Hyun Min Lee, Nefertiti Muhammad, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Feng Cai, Jiawei Mu, Yun-Sok Ha, Guoshen Cao, Chamey Suchors, Kenneth Joves, Constantinos Chronis, Kailong Li, Gregory S. Ducker, Kellen Olszewski, Ling Cai, Derek B. Allison, Sara E. Bachert, William R. Ewing, Harvey Wong, Hyosun Seo, Isaac Y. Kim, Brandon Faubert, James Kim, Jiyeon Kim
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Abstract
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with concurrent mutations in KRAS and the tumour suppressor LKB1 (KL NSCLC) is refractory to most therapies and has one of the worst predicted outcomes. Here we describe a KL-induced metabolic vulnerability associated with serine–glycine-one-carbon (SGOC) metabolism. Using RNA-seq and metabolomics data from human NSCLC, we uncovered that LKB1 loss enhanced SGOC metabolism via serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT). LKB1 loss, in collaboration with KEAP1 loss, activated SHMT through inactivation of the salt-induced kinase (SIK)–NRF2 axis and satisfied the increased demand for one-carbon units necessary for antioxidant defence. Chemical and genetic SHMT suppression increased cellular sensitivity to oxidative stress and cell death. Further, the SHMT inhibitor enhanced the in vivo therapeutic efficacy of paclitaxel (first-line NSCLC therapy inducing oxidative stress) in KEAP1-mutant KL tumours. The data reveal how this highly aggressive molecular subtype of NSCLC fulfills their metabolic requirements and provides insight into therapeutic strategies. Lee et al. identify SHMT and one-carbon metabolism as a metabolic vulnerability conferred by LKB1 and KEAP1 loss in KRAS-mutant lung cancer.
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