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. 2023 Oct 10;14:6332. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41828-z

Fig. 8. MYC upregulation contributes to MEKi and KRASi resistance.

Fig. 8

A Kaplan–Meier plot showing overall survival of lung cancer patients from TCGA database as a function of the expression of genes from the Trametinib-resistant upregulated signature (us) and KRAS mutational status. B Heatmap of biological pathways enriched by the dysregulated proteins obtained from Tram-treated parental and Tram-resistant (TR) H1792 cells 48 h after exposure to Trametinib (Tram) using METASCAPE70. C MYC, p-MYC S62 and p-MYC T58 proteins’ expression of Parental (Par) and TR H1792 and H2009 cell lines 48 h after exposure to indicated treatments. Ctrl: Control; Tram: Trametinib (loading control: HSP90). Numbers correspond to relative MYC densitometry quantification. D Relative MYC mRNA expression of Parental (Par) and Trametinib-resistant (TR) H1792 and H2009 cell lines 24 h after Trametinib treatment. Housekeeping gene for qPCR: GAPDH (n: 3 independent experiments; data: mean +/− SD; test: two-way ANOVA, Sidak’s adjustment). E MYC protein expression in LacZ or MYC overexpressed H2009 and H358 cell lines (loading control: HSP90). F, G. Percent cell viability of LacZ or MYC overexpressed H2009 and H358 cells after 10-day treatment with increasing concentrations of Trametinib. The IC50 values for Trametinib are shown for each cell line. P values were obtained from the comparison of IC50 values between control (LacZ) and MYC-overexpressing cells (n = 4 experiments; data: mean +/− SD; test: Mann–Whitney -H2009- and t-test -H358-). H Percent cell viability of LacZ- or MYC-overexpressing H358 cells after 10-day treatment with increasing concentrations of Sotorasib. IC50 values for Sotorasib are shown for each cell line. P values were obtained from the comparison of IC50 values between control (LacZ) and MYC-overexpressing cells (n = 4 experiments; test: t-test). I Percent fold change growth of cell-derived tumors (n = 12) from LacZ- and MYC-overexpressing H358 cells treated with Sotorasib (Soto: 10 mg/Kg). (data: mean +/− SEM; test: t-test).