Journal: Neuro-Oncology
Article Title: Combined kinase inhibitors of MEK1/2 and either PI3K or PDGFR are efficacious in intracranial triple-negative breast cancer
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox052
Figure Lengend Snippet: Potency, efficacy, and synergy of buparlisib, selumetinib, and pazopanib in four TNBC human-derived cancer cell lines in vitro. (A) Utilized cell lines, with their molecular classifications and relevant known mutational statuses. Drug response curves of SUM149 (149), MDA-MB-231Br (231Br), MDA-MB-468 (468), and MDA-MB-436 (436) TNBC cells after 72 hours with (B) buparlisib, (C) selumetinib, or (D) pazopanib. Synergy fraction affected (FA) versus combination index (CI) curves quantification for combined (E) buparlisib+selumetinib or (F) selumetinib+pazopanib in 149, 231Br, 468, and 436. CI categories: synergistic: <0.1–0.9, additive: 0.9–1.1, antagonistic: >1.1.
Article Snippet: Cell Lines The human-derived TNBC cell lines SUM149 (Asterand; basal-like BRCA1 -mutant, PTEN− ), MDA-MB-231Br (Dr Toshiyuki Yoneda; claudin-low BRCA1 -wildtype, PTEN -wildtype, KRAS -mutant, BRAF -mutant), MDA-MB-468 (American Type Culture Collection [ATCC]; basal-like BRCA1 -wildtype, PTEN −), and MDA-MB-436 (ATCC; claudin-low BRCA1 -mutant, PTEN −) ( ) were transfected with luciferase vector under control of a cytomegalovirus promoter as described, 31 , 32 were confirmed mycoplasma free (September 2015), and were verified by gene expression (September 2010 31 , 32 ).
Techniques: Derivative Assay, In Vitro