Drug and disease signature integration identifies synergistic combinations in glioblastoma

Stathias V, Jermakowicz AM, Maloof ME, Forlin M, Walters W, Suter RK, Durante MA, Williams SL, Harbour JW, Volmar CH, et al. Drug and disease signature integration identifies synergistic combinations in glioblastoma. Nat Commun. 2018;9:5315.

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Stathias, VasileiosJermakowicz, Anna MMaloof, Marie EForlin, MicheleWalters, WinstonSuter, Robert KDurante, Michael AWilliams, Sion LHarbour, J WilliamVolmar, Claude-HenryLyons, Nicholas JWahlestedt, ClaesGraham, Regina MIvan, Michael EKomotar, Ricardo JSarkaria, Jann NSubramanian, AravindGolub, Todd RSchurer, Stephan CAyad, Nagi GengR24 NS092940/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/P50 CA108961/CA/NCI NIH HHS/U54 HL127624/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/U54 HG006093/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/U54 HL127366/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/U24 TR002278/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/R56 NS102590/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/U54 CA189205/CA/NCI NIH HHS/R21 CA216227/CA/NCI NIH HHS/Research Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tEnglandNat Commun. 2018 Dec 14;9(1):5315. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07659-z.

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary adult brain tumor. Despite extensive efforts, the median survival for GBM patients is approximately 14 months. GBM therapy could benefit greatly from patient-specific targeted therapies that maximize treatment efficacy. Here we report a platform termed SynergySeq to identify drug combinations for the treatment of GBM by integrating information from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS). We identify differentially expressed genes in GBM samples and devise a consensus gene expression signature for each compound using LINCS L1000 transcriptional profiling data. The SynergySeq platform computes disease discordance and drug concordance to identify combinations of FDA-approved drugs that induce a synergistic response in GBM. Collectively, our studies demonstrate that combining disease-specific gene expression signatures with LINCS small molecule perturbagen-response signatures can identify preclinical combinations for GBM, which can potentially be tested in humans.
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