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. 2022 Apr 1;24:23. doi: 10.1186/s13058-022-01521-3

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

SHP2 confers resistance to PI3K inhibition upon overexpression and long-term PI3K inhibitor exposure. a MCF7 cells overexpressing wild type SHP2 (SHP2-WT) are resistant to BYL719 (5 μM) treatment. MCF7-pCMV-EGFP (EGFP) cells serve as control. Quantification of crystal violet staining intensity of three colony formation experiments is shown. Significance between indicated conditions was calculated by one-way ANOVA. ****p ≤ 0.0001. b Biochemical analysis by western blot of the effect on PI3K and MAPK signaling in cells overexpressing SHP2. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in p-SHP2, SHP2 and p-ERK in comparison to the untreated condition in parental cells are marked with an *. BYL719: 5 μM. c Long-term treatment with BYL719 of MCF7, T47D and MDA-MB-453 cells (for 38, 50 and 50 days, respectively) results in outgrowth of resistant clones. BYL719/SHP099 combination treatment prevents outgrowth of BYL719 resistant clones. Vehicle (UT) and SHP099-only treated cells serve as control. BYL719: 5 μM (MCF7), 2 μM (T47D) and 1 μM (MDA-MB-453). SHP099: 5 μM (MCF7 and MDA-MB-453), 10 μM (T47D). d Biochemical analysis of SHP2, PI3K and MAPK signaling of ten BYL719 resistant T47D clones. Parental cells were treated with BYL719 for 24 h. BYL719: 2 μM. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in signaling in comparison to the untreated condition in parental cells are marked with an *. e Colony formation (top) and quantification of three colony formation experiments (bottom) of two BYL719-resistant T47D clones that are co-treated with BYL719 and SHP099. Significance between indicated conditions was calculated by one-way ANOVA. ****p ≤ 0.0001. BYL719: 2 μM. SHP099: 10 μM. f Biochemical effects of BYL719 (2 μM) and SHP099 (10 μM) combination treatment on PI3K and MAPK signaling in BYL719-resistant T47D clone #1. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in signaling in comparison to the untreated condition in parental cells are marked with an *