Project description:We report the first discovery of naturally occurring ESR1Y537C and ESR1Y537S mutations in MCF7 and MCF7 ESR1-positive cell-lines after acquisition of resistance to long-term-estrogen-deprivation (LTED) and subsequent resistance to fulvestrant (ICIR).
Project description:We report the first discovery of naturally occurring ESR1Y537C and ESR1Y537S mutations in MCF7 and SUM44 ESR1-positive cell-lines after acquisition of resistance to long-term-estrogen-deprivation (LTED) and subsequent resistance to fulvestrant (ICIR).
Project description:Endocrine therapies targeting the proliferative effect of 17β-estradiol (17βE2) through estrogen receptor α (ERα) are the most effective systemic treatment of ERα-positive breast cancer. However, most breast tumors initially responsive to these therapies develop resistance through a molecular mechanism that is not yet fully understood. The long-term estrogen-deprived (LTED) MCF7 cell model has been proposed to recapitulate acquired resistance to aromatase inhibitors (AIs) in postmenopausal women. To elucidate this resistance, genomic, transcriptomic and molecular data were integrated into the time course of MCF7-LTED adaptation. Dynamic and widespread genomic changes were observed, including amplification of the ESR1 locus consequently linked to an increase in ERα. Dynamic transcriptomic profiles were also observed that correlated significantly with genomic changes and were influenced by transcription factors known to be involved in acquired resistance or cell proliferation (e.g. IRF1 and E2F1, respectively) but, notably, not by canonical ERα transcriptional function. Consistently, at the molecular level, activation of growth factor signaling pathways by EGFR/ERBB/AKT and a switch from phospho-Ser118 (pS118)- to pS167-ERα were observed during MCF7-LTED adaptation. Evaluation of relevant clinical settings identified significant associations between MCF7-LTED and breast tumor transcriptome profiles that characterize ERα-negative status, early response to letrozole and recurrence after tamoxifen treatment. This study proposes a mechanism for acquired resistance to estrogen deprivation that is coordinated across biological levels and independent of canonical ERα function. LTED (long term estrogen deprived) cell line was generated from MCF-7 cells by long-term culture under estrogen deprivated conditions. And RNA samples were obtained after 3, 15, 30, 90, 120, 150 and 180 days.
Project description:MCF7 and BT474 cell lines were exposed to LTED culture for 0 and 2 days, 6 weeks and 10 months and monitored for changes in gene expression
Project description:MCF7 and BT474 cell lines were exposed to LTED culture for 0 and 2 days, 6 weeks and 10 months and monitored for changes in gene expression MCF7 0 days vs 2 days, 6 weeks and 10 months, BT474 0 days vs 2 days, 6 weeks and 10 months
Project description:To explore the mechanism of endocrine resistance development in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, transcriptome analysis of MCF-7 and its endocrine resistant derivatives, including tamoxifen resistant (TAMR) sub-lines and long-term estrogen deprivation (LTED) sub-lines, were performed using microarray.
Project description:We used untargeted metabolomic profiling to distinguish this form of BCa from estrogen receptor positive (ER+) subtypes (+/- HER2/neu) and determine that may explain why a commonly used chemotherapeutic, paclitaxel, is generally ineffective at eliciting long-term cytotoxic and/or cytostatic responses in cell line models of TNBC. This metabolomics study used broad spectrum 1H NMR to compare Luminal A (BT474, MCF-7) and triple-negative (MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468) BCa cell lines, to determine differences in the two subtypes as well as distinguish therapeutic treatment responses for identifying new targets for drug discovery.
Project description:Phosphoinositide-3-kinase/protein-kinaseB/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/AKT/mTOR) signalling plays an important role in breast cancer (BC). Its interaction with estrogen receptor (ER) signalling becomes more complex and inter-dependent with acquired endocrine resistance. Targeting mTOR combined with endocrine therapy has shown clinical utility, however, a negative feedback-loop exists downstream of PI3K/AKT/mTOR. Direct blockade of AKT together with endocrine therapy may improve BC treatment. AZD5363, a novel pan-AKT kinase catalytic inhibitor, was examined in a panel of ER+ BC cell lines (MCF7, HCC1428, T47D, ZR75.1) adapted to long-term-estrogen-deprivation (LTED) or tamoxifen (TamR). AZD5363 caused a dose-dependent decrease in proliferation in all cell lines tested (GI50<500nM) except HCC1428 and HCC1428-LTED. T47D-LTED and ZR75-LTED were the most sensitive of the lines (GI50~100nM). AZD5363 re-sensitised TamR cells to tamoxifen and acted synergistically with fulvestrant. AZD5363 decreased p-AKT/mTOR targets leading to a reduction in ERα-mediated transcription in a context specific manner and concomitant decrease in recruitment of ER and CREB-binding protein (CBP) to estrogen-response-elements located on the TFF1, PGR and GREB1 promoters. Furthermore, AZD5363 reduced expression of cell-cycle-regulatory proteins. Global gene expression highlighted ERBB2-ERBB3, ERK5 and IGF1 signaling pathways driven by MYC as potential feedback-loops. Combined treatment with AZD5363 and fulvestrant showed synergy in an ER+ patient derived xenograft and delayed tumour progression post-cessation of therapy. These data support the combination of AZD5363 with fulvestrant as a potential therapy for BC that is sensitive or resistant to E-deprivation or tamoxifen and that activated AKT is a determinant of response, supporting the need for clinical evaluation. Cell lines were treated in biological triplicates in the absence of estrogen with or without AZD5363 for 24hours in order to identify gene changes associated with perturbation of AKT signalling
Project description:The human oestrogen-positive breast cancer cell line MCF7 was cultured in phenol red-free RPMI medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 10mg/ml insulin and 1nM estradiol (E2) and was referred to as wild-type MCF7. The wt-MCF7 cells were passaged weekly and medium was replenished every two to three days. To model acquisition of resistance to long term estrogen deprivation (LTED) on an aromatase inhibitor (AI), wt-MCF7 cells were cultured in phenol red-free RPMI medium supplemented with 10% dextran charcoal-stripped bovine serum (DCC) and 10mg/ml insulin. RNA was extracted from the LTED monolayers using RNeasy columns (Qiagen) according to manufacturerﾒs protocol. RNA amplification, labeling and hybridization on HumanWG-6 v3 Expression BeadChips were performed according to the manufacturer's instructions (http://www.illumina.com) to assess changes in gene expression during adaptation to LTED.
