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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 69, Issue 24, Pages 9163-9168Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2483
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- NIH [P30-CA 16672, 1101-CA109570, 1101-CA112567, P01-CA099031, P50 CA116199]
- DOD Center of Excellence [W81, XXV11-06-2-0033, W81XWH-08-1-0712]
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation [KG091020]
- Chang Gong Memorial Hospital
- Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaolisiung, Taiwan
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ErbB2 (HER2, neu) is a receptor tyrosine kinase overexpressed in about 25% of invasive breast carcinomas. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a secreted glycoprotein expressed in a variety of cancers, including breast carcinomas. NGAL can inhibit erythroid cell production, leading to anemia. Anemia usually occurs in cancer patients and negatively affects quality of life. However, current treatment for cancer-related anemia has potential complications. ErbB2, NGAL, and anemia have all been associated with increased metastasis and poor prognosis in breast cancer patients, although the relationship between ErbB2 and NGAL expression is not clear. Here, using breast cancer cell lines in vitro and transgenic mice carrying the activated c-neu oncogene driven by a mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV-neu) in vivo, we show that ErbB2 overexpression leads to NGAL upregulation, which is dependent on nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) activity. MMTV-neu transgenic mice developed anemia after tumor onset, and anemia progression could be partially arrested by a NF-kappa B inhibitor and ErbB2-targeted therapy. Taken together, upregulation of NGAL by ErbB2 through NF-kappa B activation is involved in cancer-related anemia, and the ErbB2, NF-kappa B, and NGAL pathways may serve as potential therapeutic targets for cancer-related anemia. [Cancer Res 2009;69(24):9163-8]
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