PMID- 20682712 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101202 LR - 20211020 IS - 1557-3265 (Electronic) IS - 1078-0432 (Print) IS - 1078-0432 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 16 DP - 2010 Aug 15 TI - Gene array and fluorescence in situ hybridization biomarkers of activity of saracatinib (AZD0530), a Src inhibitor, in a preclinical model of colorectal cancer. PG - 4165-77 LID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0066 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of saracatinib (AZD0530), an oral Src inhibitor, in colorectal cancer (CRC) and to identify biomarkers that predict antitumor activity. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Twenty-three CRC cell lines were exposed to saracatinib, and baseline gene expression profiles of three sensitive and eight resistant cell lines in vitro and in vivo were used to predict saracatinib sensitivity in an independent group of 10 human CRC explant tumors using the gene array K-Top Scoring Pairs (K-TSP) method. In addition, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunoblotting determined both Src gene copy number and activation of Src, respectively. RESULTS: Two of 10 explant tumors were determined to be sensitive to saracatinib. The K-TSP classifier (TOX>GLIS2, TSPAN7>BCAS4, and PARD6G>NXN) achieved 70% (7 of 10) accuracy on the test set. Evaluation of Src gene copy number by FISH showed a trend toward significance (P = 0.066) with respect to an increase in Src gene copy and resistance to saracatinib. Tumors sensitive to saracatinib showed an increase in the activation of Src and FAK when compared with resistant tumors. CONCLUSIONS: Saracatinib significantly decreased tumor growth in a subset of CRC cell lines and explants. A K-TSP classifier (TOX>GLIS2, TSPAN7>BCAS4, and PARD6G>NXN) was predictive for sensitivity to saracatinib. In addition, increased activation of the Src pathway was associated with sensitivity to saracatinib. These results suggest that FISH, a K-TSP classifier, and activation of the Src pathway have potential in identifying CRC patients that would potentially benefit from treatment with saracatinib. FAU - Arcaroli, John J AU - Arcaroli JJ AD - Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA. FAU - Touban, Basel M AU - Touban BM FAU - Tan, Aik Choon AU - Tan AC FAU - Varella-Garcia, Marileila AU - Varella-Garcia M FAU - Powell, Rebecca W AU - Powell RW FAU - Eckhardt, S Gail AU - Eckhardt SG FAU - Elvin, Paul AU - Elvin P FAU - Gao, Dexiang AU - Gao D FAU - Messersmith, Wells A AU - Messersmith WA LA - eng GR - R01 CA152303/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100803 PL - United States TA - Clin Cancer Res JT - Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research JID - 9502500 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Benzodioxoles) RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Quinazolines) RN - 9KD24QGH76 (saracatinib) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Benzodioxoles/*pharmacology MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Separation MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/*drug therapy/genetics MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/*genetics MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Mice MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Quinazolines/*pharmacology MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays PMC - PMC3805460 MID - NIHMS504902 COIS- Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest J.J. Arcoli: advisory board for saracatinib, AstraZeneca. The other authors disclosed no potential conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2010/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00 PMCR- 2013/10/22 CRDT- 2010/08/05 06:00 PHST- 2010/08/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/10/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1078-0432.CCR-10-0066 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0066 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Aug 15;16(16):4165-77. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0066. Epub 2010 Aug 3.