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Cell ; 164(4): 668-80, 2016 Feb 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26871632

RESUMEN

Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are maintained in a naive ground state of pluripotency in the presence of MEK and GSK3 inhibitors. Here, we show that ground-state ESCs express low Myc levels. Deletion of both c-myc and N-myc (dKO) or pharmacological inhibition of Myc activity strongly decreases transcription, splicing, and protein synthesis, leading to proliferation arrest. This process is reversible and occurs without affecting pluripotency, suggesting that Myc-depleted stem cells enter a state of dormancy similar to embryonic diapause. Indeed, c-Myc is depleted in diapaused blastocysts, and the differential expression signatures of dKO ESCs and diapaused epiblasts are remarkably similar. Following Myc inhibition, pre-implantation blastocysts enter biosynthetic dormancy but can progress through their normal developmental program after transfer into pseudo-pregnant recipients. Our study shows that Myc controls the biosynthetic machinery of stem cells without affecting their potency, thus regulating their entry and exit from the dormant state.


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Células Madre Embrionarias/citología , Genes myc , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-myc/genética , Animales , Blastocisto/metabolismo , Proliferación Celular , Embrión de Mamíferos/citología , Embrión de Mamíferos/metabolismo , Células Madre Embrionarias/metabolismo , Femenino , Técnicas de Inactivación de Genes , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL
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NPJ Breast Cancer ; 9(1): 64, 2023 Aug 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37543694

RESUMEN

Combining the selective AKT inhibitor, capivasertib, and SERD, fulvestrant improved PFS in a Phase III clinical trial (CAPItello-291), treating HR+ breast cancer patients following aromatase inhibitors, with or without CDK4/6 inhibitors. However, clinical data suggests CDK4/6 treatment may reduce response to subsequent monotherapy endocrine treatment. To support understanding of trials such as CAPItello-291 and gain insight into this emerging population of patients, we explored how CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment influences ER+ breast tumour cell function and response to fulvestrant and capivasertib after CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment. In RB+, RB- T47D and MCF7 palbociclib-resistant cells ER pathway ER and Greb-1 expression were reduced versus naïve cells. PI3K-AKT pathway activation was also modified in RB+ cells, with capivasertib less effective at reducing pS6 in RB+ cells compared to parental cells. Expression profiling of parental versus palbociclib-resistant cells confirmed capivasertib, fulvestrant and the combination differentially impacted gene expression modulation in resistant cells, with different responses seen in T47D and MCF7 cells. Fulvestrant inhibition of ER-dependent genes was reduced. In resistant cells, the combination was less effective at reducing cell cycle genes, but a consistent reduction in cell fraction in S-phase was observed in naïve and resistant cells. Despite modified signalling responses, both RB+ and RB- resistant cells responded to combination treatment despite some reduction in relative efficacy and was effective in vivo in palbociclib-resistant PDX models. Collectively these findings demonstrate that simultaneous inhibition of AKT and ER signalling can be effective in models representing palbociclib resistance despite changes in pathway dependency.

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Cancer Res ; 83(23): 3989-4004, 2023 12 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37725704

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Oral selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERD) could become the backbone of endocrine therapy (ET) for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer, as they achieve greater inhibition of ER-driven cancers than current ETs and overcome key resistance mechanisms. In this study, we evaluated the preclinical pharmacology and efficacy of the next-generation oral SERD camizestrant (AZD9833) and assessed ER-co-targeting strategies by combining camizestrant with CDK4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR-targeted therapy in models of progression on CDK4/6i and/or ET. Camizestrant demonstrated robust and selective ER degradation, modulated ER-regulated gene expression, and induced complete ER antagonism and significant antiproliferation activity in ESR1 wild-type (ESR1wt) and mutant (ESR1m) breast cancer cell lines and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. Camizestrant also delivered strong antitumor activity in fulvestrant-resistant ESR1wt and ESR1m PDX models. Evaluation of camizestrant in combination with CDK4/6i (palbociclib or abemaciclib) in CDK4/6-naive and -resistant models, as well as in combination with PI3Kαi (alpelisib), mTORi (everolimus), or AKTi (capivasertib), indicated that camizestrant was active with CDK4/6i or PI3K/AKT/mTORi and that antitumor activity was further increased by the triple combination. The response was observed independently of PI3K pathway mutation status. Overall, camizestrant shows strong and broad antitumor activity in ER+ breast cancer as a monotherapy and when combined with CDK4/6i and PI3K/AKT/mTORi. SIGNIFICANCE: Camizestrant, a next-generation oral SERD, shows promise in preclinical models of ER+ breast cancer alone and in combination with CDK4/6 and PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitors to address endocrine resistance, a current barrier to treatment.


