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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
Lapatinib (GW572016) is a selective inhibitor of both epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and HER-2 tyrosine kinases. Here, we explore the therapeutic potential of lapatinib by testing its effect on tumor cell growth in a panel of 31 characterized human breast cancer cell lines, including trastuzumab-conditioned HER-2-positive cell lines. We further characterize its activity in combination with trastuzumab and analyze whether EGFR and HER-2 expression or changes induced in the activation of EGFR, HER-2, Raf, AKT, or extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) are markers of drug activity. We report that concentration-dependent antiproliferative effects of lapatinib were seen in all breast cancer cell lines tested but varied significantly between individual cell lines with up to 1,000-fold difference in the IC(50)s (range, 0.010-18.6 micromol/L). Response to lapatinib was significantly correlated with HER-2 expression and its ability to inhibit HER-2, Raf, AKT, and ERK phosphorylation. Long-term in vivo lapatinib studies were conducted with human breast cancer xenografts in athymic mice. Treatment over 77 days resulted in a sustained and significant reduction in xenograft volume compared with untreated controls. For the combination of lapatinib plus trastuzumab, synergistic drug interactions were observed in four different HER-2-overexpressing cell lines. Moreover, lapatinib retained significant in vitro activity against cell lines selected for long-term outgrowth (>9 months) in trastuzumab-containing (100 microg/mL) culture medium. These observations provide a clear biological rationale to test lapatinib as a single agent or in combination with trastuzumab in HER-2-overexpressing breast cancer and in patients with clinical resistance to trastuzumab.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1630-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Oncogene Protein v-akt, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Quinazolines, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, pubmed-meshheading:16452222-raf Kinases
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Activity of the dual kinase inhibitor lapatinib (GW572016) against HER-2-overexpressing and trastuzumab-treated breast cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 12-145 Factor Building, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1678, USA. gkonecny@ucla.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article