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A human breast cancer-derived xenograft and organoid platform for drug discovery and precision oncology

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Models that recapitulate the complexity of human tumors are urgently needed to develop more effective cancer therapies. We report a bank of human patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) and matched organoid cultures from tumors that represent the greatest unmet need: endocrine-resistant, treatment-refractory and metastatic breast cancers. We leverage matched PDXs and PDX-derived organoids (PDxO) for drug screening that is feasible and cost-effective with in vivo validation. Moreover, we demonstrate the feasibility of using these models for precision oncology in real time with clinical care in a case of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with early metastatic recurrence. Our results uncovered a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug with high efficacy against the models. Treatment with this therapy resulted in a complete response for the individual and a progression-free survival (PFS) period more than three times longer than their previous therapies. This work provides valuable methods and resources for functional precision medicine and drug development for human breast cancer.

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Authors
Guillen, K. P., Fujita, M., Butterfield, A. J., Scherer, S. D., Bailey, M. H., Chu, Z., DeRose, Y. S., Zhao, L., Cortes-Sanchez, E., Yang, C.-H., Toner, J., Wang, G., Qiao, Y., Huang, X., Greenland, J. A., Vahrenkamp, J. M., Lum, D. H., Factor, R. E., Nelson, E. W., Matsen, C. B., Poretta, J. M., Rosenthal, R., Beck, A. C., Buys, S. S., Vaklavas, C., Ward, J. H., Jensen, R. L., Jones, K. B., Li, Z., Oesterreich, S., Dobrolecki, L. E., Pathi, S. S., Woo, X. Y., Berrett, K. C., Wadsworth, M. E., Chuang, J. H., Lewis, M. T., Marth, G. T., Gertz, J., Varley, K. E., Welm, B. E., & Welm, A. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Utah (US)
  • Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
  • The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
  • Welm, Bryan E.
  • Welm, Alana L.
Venue
Nature Cancer
Published
2022-02-24
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
232-250
ISSN
2662-1347 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4214507610
Cited by
416
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 87 · 2025: 99 · 2024: 104 · 2023: 78 · 2022: 43
FWCI
33.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Cancer (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons-TMC (Texas Medical Center) (submittedVersion)
  • The Mouseion at the JAXlibrary (Jackson Laboratory) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH1210077, W81XWH1410417)
  • American Cancer Society (P30 CA042014)
  • Breast Cancer Research Foundation
  • Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CA125123, RP170691)
  • University of Utah (P30 CA042014)
  • Huntsman Cancer Foundation (P30CA042014)
  • Huntsman Cancer Institute (P30CA042014)
  • National Institutes of Health (/ NCI R01, CA125123)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (T32HG008962)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA221303, NCI-CA125123, CA125123, U01CA217617, U54CA224076, U24CA224067, P30CA042014, P30CA125123)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Keywords
breast cancer, patient-derived xenografts, organoids, endocrine-resistant breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, precision oncology, drug screening, drug repurposing, treatment-refractory cancer
MeSH terms
Humans, Organoids, United States, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Drug Discovery, Precision Medicine, Heterografts, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

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