Addressing Genetic Tumor Heterogeneity through Computationally Predictive Combination Therapy
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Zhao, Boyang
Pritchard, Justin R.
Hemann, Michael
Lauffenburger, Douglas A
Date Issued
December 2013
Journal
Cancer Discovery
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American Association for Cancer Research
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Zhao, B., J. R. Pritchard, D. A. Lauffenburger, and M. T. Hemann. “Addressing Genetic Tumor Heterogeneity through Computationally Predictive Combination Therapy.” Cancer Discovery 4, no. 2 (December 6, 2013): 166–174.
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Abstract
Recent tumor sequencing data suggest an urgent need to develop a methodology to directly address intratumoral heterogeneity in the design of anticancer treatment regimens. We use RNA interference to model heterogeneous tumors, and demonstrate successful validation of computational predictions for how optimized drug combinations can yield superior effects on these tumors both in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, we discover here that for many such tumors knowledge of the predominant subpopulation is insufficient for determining the best drug combination. Surprisingly, in some cases, the optimal drug combination does not include drugs that would treat any particular subpopulation most effectively, challenging straightforward intuition. We confirm examples of such a case with survival studies in a murine preclinical lymphoma model. Altogether, our approach provides new insights about design principles for combination therapy in the context of intratumoral diversity, data that should inform the development of drug regimens superior for complex tumors.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
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https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-13-0465
