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Death pathways triggered by activated Ras in cancer cells Overmeyer JH; Maltese WAFront Biosci (Landmark Ed) 2011[Jan]; 16 (5): 1693-713Ras GTPases are best known for their ability to serve as molecular switches regulating cell growth, differentiation and survival. Gene mutations that result in expression of constitutively active forms of Ras have been linked to oncogenesis in animal models and humans. However, over the past two decades, evidence has gradually accumulated to support a paradoxical role for Ras proteins in the initiation of cell death pathways. In this review we survey the literature pointing to the ability of activated Ras to promote cell death under conditions where cancer cells encounter apoptotic stimuli or Ras is ectopically expressed. In some of these cases Ras acts through known effectors and well defined apoptotic death pathways. However, in other cases it appears that Ras operates by triggering novel non-apoptotic death mechanisms that are just beginning to be characterized. Understanding these mechanisms and the factors that go into changing the nature of Ras signaling from pro-survival to pro-death could set the stage for development of novel therapeutic approaches aimed at manipulating pro-death Ras signaling pathways in cancer.|Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins[MESH]|Apoptosis/physiology[MESH]|Autophagy/physiology[MESH]|Cell Death/*genetics[MESH]|Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/physiology[MESH]|Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/physiology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/physiology[MESH]|Neoplasms/pathology/*physiopathology[MESH]|Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/physiology[MESH]|Signal Transduction/physiology[MESH]|Tumor Suppressor Proteins/physiology[MESH]|rac GTP-Binding Proteins/physiology[MESH]|ras Proteins/*physiology[MESH] |
