In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer

Abstract Biomarkers which better match anticancer drugs with cancer driver genes hold the promise of improved clinical responses and cure rates. We developed a precision medicine platform of rapid high‐throughput drug screening (HTS) and patient‐derived xenografting (PDX) of primary tumor tissue, an...

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Main Authors: Loretta M S Lau, Chelsea Mayoh, Jinhan Xie, Paulette Barahona, Karen L MacKenzie, Marie Wong, Alvin Kamili, Maria Tsoli, Tim W Failes, Amit Kumar, Emily V A Mould, Andrew Gifford, Shu‐Oi Chow, Mark Pinese, Jamie I Fletcher, Greg M Arndt, Dong‐Anh Khuong‐Quang, Carol Wadham, Daniel Batey, Georgina Eden, Peter Trebilcock, Swapna Joshi, Stephanie Alfred, Anjana Gopalakrishnan, Aaminah Khan, Dylan Grebert Wade, Patrick A Strong, Elodie Manouvrier, Lisa T Morgan, Miriam Span, Jin Yi Lim, Roxanne Cadiz, Caitlin Ung, David M Thomas, Katherine M Tucker, Meera Warby, Geoffrey B McCowage, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Jennifer A Byrne, Federica Saletta, Andrew Fellowes, Stephen B Fox, Murray D Norris, Vanessa Tyrrell, Toby N Trahair, Richard B Lock, Mark J Cowley, Paul G Ekert, Michelle Haber, David S Ziegler, Glenn M Marshall
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Published: Springer Nature 2021-12-01
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author Loretta M S Lau
Chelsea Mayoh
Jinhan Xie
Paulette Barahona
Karen L MacKenzie
Marie Wong
Alvin Kamili
Maria Tsoli
Tim W Failes
Amit Kumar
Emily V A Mould
Andrew Gifford
Shu‐Oi Chow
Mark Pinese
Jamie I Fletcher
Greg M Arndt
Dong‐Anh Khuong‐Quang
Carol Wadham
Daniel Batey
Georgina Eden
Peter Trebilcock
Swapna Joshi
Stephanie Alfred
Anjana Gopalakrishnan
Aaminah Khan
Dylan Grebert Wade
Patrick A Strong
Elodie Manouvrier
Lisa T Morgan
Miriam Span
Jin Yi Lim
Roxanne Cadiz
Caitlin Ung
David M Thomas
Katherine M Tucker
Meera Warby
Geoffrey B McCowage
Luciano Dalla‐Pozza
Jennifer A Byrne
Federica Saletta
Andrew Fellowes
Stephen B Fox
Murray D Norris
Vanessa Tyrrell
Toby N Trahair
Richard B Lock
Mark J Cowley
Paul G Ekert
Michelle Haber
David S Ziegler
Glenn M Marshall
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Chelsea Mayoh
Jinhan Xie
Paulette Barahona
Karen L MacKenzie
Marie Wong
Alvin Kamili
Maria Tsoli
Tim W Failes
Amit Kumar
Emily V A Mould
Andrew Gifford
Shu‐Oi Chow
Mark Pinese
Jamie I Fletcher
Greg M Arndt
Dong‐Anh Khuong‐Quang
Carol Wadham
Daniel Batey
Georgina Eden
Peter Trebilcock
Swapna Joshi
Stephanie Alfred
Anjana Gopalakrishnan
Aaminah Khan
Dylan Grebert Wade
Patrick A Strong
Elodie Manouvrier
Lisa T Morgan
Miriam Span
Jin Yi Lim
Roxanne Cadiz
Caitlin Ung
David M Thomas
Katherine M Tucker
Meera Warby
Geoffrey B McCowage
Luciano Dalla‐Pozza
Jennifer A Byrne
Federica Saletta
Andrew Fellowes
Stephen B Fox
Murray D Norris
Vanessa Tyrrell
Toby N Trahair
Richard B Lock
Mark J Cowley
Paul G Ekert
Michelle Haber
David S Ziegler
Glenn M Marshall
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description Abstract Biomarkers which better match anticancer drugs with cancer driver genes hold the promise of improved clinical responses and cure rates. We developed a precision medicine platform of rapid high‐throughput drug screening (HTS) and patient‐derived xenografting (PDX) of primary tumor tissue, and evaluated its potential for treatment identification among 56 consecutively enrolled high‐risk pediatric cancer patients, compared with conventional molecular genomics and transcriptomics. Drug hits were seen in the majority of HTS and PDX screens, which identified therapeutic options for 10 patients for whom no targetable molecular lesions could be found. Screens also provided orthogonal proof of drug efficacy suggested by molecular analyses and negative results for some molecular findings. We identified treatment options across the whole testing platform for 70% of patients. Only molecular therapeutic recommendations were provided to treating oncologists and led to a change in therapy in 53% of patients, of whom 29% had clinical benefit. These data indicate that in vitro and in vivo drug screening of tumor cells could increase therapeutic options and improve clinical outcomes for high‐risk pediatric cancer patients.
