1. Analysis of Liver Cancer Cell Lines Identifies Agents With Likely Efficacy Against Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Markers of Response
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Quentin Bayard, Eric Letouzé, Jill Pilet, Jean-Charles Nault, Léa Meunier, Bettina Grasl-Kraupp, Camille Péneau, Nataliya Rohr-Udilova, Tiziana La Bella, Gabrielle Couchy, J. Calderaro, Stefano Caruso, Leanne de Koning, Jessica Zucman-Rossi, Sandrine Imbeaud, Bérengère Ouine, Anna-Line Calatayud, Sandra Rebouissou, Samia Rekik, Paulette Bioulac-Sage, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (CRC (UMR_S_1138 / U1138)), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Génomique Fonctionnelle des Tumeurs Solides (U1162), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna, Institut Curie [Paris], Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Physiopathologie du cancer du foie, Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Hôpital Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux]-Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-IFR10, Hôpital Jean Verdier [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR10-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), and Gestionnaire, Hal Sorbonne Université
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0301 basic medicine ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,MEK Inhibitor ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,Gene expression ,Gene Regulatory Networks ,Protein Interaction Maps ,Precision Medicine ,Response to Therapy ,Hepatocyte differentiation ,MEK inhibitor ,Liver Neoplasms ,Gastroenterology ,3. Good health ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,Phenotype ,[SDV.BBM.GTP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN] ,Liver Tumor ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Signal transduction ,Signal Transduction ,medicine.drug ,Sorafenib ,Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ,Tumor suppressor gene ,Cell Survival ,Clinical Decision-Making ,Antineoplastic Agents ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,[SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Cell Line, Tumor ,[SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN] ,microRNA ,Biomarkers, Tumor ,medicine ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Hepatology ,Patient Selection ,[SDV.MHEP.HEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology ,Biomarker ,[SDV.MHEP.HEG] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Alisertib ,Cancer research ,Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor ,Transcriptome - Abstract
International audience; BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) are heterogeneous aggressive tumors with low rates of response to treatment at advanced stages. We screened a large panel of liver cancer cell lines (LCCLs) to identify agents that might be effective against HCC and markers of therapeutic response.METHODS: We performed whole-exome RNA and microRNA sequencing and quantification of 126 proteins in 34 LCCLs. We screened 31 anticancer agents for their ability to decrease cell viability. We compared genetic, RNA, and protein profiles of LCCLs with those of primary HCC samples and searched for markers of response.RESULTS: The protein, RNA and mutational signatures of the LCCLs were similar to those of the proliferation class of HCC, which is the most aggressive tumor type. Cell lines with alterations in genes encoding members of the Ras-MAPK signaling pathway and that required fibroblast growth factor (FGF)19 signaling via FGF receptor 4 for survival were more sensitive to trametinib than to FGF receptor 4 inhibitors. Amplification of FGF19 resulted in increased activity of FGF19 only in tumor cells that kept a gene expression pattern of hepatocyte differentiation. We identified single agents and combinations of agents that reduced viability of cells with features of the progenitor subclass of HCC. LCCLs with inactivating mutations in TSC1 and TSC2 were sensitive to the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor rapamycin, and cells with inactivating mutations in TP53 were sensitive to the Aurora kinase A inhibitor alisertib. Amplification of MET was associated with hypersensitivity to cabozantinib and the combination of sorafenib and inhibitors of MAP kinase 1 and MAP kinase2 had a synergistic antiproliferative effect.CONCLUSION: LCCLs can be screened for drugs and agents that might be effective for treatment of HCC. We identified genetic alterations and gene expression patterns associated with response to these agents. This information might be used to select patients for clinical trials.
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- 2019
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