Copper bioavailability is a KRAS-specific vulnerability in colorectal cancer

The oncogene KRAS is frequently mutated in cancer, including colorectal cancer. Here, using a cell-surface proteomics approach, KRAS-mutated colorectal cancer cells are shown to express high levels of the copper transporter ATP7A, which has an essential roles in cancer cell survival and proliferatio...

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Main Authors: Léo Aubert, Neethi Nandagopal, Zachary Steinhart, Geneviève Lavoie, Sami Nourreddine, Jacob Berman, Marc K. Saba-El-Leil, David Papadopoli, Sichun Lin, Traver Hart, Graham Macleod, Ivan Topisirovic, Louis Gaboury, Christoph J. Fahrni, Daniel Schramek, Sylvain Meloche, Stephane Angers, Philippe P. Roux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17549-y