EZH2 Modifies Sunitinib Resistance in Renal Cell Carcinoma by Kinome Reprogramming.

ABSTRACT: Acquired and intrinsic resistance to receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (RTKi) represents a major hurdle in improving the management of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Recent reports suggest that drug resistance is driven by tumor adaptation via epigenetic mechanisms that activate alternative survival pathways. The histone methyl transferase EZH2 is frequently altered in many cancers, including ccRCC. To evaluate its role in ccRCC resistance to RTKi, we established and characterized a spontaneously metastatic, patient-derived xenograft model that is intrinsically resistant to the RTKi sunitinib, but not to the VEGF therapeutic antibody bevacizumab. Sunitinib maintained its antiangiogenic and antimetastatic activity but lost its direct antitumor effects due to kinome reprogramming

SUBMITTER: Adelaiye-Ogala R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5712262 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature