PMID- 37914338 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231107 LR - 20231107 IS - 1347-5231 (Electronic) IS - 0031-6903 (Linking) VI - 143 IP - 11 DP - 2023 TI - [Molecular Mechanism-based Prediction of Interstitial Lung Disease Development Causedby Molecular Targeted Drugs: Association between Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin inhibitor-induced Interstitial Lung Disease]. PG - 911-916 LID - 10.1248/yakushi.23-00137 [doi] AB - Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a serious adverse event common to many molecular targeted anticancer drugs. The development of ILD significantly reduces the QOL of patients and results in treatment discontinuation. Because the development of ILD is also associated with therapeutic efficacy, the establishment of prediction strategies for ILD is important. We have focused on signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) as an important mechanistic factor in ILD induced by molecular targeted drugs. Our study aimed to establish mechanism-based ILD prediction strategies; therefore, we investigated the hypothesis that a genetic polymorphism in STAT3 is a predictive factor of the incidence of ILD induced by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors, a class of molecular targeted drugs associated with a higher incidence of ILD. Our clinical study clearly demonstrated that the rate of ILD induced by mTOR inhibitors was significantly higher in patients with the G allele homozygous genotype of STAT3 -1697C>G compared with those with other genotypes. The cumulative incidence of ILD in patients with the G allele homozygous genotype was significantly higher compared with that in patients carrying other genotypes. Furthermore, our in vitro study indicated that the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a pre-process of tissue fibrosis, was induced by an mTOR inhibitor in lung alveolar epithelial cell lines carrying the G allele homozygous genotype which was associated with a higher risk of ILD. Our study provided a novel predictive strategy for the development of ILD induced by molecular targeted drugs. FAU - Yamamoto, Kazuhiro AU - Yamamoto K AD - Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital. LA - jpn PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Yakugaku Zasshi JT - Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan JID - 0413613 RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Lung Diseases, Interstitial/chemically induced/genetics/epidemiology MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy/adverse effects MH - Quality of Life MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors OTO - NOTNLM OT - interstitial lung disease OT - mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) OT - molecular targeted drug OT - polymorphism OT - signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) EDAT- 2023/11/02 00:43 MHDA- 2023/11/03 06:43 CRDT- 2023/11/01 21:04 PHST- 2023/11/03 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/02 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/01 21:04 [entrez] AID - 10.1248/yakushi.23-00137 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Yakugaku Zasshi. 2023;143(11):911-916. doi: 10.1248/yakushi.23-00137.