PMID- 36130016 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220923 LR - 20221222 IS - 1946-6242 (Electronic) IS - 1946-6234 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 663 DP - 2022 Sep 21 TI - Giredestrant reverses progesterone hypersensitivity driven by estrogen receptor mutations in breast cancer. PG - eabo5959 LID - 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo5959 [doi] AB - ESR1 (estrogen receptor 1) hotspot mutations are major contributors to therapeutic resistance in estrogen receptor-positive (ER(+)) breast cancer. Such mutations confer estrogen independence to ERalpha, providing a selective advantage in the presence of estrogen-depleting aromatase inhibitors. In addition, ESR1 mutations reduce the potency of tamoxifen and fulvestrant, therapies that bind ERalpha directly. These limitations, together with additional liabilities, inspired the development of the next generation of ERalpha-targeted therapeutics, of which giredestrant is a high-potential candidate. Here, we generated Esr1 mutant-expressing mammary gland models and leveraged patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) to investigate the biological properties of the ESR1 mutations and their sensitivity to giredestrant in vivo. In the mouse mammary gland, Esr1 mutations promote hypersensitivity to progesterone, triggering pregnancy-like tissue remodeling and profoundly elevated proliferation. These effects were driven by an altered progesterone transcriptional response and underpinned by gained sites of ERalpha-PR (progesterone receptor) cobinding at the promoter regions of pro-proliferation genes. PDX experiments showed that the mutant ERalpha-PR proliferative program is also relevant in human cancer cells. Giredestrant suppressed the mutant ERalpha-PR proliferation in the mammary gland more so than the standard-of-care agents, tamoxifen and fulvestrant. Giredestrant was also efficacious against the progesterone-stimulated growth of ESR1 mutant PDX models. In addition, giredestrant demonstrated activity against a molecularly characterized ESR1 mutant tumor from a patient enrolled in a phase 1 clinical trial. Together, these data suggest that mutant ERalpha can collaborate with PR to drive protumorigenic proliferation but remain sensitive to inhibition by giredestrant. FAU - Liang, Jackson AU - Liang J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3778-4614 AD - Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Ingalla, Ellen Rei AU - Ingalla ER AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3262-3582 AD - Translational Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Yao, Xiaosai AU - Yao X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9729-0726 AD - Oncology Bioinformatics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Wang, Bu-Er AU - Wang BE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7265-6082 AD - Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Tai, Lisa AU - Tai L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4449-3762 AD - Research Pathology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Giltnane, Jennifer AU - Giltnane J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8333-9995 AD - Research Pathology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Liang, Yuxin AU - Liang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1143-423X AD - Microchemistry, Proteomics, Lipidomics and Next Generation Sequencing, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Daemen, Anneleen AU - Daemen A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6287-7105 AD - Oncology Bioinformatics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Moore, Heather M AU - Moore HM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7098-3888 AD - Oncology Biomarker Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Aimi, Junko AU - Aimi J AD - Oncology Biomarker Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Chang, Ching-Wei AU - Chang CW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9239-4403 AD - Biostatistics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Gates, Mary R AU - Gates MR AD - Early Clinical Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Eng-Wong, Jennifer AU - Eng-Wong J AD - Early Clinical Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Tam, Lucinda AU - Tam L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3101-6684 AD - Molecular Biology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Bacarro, Natasha AU - Bacarro N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6070-6134 AD - Molecular Biology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Roose-Girma, Merone AU - Roose-Girma M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1601-571X AD - Molecular Biology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Bellet, Meritxell AU - Bellet M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8859-8307 AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona 08035, Spain. FAU - Hafner, Marc AU - Hafner M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1337-7598 AD - Oncology Bioinformatics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. FAU - Metcalfe, Ciara AU - Metcalfe C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7233-661X AD - Department of Discovery Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220921 PL - United States TA - Sci Transl Med JT - Science translational medicine JID - 101505086 RN - 0 (Aromatase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Carbolines) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (Estrogens) RN - 0 (Receptors, Estrogen) RN - 0 (Receptors, Progesterone) RN - 094ZI81Y45 (Tamoxifen) RN - 22X328QOC4 (Fulvestrant) RN - 28P3DU6DB3 (giredestrant) RN - 4G7DS2Q64Y (Progesterone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aromatase Inhibitors/therapeutic use MH - *Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics/pathology MH - Carbolines MH - *Estrogen Receptor alpha/genetics/metabolism MH - Estrogens MH - Female MH - Fulvestrant/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Progesterone/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Estrogen/genetics MH - Receptors, Progesterone/genetics/therapeutic use MH - Tamoxifen/pharmacology/therapeutic use EDAT- 2022/09/22 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/24 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/21 14:03 PHST- 2022/09/21 14:03 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/24 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo5959 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Transl Med. 2022 Sep 21;14(663):eabo5959. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo5959. Epub 2022 Sep 21.