Journal: Molecular cancer research : MCR
Article Title: A Functional Precision Oncology Approach to Identify Treatment Strategies for Myxofibrosarcoma Patients
doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-21-0255
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) High throughput drug screening of all 4 cell strains (HFF, OH931, WCM197, NMFH-1) shown as a heat map (blue is sensitive to red resistant). RB1 wt and CDKN2A/B/MTAP null cells (WCM197 and OH931) show higher sensitivity to CDK4/6 inhibititors such as abemaciclib (indicated by the yellow arrows) and the antifolate pralatrexate and methotrexate (indicated by the green arrows) compared to the CDKN2A/B/MTAP wild type lines (NMFH-1 and HFF). Selective sensitivity to PLK-1 inhibitors was detected in WCM197 and OH931 cells compared to the NMFH-1 and the control line HFF, shown in orange arrows. (B) Graphs show the response of the sarcoma cells to each compound in the library as area under the curve (AUC) compared to the benign human foreskin fibroblast line (HFF) as a normal control. (C-D) Ex vivo drug validation of the two PLK-1 inhibitors (volasertib and rigosertib) confirms high sensitivity for WCM197 and OH931 cells. (E, F) WCM197 3D sarco-spheres are completely inhibited in growth under volasertib treatment and show cell death indicated by cleaved caspase 3, PARP and cleaved PARP. Cell death was monitored with cleaved caspase 3 and cleaved PARP over 96 hours with a peak at 24–72 hours.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against CDKN2A (1:2000, Abcam Cat# ab208349), MTAP (1:2000, Abcam Cat# ab126623), RB (1:1000, Abcam Cat# ab32513), Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp 175) (1:1000, Cell Signaling Cat# 9664), cleaved PAPR (aSP214) (1:1000, Cell Signaling Cat# 32563) and Actin (1:2000, EMD Millipore clone 4, Cat# 1501) were incubated over night at 4°C in 5% bovine serum albumin.
Techniques: High Throughput Screening Assay, Control, Ex Vivo