scholarly journals AB066. 208. Loss of estrogen receptor (ER) through DNA methylation and alterations in molecular heterogeneity during endocrine treatment in ER-positive breast cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. AB066-AB066
Author(s):  
Michael Flanagan ◽  
Damir Varšlija ◽  
Sara Charmsaz ◽  
Nicola Cosgrove ◽  
Sinead Cocchiglia ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 4980-4990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianing Tang ◽  
Qiuxia Cui ◽  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Xing Liao ◽  
Jian Zhu ◽  
...  

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 771
Author(s):  
Tessa A. M. Mulder ◽  
Mirjam de With ◽  
Marzia del Re ◽  
Romano Danesi ◽  
Ron H. J. Mathijssen ◽  
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Tamoxifen is a major option for adjuvant endocrine treatment in estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer patients. The conversion of the prodrug tamoxifen into the most active metabolite endoxifen is mainly catalyzed by the enzyme cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6). Genetic variation in the CYP2D6 gene leads to altered enzyme activity, which influences endoxifen formation and thereby potentially therapy outcome. The association between genetically compromised CYP2D6 activity and low endoxifen plasma concentrations is generally accepted, and it was shown that tamoxifen dose increments in compromised patients resulted in higher endoxifen concentrations. However, the correlation between CYP2D6 genotype and clinical outcome is still under debate. This has led to genotype-based tamoxifen dosing recommendations by the Clinical Pharmacogenetic Implementation Consortium (CPIC) in 2018, whereas in 2019, the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) discouraged the use of CYP2D6 genotyping in clinical practice for tamoxifen therapy. This paper describes the latest developments on CYP2D6 genotyping in relation to endoxifen plasma concentrations and tamoxifen-related clinical outcome. Therefore, we focused on Pharmacogenetic publications from 2018 (CPIC publication) to 2021 in order to shed a light on the current status of this debate.


2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1161-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita K. Dunbier ◽  
Helen Anderson ◽  
Zara Ghazoui ◽  
Elizabeth J. Folkerd ◽  
Roger A'Hern ◽  
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Purpose To determine whether plasma estradiol (E2) levels are related to gene expression in estrogen receptor (ER)–positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods Genome-wide RNA profiles were obtained from pretreatment core-cut tumor biopsies from 104 postmenopausal patients with primary ER-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant anastrozole. Pretreatment plasma E2 levels were determined by highly sensitive radioimmunoassay. Genes were identified for which expression was correlated with pretreatment plasma E2 levels. Validation was performed in an independent set of 73 ER-positive breast cancers. Results The expression of many known estrogen-responsive genes and gene sets was highly significantly associated with plasma E2 levels (eg, TFF1/pS2, GREB1, PDZK1 and PGR; P < .005). Plasma E2 explained 27% of the average expression of these four average estrogen-responsive genes (ie, AvERG; r = 0.51; P < .0001), and a standardized mean of plasma E2 levels and ER transcript levels explained 37% (r, 0.61). These observations were validated in an independent set of 73 ER-positive tumors. Exploratory analysis suggested that addition of the nuclear coregulators in a multivariable analysis with ER and E2 levels might additionally improve the relationship with the AvERG. Plasma E2 and the standardized mean of E2 and ER were both significantly correlated with 2-week Ki67, a surrogate marker of clinical outcome (r = −0.179; P = .05; and r = −0.389; P = .0005, respectively). Conclusion Plasma E2 levels are significantly associated with gene expression of ER-positive breast cancers and should be considered in future genomic studies of ER-positive breast cancer. The AvERG is a new experimental tool for the study of putative estrogenic stimuli of breast cancer.


2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Landmann ◽  
Daniel J Farrugia ◽  
Li Zhu ◽  
Emilia J Diego ◽  
Ronald R Johnson ◽  
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Oncotarget ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (51) ◽  
pp. 4722-4734
Author(s):  
Michael Rees ◽  
Chris Smith ◽  
Peter Barrett-Lee ◽  
Steve Hiscox

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 2655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maiko Okano ◽  
Masanori Oshi ◽  
Ali Linsk Butash ◽  
Mariko Asaoka ◽  
Eriko Katsuta ◽  
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Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer (BC), the most abundant BC subtype, is notorious for poor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). The androgen receptor (AR) was reported to support estradiol-mediated ER activity in an in vitro system. Recently, ER-positive BC with fewer tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) was shown to have a better prognosis, opposite to the trend seen with ER-negative BC. We hypothesized that ER-positive BC with high expression of AR will have fewer TILs and an inferior response to NAC, but with a better prognosis. In both TCGA and METABRIC cohorts, AR expression was significantly higher in ER-positive BCs compared to ER-negatives (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, respectively) and it correlated with ER expression (R = 0.630, R = 0.509, respectively). In ER-positive tumors, AR high tumors enriched UV response down (NES = 2.01, p < 0.001), and AR low tumors enriched DNA repair (NES = −2.02, p < 0.001). AR high tumors were significantly associated with procancer regulatory T-cells, and AR low tumors were associated with anticancer immune cells, such as CD4, CD8, and Gamma-Delta T-cells and memory B-cells in ER-positive BC (p < 0.01). Further, cytolytic activity was significantly lower in AR high BC in both cohorts. Finally, AR high tumors had a significantly lower rate of attaining pathological complete response to NAC (GSE22358), but better survival. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that high AR has fewer tumor infiltrating lymphocytes as well as cytolytic activity and an inferior response to NAC, but better survival in ER-positive BC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 2452-2463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Piggott ◽  
Andreia Silva ◽  
Timothy Robinson ◽  
Angelica Santiago-Gómez ◽  
Bruno M. Simões ◽  
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