Cited by 204Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsNF-κB Signaling PathwaysHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research

NF-κB-Activating Complex Engaged in Response to EGFR Oncogene Inhibition Drives Tumor Cell Survival and Residual Disease in Lung Cancer

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Blakely, Collin M., Pazarentzos, Evangelos, Olivas, Victor, Asthana, Saurabh, Yan, Jenny Jiacheng, Tan, Irena, Hrustanovic, Gorjan, Chan, Elton +12 more·2015·Cell Reports

Abstract

Although oncogene-targeted therapy often elicits profound initial tumor responses in patients, responses are generally incomplete because some tumor cells survive initial therapy as residual disease that enables eventual acquired resistance. The mechanisms underlying tumor cell adaptation and survival during initial therapy are incompletely understood. Here, through the study of EGFR mutant lung adenocarcinoma, we show that NF-κB signaling is rapidly engaged upon initial EGFR inhibitor treatment to promote tumor cell survival and residual disease. EGFR oncogene inhibition induced an EGFR-TRAF2-RIP1-IKK complex that stimulated an NF-κB-mediated transcriptional survival program. The direct NF-κB inhibitor PBS-1086 suppressed this adaptive survival program and increased the magnitude and duration of initial EGFR inhibitor response in multiple NSCLC models, including a patient-derived xenograft. These findings unveil NF-κB activation as a critical adaptive survival mechanism engaged by EGFR oncogene inhibition and provide rationale for EGFR and NF-κB co-inhibition to eliminate residual disease and enhance patient responses.

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Blakely, C. M., Pazarentzos, E., Olivas, V., Asthana, S., Yan, J. J., Tan, I., Hrustanovic, G., Chan, E., Lin, L., Neel, D. S., Newton, W., Bobb, K. L., Fouts, T. R., Meshulam, J., Gubens, M. A., Jablons, D. M., Johnson, J. R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Krogan, N. J., & Bivona, T. G.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Gladstone Institutes (US)
Corresponding author
Bivona, Trever G.
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-04
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
98-110
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2044246917
Cited by
204
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 7
FWCI
16.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
  • Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
  • California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
  • Searle Scholars Program
  • Servier
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007185)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA174497, R01CA169338, DP2CA174497, K08CA154787)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P50GM082250, P50GM081879, R01GM107671)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P01AI090935, P30AI027763)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
Keywords
NF-κB signaling, EGFR inhibition, EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, TRAF2, RIPK1, IKK complex, tumor cell survival, residual disease, acquired drug resistance, CO inhibition, patient-derived xenografts
MeSH terms
Adenocarcinoma of Lung, Adenocarcinoma, Antineoplastic Agents, Cell Survival, Cyclohexanones, Epoxy Compounds, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, NF-kappa B, RNA-Binding Proteins, Apoptosis, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins, Cell Line, Tumor, TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, I-kappa B Kinase, Molecular Targeted Therapy, ErbB Receptors

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