ERBB3 Overexpression is Enriched in Diverse Patient Populations with Castration-sensitive Prostate Cancer and is Associated with a Unique AR Activity Signature

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PURPOSE: Despite successful clinical management of castration-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC), the 5-year survival rate for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer is only 32%. Combination treatment strategies to prevent disease recurrence are increasing, albeit in biomarker-unselected patients. Identifying a biomarker in CSPC to stratify patients who will progress on standard-of-care therapy could guide therapeutic strategies.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Targeted deep sequencing was performed for the University of Illinois (UI) cohort (n = 30), and immunostaining was performed on a patient tissue microarray (n = 149). Bioinformatic analyses identified pathways associated with biomarker overexpression (OE) in the UI cohort, consolidated RNA sequencing samples accessed from Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (n = 664), and GSE209954 (n = 68). Neutralizing antibody patritumab and ectopic HER3 OE were utilized for functional mechanistic experiments.

RESULTS: We identified ERBB3 OE in diverse patient populations with CSPC, where it was associated with advanced disease at diagnosis. Bioinformatic analyses showed a positive correlation between ERBB3 expression and the androgen response pathway despite low dihydrotestosterone and stable expression of androgen receptor (AR) transcript in Black/African American men. At the protein level, HER3 expression was negatively correlated with intraprostatic androgen in Black/African American men. Mechanistically, HER3 promoted enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer cell line models and HER3-targeted therapy resensitized therapy-resistant prostate cancer cell lines to enzalutamide.

CONCLUSIONS: In diverse patient populations with CSPC, ERBB3 OE was associated with high AR signaling despite low intraprostatic androgen. Mechanistic studies demonstrated a direct link between HER3 and enzalutamide resistance. ERBB3 OE as a biomarker could thus stratify patients for intensification of therapy in castration-sensitive disease, including targeting HER3 directly to improve sensitivity to AR-targeted therapies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 30(2024), 8 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 1530-1543

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vellky, Jordan E [VerfasserIn]
Kirkpatrick, Brenna J [VerfasserIn]
Gutgesell, Lisa C [VerfasserIn]
Morales, Mathias [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Ryan M [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yaqi [VerfasserIn]
Maienschein-Cline, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Notardonato, Lucia D [VerfasserIn]
Weinfeld, Michael S [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Ryan H [VerfasserIn]
Brister, Eileen [VerfasserIn]
Sverdlov, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ziqiao [VerfasserIn]
Kregel, Steven [VerfasserIn]
Nonn, Larisa [VerfasserIn]
Vander Griend, Donald J [VerfasserIn]
Reizine, Natalie M [VerfasserIn]

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2010-15-3
93T0T9GKNU
Androgens
Benzamides
Biomarkers
EC 2.7.10.1
ERBB3 protein, human
Enzalutamide
Journal Article
Nitriles
Phenylthiohydantoin
Receptor, ErbB-3
Receptors, Androgen

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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 17.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-2161

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367953722