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Targeting CXCR1/2 significantly reduces breast cancer stem cell activity and increases the efficacy of inhibiting HER2 via HER2-dependent and -independent mechanisms.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Breast cancer stem-like cells (CSC) are an important therapeutic target as they are predicted to be responsible for tumor initiation, maintenance, and metastases. Interleukin (IL)-8 is upregulated in breast cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. Breast cancer cell line studies indicate that IL-8 via its cognate receptors, CXCR1 and CXCR2, is important in regulating breast CSC activity. We investigated the role of IL-8 in the regulation of CSC activity using patient-derived breast cancers and determined the potential benefit of combining CXCR1/2 inhibition with HER2-targeted therapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:CSC activity of metastatic and invasive human breast cancers (n = 19) was assessed ex vivo using the mammosphere colony-forming assay. RESULTS:Metastatic fluid IL-8 level correlated directly with mammosphere formation (r = 0.652; P < 0.05; n = 10). Recombinant IL-8 directly increased mammosphere formation/self-renewal in metastatic and invasive breast cancers (n = 17). IL-8 induced activation of EGFR/HER2 and downstream signaling pathways and effects were abrogated by inhibition of SRC, EGFR/HER2, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), or MEK. Furthermore, lapatinib, which targets EGFR/HER2, inhibited the mammosphere-promoting effect of IL-8 in both HER2-positive and negative patient-derived cancers. CXCR1/2 inhibition also blocked the effect of IL-8 on mammosphere formation and added to the efficacy of lapatinib in HER2-positive cancers. CONCLUSIONS:These studies establish a role for IL-8 in the regulation of patient-derived breast CSC activity and show that IL-8/CXCR1/2 signaling is partly mediated via a novel SRC and EGFR/HER2-dependent pathway. Combining CXCR1/2 inhibitors with current HER2-targeted therapies has potential as an effective therapeutic strategy to reduce CSC activity in breast cancer and improve the survival of HER2-positive patients.

SUBMITTER: Singh JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4868141 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Targeting CXCR1/2 significantly reduces breast cancer stem cell activity and increases the efficacy of inhibiting HER2 via HER2-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

Singh Jagdeep K JK   Farnie Gillian G   Bundred Nigel J NJ   Simões Bruno M BM   Shergill Amrita A   Landberg Göran G   Howell Sacha J SJ   Clarke Robert B RB  

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20121113 3


<h4>Purpose</h4>Breast cancer stem-like cells (CSC) are an important therapeutic target as they are predicted to be responsible for tumor initiation, maintenance, and metastases. Interleukin (IL)-8 is upregulated in breast cancer and is associated with poor prognosis. Breast cancer cell line studies indicate that IL-8 via its cognate receptors, CXCR1 and CXCR2, is important in regulating breast CSC activity. We investigated the role of IL-8 in the regulation of CSC activity using patient-derived  ...[more]

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