PMID- 19502802 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090827 LR - 20211028 IS - 1551-4005 (Electronic) IS - 1538-4101 (Print) IS - 1551-4005 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 13 DP - 2009 Jul 1 TI - Cancer cells harboring MET gene amplification activate alternative signaling pathways to escape MET inhibition but remain sensitive to Hsp90 inhibitors. PG - 2050-6 AB - Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) receptor c-Met is implicated in growth, invasion and metastasis of many tumors. Tumor cells harboring MET gene amplification are initially sensitive to c-Met tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), but escape from long-term treatment has not been investigated. C-Met is a client of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and is destabilized by Hsp90 inhibitors, suggesting that these drugs may inhibit tumors driven by MET amplification, although tumor escape under these conditions also has not been explored. Here, we evaluated the initial inhibitory effects of, and the likelihood of escape from, the Hsp90 inhibitor 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) and the c-Met TKI SU11274, using two cell lines harboring MET gene amplification. 17-AAG inhibited cell growth in both cell lines and induced substantial apoptosis, whereas SU11274 was only growth inhibitory in one cell line. In both cell lines, c-Met-dependent Akt, Erk and/or STAT3 signaling, as well as activation of the EGFR family, resumed shortly after treatment with c-Met TKI despite sustained c-Met inhibition. PKC delta upregulation may participate in reactivation of c-Met downstream signaling in both cell lines. In contrast to c-Met TKI, 17-AAG destabilized c-Met protein and durably blocked reactivation of downstream signaling pathways and EGFR family members. Our data demonstrate that downstream signaling in tumor cells overexpressing c-Met is not stably suppressed by c-Met TKI, even though c-Met remains fully inhibited. In contrast, Hsp90 inhibitors provide long-lasting suppression of c-Met-dependent signaling, and these drugs should be further evaluated in tumors driven by MET gene amplification. FAU - Wang, Suiquan AU - Wang S AD - Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. FAU - Pashtan, Itai AU - Pashtan I FAU - Tsutsumi, Shinji AU - Tsutsumi S FAU - Xu, Wanping AU - Xu W FAU - Neckers, Len AU - Neckers L LA - eng GR - Z01 BC011032/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - Z01 SC010074/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090727 PL - United States TA - Cell Cycle JT - Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) JID - 101137841 RN - 0 (((3Z)-N-(3-chlorophenyl)-3-((3,5-dimethyl-4-((4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)carbonyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylene)-N-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonamide)) RN - 0 (Benzoquinones) RN - 0 (HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Indoles) RN - 0 (Lactams, Macrocyclic) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Growth Factor) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 4GY0AVT3L4 (tanespimycin) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (MET protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C-delta) SB - IM CIN - Cell Cycle. 2009 Sep 1;8(17):2682. PMID: 19717982 MH - Apoptosis MH - Benzoquinones/*pharmacology MH - Gene Amplification MH - HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Indoles/*pharmacology MH - Lactams, Macrocyclic/*pharmacology MH - Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Piperazines/*pharmacology MH - Protein Kinase C-delta/metabolism MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sulfonamides/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC7282701 MID - NIHMS1589604 EDAT- 2009/06/09 09:00 MHDA- 2009/08/28 09:00 PMCR- 2020/06/09 CRDT- 2009/06/09 09:00 PHST- 2009/06/09 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/06/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/08/28 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 8861 [pii] AID - 10.4161/cc.8.13.8861 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Cycle. 2009 Jul 1;8(13):2050-6. doi: 10.4161/cc.8.13.8861. Epub 2009 Jul 27.