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ArticleDrug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy2024

Targeted dual degradation of HER2 and EGFR obliterates oncogenic signaling, overcomes therapy resistance, and inhibits metastatic lesions in HER2-positive breast cancer models.

Lu Yang, Arup Bhattacharya, Darrell Peterson, Yun Li, Xiaozhuo Liu, Elisabetta Marangoni, Valentina Robila, Yuesheng Zhang

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Article in Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Lactylation-Mediated HER2 Stabilization Promotes Trastuzumab Resistance in Gastric Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lu YangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Arup BhattacharyaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Darrell PetersonInstitute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Pharmacy, Richmond, VA, USA.
Yun LiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Xiaozhuo LiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Elisabetta MarangoniTranslational Research Department, Institute of Curie, Paris, France.
Valentina RobilaDepartment of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Yuesheng ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA; Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: yuesheng.zhang@vcuhealth.org.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USInstitut Curie · FRRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Kim Felder Rhoads · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
Overcoming Drug Resistance in HER2-positive Breast CancerR01CA244601 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, YUESHENG · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Combating Cetuximab Resistance in Colorectal CancerR01CA215093 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, YUESHENG · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Restore the Tumor-Suppressive Activities of p53 MutantsR01CA282703 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YUESHENG ZHANG · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215093NCI NIH HHS R01 CA244601NCI NIH HHS R01 CA282703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is an oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase amplified in approximately 20% of breast cancer (BC). HER2-targeted therapies are the linchpin of treating HER2-positive BC. However, drug resistance is common, and the main resistance mechanism is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that drug resistance results mainly from inadequate or lack of inhibition of HER2 and its family member epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).

methodsWe used clinically relevant cell and tumor models to assess the impact of targeted degradation of HER2 and EGFR on trastuzumab resistance. Trastuzumab is the most common clinically used HER2 inhibitor. Targeted degradation of HER2 and EGFR was achieved using recombinant human protein PEPD

resultsBoth HER2 and EGFR are overexpressed in all trastuzumab-resistant HER2-positive BC cell and tumor models and that all trastuzumab-resistant models are highly vulnerable to targeted degradation of HER2 and EGFR. Degradation of HER2 and EGFR induced by PEPD

conclusionsThis study unravels the therapeutic vulnerability of trastuzumab-resistant HER2-positive BC and shows that an agent that targets the degradation of both HER2 and EGFR is highly effective in overcoming drug resistance in this disease. The findings provide new insights and innovations for advancing treatment of drug-resistant HER2-positive breast cancer that remains an unmet problem.

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Breast NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsSignal TransductionTrastuzumabAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleHumansMiceProteolysisXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysEGFR protein, humanERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesErbB ReceptorsTrastuzumabEGFRHER2HER2 inhibitorHER2-positive breast cancerProlidaseReceptor tyrosine kinase

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PMID38503142
PMCPMC11070302
OpenAlexW4392768445

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