title: ERBB2 phosphorylation and trastuzumab sensitivity of breast cancer cell lines.
abstract: Breast cancers that overexpress the ERBB2 tyrosine kinase receptor may be treated with the recombinant humanized monoclonal anti-ERBB2 antibody trastuzumab (herceptin). However, resistance to this targeted therapy is frequent. We have determined the response of 18 breast tumor cell lines to trastuzumab and compared it with the ERBB2 phosphorylation status using antibodies directed against tyrosine residue 1248. We show that sensitivity to trastuzumab is frequently associated with the expression of a phosphorylated ERBB2 protein.
authors.affiliation: UMR599 Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Département d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ginestier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adélaïde
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonçalvès
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Repellini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sircoulomb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Letessier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finetti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geneix
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Charafe-Jauffret
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertucci
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jacquemier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018390:Gene Targeting; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000068878:Trastuzumab
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D000068878:Trastuzumab; C508053:ERBB2 protein, human