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ArticleOncotarget2014

Mislocalization of p27 to the cytoplasm of breast cancer cells confers resistance to anti-HER2 targeted therapy.

Hui Zhao, Claire M Faltermeier, Lori Mendelsohn, Peggy L Porter, Bruce E Clurman, James M Roberts

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Article in Oncotarget, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui ZhaoBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Claire M FaltermeierBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Lori MendelsohnBiology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA.
Peggy L PorterHuman Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA. Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Bruce E ClurmanClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
James M RobertsBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · USWhitman College · US

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Marian Esvelt · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Targeted immunotherapy of breast cancer with central memory T cellsP50CA138293 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI PORTER, PEGGY L. · 2010 to 2014
$11.0M
NCI NIH HHS 5P50CA138293NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NCI NIH HHS P50 CA138293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a cell cycle inhibitor and tumor suppressor, p27 is frequently misregulated in human cancers. Increased degradation is the most common mechanism of misregulation, however in some cancers, p27 is mislocalized from its cell cycle inhibitory location in the nucleus, to the cytoplasm. In normal cells cytoplasmic p27 has functions that are distinct from its cell cycle-regulatory nuclear functions. Therefore, an important question is whether localization of p27 to the cytoplasm in tumor cells is primarily a mechanism for cancelling its inhibitory effect on cell proliferation, or whether cytoplasmic p27 has more direct oncogenic actions. To study p27 mislocalization in human cancers we screened a panel of common breast cancer cell lines. We observed that p27 accumulated in the cytoplasm exclusively in cell lines that are Her2+. To address the significance of p27 mislocalization in Her2+ breast cancer cells we interrogated the cellular response to the dual-Her2/EGFR kinase inhibitor, lapatinib. Knockdown of p27 using shRNA sensitized Her2+ cells to lapatinib-induced apoptosis. Moreover, expression of a constitutively cytoplasmic form of p27 (p27ΔNLS) reversed the lapatinib-induced apoptosis, suggesting that cytoplasmic p27 contributed to lapatinib resistance in Her2+ breast cancer cells by suppressing apoptosis. Our results suggest that p27 localization may be useful as a predictive biomarker of therapeutic response in patients with Her2+ breast cancers.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27CytoplasmDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansLapatinibMiceAntineoplastic AgentsCDKN1B protein, humanCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27ERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesLapatinibProtein Kinase InhibitorsQuinazolinesRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID25587029
PMCPMC4350358
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