Understanding and overcoming resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor therapy
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Zulkifli, Ahmad AzriDate
2020Affiliation
Surgery (RMH)Metadata
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© 2020 Ahmad Azri Zulkifli
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in Australia. Current standard treatment includes surgery, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Cetuximab is often used as part of the clinical management of unselected patients until a subset of patients were found to harbor KRAS mutations that conferred intrinsic resistance to Cetuximab. In addition, some patients are resistant to Cetuximab despite having wild-type KRAS. Using RNA-sequencing data and differential expression analysis, we discovered five potential biomarkers for predicting resistance to Cetuximab in CRC with wild-type KRAS. After generating 3 CRC models of acquired resistance to Cetuximab, we also employed proteomics analysis to determine potential biomarkers of acquired Cetuximab resistance in CRC cells with wild-type KRAS. In addition, we generated pre-clinical data for the repurposing of Carfilzomib (CFZ) as a novel drug to overcome Cetuximab resistance in metastatic colorectal cancer patients. In conclusion, this study provides a Cetuximab resistant model that can be used for further studies coupled with possible resistance mechanisms as well as a novel drug to overcome Cetuximab resistance.
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Metastatic colorectal cancer; EGFR-targeted therapy; Cetuximab resistance; Carfilzomib treatmentExport Reference in RIS Format
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