[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived xenografts and organoids model therapy response in prostate cancer

S Karkampouna, F La Manna, A Benjak… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
S Karkampouna, F La Manna, A Benjak, M Kiener, M De Menna, E Zoni, J Grosjean, I Klima…
Nature communications, 2021nature.com
Therapy resistance and metastatic processes in prostate cancer (PCa) remain undefined,
due to lack of experimental models that mimic different disease stages. We describe an
androgen-dependent PCa patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model from treatment-naïve, soft
tissue metastasis (PNPCa). RNA and whole-exome sequencing of the PDX tissue and
organoids confirmed transcriptomic and genomic similarity to primary tumor. PNPCa harbors
BRCA2 and CHD1 somatic mutations, shows an SPOP/FOXA1-like transcriptomic signature …
Abstract
Therapy resistance and metastatic processes in prostate cancer (PCa) remain undefined, due to lack of experimental models that mimic different disease stages. We describe an androgen-dependent PCa patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model from treatment-naïve, soft tissue metastasis (PNPCa). RNA and whole-exome sequencing of the PDX tissue and organoids confirmed transcriptomic and genomic similarity to primary tumor. PNPCa harbors BRCA2 and CHD1 somatic mutations, shows an SPOP/FOXA1-like transcriptomic signature and microsatellite instability, which occurs in 3% of advanced PCa and has never been modeled in vivo. Comparison of the treatment-naïve PNPCa with additional metastatic PDXs (BM18, LAPC9), in a medium-throughput organoid screen of FDA-approved compounds, revealed differential drug sensitivities. Multikinase inhibitors (ponatinib, sunitinib, sorafenib) were broadly effective on all PDX- and patient-derived organoids from advanced cases with acquired resistance to standard-of-care compounds. This proof-of-principle study may provide a preclinical tool to screen drug responses to standard-of-care and newly identified, repurposed compounds.
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