表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂耐药机制研究进展

含有表皮生长因子受体突变的非小细胞肺癌患者中70％～80％对表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂吉非替尼和厄洛替尼敏感,但最终仍会出现耐药导致肿瘤进展。表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂耐药分为原发耐药和继发耐药,继发耐药机制主要包括表皮生长因子受体二次突变（T790M）、HER2及HER3的代偿作用、MET扩增、胰岛素样生长因子受体结合蛋白缺失及哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白信号通路活化。     

非小细胞肺癌治疗中吉非替尼继发耐药的机制研究进展

吉非替尼(gefitinib)是表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosinekinase inhibitors,EGFR-TKIs)类靶向药物,目前主要用于治疗已接受过铂类为基础化疗的非小细胞肺癌进展期患者。然而,靶向药物同样存在着继发耐药的问题。关于继发耐药的相关研究中,目前普遍认同是表皮生长因子受体(epidermal growth factor receptor,EGFR)基因的二次突变学说;但亦有研究显示,吉非替尼的耐药与药物的转运、EGFR/Met基因的扩增以及信号通路的改变有关,非单一机制能完全解释其耐药性。因此,本文将对目前关于吉非替尼继发耐药的机制以及克服耐药的策略的研究进展作一综述。     

EGFR TKIs在非小细胞肺癌中的耐药机制及治疗进展

吉非替尼和厄洛替尼是表皮生长因子受体(epidermal growth factor receptor,EGFR)酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(tyrosine kinase inhibitors,TKIs),广泛用于非小细胞肺癌的治疗。但随着应用的深入,耐药问题开始凸显。过去几年,针对继发性耐药和原发性耐药的深入研究,发现EGFR二次突变,MET基因扩增, K-ras基因突变等是EGFR TKIs耐药的主要原因。本文就EGFR-TKIs原发耐药与继发耐药的机制,以及克服此类耐药的新型药物及其临床试验数据作一综述。     

第三代EGFR-TKIs治疗晚期非小细胞肺癌的耐药机制及应对策略研究进展

表皮生长因子受体（EGFR）酪氨酸激酶抑制剂（TKIs）是具有EGFR基因敏感突变的晚期非小细胞肺癌（NSCLC）患者的一线治疗药物。第一、二代EGFR-TKIs可有效治疗EGFR敏感突变的NSCLC,EGFR第20号外显子的T790M突变是第一、二代EGFR-TKIs的主要耐药机制。以奥西替尼为代表的第三代EGFR-TKIs治疗耐药后出现T790M突变的患者疗效显著,给晚期肺癌患者带来更多的生存获益。然而第三代EGFR-TKIs仍不可避免地出现耐药。本文对第三代EGFR-TKIs治疗晚期NSCLC耐药机制及应对策略的研究进展进行综述。     

奥希替尼治疗非小细胞肺癌的研究进展

表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)突变的发现以及EGFR酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)疗效的证明，标志着非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)精准药物使用时代的到来。奥希替尼是针对EGFR TKI敏感突变和野生型EGFR T790M突变，同时保留野生型EGFR的第三代TKI。因其在临床试验中表现出的显著临床有效性和良好安全性，2015年及2016年初，美国及欧洲首次批准了奥希替尼用于接受EGFR TKI治疗后进展的EGFR T790M突变阳性的NSCLC患者的治疗，2017年3月奥西替尼正式在我国获批上市。本文主要就奥希替尼在NSCLC治疗中的研究进展进行综述。     

奥希替尼治疗不同表皮生长因子受体基因突变型晚期肺腺癌疗效分析

目的 分析一代表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(EGFR-TKIs)耐药后奥希替尼治疗不同EGFR基因突变的晚期肺腺癌临床疗效.方法 回顾性分析2015年1月至2019年10月郑州大学第一附属医院收治的82例EGFR敏感突变且第1代EGFR-TKIs耐药后基因检测T790M突变的晚期肺腺癌患者的临床资料.将50例19外...     

吉非替尼和厄洛替尼耐药机制

吉非替尼和厄洛替尼是首批用于晚期非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)的分子靶向药物,尽管治疗效果显著,但最终多数患者均会发生耐药.近年来研究表明,其耐药机制与表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)二次突变、其他酪氨酸激酶家族受体异常活化及信号通路成分或调节因子基因表达的改变等有关.另有研究表明,可能与EGFR受体内化及肿瘤微环境改变也有相关性.进一步研究其耐药机制,并寻找克服或逆转耐药的方法、开发新的靶向药物已成为肺癌治疗领域的前沿课题.     

