ERK-mediated phosphorylation regulates SOX10 sumoylation and targets expression in mutant BRAF melanoma

In BRAF mutant melanoma, inhibition of ERK1/2 induces FOXD3 and mediates RAF inhibitor resistance. Here, the authors show that ERK1/2 mediated phosphorylation regulates sumoylation of SOX10 which activates FOXD3, and depletion of SOX10 sensitises BRAF mutant melanoma cells to RAF inhibitors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shujun Han, Yibo Ren, Wangxiao He, Huadong Liu, Zhe Zhi, Xinliang Zhu, Tielin Yang, Yu Rong, Bohan Ma, Timothy J. Purwin, Zhenlin Ouyang, Caixia Li, Xun Wang, Xueqiang Wang, Huizi Yang, Yan Zheng, Andrew E. Aplin, Jiankang Liu, Yongping Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02354-x