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BIM Mediates EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Induced Apoptosis in Lung Cancers with Oncogenic EGFR Mutations

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Costa, Daniel B, Halmos, Balázs, Kumar, Amit, Schumer, Susan T, Huberman, Mark S, Boggon, Titus J, Tenen, Daniel G, Kobayashi, Susumu·2007·PLoS Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are present in the majority of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) responsive to the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) gefitinib or erlotinib. These EGFR-dependent tumors eventually become TKI resistant, and the common secondary T790M mutation accounts for half the tumors with acquired resistance to gefitinib. However, the key proapoptotic proteins involved in TKI-induced cell death and other secondary mutations involved in resistance remain unclear. The objective of this study was to identify the mechanism of EGFR TKI-induced apoptosis and secondary resistant mutations that affect this process. METHODS AND FINDINGS: To study TKI-induced cell death and mechanisms of resistance, we used lung cancer cell lines (with or without EGFR mutations), Ba/F3 cells stably transfected with EGFR mutation constructs, and tumor samples from a gefitinib-resistant patient. Here we show that up-regulation of the BH3-only polypeptide BIM (also known as BCL2-like 11) correlated with gefitinib-induced apoptosis in gefitinib-sensitive EGFR-mutant lung cancer cells. The T790M mutation blocked gefitinib-induced up-regulation of BIM and apoptosis. This blockade was overcome by the irreversible TKI CL-387,785. Knockdown of BIM by small interfering RNA was able to attenuate apoptosis induced by EGFR TKIs. Furthermore, from a gefitinib-resistant patient carrying the activating L858R mutation, we identified a novel secondary resistant mutation, L747S in cis to the activating mutation, which attenuated the up-regulation of BIM and reduced apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide evidence that BIM is involved in TKI-induced apoptosis in sensitive EGFR-mutant cells and that both attenuation of the up-regulation of BIM and resistance to gefitinib-induced apoptosis are seen in models that contain the common EGFR T790M and the novel L747S secondary resistance mutations. These findings also suggest that induction of BIM may have a role in the treatment of TKI-resistant tumors.

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Costa, D. B., Halmos, B., Kumar, A., Schumer, S. T., Huberman, M. S., Boggon, T. J., Tenen, D. G., & Kobayashi, S.
Venue
PLoS Medicine
Published
2007-10-30
Volume
4
Issue
10
Pages
e315
ISSN
  • 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-1676
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499
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19.27
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en
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Costa, D. B., Halmos, B., Kumar, A., Schumer, S. T., Huberman, M. S., Boggon, T. J., Tenen, D. G., & Kobayashi, S. (2007). BIM Mediates EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Induced Apoptosis in Lung Cancers with Oncogenic EGFR Mutations. PLoS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040315

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