厄洛替尼与西妥昔单抗联合应用治疗吉非替尼耐药NSCLC的疗效

本研究通过EGFR-TKI和EGFR单克隆抗体联合应用探讨治疗EGFR突变阴性和EGFR T790M突变继发性耐药的NSCLC的疗效。方法:应用EGFR突变阴性和EGFR T790M突变继发性耐药的NSCLL细胞原代培养及药敏技术检验EGFR-TKI和EGFR单克隆抗体联合应用的疗效。结果:检测厄洛替尼和西妥昔单抗联合处理对于15例EGFR突变阴性和8例T790M突变阳性的继发性耐药的NSCLC患者原代细胞的影响,应用浓度分别为50 μg/mL西妥昔单抗和1 μM厄洛替尼作用于EGFR突变阴性的NSCLC患者原代细胞,结果显示这三组间T/C值无显著性差异（P>0.05）,对于T790M突变阳性的继发性耐药的NSCLC原代细胞这三组间T/C值有显著性差异（P<0.05）,联合用药组疗效明显高于单药组。结论:进一步验证了厄洛替尼和西妥昔单抗联合应用对于EGFR突变阴性的NSCLC患者无效,但对于T790M突变阳性的继发性耐药的NSCLC患者有效。      

表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂的耐药机制及应对策略

 表皮生长因子受体（EGFR）酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(EGFR-TKI)对含有EGFR突变的非小细胞肺癌治疗效果较好,但仍有部分患者对酪氨酸激酶抑制剂（TKI）原发耐药,而对TKI治疗敏感的患者最终无法避免继发耐药导致肿瘤进展,其主要分子机制是T790M突变和MET扩增。研究新的靶向治疗药物及联合应用药物克服耐药是目前临床科研的主题。     

非小细胞肺癌表皮生长因子受体T790M突变的研究进展

摘 要：临床工作中表皮生长因子受体—酪氨酸激酶抑制剂（epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor，EGFR-TKI）耐药的非小细胞肺癌（non-small cell lung cancer，NSCLC）患者须进行EGFR T790M突变的检测。由于多种原因一些患者无法通过组织再活检获得满意基因检测结果，而液体活检也存在敏感性较低等限制。探索与T790M突变状态相关的临床因素、提高T790M突变再活检的技术水平有助于实现EGFR-TKI耐药后的精准诊断。T790M突变的NSCLC患者首选三代EGFR-TKI奥希替尼，但仍会不可避免地出现耐药。该文对继发性T790M突变的发生、相关检测技术的优劣、临床因素、治疗选择、奥希替尼的耐药机制及对策等研究情况进行综述，希望为患者临床再活检策略及后续治疗的选择提供帮助。     

PF00299804, an irreversible pan-ERBB inhibitor, is effective in lung cancer models with EGFR and ERBB2 mutations that are resistant to gefitinib

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib are effective treatments for a subset of non-small cell lung cancers. In particular, cancers with specific EGFR-activating mutations seem to be the most sensitive to these agents. However, despite their initial response, such cancers almost invariably develop resistance. In 50% of such cancers, a secondary EGFR mutation, T790M, has been identified that renders gefitinib and erlotinib ineffective inhibitors of EGFR kinase activity. Thus, there is a clinical need to develop novel EGFR inhibitors that can effectively inactivate T790M-containing EGFR proteins. In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of a novel compound, PF00299804, an irreversible pan-ERBB inhibitor. The results from these studies show that PF00299804 is a potent inhibitor of EGFR-activating mutations as well as the EGFR T790M resistance mutation both in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, PF00299804 is a highly effective inhibitor of both the wild-type ERBB2 and the gefitinib-resistant oncogenic ERBB2 mutation identified in lung cancers. These preclinical evaluations support further clinical development of PF00299804 for cancers with mutations and/or amplifications of ERBB family members.     

An alternative inhibitor overcomes resistance caused by a mutation of the epidermal growth factor receptor

Mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene have been identified in non-small cell lung cancer specimens from patients responding to anilinoquinazoline EGFR inhibitors. However, clinical resistance to EGFR inhibitor therapy is commonly observed. Previously, we showed that such resistance can be caused by a second mutation of the EGFR gene, leading to a T790M amino acid change in the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain and also found that CL-387,785, a specific and irreversible anilinoquinazoline EGFR inhibitor, was able to overcome this resistance on the biochemical level. Here, we present the successful establishment of a stable Ba/F3 cell line model system for the study of oncogenic EGFR signaling and the functional consequences of the EGFR T790M resistance mutation. We show the ability of gefitinib to induce growth arrest and apoptosis in cells transfected with wild-type or L858R EGFR, whereas the T790M mutation leads to high-level functional resistance against gefitinib and erlotinib. In addition, CL-387,785 is able to overcome resistance caused by the T790M mutation on a functional level, correlating with effective inhibition of downstream signaling pathways. Similar data was also obtained with the use of the gefitinib-resistant H1975 lung cancer cell line. The systems established by us should prove useful for the large-scale screening of alternative EGFR inhibitor compounds against the T790M or other EGFR mutations. These data also support the notion that clinical investigations of compounds similar to CL-387,785 may be useful as a treatment strategy for patients with resistance to EGFR inhibitor therapy caused by the T790M mutation.     

Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) affected acquired resistance to gefitinib in a "never-smoked" female patient with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Development of acquired resistance to gefitinib after an initial good response is common. Recently, it was reported that this acquired resistance is related to a secondary mutation associated with a substitution of threonine by methionine at codon 790 (T790M) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene. In this report, we present a "never smoking" woman with advanced lung cancer who showed acquired resistance to gefitinib, and analysis of autopsy samples revealed no evidence of EGFR mutations in either exons 18-21 or codon 790, and positive immunostaining for breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP). We describe, for the first time, a case in which expression of BCRP was associated with acquired resistance to gefitinib, independent of EGFR mutations.     

EGFR mutation status in pleural fluid predicts tumor responsiveness and resistance to gefitinib

It has been reported that the threonine-to-methionine substitution at amino acid position 790 (T790M) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is correlated with acquired resistance to gefitinib. We previously reported that there was some population that harbored the EGFR T790M mutation as a minor clone of tumor cells prior to drug treatment, may be causing resistance to gefitinib during treatment. This fact also suggests that the detection of the EGFR T790M mutation prior to treatment may predict the development of resistance. We also showed that pleural fluid is a useful specimen for detection of EGFR mutation using sensitive assays. In this study, we reported a female patient who was treated with gefitinib because an EGFR L858R mutation was found in her pleural fluid. Our patient showed partial response to gefitinib, but she had progressive disease only 4 months after the start of treatment. Furthermore, the EGFR T790M mutation was detected in the pleural fluid before gefitinib treatment by the mutant-enriched PCR assay. Our findings confirmed that the EGFR T790M mutation was occasionally present as a minor population in tumor cells before treatment and caused resistance after gefitinib administration. The detection of a small fraction of T790M-positive alleles may be useful to predict the clinical course of the gefitinib-treated non-small-cell lung cancer patients.     

Analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and acquired resistance to gefitinib.

PURPOSE: Non-small cell lung cancers carrying activating mutations in the gene for the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are highly sensitive to EGFR-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors. However, most patients who initially respond subsequently experience disease progression while still on treatment. Part of this "acquired resistance" is attributable to a secondary mutation resulting in threonine to methionine at codon 790 (T790M) of EGFR. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We sequenced exons 18 to 21 of the EGFR gene to look for secondary mutations in tumors with acquired resistance to gefitinib in 14 patients with adenocarcinomas. Subcloning or cycleave PCR was used in addition to normal sequencing to increase the sensitivity of the assay. We also looked for T790M in pretreatment samples from 52 patients who were treated with gefitinib. We also looked for secondary KRAS gene mutations because tumors with KRAS mutations are generally resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. RESULTS: Seven of 14 tumors had a secondary T790M mutation. There were no other novel secondary mutations. We detected no T790M mutations in pretreatment specimens from available five tumors among these seven tumors. Patients with T790M tended to be women, never smokers, and carrying deletion mutations, but the T790M was not associated with the duration of gefitinib administration. None of the tumors had an acquired mutation in the KRAS gene. CONCLUSIONS: A secondary T790M mutation of EGFR accounted for half the tumors with acquired resistance to gefitinib in Japanese patients. Other drug-resistant secondary mutations are uncommon in the EGFR gene.     

Novel D761Y and common secondary T790M mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant lung adenocarcinomas with acquired resistance to kinase inhibitors.

