Journal
ONCOTARGET
Volume 5, Issue 13, Pages 4603-4650Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2209
Keywords
Targeted Therapy; Therapy Resistance; Mutations; PI3K; mTOR; rapamycin
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Funding
- USAMRMC [BC022276]
- Intramural RECDA Award
- Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)
- MIUR-PRIN
- Italian MIUR-FIRB Accordi di Programma
- Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (Ministry for Education, Universities and Research) - FIRB-MERIT [RBNE08YYBM]
- Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Italian Ministry of Health, Ricerca Finalizzata Stemness
- MIUR FIRB [RBAP11ZJFA_001]
- CRO
- Italian Association for Cancer Research, (AIRC) (RM PI)
- Italian Association for Cancer Research, (AIRC) [MCO10016]
- Italian Ministry of Health
- Regione Friuli Venezia-Giulia
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The EGFR/PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1/GSK-3 pathway plays prominent roles in malignant transformation, prevention of apoptosis, drug resistance and metastasis. The expression of this pathway is frequently altered in breast cancer due to mutations at or aberrant expression of: HER2, ERalpha, BRCA1, BRCA2, EGFR1, PIK3CA, PTEN, TP53, RB as well as other oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. In some breast cancer cases, mutations at certain components of this pathway (e.g., PIK3CA) are associated with a better prognosis than breast cancers lacking these mutations. The expression of this pathway and upstream HER2 has been associated with breast cancer initiating cells (CICs) and in some cases resistance to treatment. The anti-diabetes drug metformin can suppress the growth of breast CICs and herceptin-resistant HER2+ cells. This review will discuss the importance of the EGFR/PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1/GSK-3 pathway primarily in breast cancer but will also include relevant examples from other cancer types. The targeting of this pathway will be discussed as well as clinical trials with novel small molecule inhibitors. The targeting of the hormone receptor, HER2 and EGFR1 in breast cancer will be reviewed in association with suppression of the EGFR/PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1/GSK-3 pathway.
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