Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
A subset of lung cancers expresses mutant forms of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) that are constitutively activated. Cancers bearing activated EGFR can be effectively targeted with EGFR inhibitors such as erlotinib. However, the death-signaling pathways engaged after EGFR inhibition are poorly understood. Here, we show that death after inhibition of EGFR uses the mitochondrial, or intrinsic, pathway of cell death controlled by the BCL-2 family of proteins. BCL-2 inhibits cell death induced by erlotinib, but BCL-2-protected cells are thus rendered BCL-2-dependent and sensitive to the BCL-2 antagonist ABT-737. BH3 profiling reveals that mitochondrial BCL-2 is primed by death signals after EGFR inhibition in these cells. As this result implies, key death-signaling proteins of the BCL-2 family, including BIM, were found to be up-regulated after erlotinib treatment and intercepted by overexpressed BCL-2. BIM is induced by lung cancer cell lines that are sensitive to erlotinib but not by those resistant. Reduction of BIM by siRNA induces resistance to erlotinib. We show that EGFR activity is inhibited by erlotinib in H1650, a lung cancer cell line that bears a sensitizing EGFR mutation, but that H1650 is not killed. We identify the block in apoptosis in this cell line, and show that a novel form of erlotinib resistance is present, a block in BIM up-regulation downstream of EGFR inhibition. This finding has clear implications for overcoming resistance to erlotinib. Resistance to EGFR inhibition can be modulated by alterations in the intrinsic apoptotic pathway controlled by the BCL-2 family of proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BH3 Interacting Domain Death..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bcl-2-like protein 11, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 9, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Quinazolines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/erlotinib
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11867-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Caspase 9, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Quinazolines, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18089817-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Proapoptotic BH3-only BCL-2 family protein BIM connects death signaling from epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition to the mitochondrion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural