Circulating microRNA analysis in a prospective co-clinical trial identifies MIR652-3p as a response biomarker and driver of regorafenib resistance mechanisms in colorectal cancer

BACKGROUND: The multi-kinase inhibitor regorafenib has demonstrated efficacy in chemo-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients. However, lack of predictive biomarkers and concerns over significant toxicities hamper the use of regorafenib in clinical practice.

METHODS: Serial liquid biopsies were obtained at baseline and monthly until disease progression in chemo-refractory mCRC patients treated with regorafenib in a phase II clinical trial (PROSPECT-R n=40; NCT03010722) and in a multicentric validation cohort (n=241). Tissue biopsies collected at baseline, after 2 months and at progression in the PROSPECT-R trial were used to establish Patient-Derived Organoids (PDOs) and for molecular analyses. MicroRNA profiling was performed on baseline bloods using the NanoString nCounter platform and results were validated by digital droplet PCR and/or In Situ Hybridization in paired liquid and tissue biopsies. PDOs co-cultures and PDO-xenotransplants were generated for functional analyses.

RESULTS: Large-scale microRNA expression analysis in longitudinal matched liquid and tissue biopsies from the PROSPECT-R trial identified MIR652-3p as a biomarker of clinical benefit to regorafenib. These findings were confirmed in an independent validation cohort and in a "control" group of 100 patients treated with lonsurf. Using ex vivo co-culture assays paired with single-cell RNA-sequencing of PDO established pre- and post-treatment, we modelled regorafenib response observed in vivo and in patients, and showed that MIR652-3p controls resistance to regorafenib by impairing regorafenib-induced lethal autophagy and by orchestrating the switch from neo-angiogenesis to vessel co-option.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results identify MIR652-3p as potential biomarker and as a driver of cell and non-cell autonomous mechanisms of resistance to regorafenib.

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2024

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2024

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Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - (2024) vom: 20. Feb.

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Hedayat, Somaieh [VerfasserIn]
Cascione, Luciano [VerfasserIn]
Cunningham, David [VerfasserIn]
Schirripa, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Lampis, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Hahne, Jens C [VerfasserIn]
Tunariu, Nina [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Sung Pil [VerfasserIn]
Marchetti, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Khurum [VerfasserIn]
Fontana, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Angerilli, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Delrieux, Mia [VerfasserIn]
Nava Rodrigues, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Procaccio, Letizia [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Sheela [VerfasserIn]
Watkins, David [VerfasserIn]
Starling, Naureen [VerfasserIn]
Chau, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Braconi, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Fotiadis, Nicos [VerfasserIn]
Begum, Ruwaida [VerfasserIn]
Guppy, Naomi [VerfasserIn]
Howell, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Valenti, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Cribbes, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Kolozsvari, Bernadett [VerfasserIn]
Kirkin, Vladimir [VerfasserIn]
Lonardi, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Ghidini, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Passalacqua, Rodolfo [VerfasserIn]
Elghadi, Raghad [VerfasserIn]
Magnani, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Pinato, David J [VerfasserIn]
Di Maggio, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Ghelardi, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Sottotetti, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Vetere, Guglielmo [VerfasserIn]
Ciraci, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Vlachogiannis, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Pietrantonio, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Cremolini, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Cortellini, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Loupakis, Fotios [VerfasserIn]
Fassan, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Valeri, Nicola [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

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10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-2748

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