Mechanisms for DNA‑damaging agent‑induced inactivation of ErbB2 and ErbB3 via the ERK and p38 signaling pathways

  • Authors:
    • Chul Min Park
    • Yuki Kawasaki
    • Alaa Refaat
    • Hiroaki Sakurai
  • View Affiliations

  • Published online on: December 5, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7532
  • Pages: 1758-1762
Metrics: Total Views: 0 (Spandidos Publications: | PMC Statistics: )
Total PDF Downloads: 0 (Spandidos Publications: | PMC Statistics: )


Abstract

Cisplatin (CDDP) and doxorubicin (DOX) are chemotherapeutic drugs that trigger apoptosis by inducing DNA‑damage. A previous study using breast cancer cells demonstrated the negative feedback modulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and receptor tyrosine‑protein kinase erbB‑2 (ErbB2) via extracellular signal‑regulated kinase (ERK)‑mediated phosphorylation of conserved Thr‑669 and Thr‑677 residues, respectively, in the juxtamembrane domain. In addition, CDDP has been identified to cause negative feedback inhibition of activated EGFR in lung cancer cells. In the present study, the role of phosphorylation in the feedback control of the ErbB2/ErbB3 heterodimer in human breast and gastric cancer cells was investigated. Phosphorylation of ErbB2 at Thr‑677 was induced by CDDP and DOX, which in turn reduced tyrosine autophosphorylation of ErbB2 and ErbB3. Treatment with trametinib, a mitogen‑activated protein kinase inhibitor that blocks ERK‑mediated Thr‑677 phosphorylation, and substitution of Thr‑677 to alanine, blocked the feedback inhibition of ErbB2 and ErbB3. In addition, these agents caused the degradation of ErbB proteins through the activation of p38 mitogen‑activated protein kinase (p38) and ERK. These results demonstrate that chemotherapeutic agents trigger ERK‑ and p38‑mediated post‑translational downregulation of ErbB receptors.
View Figures
View References

Related Articles

Journal Cover

February-2018
Volume 15 Issue 2

Print ISSN: 1792-1074
Online ISSN:1792-1082

Sign up for eToc alerts

Recommend to Library

Copy and paste a formatted citation
x
Spandidos Publications style
Park CM, Kawasaki Y, Refaat A and Sakurai H: Mechanisms for DNA‑damaging agent‑induced inactivation of ErbB2 and ErbB3 via the ERK and p38 signaling pathways. Oncol Lett 15: 1758-1762, 2018
APA
Park, C.M., Kawasaki, Y., Refaat, A., & Sakurai, H. (2018). Mechanisms for DNA‑damaging agent‑induced inactivation of ErbB2 and ErbB3 via the ERK and p38 signaling pathways. Oncology Letters, 15, 1758-1762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7532
MLA
Park, C. M., Kawasaki, Y., Refaat, A., Sakurai, H."Mechanisms for DNA‑damaging agent‑induced inactivation of ErbB2 and ErbB3 via the ERK and p38 signaling pathways". Oncology Letters 15.2 (2018): 1758-1762.
Chicago
Park, C. M., Kawasaki, Y., Refaat, A., Sakurai, H."Mechanisms for DNA‑damaging agent‑induced inactivation of ErbB2 and ErbB3 via the ERK and p38 signaling pathways". Oncology Letters 15, no. 2 (2018): 1758-1762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7532