mRNA expression of protein phosphatase 2A/C (PP2A/C) in erlotinib-treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients (p) with EGFR mutations.

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18037-e18037
Author(s):  
T. Moran ◽  
C. Costa ◽  
A. Gimenez Capitan ◽  
E. Carcereny ◽  
B. Massuti ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
You-Lung Chang ◽  
Yen-Fu Chen ◽  
Ying-Yin Chen ◽  
Shih-Chieh Chang ◽  
Cheng-Yu Chang ◽  
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Abstract Backgrounds: Astrocyte-elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) functions as an oncogene and regulates angiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this prospective study, we assessed the values of plasma AEG-1 mRNA expression by liquid biopsy associated with tumor response and survival in NSCLC patients treated with pemetrexed. Methods: Patients diagnosed advanced NSCLC were enrolled to be treated with pemetrexed combined platinum as first-line chemotherapy. All patients underwent blood sampling before any cancer treatment (C0) and at first response evaluation after two cycles (C2) treatments. Response to chemotherapy and survival were assessed. Plasma mRNA was extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) and quantification of RNA was performed by real-time PCR.Results: A total of 50 patients with advanced NSCLC were included and 13 of 50 patients combined with bevacizumab. In patient groups of SD (n = 13) and PD (n = 10), the plasma mRNA of AEG-1, thymidylate synthase (TS) and CK19 were elevated significantly at C2 compared to patients in treatment response group (PR, n = 27) (PR v.s. SD or PD, AEG-1: 1.22 ± 0.80 v.s. 4.51 ± 15.45, p = 0.043). NSCLC patients had elevated AEG-1 (AEG-1 ≥ 2) after 2-cycle chemotherapy had shorter PFS and OS (high AEG-1 v.s. low AEG-1, median, PFS: 5.5 v.s. 11.9 months, p = 0.021; OS: 25.9 v.s. 40.8 months, p = 0.019, respectively). In Cox regression analysis, increased plasma mRNA expression of AEG-1indicated poor prognosis in survival.Conclusion: Circulating mRNA concentration of AEG-1 could be a predictive and prognostic biomarker in NSCLC patients treated with pemetrexed. Increased expression of AEG-1 contributed to the chemoresistance and caused lung cancer progression.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niki Karachaliou ◽  
Carlota Costa ◽  
Ana Gimenez-Capitan ◽  
Miguel Angel Molina-Vila ◽  
Jordi Bertran-Alamillo ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20636-e20636
Author(s):  
Wen-Feng Li ◽  
Jin Kang ◽  
Xu-Chao Zhang ◽  
Su Jian ◽  
Huajun Chen ◽  
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e20636 Background: Activation of MET oncogene as the result of amplification or activation MET exon 14 mutations represents an emerging molecular target for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment. MET exon 14 mutations account for 1.0% in Chinese NSCLC patients. However, few data have been reported on the coexisting of MET exon 14 mutations and EGFR mutations in NSCLC. Moreover, the clinicopathological characteristics and targeted therapy of these MET/ EGFR-coexisting patients remain elusive. Methods: Next-generation sequencing was performed on the DNA of 969 patients and Sanger sequencing was conducted on cDNA of 621 patients for MET exon 14 mutations in NSCLCs. EGFR mutations were determined by direct DNA sequencing. Results: Fifteen patients harbored positive MET exon 14 mutations. Frequency of concomitant EGFR and MET exon 14 mutations was 0.2%(3/1590). 3 patients with concomitant MET exon 14 mutation and EGFR activating mutation were all female, never smokers and adenocarcinoma. Their stagings were stageⅠB (n = 1) and stage Ⅳ(n = 2). The stage ⅠB patient harboring concomitant MET exon 14 skipping and EGFR L858R mutation did not relapse 2 years after operation. The other two stage Ⅳ patients received first-line gefitinib. Case one harbored concomitant MET exon 14 point mutations (IVS13-36G > A) and EGFR exon 19 deletion, and showed resistance to gefitinib with progression free survival(PFS) of 2 weeks and overall survival(OS) of 1 month. Case two had concomitant MET exon 14 point mutations (IVS13-36G > A) and EGFR L858R mutation. Meanwhile, she also had both METamplification and c-Met overexpression at the baseline. She showed partial response (PR) to gefitinib with 3.8 months PFS. Then she was enrolled in a clinical trial (NCT02374645) to receive volitinib plus gefitinib on December 20, 2016. Initial response was good PR on January 24, 2017. Only grade 1 rash was observed. Conclusions: Coexisting MET exon 14 /EGFR mutation is an uncommon molecular event in NSCLC patients. Such coexisted patients might show relative resistance to EGFR inhibitor. However, combination of MET and EGFR inhibitors will be potentially a good strategy to overcome such a relative resistance for MET exon 14 /EGFR co-mutant patients.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui-chao Li ◽  
Li-jun Zheng ◽  
Ming-hao Fang ◽  
Shi-ying Yu

