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ArticleNature communications2021

Inhibition of CK1ε potentiates the therapeutic efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibitor in breast cancer.

Fabin Dang, Li Nie, Jin Zhou, Kouhei Shimizu, Chen Chu, Zhong Wu, Anne Fassl, Shizhong Ke, Yuangao Wang, Jinfang Zhang and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. BET Bromodomain Inhibition Reverses CDK4/6 Inhibitor Resistance in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer via Induction of miR-34a-5p.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  11. Triple Combination of MEK, BET, and CDK Inhibitors Significantly Reduces Human Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Mouse Models.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  12. Targeting CDK4/6 in breast cancer.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025
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  16. APC/C prevents a noncanonical order of cyclin/CDK activity to maintain CDK4/6 inhibitor-induced arrest.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  20. Reciprocal antagonism of PIN1-APC/CNature communications · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Fabin Dang *Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1954-8231
Li Nie *Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jin Zhou *Department of Liver Surgery & Liver Transplantation, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8121-4198
Kouhei ShimizuDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9523-4296
Chen ChuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8084-0867
Zhong WuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Anne FasslDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Shizhong KeDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Yuangao WangProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jinfang ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8487-6007
Tao ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Zhenbo TuDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3720-7844
Hiroyuki InuzukaDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Piotr SicinskiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8859-5234
Adam J BassDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. adam_bass@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8193-4758
Wenyi WeiDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. wwei2@bidmc.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0512-3811
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHarvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USNingbo University · CN

Funding

Transformed Esophageal Epithelial Cells and the Tumor MicroenvironmentP01CA098101 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RUSTGI, ANIL K · 2003 to 2023
$31.7M
Tissue and Pathology CoreP50CA168504 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI MYLES A BROWN · 2013 to 2026
$30.1M
Tissue and Pathology CoreP01CA250959 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SICINSKI, PETER · 2020 to 2024
$8.6M
Deciphering the physiological role and interplay between ubiquitination and phosphorylation pathways to guide targeted cancer therapiesR35CA253027 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI Wenyi Wei · 2020 to 2026
$6.2M
Novel regulation of PI3K/Akt to direct targeted breast cancer therapiesR01CA177910 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WEI, WENYI · 2013 to 2023
$3.9M
Novel therapeutic approaches with CDK4/6 inhibitors for melanoma treatmentR01CA236226 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SICINSKI, PETER · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
Novel functions of D-type and E-type cyclins in normal and in cancer cellsR01CA202634 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SICINSKI, PETER · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Functional analysis of a tissue context-dependent role for beta-TRCP in lipid metabolism and tumorigenesisR01CA229307 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WEI, WENYI · 2018 to 2020
$1.1M
Novel regulation of the CDK4/Cdh1/Pin1 signaling axis for targeted breast cancer therapiesK99CA263194 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DANG, FABIN · 2021 to 2022
$340k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA263194NCI NIH HHS P01 CA098101NCI NIH HHS P01 CA250959NCI NIH HHS P50 CA168504NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177910NCI NIH HHS R01 CA202634NCI NIH HHS R01 CA229307NCI NIH HHS R01 CA236226NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although inhibitors targeting CDK4/6 kinases (CDK4/6i) have shown promising clinical prospect in treating ER+/HER2- breast cancers, acquired drug resistance is frequently observed and mechanistic knowledge is needed to harness their full clinical potential. Here, we report that inhibition of CDK4/6 promotes βTrCP1-mediated ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of RB1, and facilitates SP1-mediated CDK6 transcriptional activation. Intriguingly, suppression of CK1ε not only efficiently prevents RB1 from degradation, but also prevents CDK4/6i-induced CDK6 upregulation by modulating SP1 protein stability, thereby enhancing CDK4/6i efficacy and overcoming resistance to CDK4/6i in vitro. Using xenograft and PDX models, we further demonstrate that combined inhibition of CK1ε and CDK4/6 results in marked suppression of tumor growth in vivo. Altogether, these results uncover the molecular mechanisms by which CDK4/6i treatment alters RB1 and CDK6 protein abundance, thereby driving the acquisition of CDK4/6i resistance. Importantly, we identify CK1ε as an effective target for potentiating the therapeutic efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibitors.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsCasein Kinase 1 epsilonCell Line, TumorCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Drug Resistance, NeoplasmDrug SynergismFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein StabilityProteolysisRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsSp1 Transcription FactorCasein Kinase 1 epsilonCDK4 protein, humanCDK6 protein, humanCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Protein Kinase InhibitorsRB1 protein, humanRetinoblastoma Binding ProteinsSP1 protein, humanSp1 Transcription FactorUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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