Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Notch3-dependent β-catenin signaling mediates EGFR TKI drug persistence in EGFR mutant NSCLC

  • Rajeswara Rao Arasada,
  • Konstantin Shilo,
  • Tadaaki Yamada,
  • Jianying Zhang,
  • Seiji Yano,
  • Rashelle Ghanem,
  • Walter Wang,
  • Shinji Takeuchi,
  • Koji Fukuda,
  • Nobuyuki Katakami,
  • Keisuke Tomii,
  • Fumitaka Ogushi,
  • Yasuhiko Nishioka,
  • Tiffany Talabere,
  • Shrilekha Misra,
  • Wenrui Duan,
  • Paolo Fadda,
  • Mohammad A. Rahman,
  • Patrick Nana-Sinkam,
  • Jason Evans,
  • Joseph Amann,
  • Elena E. Tchekneva,
  • Mikhail M. Dikov,
  • David P. Carbone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05626-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Treatment of EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often develops resistance to EGFR TKIs. In this study, the authors discover a non-canonical activation of β-catenin signaling through Notch3 as a mechanism of adaptation to and resistance to EGFR TKI treatment in NSCLC.