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- Title
Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response to HER2 blockade in HER2-negative breast cancer.
- Authors
Punturi, Nindo B.; Seker, Sinem; Devarakonda, Vaishnavi; Mazumder, Aloran; Kalra, Rashi; Chen, Ching Hui; Li, Shunqiang; Primeau, Tina; Ellis, Matthew J.; Kavuri, Shyam M.; Haricharan, Svasti
- Abstract
Resistance to endocrine treatment occurs in ~30% of ER+ breast cancer patients resulting in ~40,000 deaths/year in the USA. Preclinical studies strongly implicate activation of growth factor receptor, HER2 in endocrine treatment resistance. However, clinical trials of pan-HER inhibitors in ER+/HER2− patients have disappointed, likely due to a lack of predictive biomarkers. Here we demonstrate that loss of mismatch repair activates HER2 after endocrine treatment in ER+/HER2− breast cancer cells by protecting HER2 from protein trafficking. Additionally, HER2 activation is indispensable for endocrine treatment resistance in MutL- cells. Consequently, inhibiting HER2 restores sensitivity to endocrine treatment. Patient data from multiple clinical datasets supports an association between MutL loss, HER2 upregulation, and sensitivity to HER inhibitors in ER+/HER2− patients. These results provide strong rationale for MutL loss as a first-in-class predictive marker of sensitivity to combinatorial treatment with endocrine intervention and HER inhibitors in endocrine treatment-resistant ER+/HER2− breast cancer patients. Resistance to endocrine treatment in ER+/HER2- breast cancer patients remains a significant clinical problem. Here, the authors demonstrate that loss of the MutL mismatch repair complex can serve as a first-in-class predictive biomarker for combinatorial inhibition of HER2 to overcome the emergence of endocrine treatment resistance.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer; HER2 protein; PALMITOYLATION; CANCER patients; BIOMARKERS; CANCER cells
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-021-23271-0