A Landscape of Pharmacogenomic Interactions in Cancer

Francesco Iorio, Theo A. Knijnenburg, Daniel J. Vis, Graham R. Bignell, Michael P. Menden, Michael Schubert, Nanne Aben, Emanuel Gonçalves, Syd Barthorpe, Lodewyk Wessels, More Authors

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Abstract

Systematic studies of cancer genomes have provided unprecedented insights into the molecular nature of cancer. Using this information to guide the development and application of therapies in the clinic is challenging. Here, we report how cancerdriven alterations identified in 11,289 tumors from 29 tissues (integrating somatic mutations, copy number alterations, DNA methylation, and gene expression) can be mapped onto 1,001 molecularly annotated human cancer cell lines and correlated with sensitivity to 265 drugs. We find that cell lines faithfully
recapitulate oncogenic alterations identified in tumors, find that many of these associate with drug sensitivity/resistance, and highlight the importance
of tissue lineage in mediating drug response. Logicbased modeling uncovers combinations of alterations that sensitize to drugs, while machine learning
demonstrates the relative importance of different data types in predicting drug response. Our analysis and datasets are rich resources to link genotypes with cellular phenotypes and to identify therapeutic options for selected cancer sub-populations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)740-754
Number of pages15
JournalCell
Volume166
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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