ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2025
Increased ErbB2 Signaling Is an Early Adaptation to Androgen Signaling Inhibition and Persists in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.
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purposeErbB2 activity is increased in a subset of prostate cancer, but the gene is rarely amplified. This study sought to identify mechanisms driving increased ErbB2 activity and their role in progression to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). EXPERIMENTAL
designErbB2 signaling was interrogated with a combination of immunohistochemistry, reverse-phase protein array, and RNA sequencing in cell lines, xenografts, and clinical tumors at various stages of castration resistance. Sensitivity to ErbB2 inhibitors was tested in vitro and in vivo.
resultsErbB2 activation, identified by IHC with an antibody against phosphorylated ErbB2, was present in ∼26% of residual tumors in radical prostatectomies after neoadjuvant androgen signaling inhibition (ASI) and in advanced CRPC. The ErbB3/ErbB2-activating ligand NRG1 was found by IHC in ∼75% of neoadjuvant-treated tumors. NRG1 mRNA was rapidly increased by ASI in prostate cancer cells and xenografts and was increased in post-ASI data sets. Overexpression of an active ERBB2 splice variant (d16ERBB2) was also increased rapidly after ASI in prostate cancer cells and was found in a subset of CRPC. ErbB2 signaling in all models remained sensitive to the covalent ErbB2 inhibitor neratinib, which enhanced responses to castration and suppressed the growth of castration-resistant xenografts with ErbB2 activation.
conclusionsIncreased ErbB2 signaling is a rapid adaptation to ASI and contributes to castration resistance. Increases in NRG1 and d16ERBB2 contribute to increased ErbB2 signaling. Potent ErbB2 antagonists may enhance responses to ASI in castration-sensitive prostate cancer, and ErbB2 phosphorylation may be a biomarker for tumors that will respond in CRPC.
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