Clinical relevance and therapeutic predictive ability of hypoxia biomarkers in head and neck cancer tumour models.
Mol Oncol
; 18(8): 1885-1903, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Tumour hypoxia promotes poor patient outcomes, with particularly strong evidence for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). To effectively target hypoxia, therapies require selection biomarkers and preclinical models that can accurately model tumour hypoxia. We established 20 patient-derived xenograft (PDX) and cell line-derived xenograft (CDX) models of HNSCC that we characterised for their fidelity to represent clinical HNSCC in gene expression, hypoxia status and proliferation and that were evaluated for their sensitivity to hypoxia-activated prodrugs (HAPs). PDX models showed greater fidelity in gene expression to clinical HNSCC than cell lines, as did CDX models relative to their paired cell lines. PDX models were significantly more hypoxic than CDX models, as assessed by hypoxia gene signatures and pimonidazole immunohistochemistry, and showed similar hypoxia gene expression to clinical HNSCC tumours. Hypoxia or proliferation status alone could not determine HAP sensitivity across our 20 HNSCC and two non-HNSCC tumour models by either tumour growth inhibition or killing of hypoxia cells in an ex vivo clonogenic assay. In summary, our tumour models provide clinically relevant HNSCC models that are suitable for evaluating hypoxia-targeting therapies; however, additional biomarkers to hypoxia are required to accurately predict drug sensitivity.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Biomarcadores de Tumor
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Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeza y Cuello
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Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello
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Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mol Oncol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Nueva Zelanda
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos