Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Discovery of naturally occurring ESR1 mutations in breast cancer cell lines modelling endocrine resistance

  • Lesley-Ann Martin,
  • Ricardo Ribas,
  • Nikiana Simigdala,
  • Eugene Schuster,
  • Sunil Pancholi,
  • Tencho Tenev,
  • Pascal Gellert,
  • Laki Buluwela,
  • Alison Harrod,
  • Allan Thornhill,
  • Joanna Nikitorowicz-Buniak,
  • Amandeep Bhamra,
  • Marc-Olivier Turgeon,
  • George Poulogiannis,
  • Qiong Gao,
  • Vera Martins,
  • Margaret Hills,
  • Isaac Garcia-Murillas,
  • Charlotte Fribbens,
  • Neill Patani,
  • Zheqi Li,
  • Matthew J. Sikora,
  • Nicholas Turner,
  • Wilbert Zwart,
  • Steffi Oesterreich,
  • Jason Carroll,
  • Simak Ali,
  • Mitch Dowsett

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01864-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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ESR1 mutations occur in endocrine-resistant patients but have not yet been reported in in vitro models of breast cancer. Here, the authors report the discovery of naturally occurring ESR1 Y537Cand ESR1 Y537S mutations in two breast cancer cell lines after acquisition of resistance to long-term-estrogen-deprivation.