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SUBMITTER: Tamaskovic R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4895728 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tamaskovic Rastislav R Schwill Martin M Nagy-Davidescu Gabriela G Jost Christian C Schaefer Dagmar C DC Verdurmen Wouter P R WP Schaefer Jonas V JV Honegger Annemarie A Plückthun Andreas A
Nature communications 20160603
Compensatory mechanisms, such as relief of AKT-ErbB3-negative feedback, are known to desensitize ErbB2-dependent tumours to targeted therapy. Here we describe an adaptation mechanism leading to reactivation of the PI3K/AKT pathway during trastuzumab treatment, which occurs independently of ErbB3 re-phosphorylation. This signalling bypass of phospho-ErbB3 operates in ErbB2-overexpressing cells via RAS-PI3K crosstalk and is attributable to active ErbB2 homodimers. As demonstrated by dual blockade ...[more]