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of death worldwide. The upregulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) due to mutations has been observed in a number of cancers, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as gefitinib and erlotinib, which specifically target EGFR signaling, have been used to treat NSCLC patients. The presence of EGFR mutations was previously shown to confer sensitivity to TKIs. In this study, we evaluated the correlation between EGFR mutations and response to erlotinib in Chinese NSCLC patients. We recruited 36 patients with stage IIIB/IV NSCLC who had failed first-line chemotherapy, and treated them with erlotinib. We used immunohistochemistry to determine EGFR expression, and we screened for mutations using PCR analysis. We used Cox regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier curves for survival analysis. We found that 8 patients had exon 19 mutations, while 3 patients had exon 21 mutations. An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) grade of 2 was a significant negative predictor of overall survival (OS). Patients with EGFR mutations showed a significantly better OS compared to those without EGFR mutations. Additionally, multivariate analysis showed that erlotinib-treated stage IV patients had a significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) compared to stage IIIB patients. Patients with EGFR mutations also had a significantly better PFS compared to those without EGFR mutations. The overall remission rate (22.2%) and disease control rate (75%) were significantly higher compared to the rates after second-line chemotherapy (<10%). In conclusion, the presence of EGFR mutations could be a marker to predict the therapeutic efficacy of erlotinib and the prognosis in Chinese NSCLC patients.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4415
Author(s):  
Priscilla Cascetta ◽  
Vincenzo Sforza ◽  
Anna Manzo ◽  
Guido Carillio ◽  
Giuliano Palumbo ◽  
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RET rearrangements are observed in 1–2% of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and result in the constitutive activation of downstream pathways normally implied in cell proliferation, growth, differentiation and survival. In NSCLC patients, RET rearrangements have been associated with a history of non-smoking, a higher rate of brain metastasis at initial diagnosis and a low immune infiltrate. Traditionally, RET fusions are considered mutually exclusive with other oncogenic drivers, even though a co-occurrence with EGFR mutations and MET amplifications has been observed. Cabozantinib, vandetanib and lenvatinib are the first multi-kinase inhibitors tested in RET-rearranged NSCLC patients with contrasting results. More recently, two selective RET inhibitors, selpercatinib and pralsetinib, demonstrated higher efficacy rates and good tolerability and they were approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic RET fusion-positive NSCLC on the bases of the results of phase II studies. Two ongoing phase III clinical trials are currently comparing selpercatinib or pralsetinib to standard first line treatments and will definitively establish their efficacy in RET-positive NSCLC patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Elisa Boldrin ◽  
Giorgia Nardo ◽  
Elisabetta Zulato ◽  
Laura Bonanno ◽  
Valentina Polo ◽  
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Liquid biopsy is currently approved for management of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, one unanswered question is whether the rate of cell-free DNA (cfDNA)-negative samples is due to technical limitations rather than to tumor genetic characteristics. Using four microsatellite markers that map specific chromosomal loci often lost in lung cancer, we conducted a pilot study to investigate whether other alterations, such as loss of heterozygosity (LOH), could be detected in EGFR-negative cfDNA. We analyzed EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients (n = 24) who were positive or negative for EGFR mutations in cfDNA and compared the results with a second cohort of 24 patients bearing KRAS-mutated cancer, which served as a representative control population not exposed to targeted therapy. The results showed that in EGFR-negative post-tyrosine-kinase-inhibitor (TKI) cfDNAs, LOH frequency was significantly higher than in both pre- and post-TKI EGFR-positive cfDNAs. By contrast, no association between KRAS status in cfDNA and number of LOH events was found. In conclusion, our study indicates the feasibility of detecting LOH events in cfDNA from advanced NSCLC and suggests LOH analysis as a new candidate molecular assay to integrate mutation-specific assays.


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