2. Trastuzumab
• Monoclonal Antibody
used in cancer
treatment
• Targets the Human
Epidermal Growth
Factor Receptor 2
(HER2)
• Two routes of
Administration
Jones F. Lecture 19 2017
Slamon D, Shak S, Fuchs H, N Engl J Med 2001
3. HER2
• Receptor Tyrosine
Kinase (RTK)
• Dimerization
• Most potent oncogene
• Overexpressed in 30%
of tumors
Hudis C. N Engl J Med 2007
4. HER2 Activation and Overexpression
• Ras Activation
• Cell Proliferation
• PI3K
• Cell Cycle Progression
• Cell Survival
• Src Activation
• Survival
Lin N, Winer E. Clinical Cancer Research 2007
5. Trastuzumab Clinical Use
• Binds to HER2 cell
surface receptor
• Activates antibody
dependent cellular
cytotoxicity
• Disengages both PI3K
and MAPK signaling
Gemmete J., Mukherji S., American Journal of Neuroradiology
2011
6. Resistance
• 40-80% of patients
relapse after 1 year
• Activation of mTOR
• elF-4E serves as a
biomarker
Majewski IJ., Bernards R., Nature Med 2011
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Editor's Notes
History
Dr. Ullrich and Dr. Shepard at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Genentech with UCLA began trials in 1992 with 15, by 1996 expanded to over 900
Fast-tracked by FDA and gained approval in 1998
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
MAB – humanized from mouse cells
Routes of Admin: intravenously or subcutaneously
Administered with our without additional chemotherapy
Cost - $70,000
Dimerisation results in phosphorylation of tyrosine residues within the cytoplasmic domain of the receptors and initiates a variety of signaling pathways
Mutations in RTKs (especially HER2) leads to activation of a series of signaling cascades which have numerous effects on protein expressions.
Trastuzumab consists of two antigen-specific sites that bind to the juxtamembrane portion of the extraceullar domain of the HER2 receptor.
Prevents the activation of intracellular tyrosine kinase.
Dimerization prevention
Increased endocytotic destruction of receptor,
Immune activation
ADCC mediated by CD56+ natural killer cells immune response
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
Mutations result in activation of AKT and thus mTOR and commonly observed in trastuzumab resistant cells.
as a result of inactivation of PTEN
Phosphorylated activation of mTOR target elF-4E – phosphorylated protein that enhances translation