Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Defining the therapeutic selective dependencies for distinct subtypes of PI3K pathway-altered prostate cancers

  • Ninghui Mao,
  • Zeda Zhang,
  • Young Sun Lee,
  • Danielle Choi,
  • Aura Agudelo Rivera,
  • Dan Li,
  • Cindy Lee,
  • Samuel Haywood,
  • Xiaoping Chen,
  • Qing Chang,
  • Guotai Xu,
  • Hsuan-An Chen,
  • Elisa de Stanchina,
  • Charles Sawyers,
  • Neal Rosen,
  • Andrew C. Hsieh,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Brett S. Carver

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25341-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Understanding the mechanisms driving PI3K isoform dependency in prostate cancer can help the design of future clinical trials. Here, the authors show that gain-of-function mutations in PIK3CA or PIK3CB can confer PI3K p110 isoform dependency and that the direct inhibition of AKT may be superior to PI3K inhibition in PTEN-deficient prostate cancers.