Abstract B32: Fidelity of genomic and proteomic features of patient-derived xenografts of lung cancers
Authors: Pham Nhu-An , Wang Dennis , Tong Jiefei , Zhu Chang-Qi , Li Lei , Zhang Wen , Shi Ruoshi , Sakashita Shingo , Pintilie Melania , Moran Michael F. , Liu Geoffrey , Tsao Ming-Sound 
Published: March 2017

The establishment of valid lung carcinoma preclinical models for testing new cancer therapies is necessary, as existing cell lines and mouse models may not recapitulate the full spectrum of heterogeneity of patient tumors. Studies suggest lung cancer patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models recapitulate well gene copy number variation, gene expression profiles, and metabolic states of corresponding patient tumors. However, an understanding of mechanisms linking cancer-associated genome, transcriptome, and proteome alterations with driver mutations and dysregulated signal transduction networks in primary and PDX models is lacking. We report a large (&gt;150) resource of lung cancer PDX models, derived from surgically resected tumors, and endobronchial ultrasound-guided (EBUS) and CT-guided biopsies. Tumor specimens were grown and serially passaged in the subcutaneous pocket at the flanks of NSG mice (NOD SCID gamma) at initial implant, and following passages in NOD SCID (non-obese diabetic severe combined immunodeficiency) mice. Among 127 established PDX models from 441 surgically derived tumor specimens, all major histological subtypes were included: 52 adenocarcinomas, 62 squamous cell carcinomas, 1 adeno-squamous cell carcinomas, 5 sarcomatoid carcinomas, 5 large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas, and 2 small cell lung cancers. Over 100 PDX models have been profiled by next-generation exome sequencing (SureSelect Human 50Mbp kit), and array-based assays for copy number variant (HumanOmni 2.5-Quad BeadChip), DNA methylation (Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip) and mRNA (DASL HumanHT-12 v4 BeadChip) profiles. Smaller subsets of PDXs have been characterized by mass spectrometry (MS)-based comprehensive proteome and protein-phosphotyrosine characterization.

Genome/transcriptome/proteome profiles of 36 non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) PDX models correlated with patient primary tumors but to a much lesser extent with established NSCLC cell lines. A number of PDX models have genetic abnormalities linked to targeted therapies including mutations in EGFR (6), PIK3CA (13), and KRAS (21), and amplifications in FGFR1 (7) and CDK4 (6). This study provides the most solid evidence as yet that PDXs established from lung cancers mimic closely the genomic and proteomic characteristics of patient primary tumors and retain driver genetic abnormalities.

Citation Format: Nhu-An Pham, Dennis Wang, Jiefei Tong, Chang-Qi Zhu, Lei Li, Wen Zhang, Ruoshi Shi, Shingo Sakashita, Melania Pintilie, Michael F. Moran, Geoffrey Liu, Ming-Sound Tsao. Fidelity of genomic and proteomic features of patient-derived xenografts of lung cancers. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference: Patient-Derived Cancer Models: Present and Future Applications from Basic Science to the Clinic; Feb 11-14, 2016; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2016;22(16_Suppl):Abstract nr B32.