| Dual EGFR/HER2 inhibition sensitizes prostate cancer cells to androgen withdrawal by suppressing ErbB3. | |
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PMID: 21844010 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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PURPOSE: Patients with recurrent prostate cancer are commonly treated with androgen withdrawal therapy (AWT); however, almost all patients eventually progress to castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), indicating failure of AWT to eliminate androgen-sensitive prostate cancer. The overall goal of these studies is to determine whether dual inhibition of the receptor tyrosine kinases epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and HER2 would prolong the effectiveness of this treatment in prostate cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We used androgen-dependent LNCaP cells and its CRPC sublines LNCaP-AI and C4-2. Additional data were collected in pRNS-1-1 cells stably expressing a mutant androgen receptor (AR-T877A), and in nude mice harboring CWR22 tumors. Studies utilized EGFR inhibitors erlotinib and AG1478, and HER2 inhibitors trastuzumab and AG879. RESULTS: Dual EGFR/HER2 inhibition induced apoptosis selectively in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells undergoing AWT, but not in the presence of androgens, or in CRPC cells. We show that AWT alone failed to induce significant apoptosis in androgen-dependent cells, due to AWT-induced increase in HER2 and ErbB3, which promoted survival by increasing Akt phosphorylation. AWT-induced ErbB3 stabilized the AR and stimulated PSA, while it was inactivated only by inhibition of both its dimerization partners EGFR and HER2 (prostate cancer cells do not express ErbB4); but not the inhibition of any one receptor alone, explaining the success of dual EGFR/HER2 inhibition in sensitizing androgen-dependent cells to AWT. The effectiveness of the inhibitors in suppressing growth correlated with its ability to prevent Akt phosphorylation. CONCLUSION: These studies indicate that dual EGFR/HER2 inhibition, administered together with AWT, sensitize prostate cancer cells to apoptosis during AWT. |
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Authors:
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Liqun Chen; Benjamin A Mooso; Maitreyee K Jathal; Anisha Madhav; Sherra D Johnson; Elyse van Spyk; Margarita Mikhailova; Alexandra Zierenberg-Ripoll; Lingru Xue; Ruth L Vinall; Ralph W deVere White; Paramita M Ghosh |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2011-08-15 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research Volume: 17 ISSN: 1078-0432 ISO Abbreviation: Clin. Cancer Res. Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-10-04 Completed Date: 2012-01-27 Revised Date: 2013-02-08 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9502500 Medline TA: Clin Cancer Res Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 6218-28 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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©2011 AACR |
Affiliation:
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VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California, USA. |
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| MeSH Terms | |
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Androgen Antagonists
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administration & dosage* Animals Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use* Cell Line, Tumor Humans Male Mice Mice, Nude Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / drug therapy Oncogene Protein v-akt / metabolism Phosphorylation Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy* Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor / antagonists & inhibitors* Receptor, erbB-2 / antagonists & inhibitors* Receptor, erbB-3 / antagonists & inhibitors* Recurrence Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01 CA133209-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01CA133209/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R21 CA109057-02S1/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R21CA109057/CA/NCI NIH HHS |
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0/Androgen Antagonists; 0/Antineoplastic Agents; EC 2.7.10.1/ERBB2 protein, human; EC 2.7.10.1/Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor; EC 2.7.10.1/Receptor, erbB-2; EC 2.7.10.1/Receptor, erbB-3; EC 2.7.11.1/Oncogene Protein v-akt |
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