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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 16, Issue 14, Pages 3721-3733Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0093
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Purpose: Complete response to induction chemotherapy is observed in similar to 60% of patients with newly diagnosed non-M3 acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). However, no methods exist to predict with high accuracy at the individual patient level the response to standard AML induction therapy. Experimental Design: We applied single-cell network profiling (SCNP) using flow cytometry, a tool that allows a comprehensive functional assessment of intracellular signaling pathways in heterogeneous tissues, to two training cohorts of AML samples (n = 34 and 88) to predict the likelihood of response to induction chemotherapy. Results: In the first study, univariate analysis identified multiple signaling nodes (readouts of modulated intracellular signaling proteins) that correlated with response (i.e., AUC(ROC) >= 0.66; P <= 0.05) at a level greater than age. After accounting for age, similar findings were observed in the second study. For patients <60 years old, complete response was associated with the presence of intact apoptotic pathways. In patients >= 60 years old, nonresponse was associated with FLT3 ligand-mediated increase in phosphorylated Akt and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Results were independent of cytogenetics, FLT3 mutational status, and diagnosis of secondary AML. Conclusions: These data emphasize the value of performing quantitative SCNP under modulated conditions as a basis for the development of tests highly predictive for response to induction chemotherapy. SCNP provides information distinct from other known prognostic factors such as age, secondary AML, cytogenetics, and molecular alterations and is potentially combinable with the latter to improve clinical decision making. Independent validation studies are warranted. Clin Cancer Res; 16(14); 3721-33. (C)2010 AACR.
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