Publication Date:
2007-04-28
Description:
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib are effective treatments for lung cancers with EGFR activating mutations, but these tumors invariably develop drug resistance. Here, we describe a gefitinib-sensitive lung cancer cell line that developed resistance to gefitinib as a result of focal amplification of the MET proto-oncogene. inhibition of MET signaling in these cells restored their sensitivity to gefitinib. MET amplification was detected in 4 of 18 (22%) lung cancer specimens that had developed resistance to gefitinib or erlotinib. We find that amplification of MET causes gefitinib resistance by driving ERBB3 (HER3)-dependent activation of PI3K, a pathway thought to be specific to EGFR/ERBB family receptors. Thus, we propose that MET amplification may promote drug resistance in other ERBB-driven cancers as well.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Engelman, Jeffrey A -- Zejnullahu, Kreshnik -- Mitsudomi, Tetsuya -- Song, Youngchul -- Hyland, Courtney -- Park, Joon Oh -- Lindeman, Neal -- Gale, Christopher-Michael -- Zhao, Xiaojun -- Christensen, James -- Kosaka, Takayuki -- Holmes, Alison J -- Rogers, Andrew M -- Cappuzzo, Federico -- Mok, Tony -- Lee, Charles -- Johnson, Bruce E -- Cantley, Lewis C -- Janne, Pasi A -- 1K12CA87723-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM41890/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- K08CA120060-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA089021/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P20CA90578-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM041890/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01-CA111560/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01CA114465-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 May 18;316(5827):1039-43. Epub 2007 Apr 26.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17463250" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use
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CHO Cells
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/*pathology
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Proliferation/drug effects
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Cricetinae
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Cricetulus
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Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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*Gene Amplification
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Humans
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Indoles/pharmacology
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Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics/metabolism/pathology
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
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Phosphorylation
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met
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Quinazolines/*pharmacology/therapeutic use
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Receptor, ErbB-3/*metabolism
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Receptors, Growth Factor/*genetics/metabolism
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*Signal Transduction
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Sulfones/pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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