancer, including colorectal cancer. Here, using a cell-surface proteomics approach, KRAS-mutated colorectal cancer cells are shown to express high levels of the copper transporter ATP7A, which has an essential roles in cancer cell survival and proliferation.