Identification of Src Family Kinases as Potential Therapeutic Targets for Chemotherapy-Resistant Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

TitleIdentification of Src Family Kinases as Potential Therapeutic Targets for Chemotherapy-Resistant Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsKohale IN, Yu J, Zhuang Y, Fan X, Reddy RJ, Sinnwell J, Kalari KR, Boughey JC, Carter JM, Goetz MP, Wang L, White FM
JournalCancers (Basel)
Volume14
Issue17
Date Published2022 Aug 30
ISSN2072-6694
Abstract

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) remains the cornerstone of the treatment for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), with the goal of complete eradication of disease. However, for patients with residual disease after NAC, recurrence and mortality rates are high and the identification of novel therapeutic targets is urgently needed. We quantified tyrosine phosphorylation (pTyr)-mediated signaling networks in chemotherapy sensitive (CS) and resistant (CR) TNBC patient-derived xenografts (PDX), to gain novel therapeutic insights. The antitumor activity of SFK inhibition was examined in vivo. Treated tumors were further subjected to phosphoproteomic and RNAseq analysis, to identify the mechanism of actions of the drug. We identified Src Family Kinases (SFKs) as potential therapeutic targets in CR TNBC PDXs. Treatment with dasatinib, an FDA approved SFK inhibitor, led to inhibition of tumor growth in vivo. Further analysis of post-treatment PDXs revealed multiple mechanisms of actions of the drug, confirming the multi-target inhibition of dasatinib. Analysis of pTyr in tumor specimens suggested a low prevalence of SFK-driven tumors, which may provide insight into prior clinical trial results demonstrating a lack of dasatinib antitumor activity in unselected breast cancer patients. Taken together, these results underscore the importance of pTyr characterization of tumors, in identifying new targets, as well as stratifying patients based on their activated signaling networks for therapeutic options. Our data provide a strong rationale for studying SFK inhibitors in biomarker-selected SFK-driven TNBC.

DOI10.3390/cancers14174220
Alternate JournalCancers (Basel)
PubMed ID36077757
PubMed Central IDPMC9454481
Grant ListU01 CA238720 / NH / NIH HHS / United States
P30 CA14051 / NH / NIH HHS / United States
P50 CA116201 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
U54 CA210180 / NH / NIH HHS / United States
P42 ES027707 / NH / NIH HHS / United States
P30 CA015083 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States