A Novel Mitochondrial Inhibitor Blocks MAPK Pathway and Overcomes MAPK Inhibitor Resistance in Melanoma.
Y N Vashisht GopalSeth T GammonRishika PrasadBarbara KnightonFederica PisaneschiJason RoszikNingping FengSarah JohnsonSnigdha PramanikJessica SudderthDawen SuiCourtney W HudgensGrant M FischerWanleng DengAlexandre ReubenWeiyi PengJian WangJennifer Leigh McQuadeMichael A DaviesMaria E Di FrancescoJoe MarszalekDavid Piwnica-WormsRalph J DeBerardinisPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)
Targeting OxPhos with OPi has significant antitumor activity in MAPKi-resistant, BRAF-mutant melanomas, and merits further clinical investigation as a potential new strategy to overcome intrinsic and acquired resistance to MAPKi in patients.