PURPOSE: In patients whose lung adenocarcinomas harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase domain mutations, acquired resistance to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) gefitinib (Iressa) and erlotinib (Tarceva) has been associated with a second-site EGFR mutation, which leads to substitution of methionine for threonine at position 790 (T790M). We aimed to elucidate the frequency and nature of secondary EGFR mutations in patients with acquired resistance to TKI monotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Tumor cells from patients with acquired resistance were examined for secondary EGFR kinase domain mutations by molecular analyses. RESULTS: Eight of 16 patients (50% observed rate; 95% confidence interval, 25-75%) had tumor cells with second-site EGFR mutations. Seven mutations were T790M and one was a novel D761Y mutation found in a brain metastasis. When combined with a drug-sensitive L858R mutation, the D761Y mutation modestly reduced the sensitivity of mutant EGFR to TKIs in both surrogate kinase and cell viability assays. In an autopsy case, the T790M mutation was found in multiple visceral metastases but not in a brain lesion. CONCLUSIONS: The T790M mutation is common in patients with acquired resistance. The limited spectrum of TKI-resistant mutations in EGFR, which binds to erlotinib in the active conformation, contrasts with a wider range of second-site mutations seen with acquired resistance to imatinib, which binds to ABL and KIT, respectively, in closed conformations. Collectively, our data suggest that the type and nature of kinase inhibitor resistance mutations may be influenced by both anatomic site and mode of binding to the kinase target.     

Hsp90 inhibition suppresses mutant EGFR-T790M signaling and overcomes kinase inhibitor resistance

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) secondary kinase domain T790M non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) mutation enhances receptor catalytic activity and confers resistance to the reversible tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib. Currently, irreversible inhibitors represent the primary approach in clinical use to circumvent resistance. We show that higher concentrations of the irreversible EGFR inhibitor CL-387,785 are required to inhibit EGFR phosphorylation in T790M-expressing cells compared with EGFR mutant NSCLC cells without T790M. Additionally, CL-387,785 does not fully suppress phosphorylation of other activated receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) in T790M-expressing cells. These deficiencies result in residual Akt and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activities. Full suppression of EGFR-mediated signaling in T790M-expressing cells requires the combination of CL-387,785 and rapamycin. In contrast, Hsp90 inhibition overcomes these limitations in vitro and depletes cells of EGFR, other RTKs, and phospho-Akt and inhibits mTOR signaling whether or not T790M is present. EGFR-T790M-expressing cells rendered resistant to CL-387,785 by a kinase switch mechanism retain sensitivity to Hsp90 inhibition. Finally, Hsp90 inhibition causes regression in murine lung adenocarcinomas driven by mutant EGFR (L858R) with or without T790M. However, efficacy in the L858R-T790M model requires a more intense treatment schedule and responses were transient. Nonetheless, these findings suggest that Hsp90 inhibitors may be effective in T790M-expressing cells and offer an alternative therapeutic strategy for this subset of lung cancers.     

Mechanisms of acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer.

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib are effective therapies for non-small cell lung cancer patients whose tumors harbor somatic mutations in EGFR. All patients, however, ultimately develop resistance to these agents. Thus, there is a great need to understand how patients become resistant to develop effective therapies for these cancers. Studies over the last few years have identified two different EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance mechanisms, a secondary mutation in EGFR, EGFR 790M, and amplification of the MET oncogene. These findings have led to clinical trials using newly designed targeted therapies that can overcome these resistance mechanisms and have shown promise in laboratory studies. Ongoing research efforts will likely continue to identify additional resistance mechanisms, and these findings will hopefully translate into effective therapies for non-small cell lung cancer patients.     

Oncogenic activity of epidermal growth factor receptor kinase mutant alleles is enhanced by the T790M drug resistance mutation

Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) characterize a subset of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) with extraordinary sensitivity to targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). A single secondary EGFR mutation, T790M, arising in cis with the primary activating mutation, confers acquired resistance to these drugs. However, the T790M mutation is also detected in the absence of drug selection, suggesting that it may provide a growth advantage. We show here that although T790M alone has only a modest effect on EGFR function, when combined with the characteristic activating mutations L858R or del746-750, it results in a dramatic enhancement of EGFR activity. The double mutants show potent ligand-independent receptor autophosphorylation associated with altered cellular phenotypes, soft agar colony formation, and tumorigenesis in nude mice. The significant gain-of-function properties of these double mutants may explain their initial presence before drug selection and their rapid selection as the single drug resistance mutation during therapy with gefitinib/erlotinib, and suggests that they may contribute to the adverse clinical course of TKI-resistant NSCLC.