KRAS Q61L

uKRAS mutants had lower event-free survival but no difference in overall survival compared with controls. This data is hypothesis-generating and needs further confirmation; however, they highlight the importance of NGS-based profiling to identify CRC patients with uKRAS mutations as candidates for personalized therapy.

Similar to the West, KRAS G12 mutations are the most common, with KRAS G12C nearly twice as common in men than in women. Furthermore, co-existence of EGFR and KRAS mutations occurs approximately 18% KRAS cases representing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge worthy of further study.

Conclusions : In our cohort, KRAS -mutant patients appear to have a different metastatic pattern depending on their KRAS mutation subtype. In addition, KRAS G12C and KRAS G12V -mutant patients seem to have better prognosis and response to chemoimmunotherapy than KRAS G12D -mutant patients.

However, parity decreased the overall prevalence of tumors bearing Krasmut, and the magnitude of this decrease depended on both the number and timing of pregnancies. These multistage models may be useful for elucidating biological features of premalignant mammary neoplasia.

Meanwhile, mannose-binding lectin (rRSL [Ralstonia solanacearum] and rBC2LA [Burkholderia cenocepacia]) signals were higher while those of galactose-binding lectins (rGal3C and rCGL2) were lower in the KRAS mutants. We demonstrated here that PDAC 3D-cultured organoids with KRAS mutations were dominantly covered in increased fucosylated glycans, pointing towards novel treatment targets and/or tumor markers.

We show that binding of this inhibitor significantly perturbs the state 1 - state 2 equilibrium and induces an inactive state 1 conformation in GTP-bound KRAS G12C. In the presence of BBO-8956, RAF1 RBD is unable to induce a signaling competent state 2 conformation within the ternary complex, demonstrating the mechanism of action (MOA) for this novel, active-conformation inhibitor.

Additionally, CT2A-luc demonstrated substantial baseline secretion of the CCL-2, CCL-5, and CCL-22 chemokines, which play important roles as myeloid chemoattractants. Although the clinical contexts that can be modeled by GL261 and CT2A for huGBM are limited, CT2A may be an informative model of immunotherapy resistance due to its deficits in antigen presentation machinery and interferon response pathways.

Here, we detected tumor specific KRAS mutations by liquid biopsy in bile samples from patients with confirmed malignant bile duct stenoses. Therefore, liquid biopsy from bile might be a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy during ERC. A larger cohort is currently being examined for further tumor-specific mutations.

MET fusions are a rare, but potentially actionable, genomic alteration. Our study provides a comprehensive characterization of MET fusions in NSCLC, revealing their diverse fusion partners and co-occurring genomic alterations. Further research is warranted to elucidate the clinical implications of MET fusions in the treatment of various types of cancer, including lung cancer.

NGS analysis of TETs revealed several somatic variants in genes related to the p53, AKT, MAPK, and K-Ras signalling pathways. TCs showed greater genetic dysregulation than TMs. KIT alterations in TCs have potential as therapeutic targets.

Our findings suggest that KRAS may be mutated more frequently in OSCC compared to HRAS and NRAS. Also, the histological features of nuclear and cellular diameter differed significantly between the KRAS mutated and unmutated cases.

"Of 21 pts with paired plasma samples, 17 (81%) had ≥1 acquired genomic alteration. RTK alterations and secondary (2°) RAS alterations were most common; each occurred in 57% of pts (Table). KRAS amplification was the most common single alteration (43%)."

Additionally, CT2A-luc demonstrated substantial baseline secretion of the CCL-2, CCL-5, and CCL-22 chemokines, all of which are known to play important roles as myeloid chemoattractants, in marked contrast to GL261-luc2.The defect in MHC class I expression could be overcome in CT2A-luc by interferon-γ treatment, which may underlie the modest efficacy of some immunotherapy combinations for CT2A-luc. Thus, CT2A-luc may be an informative preclinical model of immunotherapy resistance due to its mesenchymal differentiation and antigen presentation machinery deficits.

We therefore anticipate mechanistic analyses of how %VAF and drug timing can optimize counter-resistance therapies. Overall, our interim data suggest a significant percentage of metastatic BRAF-mutated melanoma patients may harbor pre-existing resistant subclones, and that early treatment with counter-resistance therapy can potentially delay resistance to targeted therapy.

In addition, the study did not meet its primary endpoint. Analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) dynamics during study treatment is ongoing.

RAS mutations could be useful in future target anti-EGFR therapy and molecular CRC screening strategy in Morocco.

KRAS mutated CRC patients in North Africa have been identified with incidence closer to the European figures. Beside established anti-CRC treatment, better understanding of the causality of CRC can be established by combining epidemiology and genetic/epigenetic on CRC etiology. This approach may be able to significantly reduce the burden of CRC in North Africa.

These patients received various therapies including pembrolizumab, nivolumab, capmatinib, bevacizumab, osimertinib, brigatinib, erlotinib, and alectinib, as well as sotorasib. Collection and sequencing of RTD samples provides an opportunity to detect resistance mutations and to understand more about post-treatment disease progression and tumor heterogeneity. The identification of drivers by comprehensive NGS tissue testing in two cases serves as a reminder about the value of such testing when no drivers are identified by small panels or blood-based NGS testing.

