PMID- 26668268 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160718 LR - 20211203 IS - 1460-2075 (Electronic) IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 5 DP - 2016 Mar 1 TI - Actin remodeling confers BRAF inhibitor resistance to melanoma cells through YAP/TAZ activation. PG - 462-78 LID - 10.15252/embj.201592081 [doi] AB - The activation of transcriptional coactivators YAP and its paralog TAZ has been shown to promote resistance to anti-cancer therapies. YAP/TAZ activity is tightly coupled to actin cytoskeleton architecture. However, the influence of actin remodeling on cancer drug resistance remains largely unexplored. Here, we report a pivotal role of actin remodeling in YAP/TAZ-dependent BRAF inhibitor resistance in BRAF V600E mutant melanoma cells. Melanoma cells resistant to the BRAF inhibitor PLX4032 exhibit an increase in actin stress fiber formation, which appears to promote the nuclear accumulation of YAP/TAZ. Knockdown of YAP/TAZ reduces the viability of resistant melanoma cells, whereas overexpression of constitutively active YAP induces resistance. Moreover, inhibition of actin polymerization and actomyosin tension in melanoma cells suppresses both YAP/TAZ activation and PLX4032 resistance. Our siRNA library screening identifies actin dynamics regulator TESK1 as a novel vulnerable point of the YAP/TAZ-dependent resistance pathway. These results suggest that inhibition of actin remodeling is a potential strategy to suppress resistance in BRAF inhibitor therapies. CI - (c) 2015 The Authors. FAU - Kim, Min Hwan AU - Kim MH AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jongshin AU - Kim J AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Hong, Hyowon AU - Hong H AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Lee, Si-Hyung AU - Lee SH AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Lee, June-Koo AU - Lee JK AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Jung, Eunji AU - Jung E AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Kim, Joon AU - Kim J AD - Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea joonkim@kaist.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151214 PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Proteins) RN - 0 (WWTR1 protein, human) RN - 0 (YAP-Signaling Proteins) RN - 0 (YAP1 protein, human) RN - 207SMY3FQT (Vemurafenib) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (BRAF protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf) SB - IM CIN - EMBO J. 2016 Mar 1;35(5):459-61. PMID: 26711176 MH - Actin Cytoskeleton/drug effects MH - Actins MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Shape/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - *Drug Resistance, Neoplasm MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Indoles/*pharmacology MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Melanoma/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mutation MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - Phosphoproteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics MH - RNA/genetics MH - Sulfonamides/*pharmacology MH - Trans-Activators MH - Transcription Factors MH - Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Proteins MH - Vemurafenib MH - YAP-Signaling Proteins PMC - PMC4772854 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BRAF inhibitor resistance OT - TAZ OT - YAP OT - actin cytoskeleton OT - melanoma EDAT- 2015/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/19 06:00 PMCR- 2017/03/01 CRDT- 2015/12/16 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] PHST- 2015/12/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/19 06:00 [medline] AID - embj.201592081 [pii] AID - EMBJ201592081 [pii] AID - 10.15252/embj.201592081 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 2016 Mar 1;35(5):462-78. doi: 10.15252/embj.201592081. Epub 2015 Dec 14.