Asunto(s)
Neoplasias de la Mama , Humanos , Femenino , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Receptores de Estrógenos/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/metabolismo , Antagonistas de Estrógenos , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/uso terapéutico , Quinasa 4 Dependiente de la Ciclina , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacología , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico
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EMBO Mol Med ; 14(6): e15816, 2022 06 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35510955

RESUMEN

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) represents a rare group of heterogeneous diseases in urgent need of effective treatments. A scarcity of disease-relevant preclinical models hinders research advances. Here, we isolated a novel mouse (m)PTCL by serially transplanting a lymphoma from a germinal center B-cell hyperplasia model (Cγ1-Cre Blimp1fl/fl ) through immune-competent mice. Lymphoma cells were identified as clonal TCRß+ T-helper cells expressing T-follicular helper markers. We also observed coincident B-cell activation and development of a de novo B-cell lymphoma in the model, reminiscent of B-cell activation/lymphomagenesis found in human PTCL. Molecular profiling linked the mPTCL to the high-risk "GATA3" subtype of PTCL, showing GATA3 and Th2 gene expression, PI3K/mTOR pathway enrichment, hyperactivated MYC, and genome instability. Exome sequencing identified a human-relevant oncogenic ß-catenin mutation possibly involved in T-cell lymphomagenesis. Prolonged treatment responses were achieved in vivo by targeting ATR in the DNA damage response (DDR), a result corroborated in PTCL cell lines. This work provides mechanistic insight into the molecular and immunological drivers of T-cell lymphomagenesis and proposes DDR inhibition as an effective and readily translatable therapy in PTCL.


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Daño del ADN , Factor de Transcripción GATA3 , Linfoma de Células T Periférico , Animales , Linfocitos B/inmunología , Linfocitos B/metabolismo , Factor de Transcripción GATA3/genética , Linfoma de Células T Periférico/genética , Linfoma de Células T Periférico/inmunología , Linfoma de Células T Periférico/metabolismo , Linfoma de Células T Periférico/patología , Ratones , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/metabolismo
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Oncogene ; 41(44): 4905-4915, 2022 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36198774

RESUMEN

Mutations in the estrogen receptor (ESR1) gene are common in ER-positive breast cancer patients who progress on endocrine therapies. Most mutations localise to just three residues at, or near, the C-terminal helix 12 of the hormone binding domain, at leucine-536, tyrosine-537 and aspartate-538. To investigate these mutations, we have used CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome engineering to generate a comprehensive set of isogenic mutant breast cancer cell lines. Our results confirm that L536R, Y537C, Y537N, Y537S and D538G mutations confer estrogen-independent growth in breast cancer cells. Growth assays show mutation-specific reductions in sensitivities to drugs representing three classes of clinical anti-estrogens. These differential mutation- and drug-selectivity profiles have implications for treatment choices following clinical emergence of ER mutations. Our results further suggest that mutant expression levels may be determinants of the degree of resistance to some anti-estrogens. Differential gene expression analysis demonstrates up-regulation of estrogen-responsive genes, as expected, but also reveals that enrichment for interferon-regulated gene expression is a common feature of all mutations. Finally, a new gene signature developed from the gene expression profiles in ER mutant cells predicts clinical response in breast cancer patients with ER mutations.


