Chimeric mouse tumor models reveal differences in pathway activation between ERBB family-and KRAS-dependent lung adenocarcinomas

Yinghui Zhou, William M. Rideout, Tong Zi, Angela Bressel, Shailaja Reddypalli, Rebecca Rancourt, Jin Kyeung Woo, James W. Horner, Lynda Chin, M. Isabel Chiu, Marcus Bosenberg, Tyler Jacks, Steven C. Clark, Ronald A. Depinho, Murray O. Robinson, Joerg Heyer

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Abstract

To recapitulate the stochastic nature of human cancer development, we have devised a strategy for generating mouse tumor models that involves stepwise genetic manipulation of embryonic stem (ES) cells and chimera generation. Tumors in the chimeric animals develop from engineered cells in the context of normal tissue. Adenocarcinomas arising in an allelic series of lung cancer models containing HER2 (also known as ERBB2), KRAS or EGFR oncogenes exhibit features of advanced malignancies. Treatment of EGFR L858R and KRAS G12V chimeric models with an EGFR inhibitor resulted in near complete tumor regression and no response to the treatment, respectively, accurately reflecting previous clinical observations. Transcriptome and immunohistochemical analyses reveal that PI3K pathway activation is unique to ERBB family tumors whereas KRAS-driven tumors show activation of the JNK/SAP pathway, suggesting points of therapeutic intervention for this difficult-to-treat tumor category.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)71-78
Number of pages8
JournalNature biotechnology
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Bioengineering
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering

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