[PDF][PDF] Complementary genomic screens identify SERCA as a therapeutic target in NOTCH1 mutated cancer

G Roti, A Carlton, KN Ross, M Markstein, K Pajcini… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
G Roti, A Carlton, KN Ross, M Markstein, K Pajcini, AH Su, N Perrimon, WS Pear, AL Kung
Cancer cell, 2013cell.com
Notch1 is a rational therapeutic target in several human cancers, but as a transcriptional
regulator, it poses a drug discovery challenge. To identify Notch1 modulators, we performed
two cell-based, high-throughput screens for small-molecule inhibitors and cDNA enhancers
of a NOTCH1 allele bearing a leukemia-associated mutation. Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum
calcium ATPase (SERCA) channels emerged at the intersection of these complementary
screens. SERCA inhibition preferentially impairs the maturation and activity of mutated …
Summary
Notch1 is a rational therapeutic target in several human cancers, but as a transcriptional regulator, it poses a drug discovery challenge. To identify Notch1 modulators, we performed two cell-based, high-throughput screens for small-molecule inhibitors and cDNA enhancers of a NOTCH1 allele bearing a leukemia-associated mutation. Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) channels emerged at the intersection of these complementary screens. SERCA inhibition preferentially impairs the maturation and activity of mutated Notch1 receptors and induces a G0/G1 arrest in NOTCH1-mutated human leukemia cells. A small-molecule SERCA inhibitor has on-target activity in two mouse models of human leukemia and interferes with Notch signaling in Drosophila. These studies "credential" SERCA as a therapeutic target in cancers associated with NOTCH1 mutations.
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