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. 2021 Jun 18;12:3790. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23948-6

Fig. 9. 441-treated tumors and derived cell lines show reduced HER2 expression, but remain responsive to anti-HER2 treatment.

Fig. 9

a Lysed xenograft tumors taken from the final sacrifice, analyzed by immunoblotting, revealed severe reduction of total HER2 (tHER2), pHER2, pHER3, and pERK for 441-treated animals. mAb treatment-induced hyperphosphorylation of HER3 and ERK compared to PBS samples. mAb combinations revealed mixed responses. b Flow cytometric analysis of surface HER2 of cell lines established from mouse tumor material showed a loss of around 20% median intensity for 441-treated tumors. In contrast, HER2 levels stayed the same or were even augmented for TZB plus hA21G-treated animals. TZB and PZB induced a slight loss. c Cell lines derived from treated mouse tumors were challenged with indicated agents in a viability assay (n = 3 biological replicates, mean plus error bar SD, connected points, no fit). 441 was still able to reduce the proliferation the most among all studied agents. Tumors derived from 441-treated animals were also responsive to treatments; however, one TZB + hA21G-derived cell line had become practically resistant to treatments (thick dark-yellow line). Source data are available in the Source Data file.