Mechanistic aspects of the opposing effects of monoclonal antibodies to the ERBB2 receptor on tumor growth.
AUTOR(ES)
Stancovski, I
RESUMO
The ERBB2 (also called HER2, neu, and c-erbB-2) gene product, which encodes a growth factor receptor, was implicated in the malignancy of human adenocarcinomas. An antibody directed to the rat oncogenic receptor has been previously shown to have an antitumor effect in model systems. In an attempt to extend this observation to the protooncogenic human receptor and also to understand the underlying mechanism, we generated a panel of monoclonal antibodies specific to the extracellular portion of the ERBB2 protein. The effects of the antibodies on tumor growth were compared with their cellular and biochemical actions in vitro. Surprisingly, opposing in vivo effects were observed: although some antibodies almost completely inhibited the growth in athymic mice of transfected murine fibroblasts that overexpress Erbb-2, other antibodies either accelerated tumor growth or resulted in intermediate responses. When tested on cultured human breast carcinoma cells or ERBB2 transfectants, the tumor-stimulatory antibody was found to induce significant elevation of tyrosine phosphorylation of the ERBB2 protein. In contrast, only partial correlation was observed between the capacity to restrict tumor growth and the effects of the antibodies on receptor degradation and cellular proliferation in vitro. This suggests that the antitumor antibodies affect both receptor function and host-tumor interactions. Our results may help establish experimental criteria for the selection of specific antibodies for use either alone or in conjunction with other molecules as pharmacological antitumor agents.
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