Preclinical drug testing for clinical trial planning of novel combinative therapy with PI3K and MAPK inhibitors in colorectal cancer(CRC).

Authors

Cha Len LEE

Cha Len Lee

Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Cha Len Lee , Sinead Toomey , Mattia Cremona , Julie A. Workman , Bryan Hennessy

Organizations

Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Oncology, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: Combinative inhibitors with multiple actions to target downstream effectors are good strategy to reduce resistance occurrence. This is a preclinical study to evaluate efficacy of Palbociclib (P; CDK4/6 inhibitor) in combination with either Gedatolisib (G; P13K/mTOR dual inhibitors) or PD0325901 (PD; MEK 1/2 inhibitor) in CRC cell models. Methods: Five CRC cell lines with hot-spots mutations in PI3K and MAPK pathways genes are used. Cell growth assay is used to evaluate antiproliferative response to P, G and PD alone and in combination. RPPA is used to clarify the role actions of combinative drugs on resistance development and new druggable proteins. Paired t-test is used. Results: All cell lines except LS1034 (IC50=7.2µM) were sensitive to G. LS411N and SNUC4 were sensitive to P whereas Caco2, DLD1 and LS1034 were resistant (IC50>15µM). All cells lines were sensitive to PD. When tested in combination, P+G has synergistic response in all cells lines, except for LS411N (CI=0.9; p=0.02). P+G is highly synergistic in LS1034 with KRAS mutation (CI=0.1; p=0.11). P+G is also synergistic in DLD1 with co-occurring PIK3CA and KRAS mutations (CI=0.6; p=0.04). P+PD is synergistic in all cells lines except for LS411N. In SNUC4 with PIK3CA mutation, both drug combinations have equal synergism (CI=0.5; p<0.05). RPPA analysis is in progress and will be included in final abstract. Conclusions: This offers good rationale for further clinical development of P+G as beneficial therapy in treatment-resistant CRC patients. P+G offers better alternative to P+PD since MEK inhibitor resistance had been associated with tumours harbouring KRAS with(out) PIK3CA mutations. BRAFV600E and ERBB2 mutations are useful negative predictors in this cohort.

CRC cell lines and Combination Indexes (CI) of two drug combinations tested. CI<0.9 is synergism and CI>1.0 is antagonism of drugs

Cells & Mutational Status Drug Combination CI p-value
Caco2 P+PD 0.6 0.11
Wild-Type P+G 0.3 0.007
DLD1 P+PD 0.1 0.004
KRAS(G13D); PIK3CA(E545K) P+G 0.6 0.04
LS411N P+PD Not Reached 0.16
BRAFV600E P+G 0.9 (Additive) 0.02
SNUC4 P+PD 0.5 0.0001
PIK3CA(E545G) P+G 0.5 0.0005
LS1034 P+PD 0.3 0.06
KRAS(A146T) P+G 0.1 0.11

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Anal and Colorectal Cancer

Track

Colorectal Cancer,Anal Cancer

Sub Track

Translational Research

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 179)

Abstract #

179

Poster Bd #

H21

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