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Abstract A35: WNT4 signaling mediates endocrine response and resistance in invasive lobular carcinoma cells
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a histological subtype of breast cancer, affecting ~30,000 U.S. women annually. Over 90% of ILC are estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, however, endocrine therapy may have poorer efficacy in a subset of ILC patients compared to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) patients. Based on these observations, we assessed genome-wide ER-mediated gene expression and ER genomic binding in ILC cell lines MDA MB 134VI (MM134) and SUM44PE (44PE), to identify novel mediators of ER signaling and putative therapeutic targets specifically in ILC.Among ILC-specific estrogen-regulated genes, the most strongly indu...
Source: Molecular Cancer Research - February 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sikora, M. J., Bahreini, A., Alexander, C. M., Oesterreich, S. Tags: Luminal Breast Cancer: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research

Abstract C150: High expression of SNAI2 is associated with the emergence of a highly motile fulvestrant-resistant phenotype and is an indicator of poor response to endocrine treatment in estrogen receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer
Endocrine resistance is a major clinical problem and is associated with the acquisition of aggressive tumor spread and invasion. To investigate the association between endocrine resistance and tumor cell migration and invasion, we evaluated a panel of MCF7-based cell line models resistant to either tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors or fulvestrant. Fulvestrant-resistant cell lines showed a significantly higher migration capacity than the parental fulvestrant-sensitive cell line. Gene expression profiling and data analysis using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) of these fulvestrant-resistant/fulvestrant-sensitive cell lines id...
Source: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics - January 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Alves, C. L., Elias, D., Lyng, M., Bak, M., Lykkesfeldt, A. E., Ditzel, H. J. Tags: Target Identification and Validation: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research