Autocrine motility factor promotes HER2 cleavage and signaling in breast cancer cells.
Autocrine motility factor promotes HER2 cleavage and signaling in breast cancer cells.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-2149
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发表时间:
2013-02-15
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Raz A
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作者:
Kho DH;Nangia-Makker P;Balan V;Hogan V;Tait L;Wang Y;Raz A
Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) is an effective targeted therapy in HER2 overexpressing human breast carcinoma. However, many HER2-positive patients initially or eventually become resistant to this treatment, so elucidating mechanisms of trastuzumab resistance that emerge in breast carcinoma cells is clinically important. Here we show that autocrine motility factor (AMF) binds to HER2 and induces cleavage to the ectodomain-deleted and constitutively active form p95HER2. Mechanistic investigations indicated that interaction of AMF with HER2 triggers HER2 phosphorylation and metalloprotease-mediated ectodomain shedding, activating PI3K and MAPK signaling and ablating the ability of trastuzumab to inhibit breast carcinoma cell growth. Further, we found that HER2 expression and AMF secretion were inversely related in breast carcinoma cells. Based on this evidence that AMF may contribute to HER2-mediated breast cancer progression, our findings suggest that AMF-HER2 interaction might be a novel target for therapeutic management of breast cancer patients whose disease is resistant to trastuzumab.