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IGF binding results in receptor phosphorylation, creating binding sites for IRS docking proteins. IRS activation subsequently recruits PI3K and activates AKT, which has been shown to activate aerobic glycolysis in tumor cells. Glycolytic pathway genes JNJ-7706621 molecular weight in turn have been shown to be capable of promoting tumor invasion and metastasis. Based on recent analyses, PHIP can be considered a novel marker and mediator of melanoma metastasis. shRNA mediated targeting of PHIP significantly reduced murine and human melanoma invasion and metastasis. PHIP mediated its pro invasive effects by virtue of acti vating AKT. The prognostic role for PHIP in human melanoma was demonstrated in a study analyzing a cohort of 345 cases. There was a significant association between PHIP levels and ulceration.<br>br<> Genotypic analysis aimed to identify the LDN193189 価格 molecular subtypes of melanoma demonstrating activated PHIP, based in part on its activation of AKT. AKT activation in melanoma is associated with NRAS mutation or BRAF mutation and PTEN loss. It was hypothesized that if PHIP expression is sufficient for AKT activation, then high PHIP expressing melanomas should not have mu tant NRAS or BRAF PTEN mutants. The great majority of high PHIP expressing melanomas were devoid of NRAS or double BRAF PTEN mutants. Thus, PHIP levels are enriched in triple negative and double negative melanoma, The PHIP gene normally resides on the 6q14 locus, but in melanoma 6q loss has been reported. By fluores cent in situ hybridization analysis, not only is the PHIP locus preserved in melanomas, approximately 80% of high PHIP expressing melanomas had an increased copy number.<br>br<> More recent analyses were presented LY2228820 臨床試験 indi cating a prognostic role for high PHIP copy number. Data were presented from experimental models of mel anoma showing that suppression of PHIP results in re duced glycolysis, lower VEGF levels and decreased tumor angiogenesis. On the basis of these results, a model of ulceration development was presented in mel anoma in which PHIP activation results in activation of the IGF1R pathway and AKT, ultimately resulting in in creased glycolysis, invasiveness, and angiogenesis, resulting in increased capacity to develop both ulcer ation and metastasis. Between the mechanisms of acquired BRAF in hibitors resistance, there is a predominance of MAPK reactivation.<br>br<> This can happen by RAS mutations, MEK mutations, BRAF V600E K splicing or amplifica tion. This phenomenon reflects the fact that effective initial on target MAPK pathway inhibition in the major ity of melanomas provides the selective pressure for the tumors to re activate a melanoma addicted pathway. By whole exome sequencing, AKT gain of function muta tions were identified in a minority of melanoma with ac quired BRAF inhibitor resistance. These AKT mutants conferred BRAF inhibitor resistance most potently in a cells which only weakly upregulated AKT in response to BRAF inhibition. Thus, AKT mutants amplify an adap tive response to BRAF inhibition. This adaptive AKT re bound in response to BRAFi is widespread early during therapy. The landscape of acquired resistance is quite heterogeneous but core pathways exist.