1. Gene expression profiling of patient‐derived pancreatic cancer xenografts predicts sensitivity to the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1: implications for individualized medicine efforts
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Bian, Benjamin, Bigonnet, Martin, Gayet, Odile, Loncle, Céline, Maignan, Aurélie, Gilabert, Marine, Moutardier, Vincent, Garcia, Stéphane, Turrini, Olivier, Delpero, Jean-Robert, Giovannini, Marc, Grandval, Philippe, Gasmi, Mohamed, Ouaissi, Mehdi, Secq, Véronique, Poizat, Flora, Nicolle, Rémy, Blum, Yuna, Marisa, Laetitia, Rubis, Marion, Raoul, Jean-Luc, Bradner, James, Qi, Jun, Lomberk, Gwen, Urrutia, Raul, Saúl, Andres, Dusetti, Nelson, Iovanna, Juan, Bidaut, Ghislain, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)-Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université - Faculté de médecine (AMU MED), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM], Department of Surgical Oncology, Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC), Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle (GMGF), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Institut Curie [Paris], (le programme) Cartes d'identité des tumeurs (CIT), Ligue Nationales Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (UMRS893), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute [Boston], Laboratory of Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, Mayo Clinic, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)-Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut Curie, Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE), AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), and Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine)
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Adult ,Male ,Cell Survival ,JQ1 ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Antineoplastic Agents ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Chromatin, Epigenetics, Genomics & Functional Genomics ,Mice ,[SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,transcriptomic signature ,pancreatic adenocarcinoma ,[SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,Animals ,Humans ,bromodomains ,[SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology ,Precision Medicine ,Cells, Cultured ,Research Articles ,Aged ,Cancer ,Aged, 80 and over ,Gene Expression Profiling ,Azepines ,Middle Aged ,Triazoles ,Chromatin ,Pancreatic Neoplasms ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,c-MYC ,c‐MYC ,Genomics and Functional Genomics ,Heterografts ,Female ,Epigenetics ,Research Article - Abstract
International audience; c-MYC controls more than 15% of genes responsible for proliferation , differentiation, and cellular metabolism in pancreatic as well as other cancers making this transcription factor a prime target for treating patients. The transcriptome of 55 patient-derived xenografts show that 30% of them share an exacerbated expression profile of MYC transcriptional targets (MYC-high). This cohort is characterized by a high level of Ki67 staining, a lower differentiation state, and a shorter survival time compared to the MYC-low subgroup. To define classifier expression signature, we selected a group of 10 MYC target transcripts which expression is increased in the MYC-high group and six transcripts increased in the MYC-low group. We validated the ability of these markers panel to identify MYC-high patient-derived xenografts from both: discovery and validation cohorts as well as primary cell cultures from the same patients. We then showed that cells from MYC-high patients are more sensitive to JQ1 treatment compared to MYC-low cells, in monolayer, 3D cultured spheroids and in vivo xenografted tumors, due to cell cycle arrest followed by apoptosis. Therefore, these results provide new markers and potentially novel therapeutic modalities for distinct subgroups of pancreatic tumors and may find application to the future management of these patients within the setting of individualized medicine clinics.
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- 2017