Asunto(s)
Neoplasias de la Mama , Receptores de Estrógenos , Humanos , Femenino , Receptores de Estrógenos/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Receptor alfa de Estrógeno/genética , Receptor alfa de Estrógeno/metabolismo , Pronóstico , Antagonistas de Estrógenos/uso terapéutico , Mutación , Estrógenos/farmacología
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J Immunother Cancer ; 10(4)2022 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35387780

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BACKGROUND: The Regulatory T cell (Treg) lineage is defined by the transcription factor FOXP3, which controls immune-suppressive gene expression profiles. Tregs are often recruited in high frequencies to the tumor microenvironment where they can suppress antitumor immunity. We hypothesized that pharmacological inhibition of FOXP3 by systemically delivered, unformulated constrained ethyl-modified antisense oligonucleotides could modulate the activity of Tregs and augment antitumor immunity providing therapeutic benefit in cancer models and potentially in man. METHODS: We have identified murine Foxp3 antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and clinical candidate human FOXP3 ASO AZD8701. Pharmacology and biological effects of FOXP3 inhibitors on Treg function and antitumor immunity were tested in cultured Tregs and mouse syngeneic tumor models. Experiments were controlled by vehicle and non-targeting control ASO groups as well as by use of multiple independent FOXP3 ASOs. Statistical significance of biological effects was evaluated by one or two-way analysis of variance with multiple comparisons. RESULTS: AZD8701 demonstrated a dose-dependent knockdown of FOXP3 in primary Tregs, reduction of suppressive function and efficient target downregulation in humanized mice at clinically relevant doses. Surrogate murine FOXP3 ASO, which efficiently downregulated Foxp3 messenger RNA and protein levels in primary Tregs, reduced Treg suppressive function in immune suppression assays in vitro. FOXP3 ASO promoted more than 70% reduction in FOXP3 levels in Tregs in vitro and in vivo, strongly modulated Treg effector molecules (eg, ICOS, CTLA-4, CD25 and 4-1BB), and augmented CD8+ T cell activation and produced antitumor activity in syngeneic tumor models. The combination of FOXP3 ASOs with immune checkpoint blockade further enhanced antitumor efficacy. CONCLUSIONS: Antisense inhibitors of FOXP3 offer a promising novel cancer immunotherapy approach. AZD8701 is being developed clinically as a first-in-class FOXP3 inhibitor for the treatment of cancer currently in Ph1a/b clinical trial (NCT04504669).


Asunto(s)
Neoplasias , Oligonucleótidos Antisentido , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Factores de Transcripción Forkhead/genética , Factores de Transcripción Forkhead/metabolismo , Humanos , Terapia de Inmunosupresión , Inmunoterapia , Ratones , Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias/genética , Linfocitos T Reguladores , Microambiente Tumoral
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Front Immunol ; 12: 633685, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33953710

RESUMEN

Immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment by promoting durable clinical responses in a proportion of patients; however, treatment still fails in many patients. Innate immune cells play a key role in the response to immunotherapy. Crosstalk between innate and adaptive immune systems drives T-cell activation but also limits immunotherapy response, as myeloid cells are commonly associated with resistance. Hence, innate cells have both negative and positive effects within the tumor microenvironment (TME), and despite investment in early clinical trials targeting innate cells, they have seen limited success. Suppressive myeloid cells facilitate metastasis and immunotherapy resistance through TME remodeling and inhibition of adaptive immune cells. Natural killer (NK) cells, in contrast, secrete inflammatory cytokines and directly kill transformed cells, playing a key immunosurveillance role in early tumor development. Myeloid and NK cells show reciprocal crosstalk, influencing myeloid cell functional status or antigen presentation and NK effector function, respectively. Crosstalk between myeloid cells and the NK immune network in the TME is especially important in the context of therapeutic intervention. Here we discuss how myeloid and NK cell interactions shape anti-tumor responses by influencing an immunosuppressive TME and how this may influence outcomes of treatment strategies involving drugs that target myeloid and NK cells.


