2024
Preclinical evaluation of avutometinib and defactinib in high‐grade endometrioid endometrial cancer
Hartwich T, Mansolf M, Demirkiran C, Greenman M, Bellone S, McNamara B, Nandi S, Alexandrov L, Yang‐Hartwich Y, Coma S, Pachter J, Santin A. Preclinical evaluation of avutometinib and defactinib in high‐grade endometrioid endometrial cancer. Cancer Medicine 2024, 13: e70210. PMID: 39240189, PMCID: PMC11378359, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBenzamidesCarcinoma, EndometrioidCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEndometrial NeoplasmsExome SequencingFemaleFocal Adhesion Kinase 1HumansImidazolesMiceNeoplasm GradingOxazepinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrazinesSulfonamidesXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsFocal adhesion kinaseWhole-exome sequencingEndometrial cancer cell linesVS-4718Cell linesRas/MAPK pathwayPhosphorylated focal adhesion kinaseWestern blot assayWhole-exome sequencing resultsRAF/MEK inhibitionEAC cell linesBlot assayP-FAKGenetic landscapeCell cycleEndometrial cancerGenetic derangementsDefactinibP-MEKGrowth inhibitionRAF/MEKRas/MAPKCell viabilityP-ERKHigh-grade endometrial cancerIntegrated mutational landscape analysis of poorly differentiated high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Bellone S, Jeong K, Halle M, Krakstad C, McNamara B, Greenman M, Mutlu L, Demirkiran C, Hartwich T, Yang-Hartwich Y, Zipponi M, Buza N, Hui P, Raspagliesi F, Lopez S, Paolini B, Milione M, Perrone E, Scambia G, Altwerger G, Ravaggi A, Bignotti E, Huang G, Andikyan V, Clark M, Ratner E, Azodi M, Schwartz P, Quick C, Angioli R, Terranova C, Zaidi S, Nandi S, Alexandrov L, Siegel E, Choi J, Schlessinger J, Santin A. Integrated mutational landscape analysis of poorly differentiated high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2321898121. PMID: 38625939, PMCID: PMC11046577, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321898121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-exome sequencingPatient-derived-xenograftsBase excision repairCopy number lossMultiregion whole-exome sequencingCopy number gainHigh-grade neuroendocrine carcinomaCNV analysisPhylogenetic analysisEvolutionary historyNeuroendocrine cervical cancerHuman papillomavirus DNAMutator phenotypeSensitivity to afatinibGenetic landscapeRecurrent mutationsRNA sequencingGene fusionsMutational landscape analysisExcision repairGenesMutationsPan-HERConsistent with deficiencyNeuroendocrine carcinoma
2018
Mutational landscape of primary, metastatic, and recurrent ovarian cancer reveals c-MYC gains as potential target for BET inhibitors
Li C, Bonazzoli E, Bellone S, Choi J, Dong W, Menderes G, Altwerger G, Han C, Manzano A, Bianchi A, Pettinella F, Manara P, Lopez S, Yadav G, Riccio F, Zammataro L, Zeybek B, Yang-Hartwich Y, Buza N, Hui P, Wong S, Ravaggi A, Bignotti E, Romani C, Todeschini P, Zanotti L, Zizioli V, Odicino F, Pecorelli S, Ardighieri L, Silasi DA, Litkouhi B, Ratner E, Azodi M, Huang GS, Schwartz PE, Lifton RP, Schlessinger J, Santin AD. Mutational landscape of primary, metastatic, and recurrent ovarian cancer reveals c-MYC gains as potential target for BET inhibitors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 116: 619-624. PMID: 30584090, PMCID: PMC6329978, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1814027116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAzepinesBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCell Line, TumorClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesFemaleHumansMiceMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalOvarian NeoplasmsProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycTriazolesTumor Suppressor Protein p53Xenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsOvarian cancerWhole-exome sequencingC-myc amplificationRecurrent tumorsPrimary tumorBET inhibitorsChemotherapy-resistant diseaseRecurrent ovarian cancerLethal gynecologic malignancyBilateral ovarian cancerChemotherapy-resistant tumorsPrimary metastatic tumorsMutational landscapeSomatic mutationsFresh-frozen tumorsGynecologic malignanciesMetastatic tumorsPrimary cell linesC-MYC gainPIK3CA amplificationTranscoelomic metastasisTherapeutic targetPatientsMetastatic abilityTumors