ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021
The Role of Akt in Acquired Cetuximab Resistant Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An
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- Reciprocal signaling-metabolic crosstalk between fibroblasts and tumor cells drives cetuximab tolerance in head and neck cancers.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Article
- Unraveling the molecular landscape: an overview on gene expression, epigenetic alterations, and therapeutic challenges in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2026Review
- Understanding the Tumor Microenvironment and Therapy Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cells · 2025Review
- Evaluation of co‑inhibition of ErbB family kinases and PI3K for HPV‑negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Oncology reports · 2025Article
- PPARα-mediated lipid metabolism reprogramming supports anti-EGFR therapy resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Overcoming Resistance to Standard-of-Care Therapies for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas.Cells · 2024Review
- Role of Akt/Protein Kinase B in Cancer Metastasis.Biomedicines · 2023Review
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- Platycodin D represses β-catenin to suppress metastasis of cetuximab-treated KRAS wild-type colorectal cancer cells.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2023Article
- Establishment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma mouse models for cetuximab resistance and sensitivity.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2023Article
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- Genome-Wide Super-Enhancer-Based Analysis: Identification of Prognostic Genes in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in precancerous keratinocytes promotes neighboring head and neck cancer squamous cell carcinoma cancer stem cell-like properties and phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor insensitivity.Molecular carcinogenesis · 2022Article
- Receptor, Signal, Nucleus, Action: Signals That Pass through Akt on the Road to Head and Neck Cancer Cell Migration.Cancers · 2022Review
- Platycodin D sensitizesFrontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Identification of Molecular Targets and Potential Mechanisms of Yinchen Wuling San Against Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a therapeutic target in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Resistance to EGFR-targeted therapies, such as cetuximab, poses a challenging problem. This study aims to characterize acquired cetuximab resistance mechanisms in HNSCC cell lines by protein phosphorylation profiling. Through this, promising combination treatments can be identified to possibly overcome acquired cetuximab resistance in HNSCC. Protein phosphorylation profiling showed increased phosphorylation of Akt1/2/3 after cetuximab treatment in acquired cetuximab resistant cells compared to cetuximab sensitive cells, which was confirmed by western blotting. Based on this protein phosphorylation profile, a novel combination treatment with cetuximab and the Akt1/2/3 inhibitor MK2206 was designed. Synergy between cetuximab and MK2206 was observed in two cetuximab sensitive HNSCC cell lines and one acquired cetuximab resistant variant in simultaneous treatment schedules. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that increased Akt1/2/3 phosphorylation seems to be characteristic for acquired cetuximab resistance in HNSCC cell lines. Our results also show an additive to synergistic interaction between cetuximab and MK2206 in simultaneous treatment schedules. These data support the hypothesis that the combination of cetuximab with PI3K/Akt pathway inhibition might be a promising novel therapeutic strategy to overcome acquired cetuximab resistance in HNSCC patients.
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