Preclinical characterization of mobocertinib highlights the putative therapeutic window of this novel EGFR inhibitor to EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

ABSTRACT: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations account for 10% of all EGFR mutations and are mostly insensitive to approved EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs). Novel EGFR-TKIs have been developed or repurposed for these mutants. A limited number of preclinical studies have detailed these EGFR-TKIs. We sought to use commercially available mobocertinib (TAK-788) to characterize the preclinical therapeutic window of this EGFR-TKI against EGFR mutations and to probe possible on-target mechanisms of resistance (EGFR-C797S). We used models of EGFR mutations to probe representative 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation, and in-development EGFR exon 20-active (poziotinib, mobocertinib) TKIs. We also introduced EGFR-C797S to these models to identify mechanisms of resistance. Cells

SUBMITTER: Vasconcelos PENS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7959160 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature