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ArticleCancer cell international2022

FGFR1 is a potential therapeutic target in neuroblastoma.

Flora Cimmino, Annalaura Montella, Matilde Tirelli, Marianna Avitabile, Vito Alessandro Lasorsa, Feliciano Visconte, Sueva Cantalupo, Teresa Maiorino, Biagio De Angelis, Martina Morini and 4 more

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Flora CimminoCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Annalaura MontellaCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Matilde TirelliCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Marianna AvitabileCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Vito Alessandro LasorsaCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Feliciano VisconteCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Sueva CantalupoCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Teresa MaiorinoCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy.
Biagio De AngelisHematology/Oncology and Cell and Gene Therapy Department, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, 00165, Rome, Italy.
Martina MoriniLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
Aurora CastellanoPaediatric Haematology/Oncology Department, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, 00165, Rome, Italy.
Franco LocatelliIRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Sapienza, University of Rome, 00165, Rome, Italy.
Mario CapassoCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy. mario.capasso@unina.it.
Achille IolasconCEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore, 486, 80145, Naples, Italy. achille.iolascon@unina.it.
Ceinge Biotecnologie Avanzate (Italy) · ITBambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITEuropean School of Molecular Medicine · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Giannina Gaslini · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 20757Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 25796Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 9962
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFGFR1 regulates cell-cell adhesion and extracellular matrix architecture and acts as oncogene in several cancers. Potential cancer driver mutations of FGFR1 occur in neuroblastoma (NB), a neural crest-derived pediatric tumor arising in sympathetic nervous system, but so far they have not been studied experimentally. We investigated the driver-oncogene role of FGFR1 and the implication of N546K mutation in therapy-resistance in NB cells.

methodsPublic datasets were used to predict the correlation of FGFR1 expression with NB clinical outcomes. Whole genome sequencing data of 19 paired diagnostic and relapse NB samples were used to find somatic mutations. In NB cell lines, silencing by short hairpin RNA and transient overexpression of FGFR1 were performed to evaluate the effect of the identified mutation by cell growth, invasion and cologenicity assays. HEK293, SHSY5Y and SKNBE2 were selected to investigate subcellular wild-type and mutated protein localization. FGFR1 inhibitor (AZD4547), alone or in combination with PI3K inhibitor (GDC0941), was used to rescue malignant phenotypes induced by overexpression of FGFR1 wild-type and mutated protein.

resultsHigh FGFR1 expression correlated with low relapse-free survival in two independent NB gene expression datasets. In addition, we found the somatic mutation N546K, the most recurrent point mutation of FGFR1 in all cancers and already reported in NB, in one out of 19 matched primary and recurrent tumors. Loss of FGFR1 function attenuated invasion and cologenicity in NB cells, whereas FGFR1 overexpression enhanced oncogenicity. The overexpression of FGFR1

conclusionsFGFR1 is an actionable driver oncogene in NB and a promising therapy may consist in targeting FGFR1 mutations in patients with therapy-resistant NB.

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FGFR1MetastasisMutationNeuroblastomaTargeted therapy

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PMID35488346
PMCPMC9052553
OpenAlexW4225258029

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