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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
An emerging paradigm holds that loss of negative signalling to receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) is permissive for their oncogenic activity. Herein, we have addressed tumor suppression by RALT/MIG-6, a transcriptionally controlled feedback inhibitor of ErbB RTKs, in breast cancer cells. Knockdown of RALT expression by RNAi enhanced the EGF-dependent proliferation of normal breast epithelial cells, indicating that loss of RALT signalling in breast epithelium may represent an advantageous condition during ErbB-driven tumorigenesis. Although mutational inactivation of the RALT gene was not detected in human breast carcinomas, RALT mRNA and protein expression was strongly and selectively reduced in ERBB2-amplified breast cancer cell lines. Reconstitution of RALT expression in ERBB2-amplified SKBr-3 and BT474 cells inhibited ErbB-2-dependent mitogenic signalling and counteracted the ability of ErbB ligands to promote resistance to the ErbB-2-targeting drug Herceptin. Thus, loss of RALT expression cooperates with ERBB2 gene amplification to drive full oncogenic signalling by the ErbB-2 receptor. Moreover, loss of RALT signalling may adversely affect tumor responses to ErbB-2-targeting agents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4540-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15856022-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Loss of RALT/MIG-6 expression in ERBB2-amplified breast carcinomas enhances ErbB-2 oncogenic potency and favors resistance to Herceptin.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Immunology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, via Delle Messi d'Oro, 156/158, 00158, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't