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ArticleClinical breast cancer2015

Basal Protein Expression Is Associated With Worse Outcome and Trastuzamab Resistance in HER2+ Invasive Breast Cancer.

Alice Chung, Michael Choi, Bing-chen Han, Shikha Bose, Xiao Zhang, Lali Medina-Kauwe, Jessica Sims, Ramachandran Murali, Michael Taguiam, Marian Varda and 3 more

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Article in Clinical breast cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alice ChungCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: alice.chung@cshs.org.
Michael ChoiCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Bing-chen HanCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Shikha BoseCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Xiao ZhangCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Lali Medina-KauweCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Jessica SimsCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Ramachandran MuraliCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Michael TaguiamCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Marian VardaCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Rachel SchiffBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Armando GiulianoCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Xiaojiang CuiCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

UCLA Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000124 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DUBINETT, STEVEN M. · 2012 to 2015
$57.0M
The Role of FOXCI in Basal-like Breast CancerR01CA151610 · NCI · SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE · PI CUI, XIAOJIANG · 2011 to 2022
$3.8M
Tumor Targeted Corroles for Detection and InterventionR01CA140995 · NCI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI MEDINA-KAUWE, LALI K · 2010 to 2021
$3.7M
Protein-DNA Drug Carriers for Tumor TargetingR01CA129822 · NCI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI MEDINA-KAUWE, LALI K · 2009 to 2020
$3.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000124NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR000124NCI NIH HHS CA129822NCI NIH HHS CA140995NCI NIH HHS CA151610NCI NIH HHS R01 CA129822NCI NIH HHS R01 CA140995NCI NIH HHS R01 CA151610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe investigated the effect of basal protein expression on trastuzamab response in patients with HER2-positive (HER2(+)) breast cancer who received trastuzamab (T) and in HER2(+) breast cancer cell lines. PATIENTS AND

methodsExpression of cytokeratin (CK) 5/6, CK14, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was evaluated after immunohistochemical staining in paraffin-embedded tissue of 97 patients with stage I to III HER2(+) breast cancer treated with chemotherapy/T. Groups with and without basal protein expression were compared with respect to clinicopathologic parameters and survival. We treated 4 cell lines (2 basal-HER2 [HCC1569, HCC1954] and 2 nonbasal HER2 [BT474, SKBR3]) each with vehicle, T 20 μg/mL, paclitaxel 0.01 μM (P), and T with P (T + P). Cell viability was assessed and HER2 pathway suppression was compared between groups using immunoblot analysis. Mammosphere formation was used to assess breast cancer stem cell properties.

resultsEGFR expression was significantly associated with cancer-specific survival (CSS) (P = .05). CK5/6 expression strongly correlated with overall and disease-free survival, and CSS (P = .03, P = .04, and P = .03, respectively). Statistical significance was maintained for EGFR and CK5/6 after adjustment for covariates. CK14 was not associated with survival. All cell lines expressed similar levels of HER2. T and P alone inhibited proliferation of nonbasal cell lines; T + P had an additive cytotoxic effect. Basal cells were resistant to T, P inhibited proliferation, but T + P had no additive cytotoxic effect on cell growth in basal cells. Immunoblot analysis showed a significant decrease in phosphorylated Akt levels after treatment with T or T + P in nonbasal cells but not in basal cells. Akt blockade suppressed growth of basal and nonbasal HER2(+) cells. Furthermore, basal HER2 cell lines had increased mammosphere formation, which suggests increased stem cell properties compared with nonbasal HER2 cell lines.

conclusionCK5/6 and EGFR expression are predictive of worse prognosis in HER2(+) breast cancer patients treated with T. Basal HER2 breast cancer cell lines are resistant to trastuzamab, which is mediated through the Akt pathway; AKT inhibition abrogates this resistance. Basal HER2 cell lines also have increased stem cell properties, which might play a role in the resistance pathway.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimateKeratinsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorEGFR protein, humanERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsKeratinsTrastuzumabBasal breast cancerCK14CK5/6EGFRHER2 overexpression

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PMID26248960
PMCPMC4644726
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