Asunto(s)
Antineoplásicos Inmunológicos/uso terapéutico , Inhibidores de Puntos de Control Inmunológico/uso terapéutico , Inmunoterapia , Células Asesinas Naturales/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor/efectos de los fármacos , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/efectos de los fármacos , Neoplasias/terapia , Microambiente Tumoral/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Antineoplásicos Inmunológicos/efectos adversos , Comunicación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Inhibidores de Puntos de Control Inmunológico/efectos adversos , Inmunidad Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Inmunidad Humoral/efectos de los fármacos , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor/inmunología , Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor/metabolismo , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/inmunología , Células Supresoras de Origen Mieloide/metabolismo , Neoplasias/inmunología , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patología , Escape del Tumor/efectos de los fármacos
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EBioMedicine ; 68: 103396, 2021 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34049239

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy and targeted agent anti-cancer efficacy is largely dependent on the proliferative state of tumours, as exemplified by agents that target DNA synthesis/replication or mitosis. As a result, cell cycle specificities of a number of cancer drugs are well known. However, they are yet to be described in a quantifiable manner. METHODS: A scalable cell synchronisation protocol used to screen a library of 235 anti-cancer compounds exposed over six hours in G1 or S/G2 accumulated AsPC-1 cells to generate a cell cycle specificity (CCS) score. FINDINGS: The synchronisation method was associated with reduced method-related cytotoxicity compared to nocodazole, delivering sufficient cell cycle purity and cell numbers to run high-throughput drug library screens. Compounds were identified with G1 and S/G2-associated specificities that, overall, functionally matched with a compound's target/mechanism of action. This annotation was used to describe a synergistic schedule using the CDK4/6 inhibitor, palbociclib, prior to gemcitabine/AZD6738 as well as describe the correlation between the CCS score and published synergistic/antagonistic drug schedules. INTERPRETATION: This is the first highly quantitative description of cell cycle-dependent drug sensitivities that utilised a tractable and tolerated method with potential uses outside the present study. Drug treatments such as those shown to be G1 or S/G2 associated may benefit from scheduling considerations such as after CDK4/6 inhibitors and being first in drug sequences respectively. FUNDING: Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Institute core grants C14303/A17197 and C9545/A29580. The Li Ka Shing Centre where this work was performed was generously funded by CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, the University of Cambridge, CRUK, The Atlantic Philanthropies and others.


Asunto(s)
Desoxicitidina/análogos & derivados , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Nocodazol/farmacología , Piperazinas/farmacología , Piridinas/farmacología , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequeñas/farmacología , Moduladores de Tubulina/farmacología , Técnicas de Cultivo de Célula , Ciclo Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Desoxicitidina/farmacología , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Células HeLa , Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico , Factores de Tiempo , Gemcitabina
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Nat Commun ; 12(1): 1998, 2021 03 31.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33790302

RESUMEN

The heterogeneity of breast cancer plays a major role in drug response and resistance and has been extensively characterized at the genomic level. Here, a single-cell breast cancer mass cytometry (BCMC) panel is optimized to identify cell phenotypes and their oncogenic signalling states in a biobank of patient-derived tumour xenograft (PDTX) models representing the diversity of human breast cancer. The BCMC panel identifies 13 cellular phenotypes (11 human and 2 murine), associated with both breast cancer subtypes and specific genomic features. Pre-treatment cellular phenotypic composition is a determinant of response to anticancer therapies. Single-cell profiling also reveals drug-induced cellular phenotypic dynamics, unravelling previously unnoticed intra-tumour response diversity. The comprehensive view of the landscapes of cellular phenotypic heterogeneity in PDTXs uncovered by the BCMC panel, which is mirrored in primary human tumours, has profound implications for understanding and predicting therapy response and resistance.


Asunto(s)
Benzamidas/farmacología , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Xenoinjertos/efectos de los fármacos , Morfolinas/farmacología , Piperazinas/farmacología , Piridinas/farmacología , Pirimidinas/farmacología , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto/métodos , Animales , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/efectos de los fármacos , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/genética , Femenino , Xenoinjertos/metabolismo , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Ratones Endogámicos NOD , Ratones Noqueados , Ratones SCID , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 20(6): 1080-1091, 2021 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33785652

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Suppressive myeloid cells mediate resistance to immune checkpoint blockade. PI3Kγ inhibition can target suppressive macrophages, and enhance efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, how PI3Kγ inhibitors function in different tumor microenvironments (TME) to activate specific immune cells is underexplored. The effect of the novel PI3Kγ inhibitor AZD3458 was assessed in preclinical models. AZD3458 enhanced antitumor activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors in 4T1, CT26, and MC38 syngeneic models, increasing CD8+ T-cell activation status. Immune and TME biomarker analysis of MC38 tumors revealed that AZD3458 monotherapy or combination treatment did not repolarize the phenotype of tumor-associated macrophage cells but induced gene signatures associated with LPS and type II INF activation. The activation biomarkers were present across tumor macrophages that appear phenotypically heterogenous. AZD3458 alone or in combination with PD-1-blocking antibodies promoted an increase in antigen-presenting (MHCII+) and cytotoxic (iNOS+)-activated macrophages, as well as dendritic cell activation. AZD3458 reduced IL-10 secretion and signaling in primary human macrophages and murine tumor-associated macrophages, but did not strongly regulate IL-12 as observed in other studies. Therefore, rather than polarizing tumor macrophages, PI3Kγ inhibition with AZD3458 promotes a cytotoxic switch of macrophages into antigen-presenting activated macrophages, resulting in CD8 T-cell-mediated antitumor activity with immune checkpoint inhibitors associated with tumor and peripheral immune activation.


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Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasa Clase Ib/metabolismo , Inhibidores de Puntos de Control Inmunológico/uso terapéutico , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Humanos , Inhibidores de Puntos de Control Inmunológico/farmacología , Macrófagos/efectos de los fármacos , Ratones
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Leuk Lymphoma ; 62(11): 2625-2636, 2021 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34269152

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In a phase 1b study of acalabrutinib (a covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor) in combination with vistusertib (a dual mTORC1/2 inhibitor) in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), multiple ascending doses of the combination as intermittent or continuous schedules of vistusertib were evaluated. The overall response rate was 12% (3/25). The pharmacodynamic (PD) profile for acalabrutinib showed that BTK occupancy in all patients was >95%. In contrast, PD analysis for vistusertib showed variable inhibition of phosphorylated 4EBP1 (p4EBP1) without modulation of AKT phosphorylation (pAKT). The pharmacokinetic (PK)/PD relationship of vistusertib was direct for TORC1 inhibition (p4EBP1) but did not correlate with TORC2 inhibition (pAKT). Cell-of-origin subtyping or next-generation sequencing did not identify a subset of DLBCL patients with clinical benefit; however, circulating tumor DNA dynamics correlated with radiographic response. These data suggest that vistusertib does not modulate targets sufficiently to add to the clinical activity of acalabrutinib monotherapy. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT03205046.


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Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas , Linfocitos B , Benzamidas , Humanos , Morfolinas , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/uso terapéutico , Pirazinas , Pirimidinas
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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 1407, 2020 03 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32179751

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Leukaemogenic mutations commonly disrupt cellular differentiation and/or enhance proliferation, thus perturbing the regulatory programs that control self-renewal and differentiation of stem and progenitor cells. Translocations involving the Mll1 (Kmt2a) gene generate powerful oncogenic fusion proteins, predominantly affecting infant and paediatric AML and ALL patients. The early stages of leukaemogenic transformation are typically inaccessible from human patients and conventional mouse models. Here, we take advantage of cells conditionally blocked at the multipotent haematopoietic progenitor stage to develop a MLL-r model capturing early cellular and molecular consequences of MLL-ENL expression based on a clear clonal relationship between parental and leukaemic cells. Through a combination of scRNA-seq, ATAC-seq and genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 screening, we identify pathways and genes likely to drive the early phases of leukaemogenesis. Finally, we demonstrate the broad utility of using matched parental and transformed cells for small molecule inhibitor studies by validating both previously known and other potential therapeutic targets.


