Kinome Reprogramming Is a Targetable Vulnerability in ESR1 Fusion-Driven Breast Cancer

©2023 The Authors; Published by the American Association for Cancer Research..

Transcriptionally active ESR1 fusions (ESR1-TAF) are a potent cause of breast cancer endocrine therapy (ET) resistance. ESR1-TAFs are not directly druggable because the C-terminal estrogen/anti-estrogen-binding domain is replaced with translocated in-frame partner gene sequences that confer constitutive transactivation. To discover alternative treatments, a mass spectrometry (MS)-based kinase inhibitor pulldown assay (KIPA) was deployed to identify druggable kinases that are upregulated by diverse ESR1-TAFs. Subsequent explorations of drug sensitivity validated RET kinase as a common therapeutic vulnerability despite remarkable ESR1-TAF C-terminal sequence and structural diversity. Organoids and xenografts from a pan-ET-resistant patient-derived xenograft model that harbors the ESR1-e6>YAP1 TAF were concordantly inhibited by the selective RET inhibitor pralsetinib to a similar extent as the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib. Together, these findings provide preclinical rationale for clinical evaluation of RET inhibition for the treatment of ESR1-TAF-driven ET-resistant breast cancer.

SIGNIFICANCE: Kinome analysis of ESR1 translocated and mutated breast tumors using drug bead-based mass spectrometry followed by drug-sensitivity studies nominates RET as a therapeutic target. See related commentary by Wu and Subbiah, p. 3159.

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CommentIn: Cancer Res. 2023 Oct 2;83(19):3159-3161. - PMID 37779428

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

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Cancer research - 83(2023), 19 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 3237-3251

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Englisch

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Gou, Xuxu [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Beom-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Anurag, Meenakshi [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Jonathan T [VerfasserIn]
Young, Meggie N [VerfasserIn]
Holt, Matthew V [VerfasserIn]
Fandino, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Vollert, Craig T [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Purba [VerfasserIn]
Alzubi, Mohammad A [VerfasserIn]
Malovannaya, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Dobrolecki, Lacey E [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Michael T [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shunqiang [VerfasserIn]
Foulds, Charles E [VerfasserIn]
Ellis, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]

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Antineoplastic Agents
Estrogen Receptor alpha
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 03.10.2023

Date Revised 29.01.2024

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CommentIn: Cancer Res. 2023 Oct 2;83(19):3159-3161. - PMID 37779428

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-3484

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NLM355753952