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Supplementary Figure 4 from High-Level Clonal FGFR Amplification and Response to FGFR Inhibition in a Translational Clinical Trial

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posted on 2023-04-03, 21:02 authored by Alex Pearson, Elizabeth Smyth, Irina S. Babina, Maria Teresa Herrera-Abreu, Noelia Tarazona, Clare Peckitt, Elaine Kilgour, Neil R. Smith, Catherine Geh, Claire Rooney, Ros Cutts, James Campbell, Jian Ning, Kerry Fenwick, Amanda Swain, Gina Brown, Sue Chua, Anne Thomas, Stephen R.D. Johnston, Mazhar Ajaz, Katherine Sumpter, Angela Gillbanks, David Watkins, Ian Chau, Sanjay Popat, David Cunningham, Nicholas C. Turner

Results of parallel siRNA screens in FGFR driven cell lines with analysis of ERK and AKT phosphorylation in and panel of FGFR driven cancer cell lines.

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FGFR1 and FGFR2 are amplified in many tumor types, yet what determines response to FGFR inhibition in amplified cancers is unknown. In a translational clinical trial, we show that gastric cancers with high-level clonal FGFR2 amplification have a high response rate to the selective FGFR inhibitor AZD4547, whereas cancers with subclonal or low-level amplification did not respond. Using cell lines and patient-derived xenograft models, we show that high-level FGFR2 amplification initiates a distinct oncogene addiction phenotype, characterized by FGFR2-mediated transactivation of alternative receptor kinases, bringing PI3K/mTOR signaling under FGFR control. Signaling in low-level FGFR1-amplified cancers is more restricted to MAPK signaling, limiting sensitivity to FGFR inhibition. Finally, we show that circulating tumor DNA screening can identify high-level clonally amplified cancers. Our data provide a mechanistic understanding of the distinct pattern of oncogene addiction seen in highly amplified cancers and demonstrate the importance of clonality in predicting response to targeted therapy.Significance: Robust single-agent response to FGFR inhibition is seen only in high-level FGFR-amplified cancers, with copy-number level dictating response to FGFR inhibition in vitro, in vivo, and in the clinic. High-level amplification of FGFR2 is relatively rare in gastric and breast cancers, and we show that screening for amplification in circulating tumor DNA may present a viable strategy to screen patients. Cancer Discov; 6(8); 838–51. ©2016 AACR.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 803

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