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Transformación Celular Neoplásica , N-Metiltransferasa de Histona-Lisina/metabolismo , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/metabolismo , Proteína de la Leucemia Mieloide-Linfoide/metabolismo , Animales , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/metabolismo , N-Metiltransferasa de Histona-Lisina/genética , Proteínas de Homeodominio/genética , Proteínas de Homeodominio/metabolismo , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/fisiopatología , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Proteína de la Leucemia Mieloide-Linfoide/genética , Proteínas de Fusión Oncogénica/genética , Proteínas de Fusión Oncogénica/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 18(5): 909-919, 2019 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30872381

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Barasertib (AZD1152), a pro-drug of the highly potent and selective Aurora B kinase inhibitor AZD2811, showed promising clinical activity in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients administered as a 4-day infusion. To improve potential therapeutic benefit of Aurora B kinase inhibition, a nanoparticle formulation of AZD2811 has been developed to address limitations of repeated intravenous infusion. One of the challenges with the use of nanoparticles for chronic treatment of tumors is optimizing dose and schedule required to enable repeat administration to sustain tumor growth inhibition. AZD2811 gives potent cell growth inhibition across a range of DLBCL cells lines in vitro In vivo, repeat administration of the AZD2811 nanoparticle gave antitumor activity at half the dose intensity of AZD1152. Compared with AZD1152, a single dose of AZD2811 nanoparticle gave less reduction in pHH3, but increased apoptosis and reduction of cells in G1 and G2-M, albeit at later time points, suggesting that duration and depth of target inhibition influence the nature of the tumor cell response to drug. Further exploration of the influence of dose and schedule on efficacy revealed that AZD2811 nanoparticle can be used flexibly with repeat administration of 25 mg/kg administered up to 7 days apart being sufficient to maintain equivalent tumor control. Timing of repeat administration could be varied with 50 mg/kg every 2 weeks controlling tumor control as effectively as 25 mg/kg every week. AZD2811 nanoparticle can be administered with very different doses and schedules to inhibit DLBCL tumor growth, although maximal tumor growth inhibition was achieved with the highest dose intensities.


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Acetanilidas/farmacología , Aurora Quinasa B/genética , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/tratamiento farmacológico , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Quinazolinas/farmacología , Acetanilidas/química , Animales , Aurora Quinasa B/antagonistas & inhibidores , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/genética , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/patología , Ratones , Nanopartículas/química , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/química , Quinazolinas/química , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto
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J Immunother Cancer ; 7(1): 328, 2019 11 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31779705

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BACKGROUND: The ability to modulate immune-inhibitory pathways using checkpoint blockade antibodies such as αPD-1, αPD-L1, and αCTLA-4 represents a significant breakthrough in cancer therapy in recent years. This has driven interest in identifying small-molecule-immunotherapy combinations to increase the proportion of responses. Murine syngeneic models, which have a functional immune system, represent an essential tool for pre-clinical evaluation of new immunotherapies. However, immune response varies widely between models and the translational relevance of each model is not fully understood, making selection of an appropriate pre-clinical model for drug target validation challenging. METHODS: Using flow cytometry, O-link protein analysis, RT-PCR, and RNAseq we have characterized kinetic changes in immune-cell populations over the course of tumor development in commonly used syngeneic models. RESULTS: This longitudinal profiling of syngeneic models enables pharmacodynamic time point selection within each model, dependent on the immune population of interest. Additionally, we have characterized the changes in immune populations in each of these models after treatment with the combination of α-PD-L1 and α-CTLA-4 antibodies, enabling benchmarking to known immune modulating treatments within each model. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, this dataset will provide a framework for characterization and enable the selection of the optimal models for immunotherapy combinations and generate potential biomarkers for clinical evaluation in identifying responders and non-responders to immunotherapy combinations.


