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BRAF Status in Personalizing Treatment Approaches for Pediatric Gliomas.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Alteration of the BRAF/MEK/MAPK pathway is the hallmark of pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGGs), and mTOR activation has been documented in the majority of these tumors. We investigated combinations of MEK1/2, BRAFV600E and mTOR inhibitors in gliomas carrying specific genetic alterations of the MAPK pathway. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:We used human glioma lines containing BRAFV600E (adult high-grade: AM-38, DBTRG, PLGG: BT40), or wild-type BRAF (pediatric high-grade: SF188, SF9427, SF8628) and isogenic systems of KIAA1549:BRAF-expressing NIH/3T3 cells and BRAFV600E-expressing murine brain cells. Signaling inhibitors included everolimus (mTOR), PLX4720 (BRAFV600E), and AZD6244 (MEK1/2). Proliferation was determined using ATP-based assays. In vivo inhibitor activities were assessed in the BT40 PLGG xenograft model. RESULTS:In BRAFV600E cells, the three possible doublet combinations of AZD6244, everolimus, and PLX4720 exhibited significantly greater effects on cell viability. In BRAFWT cells, everolimus + AZD6244 was superior compared with respective monotherapies. Similar results were found using isogenic murine cells. In KIAA1549:BRAF cells, MEK1/2 inhibition reduced cell viability and S-phase content, effects that were modestly augmented by mTOR inhibition. In vivo experiments in the BRAFV600E pediatric xenograft model BT40 showed the greatest survival advantage in mice treated with AZD6244 + PLX4720 (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS:In BRAFV600E tumors, combination of AZD6244 + PLX4720 is superior to monotherapy and to other combinatorial approaches. In BRAFWT pediatric gliomas, everolimus + AZD6244 is superior to either agent alone. KIAA1549:BRAF-expressing tumors display marked sensitivity to MEK1/2 inhibition. Application of these results to PLGG treatment must be exercised with caution because the dearth of PLGG models necessitated only a single patient-derived PLGG (BT40) in this study. Clin Cancer Res; 22(21); 5312-21. ©2016 AACR.

SUBMITTER: Olow A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5093033 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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BRAF Status in Personalizing Treatment Approaches for Pediatric Gliomas.

Olow Aleksandra A Mueller Sabine S Yang Xiaodong X Hashizume Rintaro R Meyerowitz Justin J Weiss William W Resnick Adam C AC Waanders Angela J AJ Stalpers Lukas J A LJ Berger Mitchel S MS Gupta Nalin N James C David CD Petritsch Claudia K CK Haas-Kogan Daphne A DA

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20160523 21

<h4>Purpose</h4>Alteration of the BRAF/MEK/MAPK pathway is the hallmark of pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGGs), and mTOR activation has been documented in the majority of these tumors. We investigated combinations of MEK1/2, BRAF<sup>V600E</sup> and mTOR inhibitors in gliomas carrying specific genetic alterations of the MAPK pathway.<h4>Experimental design</h4>We used human glioma lines containing BRAF<sup>V600E</sup> (adult high-grade: AM-38, DBTRG, PLGG: BT40), or wild-type BRAF (pediatric hig ...[more]

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