PHLDA1 Mediates Drug Resistance in Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Driven Cancer
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22
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2469 - 2481
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10.1016/j.celrep.2018.02.028
Journal
CELL REPORTS
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2211-1247
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Development of resistance causes failure of drugs targeting receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) networks and represents a critical challenge for precision medicine. Here, we show that PHLDA1 downregulation is critical to acquisition and maintenance of drug resistance in RTK-driven cancer. Using fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibition in endometrial cancer cells, we identify an Akt-driven compensatory mechanism underpinned by downregulation of PHLDA1. We demonstrate broad clinical relevance of our findings, showing that PHLDA1 downregulation also occurs in response to RTK-targeted therapy in breast and renal cancer patients, as well as following trastuzumab treatment in HER2+ breast cancer cells. Crucially, knockdown of PHLDA1 alone was sufficient to confer de novo resistance to RTK inhibitors and induction of PHLDA1 expression re-sensitized drug-resistant cancer cells to targeted therapies, identifying PHLDA1 as a biomarker for drug response and highlighting the potential of PHLDA1 reactivation as a means of circumventing drug resistance.
Authors
Fearon, AE; Carter, EP; Clayton, NS; Wilkes, EH; Baker, A-M; Kapitonova, E; Bakhouche, BA; Tanner, Y; Wang, J; Gadaleta, ECollections
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