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CANCER RESEARCH
卷 82, 期 20, 页码 3845-3857出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-4140
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader
- [81930074]
- [91959203]
- [20XD1400900]
Lenvatinib, a first-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has limited clinical benefits. This study reveals that HCC cells develop resistance to Lenvatinib by activating the EGFR-STAT3-ABCB1 pathway. Combined treatment with erlotinib, an EGFR inhibitor, may overcome acquired resistance and improve the clinical benefit of Lenvatinib.
Lenvatinib is an inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases that was recently authorized for first-line treatment of hepatocel-lular carcinoma (HCC). However, the clinical benefits derived from lenvatinib are limited, highlighting the urgent need to understand mechanisms of resistance. We report here that HCC cells develop resistance to lenvatinib by activating EGFR and stimulating the EGFR-STAT3-ABCB1 axis. Lenvatinib resistance was accompa-nied by aberrant cholesterol metabolism and lipid raft activation. ABCB1 was activated by EGFR in a lipid raft-dependent manner, which significantly enhanced the exocytosis of lenvatinib to mediate resistance. Furthermore, clinical specimens of HCC showed a correlation between the activation of the EGFR-STAT3-ABCB1 pathway and lenvatinib response. Erlotinib, an EGFR inhibitor that has also been shown to inhibit ABCB1, suppressed lenvatinib exocytosis, and combined treatment with lenvatinib and erlotinib demonstrated a significant synergistic effect on HCC both in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, these findings characterize a mecha-nism of resistance to a first-line treatment for HCC and offer a practical means to circumvent resistance and treat the disease. Significance: HCC cells acquire resistance to lenvatinib by activating the EGFR-STAT3-ABCB1 pathway, identifying com-bined treatment with erlotinib as a strategy to overcome acquired resistance and improve the clinical benefit of lenvatinib.
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