Basal Protein Expression Is Associated With Worse Outcome and Trastuzamab Resistance in HER2+ Invasive Breast Cancer.
Basal Protein Expression Is Associated With Worse Outcome and Trastuzamab Resistance in HER2+ Invasive Breast Cancer.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.clbc.2015.06.001
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发表时间:
2015-12
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Cui X
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作者:
Chung A;Choi M;Han BC;Bose S;Zhang X;Medina-Kauwe L;Sims J;Murali R;Taguiam M;Varda M;Schiff R;Giuliano A;Cui X
We investigated the effect of basal protein expression on trastuzamab response in patients with Her2+ breast cancer who received trastuzamab and in Her2+ breast cancer cell lines. Expression of CK5/6, CK14, and EGFR was evaluated after immunohistochemical staining in paraffin-embedded tissue of 97 patients with Stage 1-3 Her2+ breast cancer treated with chemotherapy/trastuzamab. 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 non-basal-Her2(BT474, SKBR3)) each with vehicle, trastuzamab (T), Paclitaxel (P), and T+P. Cell viability was assessed and Her2 pathway suppression was compared between groups using immunoblotting. Mammosphere formation was used to assess BCSC properties. EFGR expression was significant associated with cancer-specific survival (CSS) (p=0.05). CK5/6 expression strongly correlated with overall (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and CSS (p=0.03, p=0.04, and p=0.03, respectively). Statistical significance was maintained for EGFR and CK5/6 after adjusting for covariates. CK14 was not associated with survival. All cell lines expressed similar levels of Her2. Both T and P alone inhibited proliferation of non-basal 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. Immunoblotting showed a significant decrease in p-Akt levels after treatment with T or T+P in non-basal cells but not in basal cells. Akt blockade suppressed growth of basal and non-basal Her2+ cells. Furthermore, basal Her2 cell lines had increased mammosphere formation suggesting increased stem cell properties compared to non-basal Her2 cell lines. CK5/6 and EGFR expression are predictive of worse prognosis in Her2+ breast cancer patients treated with trastuzamab. 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 may play a role in the resistance pathway