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  2. PKMYT1 is a Marker of Treatment Response and a Therapeutic Target for CDK4/6 Inhibitor-Resistance in ER+ Breast Cancer

PKMYT1 is a Marker of Treatment Response and a Therapeutic Target for CDK4/6 Inhibitor-Resistance in ER+ Breast Cancer

  • Mol Cancer Ther. 2024 May 23. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0564.
Anran Chen 1 Beom-Jun Kim 2 Aparna Mitra 1 Craig T Vollert 3 Jonathan T Lei 1 Diana Fandino 2 Meenakshi Anurag 1 Matthew V Holt 1 Xuxu Gou 2 Jacob B Pilcher 1 Matthew P Goetz 4 Donald W Northfelt 5 Susan G Hilsenbeck 1 C Gary Marshall 6 Marc L Hyer 7 Robert Papp 8 Shou-Yun Yin 9 Carmine De Angelis 10 Rachel Schiff 1 Suzanne A W Fuqua 1 Cynthia X Ma 11 Charles E Foulds 1 Matthew J Ellis 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
  • 2 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States.
  • 3 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States.
  • 4 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
  • 5 Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
  • 6 Repare Therapeutics, Watertown, MA, United States.
  • 7 Repare Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
  • 8 Repare Therapeutics, Saint Laurent, Canada.
  • 9 Repare Therapeutics, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.
  • 10 University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
  • 11 Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St, Louis, MO, United States.
Abstract

Endocrine therapies (ET) with CDK4/6 inhibition are the standard treatment for estrogen receptor-α-positive (ER+) breast Cancer, however drug resistance is common. In this study, proteogenomic analyses of 22 ER+ breast Cancer patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) demonstrated that PKMYT1, a Wee1 homolog, is estradiol (E2) regulated in E2-dependent PDXs and constitutively expressed when growth is E2-independent. In clinical samples, high PKMYT1 mRNA levels associated with resistance to both ET and CDK4/6 inhibition. The PKMYT1 inhibitor lunresertib (RP-6306) with gemcitabine selectively and synergistically reduced the viability of ET and palbociclib-resistant ER+ breast Cancer cells without functional p53. In vitro the combination increased DNA damage and Apoptosis. In palbociclib-resistant, TP53 mutant PDX organoids and xenografts, RP-6306 with low-dose gemcitabine induced greater tumor volume reduction compared to treatment with either single agent. Our study demonstrates the clinical potential of RP-6306 in combination with gemcitabine for ET and CDK4/6 inhibitor resistant TP53 mutant ER+ breast Cancer.

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