High-throughput combinatorial screening identifies drugs that cooperate with ibrutinib to kill activated B-cell–like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cells

LA Mathews Griner, R Guha, P Shinn… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
LA Mathews Griner, R Guha, P Shinn, RM Young, JM Keller, D Liu, IS Goldlust, A Yasgar
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014National Acad Sciences
The clinical development of drug combinations is typically achieved through trial-and-error
or via insight gained through a detailed molecular understanding of dysregulated signaling
pathways in a specific cancer type. Unbiased small-molecule combination (matrix)
screening represents a high-throughput means to explore hundreds and even thousands of
drug–drug pairs for potential investigation and translation. Here, we describe a high-
throughput screening platform capable of testing compounds in pairwise matrix blocks for …
The clinical development of drug combinations is typically achieved through trial-and-error or via insight gained through a detailed molecular understanding of dysregulated signaling pathways in a specific cancer type. Unbiased small-molecule combination (matrix) screening represents a high-throughput means to explore hundreds and even thousands of drug–drug pairs for potential investigation and translation. Here, we describe a high-throughput screening platform capable of testing compounds in pairwise matrix blocks for the rapid and systematic identification of synergistic, additive, and antagonistic drug combinations. We use this platform to define potential therapeutic combinations for the activated B-cell–like subtype (ABC) of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We identify drugs with synergy, additivity, and antagonism with the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib, which targets the chronic active B-cell receptor signaling that characterizes ABC DLBCL. Ibrutinib interacted favorably with a wide range of compounds, including inhibitors of the PI3K-AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin signaling cascade, other B-cell receptor pathway inhibitors, Bcl-2 family inhibitors, and several components of chemotherapy that is the standard of care for DLBCL.
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