Clinical molecular testing in our cohort revealed these gene alterations mainly in pediatric patients and enabled diagnosis, prognosis, and risk stratification allowing the use of clinically actionable therapeutic targets in some cases. It also contributed toward a useful data set for further analysis and potential for novel drug development. Longer-term followup incorporating therapy and outcomes information would be valuable.

Our study revealed the treatment outcomes of IGCTs in Thai children. The metastatic germinoma patient with KRAS codon 61 mutation had a poor outcome, supporting that Q61L has a clinical correlation with IGCTs.

The germline and rare SNVs of uncertain clinical significance reported in this study add to the number of known genetic alterations in TETs, thus extending our molecular understanding of these neoplasms. Druggable KIT alterations in thymic carcinomas have potential as therapeutic targets.

Multiple genetic alterations are associated with clinical benefits and resistance to EGFR/BRAF inhibitors in BRAF V600E-mutant mCRC. Our findings provide novel insights into strategies for overcoming resistance to EGFR/BRAF inhibitors in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant mCRC.

Interrogating the mutation signatures of human lung cancers similarly identified KRAS genomic driver mutations that failed to match the mutation signature of the tumor. Thus, we also speculate that the selection for non-canonical genomic driver mutations during urethane carcinogenesis may reflect the process by which discordance between genomic driver mutations and mutational signatures arises in human cancers.

Recently, the FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to the PRIMA-1 methylated analog, APR-246 in combination with azacytidine for the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and a TP53 mutation. PRIMA 1 therapy results in antitumor activity against P53 mutant lung tumors. However, the presence of K-ras co-mutation is a significant resistance factor. Combination of APR-246 and K-ras inhibitor therapy would be needed to overcome this resistance.

In contrast to cancer arising from the thyroid gland, characterized by BRAFV600E as the most common mutation, malignant SO belongs to RAS-like tumors. The downregulation of tumor suppressors and upregulation of DMRT1 might be implicated in the malignant transformation of SO.

Clinical molecular testing in our patients revealed gene alterations that provide refinement of diagnosis, prognosis, and risk stratification allowing the use of clinically actionable therapeutic targets in some cases. It also contributes toward a useful data set for further analysis and impactful targeted management. Longer-term follow-up incorporating therapy and outcomes information would be valuable.

High resolution NMR data allowed the unambiguous assignments of H-N correlation cross-peaks for all the residues except for Met1. Furthermore, 2D H-N HSQC overlay of two proteins assisted in determination of Q61L mutation-induced chemical shift perturbations for select residues in the regions of P-loop, Switch-II, and helix α3.

In alignment with other findings, we show that based on RAS mutation, individual signaling components are affected differently, producing extensive heterogeneity in signaling dynamics. Even within grouped mutations presenting an overall similar net effect on downstream signaling, each individual variant produced discrete alterations.

Early results of this study demonstrate robust detection of mutant ctDNA in CRC by ddPCR assays. Custom designed ddPCR assays achieved low detection rates down to 0.01% AF. In addition, NGS analysis demonstrated clonal tumor evolution under anti-EGFR therapy and the emergence of known resistance mutations in NRAS.

Early results of this study demonstrate robust detection of mutant ctDNA in CRC by ddPCR assays. Custom designed ddPCR assays achieved low detection rates down to 0.01% AF. In addition, NGS analysis demonstrated clonal tumor evolution under anti-EGFR therapy and the emergence of known resistance mutations in NRAS.

Early results of this study demonstrate robust detection of mutant ctDNA in CRC by ddPCR assays. Custom designed ddPCR assays achieved low detection rates down to 0.01% AF. In addition, NGS analysis demonstrated clonal tumor evolution under anti-EGFR therapy and the emergence of known resistance mutations in NRAS.

In addition, patient care would have been changed in four of these cases: targeted therapies were identified in two cases, and repeated biopsies would have been avoided in two cases. The Idylla molecular testing system is an accessible, rapid, robust, and reliable testing option for both routine and challenging formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens.

We have validated 13 mutations (G12S, G12R, G12D, G12A, G12V, G12C, G13D, G60V, Q61H, Q61L, A146V, A146T, and A146P) and focal KRAS amplifications by conducting this assay in a cohort of 100 DNA samples extracted from fresh frozen tumor biopsies, formaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue, and liquid biopsy specimens. Despite its modest lower limit of detection (around 1%), this assay will be a rapid cost-effective means to infer the purity of biopsy specimens carrying KRAS mutations and can be utilized in non-invasive serial monitoring of circulating tumor DNA to evaluate clinical response and/or detect early signs of relapse.

Our data suggests that PATRIOT analysis using a cohort of normal control samples can generate reliable DE data. PATRIOT methodology could expand the therapeutic potential for patients with direct in vitro results.This study was supported by funding from Flinn Foundation grant #2193.

2-Deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), pharmacological HK1 inhibitor, had a large anti-tumor effect even as single treatment, decreasing the production of lactate and LCN2 in highly HK1 expressing CRC cells. These finding highlights that this acquired resistance mechanism was observed in CRC, demonstrating the HK1 and LCN2 are novel biomarkers for cetuximab resistance.

As anticipated, similar response signatures were seen between eltanexor and selinexor. Follow-up studies to further understand the biologic significance of altered protein activities and validate the mutations putatively associated with response in larger sample sets will be conducted.

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