PMID- 20308550 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100505 LR - 20211020 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 107 IP - 14 DP - 2010 Apr 6 TI - The phosphatase and tensin homolog regulates epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor response by targeting EGFR for degradation. PG - 6459-64 LID - 10.1073/pnas.0911188107 [doi] AB - The phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is a tumor suppressor that is inactivated in many human cancers. PTEN loss has been associated with resistance to inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), but the molecular basis of this resistance is unclear. It is believed that unopposed phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) activation through multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) can relieve PTEN-deficient cancers from their "dependence" on EGFR or any other single RTK for survival. Here we report a distinct resistance mechanism whereby PTEN inactivation specifically raises EGFR activity by impairing the ligand-induced ubiquitylation and degradation of the activated receptor through destabilization of newly formed ubiquitin ligase Cbl complexes. PTEN-associated resistance to EGFR kinase inhibitors is phenocopied by expression of dominant negative Cbl and can be overcome by more complete EGFR kinase inhibition. PTEN inactivation does not confer resistance to inhibitors of the MET or PDGFRA kinase. Our study identifies a critical role for PTEN in EGFR signal termination and suggests that more potent EGFR inhibition should overcome resistance caused by PI3K pathway activation. FAU - Vivanco, Igor AU - Vivanco I AD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021. FAU - Rohle, Daniel AU - Rohle D FAU - Versele, Matthias AU - Versele M FAU - Iwanami, Akio AU - Iwanami A FAU - Kuga, Daisuke AU - Kuga D FAU - Oldrini, Barbara AU - Oldrini B FAU - Tanaka, Kazuhiro AU - Tanaka K FAU - Dang, Julie AU - Dang J FAU - Kubek, Sara AU - Kubek S FAU - Palaskas, Nicolaos AU - Palaskas N FAU - Hsueh, Teli AU - Hsueh T FAU - Evans, Michael AU - Evans M FAU - Mulholland, David AU - Mulholland D FAU - Wolle, Daniel AU - Wolle D FAU - Rajasekaran, Sigrid AU - Rajasekaran S FAU - Rajasekaran, Ayyappan AU - Rajasekaran A FAU - Liau, Linda M AU - Liau LM FAU - Cloughesy, Timothy F AU - Cloughesy TF FAU - Dikic, Ivan AU - Dikic I FAU - Brennan, Cameron AU - Brennan C FAU - Wu, Hong AU - Wu H FAU - Mischel, Paul S AU - Mischel PS FAU - Perera, Timothy AU - Perera T FAU - Mellinghoff, Ingo K AU - Mellinghoff IK LA - eng GR - U54 CA143798/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - U54CA143798-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100322 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (EGFR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (PTEN Phosphohydrolase) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (PTEN protein, human) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (Pten protein, mouse) RN - EC 6.3.2.- (CBL protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Cell Line MH - Enzyme Activation MH - ErbB Receptors/*antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - PTEN Phosphohydrolase/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/metabolism MH - RNA Interference MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Ubiquitination PMC - PMC2851999 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2010/03/24 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/06 06:00 PMCR- 2010/10/06 CRDT- 2010/03/24 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/10/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0911188107 [pii] AID - 200911188 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.0911188107 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr 6;107(14):6459-64. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0911188107. Epub 2010 Mar 22.