Endogenous expression of an oncogenic PI3K mutation leads to activated PI3K pathway signaling and an invasive phenotype
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ABSTRACT: The PTEN/PI3K pathway is commonly mutated in cancer and therefore represents a rational target for therapeutic intervention. In order to investigate the primary phenotype(s) mediated by mutant PIK3CA in a clean and highly patient-relevant context, we utilized a non-tumorigenic MCF10A parental and isogenic knock-in cell line that harbors a common activating PIK3CA kinase domain mutation (H1047R). We found that introduction of an endogenously mutated PIK3CA primarily results in a marked epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and invasive phenotype compared to isogenic wild-type cells. Moreover, a potent and selective inhibitor of PIK3CA (GDC-0941) was highly effective and selective on reversing this phenotype compared to cell-proliferation, highlighting a potential new paradigm for studying PI3K-pathway targeted agents. Keywords: Expression Array
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE17785 | GEO | 2011/08/10
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA117883
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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