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Antineoplásicos Inmunológicos/farmacología , Descubrimiento de Drogas , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales , Inmunomodulación/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Biomarcadores de Tumor , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Inmunofenotipificación , Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor/inmunología , Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor/metabolismo , Ratones , Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias/inmunología , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patología , Microambiente Tumoral
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Oncotarget ; 9(30): 21444-21458, 2018 Apr 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29765551

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The PI3Kα signaling pathway is frequently hyper-activated in breast cancer (BrCa), as a result of mutations/amplifications in oncogenes (e.g. HER2), decreased function in tumor suppressors (e.g. PTEN) or activating mutations in key components of the pathway. In particular, activating mutations of PIK3CA (~45%) are frequently found in luminal A BrCa samples. Genomic studies have uncovered inactivating mutations in MAP3K1 (13-20%) and MAP2K4 (~8%), two upstream kinases of the JNK apoptotic pathway in luminal A BrCa samples. Further, simultaneous mutation of PIK3CA and MAP3K1 are found in ~11% of mutant PIK3CA tumors. How these two alterations may cooperate to elicit tumorigenesis and impact the sensitivity to PI3K and AKT inhibitors is currently unknown. Using CRISPR gene editing we have genetically disrupted MAP3K1 expression in mutant PIK3CA cell lines to specifically create in vitro models reflecting the mutational status of PIK3CA and MAP3K1 in BrCa patients. MAP3K1 deficient cell lines exhibited ~2.4-fold increased proliferation rate and decreased sensitivity to PI3Kα/δ(AZD8835) and AKT (AZD5363) inhibitors (~2.61 and ~5.23-fold IC50 increases, respectively) compared with parental control cell lines. In addition, mechanistic analysis revealed that MAP3K1 disruption enhances AKT phosphorylation and downstream signaling and reduces sensitivity to AZD5363-mediated pathway inhibition. This appears to be a consequence of deficient MAP3K1-JNK signaling increasing IRS1 stability and therefore promoting IRS1 binding to p85, resulting in enhanced PI3Kα activity. Using 3D-MCF10A-PI3KαH1047R models, we found that MAP3K1 depletion increased overall acinar volume and counteracted AZD5363-mediated reduction of acinar growth due to enhanced proliferation and reduced apoptosis. Furthermore, in vivo efficacy studies revealed that MAP3K1-deficient MCF7 tumors were less sensitive to AKT inhibitor treatment, compared with parental MCF7 tumors. Our study provides mechanistic and in vivo evidence indicating a role for MAP3K1 as a tumor suppressor gene at least in the context of PIK3CA-mutant backgrounds. Further, our work predicts that MAP3K1 mutational status may be considered as a predictive biomarker for efficacy in PI3K pathway inhibitor trials.

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Oncoimmunology ; 7(8): e1458810, 2018.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30221055

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mTOR inhibition can promote or inhibit immune responses in a context dependent manner, but whether this will represent a net benefit or be contraindicated in the context of immunooncology therapies is less understood. Here, we report that the mTORC1/2 dual kinase inhibitor vistusertib (AZD2014) potentiates anti-tumour immunity in combination with anti-CTLA-4 (αCTLA-4), αPD-1 or αPD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade. Combination of vistusertib and immune checkpoint blocking antibodies led to tumour growth inhibition and improved survival of MC-38 or CT-26 pre-clinical syngeneic tumour models, whereas monotherapies were less effective. Underlying these combinatorial effects, vistusertib/immune checkpoint combinations reduced the occurrence of exhausted phenotype tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), whilst increasing frequencies of activated Th1 polarized T-cells in tumours. Vistusertib alone was shown to promote a Th1 polarizing proinflammatory cytokine profile by innate primary immune cells. Moreover, vistusertib directly enhanced activation of effector T-cell and survival, an effect that was critically dependent on inhibitor dose. Therefore, these data highlight direct, tumour-relevant immune potentiating benefits of mTOR inhibition that complement immune checkpoint blockade. Together, these data provide a clear rationale to investigate such combinations in the clinic.

