Speaker: Shao-En Ong, University of Washington

Topic: Kinome analyses for pharmacoproteomics

Date: Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

Time: 2:00 PM Presentation

Location: Webinar – see emails on Jan. 8 and 15 for invite link. Join the mailing list

Abstract: With few targeted therapies for genetic alterations in cancer, pharmacogenomics has been used to link genetic features with drug response. Because proteomics allows sensitive and direct measurements of cellular signaling pathways, we developed a novel pharmacoproteomics platform to identify kinase pathways correlating with drug response by combining kinobead-based activity profiling of 346 kinases and high-throughput screening of 299 kinase inhibitors in 17 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines. We identified novel kinases involved in drug resistance, that upon small molecule inhibition or genetic knockdown, rewired cellular signaling and restored chemosensitivity. We applied kinobead-MS in clinical HCC samples to identify signatures of drug sensitivity common to cell lines and patient tumors. Our broadly applicable approach identifies kinome features responsible for the activity of individual drugs and provides a resource for biomarker discovery and target deconvolution.