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Small Molecule T315 Promotes Casitas B-Lineage Lymphoma-Dependent Degradation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor via Y1045 Autophosphorylation.
Small Molecule T315 Promotes Casitas B-Lineage Lymphoma-Dependent Degradation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor via Y1045 Autophosphorylation.
- Source :
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine; 4/1/2016, Vol. 193 Issue 7, p753-766, 14p, 2 Diagrams, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Rationale: </bold>Despite the fact that tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been found effective in treating patients harboring activating mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), an acquired secondary mutation, T790M, which lowers the affinity to TKIs, can lead to EGFR TKI resistance after this standard treatment.<bold>Objectives: </bold>To evaluate the effect of small molecule T315 on EGFR degradation and its therapeutic efficacy in vitro and in vivo.<bold>Methods: </bold>Lung adenocarcinoma cells were treated with T315, and cell proliferation and apoptotic proportion were determined by the CellTiter 96 AQueous MTS (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-5-[3-carboxymethoxyphenyl]-2-[4-sulfophenyl]-2H-tetrazolium, inner salt) assay and flow cytometry. The effects of T315 on EGFR mRNA and protein levels, autophosphorylation, ubiquitination, and degradation were evaluated by real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot, respectively. Direct targeting of T315 to EGFR was confirmed by the in vitro kinase assay and mass spectrometry. Finally, the preclinical effect of T315 was validated in the murine xenograft model in combination with a second-generation TKI, afatinib.<bold>Measurements and Main Results: </bold>We identified T315 as a novel, potent small molecule for suppressing cancer cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. The therapeutic effect was verified after T315 was combined with a second-generation TKI, afatinib, compared with a single drug administration. We found a new mechanism of action, in that T315 appears to directly bind EGFR and triggers EGFR-Y1045 autophosphorylation, whereby its degradation is triggered through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Our evidence suggests that T315 is a novel class of anticancer drug that is able to inhibit the growth of EGFR-TKI-resistant lung adenocarcinoma cells by inducing the degradation of EGFR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ADENOCARCINOMA
ANIMAL experimentation
ANTINEOPLASTIC agents
CARRIER proteins
CELL physiology
ANALYTICAL chemistry
COMBINATION drug therapy
DRUG resistance in cancer cells
EPIDERMAL growth factor
HETEROCYCLIC compounds
LUNG tumors
MASS spectrometry
MICE
GENETIC mutation
POLYMERASE chain reaction
WESTERN immunoblotting
PROTEIN kinase inhibitors
CANCER cell culture
CHEMICAL inhibitors
THERAPEUTICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1073449X
- Volume :
- 193
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 114262032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201502-0250OC