PMID- 35008514 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220131 LR - 20220131 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Dec 22 TI - Targeting the ERbeta/HER Oncogenic Network in KRAS Mutant Lung Cancer Modulates the Tumor Microenvironment and Is Synergistic with Sequential Immunotherapy. LID - 10.3390/ijms23010081 [doi] LID - 81 AB - High ERbeta/HER oncogenic signaling defines lung tumors with an aggressive biology. We previously showed that combining the anti-estrogen fulvestrant with the pan-HER inhibitor dacomitinib reduced ER/HER crosstalk and produced synergistic anti-tumor effects in immunocompromised lung cancer models, including KRAS mutant adenocarcinoma. How this combination affects the tumor microenvironment (TME) is not known. We evaluated the effects of fulvestrant and dacomitinib on murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and CD8+ T cells, and tested the efficacy of the combination in vivo, using the KRAS mutant syngeneic lung adenocarcinoma model, FVBW-17. While this combination synergistically inhibited proliferation of FVBW-17 cells, it had unwanted effects on immune cells, by reducing CD8+ T cell activity and phagocytosis in BMDMs and inducing PD-1. The effects were largely attributed to dacomitinib, which caused downregulation of Src family kinases and Syk in immune cells. In a subcutaneous flank model, the combination induced an inflamed TME with increased myeloid cells and CD8+ T cells and enhanced PD-1 expression in the splenic compartment. Concomitant administration of anti-PD-1 antibody with fulvestrant and dacomitinib was more efficacious than fulvestrant plus dacomitinib alone. Administering anti-PD-1 sequentially after fulvestrant plus dacomitinib was synergistic, with a two-fold greater tumor inhibitory effect compared to concomitant therapy, in both the flank model and in a lung metastasis model. Sequential triple therapy has potential for treating lung cancer that shows limited response to current therapies, such as KRAS mutant lung adenocarcinoma. FAU - Almotlak, Abdulaziz A AU - Almotlak AA AD - Department of Pharmacology, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Farooqui, Mariya AU - Farooqui M AD - Department of Pharmacology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. FAU - Soloff, Adam C AU - Soloff AC AD - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. FAU - Siegfried, Jill M AU - Siegfried JM AD - Department of Pharmacology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. AD - Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. FAU - Stabile, Laura P AU - Stabile LP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1822-2707 AD - Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. LA - eng GR - no grant number/University of Minnesota Foundation through a donation from the State of Minnesota Eagles of the Masonic Cancer Center/ GR - no grant number/Alice and Frederick Stark Endowed Chair in Pharmacology/ GR - no grant number/A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation Tona Vives Award/ GR - no grant number/Hillman Fellows for Innovative Cancer Research Program/ GR - no grant number/Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faiscal University fellowship program in conjunction with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) to the USA/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211222 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor beta) RN - 0 (KRAS protein, human) RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) RN - 0 (Quinazolinones) RN - 5092U85G58 (dacomitinib) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/immunology MH - Carcinogenesis/genetics/immunology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Estrogen Receptor beta/*genetics/immunology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy/methods MH - Lung Neoplasms/*genetics/immunology/therapy MH - Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/drug effects/immunology MH - Macrophages/drug effects/immunology MH - Mice MH - Oncogenes/genetics/immunology MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)/*genetics/immunology MH - Quinazolinones/pharmacology MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*genetics/immunology MH - Tumor Microenvironment/*genetics/immunology PMC - PMC8745184 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER OT - HER OT - KRAS OT - NSCLC OT - PAM50 OT - TME OT - anti-PD-1 OT - immunotherapy COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/01/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/01 06:00 PMCR- 2021/12/22 CRDT- 2022/01/11 01:02 PHST- 2021/09/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/12/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/11 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms23010081 [pii] AID - ijms-23-00081 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms23010081 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 22;23(1):81. doi: 10.3390/ijms23010081.