PMID- 23845444 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130916 LR - 20211203 IS - 1878-3686 (Electronic) IS - 1535-6108 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Jul 8 TI - Targeting BCL-2 with the BH3 mimetic ABT-199 in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. PG - 120-9 LID - S1535-6108(13)00278-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.06.002 [doi] AB - The prosurvival protein BCL-2 is frequently overexpressed in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. We have generated ER-positive primary breast tumor xenografts that recapitulate the primary tumors and demonstrate that the BH3 mimetic ABT-737 markedly improves tumor response to the antiestrogen tamoxifen. Despite abundant BCL-XL expression, similar efficacy was observed with the BCL-2 selective inhibitor ABT-199, revealing that BCL-2 is a crucial target. Unexpectedly, BH3 mimetics were found to counteract the side effect of tamoxifen-induced endometrial hyperplasia. Moreover, BH3 mimetics synergized with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors in eliciting apoptosis. Importantly, these two classes of inhibitor further enhanced tumor response in combination therapy with tamoxifen. Collectively, our findings provide a rationale for the clinical evaluation of BH3 mimetics in therapy for breast cancer. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Vaillant, Francois AU - Vaillant F AD - ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia. FAU - Merino, Delphine AU - Merino D FAU - Lee, Lily AU - Lee L FAU - Breslin, Kelsey AU - Breslin K FAU - Pal, Bhupinder AU - Pal B FAU - Ritchie, Matthew E AU - Ritchie ME FAU - Smyth, Gordon K AU - Smyth GK FAU - Christie, Michael AU - Christie M FAU - Phillipson, Louisa J AU - Phillipson LJ FAU - Burns, Christopher J AU - Burns CJ FAU - Mann, G Bruce AU - Mann GB FAU - Visvader, Jane E AU - Visvader JE FAU - Lindeman, Geoffrey J AU - Lindeman GJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cancer Cell JT - Cancer cell JID - 101130617 RN - 0 (ABT-737) RN - 0 (Biphenyl Compounds) RN - 0 (Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic) RN - 0 (Nitrophenols) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Receptors, Estrogen) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - N54AIC43PW (venetoclax) SB - IM CIN - Breast Cancer Res. 2013;15(5):317. PMID: 24172207 MH - Animals MH - Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology MH - Breast Neoplasms/chemistry/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, SCID MH - Nitrophenols/pharmacology MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Receptors, Estrogen/*analysis MH - Sulfonamides/*pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2013/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/17 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2013/03/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/05/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/06/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/17 06:00 [medline] AID - S1535-6108(13)00278-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.06.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Cell. 2013 Jul 8;24(1):120-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.06.002.