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spelling doaj-art-f2db646d5831450d847f4d18a36cdea22025-08-20T03:43:14ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842021-12-0114411510.15252/emmm.202114608In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancerLoretta M S Lau0Chelsea Mayoh1Jinhan Xie2Paulette Barahona3Karen L MacKenzie4Marie Wong5Alvin Kamili6Maria Tsoli7Tim W Failes8Amit Kumar9Emily V A Mould10Andrew Gifford11Shu‐Oi Chow12Mark Pinese13Jamie I Fletcher14Greg M Arndt15Dong‐Anh Khuong‐Quang16Carol Wadham17Daniel Batey18Georgina Eden19Peter Trebilcock20Swapna Joshi21Stephanie Alfred22Anjana Gopalakrishnan23Aaminah Khan24Dylan Grebert Wade25Patrick A Strong26Elodie Manouvrier27Lisa T Morgan28Miriam Span29Jin Yi Lim30Roxanne Cadiz31Caitlin Ung32David M Thomas33Katherine M Tucker34Meera Warby35Geoffrey B McCowage36Luciano Dalla‐Pozza37Jennifer A Byrne38Federica Saletta39Andrew Fellowes40Stephen B Fox41Murray D Norris42Vanessa Tyrrell43Toby N Trahair44Richard B Lock45Mark J Cowley46Paul G Ekert47Michelle Haber48David S Ziegler49Glenn M Marshall50Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Centre, Royal Children’s HospitalChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyKinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchHereditary Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales HospitalHereditary Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales HospitalCancer Centre for Children, The Children’s Hospital at WestmeadCancer Centre for Children, The Children’s Hospital at WestmeadChildren’s Cancer Research Unit, Kids ResearchChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyPeter MacCallum Cancer CentrePeter MacCallum Cancer CentreChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyChildren’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, UNSW SydneyAbstract Biomarkers which better match anticancer drugs with cancer driver genes hold the promise of improved clinical responses and cure rates. We developed a precision medicine platform of rapid high‐throughput drug screening (HTS) and patient‐derived xenografting (PDX) of primary tumor tissue, and evaluated its potential for treatment identification among 56 consecutively enrolled high‐risk pediatric cancer patients, compared with conventional molecular genomics and transcriptomics. Drug hits were seen in the majority of HTS and PDX screens, which identified therapeutic options for 10 patients for whom no targetable molecular lesions could be found. Screens also provided orthogonal proof of drug efficacy suggested by molecular analyses and negative results for some molecular findings. We identified treatment options across the whole testing platform for 70% of patients. Only molecular therapeutic recommendations were provided to treating oncologists and led to a change in therapy in 53% of patients, of whom 29% had clinical benefit. These data indicate that in vitro and in vivo drug screening of tumor cells could increase therapeutic options and improve clinical outcomes for high‐risk pediatric cancer patients.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114608drug screenpatient‐derived xenograftpediatric cancerprecision medicine
spellingShingle Loretta M S Lau
Chelsea Mayoh
Jinhan Xie
Paulette Barahona
Karen L MacKenzie
Marie Wong
Alvin Kamili
Maria Tsoli
Tim W Failes
Amit Kumar
Emily V A Mould
Andrew Gifford
Shu‐Oi Chow
Mark Pinese
Jamie I Fletcher
Greg M Arndt
Dong‐Anh Khuong‐Quang
Carol Wadham
Daniel Batey
Georgina Eden
Peter Trebilcock
Swapna Joshi
Stephanie Alfred
Anjana Gopalakrishnan
Aaminah Khan
Dylan Grebert Wade
Patrick A Strong
Elodie Manouvrier
Lisa T Morgan
Miriam Span
Jin Yi Lim
Roxanne Cadiz
Caitlin Ung
David M Thomas
Katherine M Tucker
Meera Warby
Geoffrey B McCowage
Luciano Dalla‐Pozza
Jennifer A Byrne
Federica Saletta
Andrew Fellowes
Stephen B Fox
Murray D Norris
Vanessa Tyrrell
Toby N Trahair
Richard B Lock
Mark J Cowley
Paul G Ekert
Michelle Haber
David S Ziegler
Glenn M Marshall
In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer
EMBO Molecular Medicine
drug screen
patient‐derived xenograft
pediatric cancer
precision medicine
title In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer
title_full In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer
title_fullStr In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer
title_full_unstemmed In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer
title_short In vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high‐risk child cancer
title_sort in vitro and in vivo drug screens of tumor cells identify novel therapies for high risk child cancer
topic drug screen
patient‐derived xenograft
pediatric cancer
precision medicine
url https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114608
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