CDK2 overexpression

Moreover, tubular cell-specific knockdown of CDK12 in mice enhanced cisplatin-induced AKI through promotion of genome instability, apoptosis, and proliferative inhibition, whereas CDK12 overexpression protected against AKI. Using the single molecule real-time (SMRT) platform on the kidneys of CDK12RTEC+/- mice, we found that CDK12 knockdown targeted Fgf1 and Cast through transcriptional elongation defects, thereby enhancing genome instability and apoptosis. Overall, these data demonstrated that CDK12 knockdown could potentiate the development of AKI by altering the transcriptional elongation defect of the Fgf1 and Cast genes, and more attention should be given to patients treated with CDK12 inhibitors to prevent AKI.

We identified overexpressers of CDK and cyclin genes among a heterogeneous sample of sarcoma patients. By setting a threshold of 2 SD above the mean of each gene we captured the top ~2% of expressers, and by considering subtypes with ≥ 25% of cases above that threshold we accurately identified known associations between CDK4/LPS and CCND1/Ewing sarcoma while also revealing new associations. The most notable overexpressers were chordoma (CDK7, CDK18), CCS (CDK2, CCNA1), RCS (CCND2), and RMS (CDK6, CDK8, CCND2, CCNE1).

Our results demonstrated that circNCOR1 bounds to hsa-miR-638 and targets CDK2, thereby regulating the radiosensitivity of TNBC.

Further, we used LY294002 (10 μM) to treat GC cells to verify whether CDK12 regulates GC progression by activating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway...Taken together, CDK12 promotes the proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis of GC by activating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. It may be a novel target for GC treatment.

Thus, this study demonstrates the anti-cancer effect of erdafitinib against LADC for the first time based on in vitro and in vivo models, whose activity is achieved by targeting CDK2 and regulating downstream E2F1-CDK1 signaling. This study may be helpful for expanding the clinical application of erdafitinib in treating LADC.

In a retrospective analysis of hormone receptor-negative and lymph node-positive breast cancer patients randomized in an adjuvant phase III trial to 1-year low-dose metronomic methotrexate-based chemotherapy or no maintenance chemotherapy, a high CDK12 status predicts a dramatic reduction in distant metastasis rate in the chemotherapy-treated vs. not-treated arm. Thus, by coupling tumor progression with metabolic reprogramming, CDK12 creates an actionable vulnerability for breast cancer therapy and might represent a suitable companion biomarker for targeted antimetabolite therapies in human breast cancers.