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J Immunother Cancer ; 6(1): 158, 2018 12 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30587236

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PI3K inhibitors with differential selectivity to distinct PI3K isoforms have been tested extensively in clinical trials, largely to target tumor epithelial cells. PI3K signaling also regulates the immune system and inhibition of PI3Kδ modulate the tumor immune microenvironment of pre-clinical mouse tumor models by relieving T-regs-mediated immunosuppression. PI3K inhibitors as a class and PI3Kδ specifically are associated with immune-related side effects. However, the impact of mixed PI3K inhibitors in tumor immunology is under-explored. Here we examine the differential effects of AZD8835, a dual PI3Kα/δ inhibitor, specifically on the tumor immune microenvironment using syngeneic models. Continuous suppression of PI3Kα/δ was not required for anti-tumor activity, as tumor growth inhibition was potentiated by an intermittent dosing/schedule in vivo. Moreover, PI3Kα/δ inhibition delivered strong single agent anti-tumor activity, which was associated with dynamic suppression of T-regs, improved CD8+ T-cell activation and memory in mouse syngeneic tumor models. Strikingly, AZD8835 promoted robust CD8+ T-cell activation dissociated from its effect on T-regs. This was associated with enhancing effector cell viability/function. Together these data reveal novel mechanisms by which PI3Kα/δ inhibitors interact with the immune system and validate the clinical compound AZD8835 as a novel immunoncology drug, independent of effects on tumor cells. These data support further clinical investigation of PI3K pathway inhibitors as immuno-oncology agents.


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Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasa Clase I/antagonistas & inhibidores , Inmunomodulación/efectos de los fármacos , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Humanos , Interleucina-2/metabolismo , Activación de Linfocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Ratones , Oxadiazoles/farmacología , Piperidinas/farmacología , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/inmunología , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/metabolismo , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 17(5): 908-920, 2018 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29483206

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The cyclin dependent kinase (CDK)-retinoblastoma (RB)-E2F pathway plays a critical role in the control of cell cycle in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Small-molecule inhibitors of CDK4/6 have shown promise in this tumor type in combination with hormonal therapies, reflecting the particular dependence of this subtype of cancer on cyclin D1 and E2F transcription factors. mTOR inhibitors have also shown potential in clinical trials in this disease setting. Recent data have suggested cooperation between the PI3K/mTOR pathway and CDK4/6 inhibition in preventing early adaptation and eliciting growth arrest, but the mechanisms of the interplay between these pathways have not been fully elucidated. Here we show that profound and durable inhibition of ER+ breast cancer growth is likely to require multiple hits on E2F-mediated transcription. We demonstrate that inhibition of mTORC1/2 does not affect ER function directly, but does cause a decrease in cyclin D1 protein, RB phosphorylation, and E2F-mediated transcription. Combination of an mTORC1/2 inhibitor with a CDK4/6 inhibitor results in more profound effects on E2F-dependent transcription, which translates into more durable growth arrest and a delay in the onset of resistance. Combined inhibition of mTORC1/2, CDK4/6, and ER delivers even more profound and durable regressions in breast cancer cell lines and xenografts. Furthermore, we show that CDK4/6 inhibitor-resistant cell lines reactivate the CDK-RB-E2F pathway, but remain sensitive to mTORC1/2 inhibition, suggesting that mTORC1/2 inhibitors may represent an option for patients that have relapsed on CDK4/6 therapy. Mol Cancer Ther; 17(5); 908-20. ©2018 AACR.


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Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Quinasa 4 Dependiente de la Ciclina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Quinasa 6 Dependiente de la Ciclina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Factores de Transcripción E2F/antagonistas & inhibidores , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/antagonistas & inhibidores , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto , Animales , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacología , Benzamidas , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Quinasa 4 Dependiente de la Ciclina/metabolismo , Quinasa 6 Dependiente de la Ciclina/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción E2F/metabolismo , Femenino , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Ratones SCID , Morfolinas/administración & dosificación , Piperazinas/administración & dosificación , Piridinas/administración & dosificación , Pirimidinas , Receptores de Estrógenos/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/metabolismo
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