PMID- 35441158 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220424 IS - 2692-3114 (Electronic) IS - 2692-3114 (Linking) VI - 3 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Feb 28 TI - Collateral-resistance to estrogen and HER-activated growth is associated with modified AKT, ERalpha, and cell-cycle signaling in a breast cancer model. PG - 97-116 LID - 10.37349/etat.2022.00074 [doi] AB - AIM: A model of progressively endocrine-resistant breast cancer was investigated to identify changes that can occur in signaling pathways after endocrine manipulation. METHODS: The MCF7 breast cancer model is sensitive to estrogens and anti-estrogens while variant lines previously derived from wild-type MCF7 are either relatively 17beta-estradiol (E(2))-insensitive (LCC1) or fully resistant to estrogen and anti-estrogens (LCC9). RESULTS: In LCC1 and LCC9 cell lines, loss of estrogen sensitivity was accompanied by loss of growth response to transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha), heregulin-beta and pertuzumab. LCC1 and LCC9 cells had enhanced AKT phosphorylation relative to MCF7 which was reflected in downstream activation of phospho-mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), phospho-S6, and phospho-estrogen receptor alpha Ser167 [ERalpha(Ser167)]. Both AKT2 and AKT3 were phosphorylated in the resistant cell lines, but small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown suggested that all three AKT isoforms contributed to growth response. ERalpha(Ser118) phosphorylation was increased by E(2) and TGFalpha in MCF7, by E(2) only in LCC1, but by neither in LCC9 cells. Multiple alterations in E(2)-mediated cell cycle control were identified in the endocrine-resistant cell lines including increased expression of MYC, cyclin A1, cyclin D1, cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), CDK2, and hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (ppRb), whereas p21 and p27 were reduced. Estrogen modulated expression of these regulators in MCF7 and LCC1 cells but not in LCC9 cells. Seliciclib inhibited CDK2 activation in MCF7 cells but not in resistant variants; in all lines, it reduced ppRb, increased p53 associated responses including p21, p53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA), and p53 apoptosis-inducing protein 1 (p53AIP1), inhibited growth, and produced G2/M block and apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple changes occur with progression of endocrine resistance in this model with AKT activation contributing to E(2) insensitivity and loss of ERalpha(Ser118) phosphorylation being associated with full resistance. Cell cycle regulation is modified in endocrine-resistant breast cancer cells, and seliciclib is effective in both endocrine-sensitive and resistant diseases. FAU - Moore, Kate M AU - Moore KM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1205-5186 AD - Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, EH4 2XR Edinburgh, UK. AD - Cancer Research UK Barts Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6BQ London, UK. FAU - Cerqueira, Vera AU - Cerqueira V AD - Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, EH4 2XR Edinburgh, UK. AD - West of Scotland Clinical Genetics Service, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, G51 4TF Glasgow, UK. FAU - MacLeod, Kenneth G AU - MacLeod KG AD - Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, EH4 2XR Edinburgh, UK. FAU - Mullen, Peter AU - Mullen P AD - School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, KY16 9TF St Andrews, UK. FAU - Hayward, Richard L AU - Hayward RL AD - Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, EH4 2XR Edinburgh, UK. FAU - Green, Simon AU - Green S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5054-4792 AD - Cyclacel Ltd, James Lindsay Place, Dundee Technopole, DD1 5JJ Dundee, UK. FAU - Harrison, David J AU - Harrison DJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9041-9988 AD - School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, KY16 9TF St Andrews, UK. FAU - Cameron, David A AU - Cameron DA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2717-7979 AD - Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, EH4 2XR Edinburgh, UK. FAU - Langdon, Simon P AU - Langdon SP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7200-9237 AD - Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road South, EH4 2XR Edinburgh, UK. LA - eng GR - A5010/CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom GR - A6769/CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Explor Target Antitumor Ther JT - Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy JID - 101770662 PMC - PMC7612628 MID - EMS143780 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Breast cancer OT - endocrine resistance OT - erbB receptor OT - estrogen OT - seliciclib COIS- Conflicts of interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2022/04/21 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/21 06:01 PMCR- 2022/02/28 CRDT- 2022/04/20 05:56 PHST- 2022/04/20 05:56 [entrez] PHST- 2022/04/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - etat-03-100274 [pii] AID - 10.37349/etat.2022.00074 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Explor Target Antitumor Ther. 2022 Feb 28;3(1):97-116. doi: 10.37349/etat.2022.00074.