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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
One arising challenge in the treatment of breast cancer is the development of therapeutic resistance to trastuzumab, an antibody targeting the human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2), which is frequently amplified in breast cancers. In this study, we provide evidence that elevated level of the receptor tyrosine kinase Eph receptor A2 (EphA2) is an important contributor to trastuzumab resistance. In a screen of a large cohort of human breast cancers, we found that EphA2 overexpression correlated with a decrease in disease-free and overall survival of HER2-overexpressing patients. Trastuzumab-resistant cell lines overexpressed EphA2, whereas inhibiting EphA2 restored sensitivity to trastuzumab treatment in vivo. Notably, trastuzumab treatment could promote EphA2 phosphorylation by activating Src kinase, leading in turn to an amplification of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in resistant cells. Our findings offer mechanistic insights into the basis for trastuzumab resistance and rationalize strategies to target EphA2 as a tactic to reverse trastuzumab resistance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-308
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Receptor, EphA2, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, pubmed-meshheading:20028874-src-Family Kinases
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Elevation of receptor tyrosine kinase EphA2 mediates resistance to trastuzumab therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenessee 37232, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural