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Published in final edited form as: Nat Genet. 2012 Jul 1;44(8):852–860. doi: 10.1038/ng.2330

Figure 3. AXL upregulation is necessary and sufficient for erlotinib acquired resistance in EGFR mutant NSCLC cellular models.

Figure 3

Figure 3

Figure 3

a, HCC827 ER1-ER5 sublines are resistant to erlotinib treatment as measured by CellTiterGLO cell viability assay. Data are from 3 independent experiments and are expressed as percent of vehicle treated cells and mean ± SEM. b, Expression of AXL and GAS6 in the ER sublines compared with parental HCC827 cells (data are from Western blot analysis). c, Erlotinib IC50 in HCC827 cell lines (as indicated) measured 48h after treatment with a non-targeting or AXL or GAS6 siRNA. Erlotinib IC50 is shown in parentheses. Data are representative of 3 independent experiments. d, Erlotinib IC50 in HCC827 cell lines (as indicated) measured 48h after treatment with vehicle (control) or with MP-470 (1 µM) or XL-880 (1 µM) and erlotinib. Erlotinib IC50 is shown in parentheses. Data are representative of 3 independent experiments. e, Effects of treatment for 48h with a non-targeting (−) or AXL siRNA in parental or ER1 and ER2 cell lines in the absence and presence of erlotinib on the indicated biomarkers. Data represent 3 independent experiments. f–g, Effects of treatment for 48h with a vehicle or the indicated doses of (f) MP-470 or (g) XL-880 in parental or ER1 and ER2 cell lines in the absence and presence of erlotinib on the indicated biomarkers. Data represent 3 independent experiments. h,Erlotinib IC50 in HCC827 cells measured 5 days after transfection the cDNA constructs encoding the indicated proteins and treated with either vehicle (left) or with XL-880 (1 µM) and erlotinib. Erlotinib IC50 is shown in parentheses. Data are representative of 3 independent experiments. i, Western blot for the indicated proteins in lysates from cells transfected with the indicated cDNA constructs and treated with XL-880 (1 µM) for 3 hours prior to cell lysis (h).