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Preexistence and clonal selection of MET amplification in EGFR mutant NSCLC

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Turke, Alexa B., Zejnullahu, Kreshnik, Wu, Yi-Long, Song, Youngchul, Dias-Santagata, Dora, Lifshits, Eugene, Toschi, Luca, Rogers, Andrew +13 more·2010·Cancer Cell

Abstract

MET amplification activates ERBB3/PI3K/AKT signaling in EGFR mutant lung cancers and causes resistance to EGFR kinase inhibitors. We demonstrate that MET activation by its ligand, HGF, also induces drug resistance, but through GAB1 signaling. Using high-throughput FISH analyses in both cell lines and in patients with lung cancer, we identify subpopulations of cells with MET amplification prior to drug exposure. Surprisingly, HGF accelerates the development of MET amplification both in vitro and in vivo. EGFR kinase inhibitor resistance, due to either MET amplification or autocrine HGF production, was cured in vivo by combined EGFR and MET inhibition. These findings highlight the potential to prospectively identify treatment naive, patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer who will benefit from initial combination therapy.

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Turke, A. B., Zejnullahu, K., Wu, Y.-L., Song, Y., Dias-Santagata, D., Lifshits, E., Toschi, L., Rogers, A., Mok, T., Sequist, L., Lindeman, N. I., Murphy, C., Akhavanfard, S., Yeap, B. Y., Xiao, Y., Capelletti, M., Iafrate, A. J., Lee, C., Christensen, J. G., Engelman, J. A., & Jänne, P. A.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
  • Guangdong General Hospital (CN)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Engelman, Jeffrey A.
Venue
Cancer Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-01
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
77-88
ISSN
1535-6108 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1985264867
Cited by
1,059
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 73 · 2016: 93 · 2015: 84 · 2014: 88 · 2013: 94 · 2012: 106
FWCI
83.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • University of Hong Kong
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (P50CA127003, R01CA140594, R01CA114465, P50CA090578, R01CA135257, K08CA120060, R01CA137008)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Keywords
MET amplification, EGFR mutation, non-small cell lung cancer, hepatocyte growth factor, clonal selection, combination therapy
MeSH terms
Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Gene Amplification, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Mutation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Receptors, Growth Factor, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Quinazolinones, ErbB Receptors

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