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Short-term culture of tumour slices reveals the heterogeneous sensitivity of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to targeted therapies

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Title
Short-term culture of tumour slices reveals the heterogeneous sensitivity of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to targeted therapies
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BMC Cancer, April 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12885-016-2318-x
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Jérôme Donnadieu, Emma Lachaier, Marine Peria, Zuzana Saidak, Stéphanie Dakpe, Jean-Fortune Ikoli, Bruno Chauffert, Cyril Page, Antoine Galmiche

Abstract

Despite recent progress, investigating the impact of targeted therapies on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) remains a challenge. We investigated whether short-term culture of tumour fragments would permit the evaluation of tumour sensitivity to targeted therapies at the individual level. We cultivated tumour slices prepared from 18 HNSCC tumour samples obtained during surgical resection. The samples were treated for 48 h with a panel of 8 targeted therapies directed against selected oncogenic transduction pathways. We analysed the cell proliferation index (CPI) of tumour cells using Ki67 labelling and the activation status of the RAF-MEK-ERK cascade through ERK phosphorylation analysis. Fourteen tumours were successfully analysed after short-term culture of tumour samples, revealing a striking individual heterogeneity of HNSCC in terms of tumour cell sensitivity to targeted therapies. Using 50 % inhibition of CPI as threshold, sorafenib was shown to be active in 5/14 tumours. Cetuximab, the only approved targeted drug against HNSCC, was active in only 2/14 tumours. A more than 50 % inhibition was observed with at least one drug out of the eight tested in 10/14 tumours. Cluster analysis was carried out in order to examine the effect of the drugs on cell proliferation and the RAF-MEK-ERK cascade. In vitro culture of tumour fragments allows for the evaluation of the effects of targeted therapies on freshly resected human tumours, and might be of value as a possible guide for the design of clinical trials and for the personalization of the medical treatment of HNSCC.

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Country Count As %
France 1 5%
Unknown 21 95%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Student > Master 2 9%
Other 2 9%
Student > Bachelor 2 9%
Student > Postgraduate 2 9%
Other 7 32%
Unknown 4 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 9%
Computer Science 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 5 23%
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