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- Title
Elacestrant demonstrates strong anti-estrogenic activity in PDX models of estrogen-receptor positive endocrine-resistant and fulvestrant-resistant breast cancer.
- Authors
Pancholi, Sunil; Simigdala, Nikiana; Ribas, Ricardo; Schuster, Eugene; Leal, Mariana Ferreira; Nikitorowicz-Buniak, Joanna; Rega, Camilla; Bihani, Teeru; Patel, Hitisha; Johnston, Stephen R.; Dowsett, Mitch; Martin, Lesley-Ann
- Abstract
The selective oestrogen receptor (ER) degrader (SERD), fulvestrant, is limited in its use for the treatment of breast cancer (BC) by its poor oral bioavailability. Comparison of the orally bioavailable investigational SERD elacestrant, versus fulvestrant, demonstrates both drugs impact tumour growth of ER+ patient-derived xenograft models harbouring several ESR1 mutations but that elacestrant is active after acquired resistance to fulvestrant. In cell line models of endocrine sensitive and resistant breast cancer both drugs impact the ER-cistrome, ER-interactome and transcription of oestrogen-regulated genes similarly, confirming the anti-oestrogenic activity of elacestrant. The addition of elacestrant to CDK4/6 inhibitors enhances the antiproliferative effect compared to monotherapy. Furthermore, elacestrant inhibits the growth of palbociclib-resistant cells. Lastly, resistance to elacestrant involves Type-I and Type-II receptor tyrosine kinases which are amenable to therapeutic targeting. Our data support the wider clinical testing of elacestrant.
- Subjects
ESTROGEN; BREAST cancer; FULVESTRANT; CYCLIN-dependent kinase inhibitors; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; CELL growth
- Publication
NPJ Breast Cancer, 2022, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2374-4677
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41523-022-00483-1