The Hippo pathway and its two key effectors, Yes-associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ), are consistently altered in breast cancer. Pivotal regulators of cell metabolism such as the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), Stearoyl-CoA-desaturase 1 (SCD1), and HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) are relevant modulators of TAZ/YAP activity. In this prospective study, we measured the tumor expression of TAZ, YAP, AMPK, SCD1, and HMGCR by immunohistochemistry in 65 Her2+ breast cancer patients who underwent trastuzumab-based neoadjuvant treatment. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the immunohistochemical expression of the Hippo pathway transducers and cell metabolism regulators on pathological complete response. Low expression of cytoplasmic TAZ, both alone and in the context of a composite signature identified by machine learning including also low nuclear levels of YAP and HMGCR and high cytoplasmic levels of SCD1, was a predictor of residual disease in the univariate logistic regression. This finding was not confirmed in the multivariate model including estrogen receptor > 70% and body mass index > 20. However, our findings were concordant with overall survival data from the TCGA cohort. Our results, possibly affected by the relatively small sample size of this study population, deserve further investigation in adequately sized, ad hoc prospective studies.
The impact of the Hippo pathway and cell metabolism on pathological complete response in locally advanced Her2+ breast cancer: the TRISKELE multicenter prospective study / Krasniqi, Eriseld; Sofia Di Lisa, Francesca; Di Benedetto, Anna; Barba, Maddalena; Pizzuti, Laura; Filomeno, Lorena; Ercolani, Cristiana; Tinari, Nicola; Grassadonia, Antonino; Santini, Daniele; Minelli, Mauro; Montemurro, Filippo; Agnese Fabbri, Maria; Mazzotta, Marco; Gamucci, Teresa; D'Auria, Giuliana; Botti, Claudio; Pelle, Fabio; Cavicchi, Flavia; Cappelli, Sonia; Cappuzzo, Federico; Sanguineti, Giuseppe; Tomao, Silverio; Botticelli, Andrea; Marchetti, Paolo; Maugeri-Saccà, Marcello; De Maria, Ruggero; Ciliberto, Gennaro; Sperati, Francesca; Vici, Patrizia. - In: CANCERS. - ISSN 2072-6694. - 14:19(2022). [10.3390/cancers14194835]
The impact of the Hippo pathway and cell metabolism on pathological complete response in locally advanced Her2+ breast cancer: the TRISKELE multicenter prospective study
Daniele Santini;Silverio Tomao;Andrea Botticelli;
2022
Abstract
The Hippo pathway and its two key effectors, Yes-associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ), are consistently altered in breast cancer. Pivotal regulators of cell metabolism such as the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), Stearoyl-CoA-desaturase 1 (SCD1), and HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) are relevant modulators of TAZ/YAP activity. In this prospective study, we measured the tumor expression of TAZ, YAP, AMPK, SCD1, and HMGCR by immunohistochemistry in 65 Her2+ breast cancer patients who underwent trastuzumab-based neoadjuvant treatment. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the immunohistochemical expression of the Hippo pathway transducers and cell metabolism regulators on pathological complete response. Low expression of cytoplasmic TAZ, both alone and in the context of a composite signature identified by machine learning including also low nuclear levels of YAP and HMGCR and high cytoplasmic levels of SCD1, was a predictor of residual disease in the univariate logistic regression. This finding was not confirmed in the multivariate model including estrogen receptor > 70% and body mass index > 20. However, our findings were concordant with overall survival data from the TCGA cohort. Our results, possibly affected by the relatively small sample size of this study population, deserve further investigation in adequately sized, ad hoc prospective studies.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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