title: Anti-HER3 Monoclonal Antibody Inhibits Acquired Trastuzumab-Resistant Gynecologic Cancers.
abstract: Antibody resistance, both de novo and acquired, is usually related to high risk of recurrence and lower survival rate in gynecologic cancers. Prevention or reversal of the resistance often yields beneficial clinical results. It was reported that anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 monoclonal antibody was effective against trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer cells. Here in our laboratory, an acquired trastuzumab-resistant ovarian cancer cell line, SKOV3-T, was established previously. Further, human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 was observed to be upregulated in this cell line by microarray detection, suggesting that the antagonist against human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 might be effective to inhibit the resistant cells.
  
  
  
  We developed an anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 monoclonal antibody, LMAb3, and its affinity to bind human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 was calculated by the Biacore method. Preliminarily, LMAb3's antitumor activity was evaluated in vitro using cell growth/proliferation and clone formation assays in the breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Furthermore, LMAb3 was also evaluated for its inhibitory effect on the carcinogenicity of the SKOV3-T cells, which were induced to overexpress human epidermal growth factor receptor 3, both in vitro and in vivo. The possible underlying signal transduction mechanisms were also identified by Western blot in the MCF-7 and SKOV3-T cells.
  
  
  
  LMAb3 was able to inhibit the cell growth/proliferation, clone, and tumor formation both in vitro (in the MCF-7 and SKOV3-T cells) and in vivo. The underlying mechanism of LMAb3 possibly involves inactivation of the HER family proteins (human epidermal growth factor receptor 1, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, and especially human epidermal growth factor receptor 3) as well as the downstream mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase B pathways.
  
  
  
  Our work suggests that satisfactory curative effects might be achieved with LMAb3 to treat the trastuzumab-resistant, human epidermal growth factor receptor 3-positive cases of gynecologic cancers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Xinying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Yanting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Chunxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Jiannan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
authors.forename: Beifen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China lm62033@aliyun.com liyan62033@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China lm62033@aliyun.com liyan62033@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells; D051379:Mice; D020893:Receptor, ErbB-3 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D000068878:Trastuzumab / Q000494:pharmacology*; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D020893:Receptor, ErbB-3; D000068878:Trastuzumab
keywords: HER3; acquired resistance; cancer; monoclonal antibody; trastuzumab