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Pasetto S, Montejo M, Zahid MU, Rosa M, Gatenby R, Schlicke P, Diaz R, Enderling H. Calibrating tumor growth and invasion parameters with spectral spatial analysis of cancer biopsy tissues. NPJ Syst Biol Appl 2024; 10:112. [PMID: 39358360 PMCID: PMC11447233 DOI: 10.1038/s41540-024-00439-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
Abstract
The reaction-diffusion equation is widely used in mathematical models of cancer. The calibration of model parameters based on limited clinical data is critical to using reaction-diffusion equation simulations for reliable predictions on a per-patient basis. Here, we focus on cell-level data as routinely available from tissue biopsies used for clinical cancer diagnosis. We analyze the spatial architecture in biopsy tissues stained with multiplex immunofluorescence. We derive a two-point correlation function and the corresponding spatial power spectral distribution. We show that this data-deduced power spectral distribution can fit the power spectrum of the solution of reaction-diffusion equations that can then identify patient-specific tumor growth and invasion rates. This approach allows the measurement of patient-specific critical tumor dynamical properties from routinely available biopsy material at a single snapshot in time.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Pasetto
- Department of Integrated Mathematical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Integrated Mathematical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Radiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA.
- Institute for Data Science in Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA.
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Urcuyo JC, Curtin L, Langworthy JM, De Leon G, Anderies B, Singleton KW, Hawkins-Daarud A, Jackson PR, Bond KM, Ranjbar S, Lassiter-Morris Y, Clark-Swanson KR, Paulson LE, Sereduk C, Mrugala MM, Porter AB, Baxter L, Salomao M, Donev K, Hudson M, Meyer J, Zeeshan Q, Sattur M, Patra DP, Jones BA, Rahme RJ, Neal MT, Patel N, Kouloumberis P, Turkmani AH, Lyons M, Krishna C, Zimmerman RS, Bendok BR, Tran NL, Hu LS, Swanson KR. Image-localized biopsy mapping of brain tumor heterogeneity: A single-center study protocol. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0287767. [PMID: 38117803 PMCID: PMC10732423 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Brain cancers pose a novel set of difficulties due to the limited accessibility of human brain tumor tissue. For this reason, clinical decision-making relies heavily on MR imaging interpretation, yet the mapping between MRI features and underlying biology remains ambiguous. Standard (clinical) tissue sampling fails to capture the full heterogeneity of the disease. Biopsies are required to obtain a pathological diagnosis and are predominantly taken from the tumor core, which often has different traits to the surrounding invasive tumor that typically leads to recurrent disease. One approach to solving this issue is to characterize the spatial heterogeneity of molecular, genetic, and cellular features of glioma through the intraoperative collection of multiple image-localized biopsy samples paired with multi-parametric MRIs. We have adopted this approach and are currently actively enrolling patients for our 'Image-Based Mapping of Brain Tumors' study. Patients are eligible for this research study (IRB #16-002424) if they are 18 years or older and undergoing surgical intervention for a brain lesion. Once identified, candidate patients receive dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), in addition to standard sequences (T1, T1Gd, T2, T2-FLAIR) at their presurgical scan. During surgery, sample anatomical locations are tracked using neuronavigation. The collected specimens from this research study are used to capture the intra-tumoral heterogeneity across brain tumors including quantification of genetic aberrations through whole-exome and RNA sequencing as well as other tissue analysis techniques. To date, these data (made available through a public portal) have been used to generate, test, and validate predictive regional maps of the spatial distribution of tumor cell density and/or treatment-related key genetic marker status to identify biopsy and/or treatment targets based on insight from the entire tumor makeup. This type of methodology, when delivered within clinically feasible time frames, has the potential to further inform medical decision-making by improving surgical intervention, radiation, and targeted drug therapy for patients with glioma.
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- Javier C Urcuyo
- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Mathematical NeuroOncology Lab, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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Brummer AB, Yang X, Ma E, Gutova M, Brown CE, Rockne RC. Dose-dependent thresholds of dexamethasone destabilize CAR T-cell treatment efficacy. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1009504. [PMID: 35081104 PMCID: PMC8820647 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is potentially an effective targeted immunotherapy for glioblastoma, yet there is presently little known about the efficacy of CAR T-cell treatment when combined with the widely used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant glucocorticoid, dexamethasone. Here we present a mathematical model-based analysis of three patient-derived glioblastoma cell lines treated in vitro with CAR T-cells and dexamethasone. Advanced in vitro experimental cell killing assay technologies allow for highly resolved temporal dynamics of tumor cells treated with CAR T-cells and dexamethasone, making this a valuable model system for studying the rich dynamics of nonlinear biological processes with translational applications. We model the system as a nonautonomous, two-species predator-prey interaction of tumor cells and CAR T-cells, with explicit time-dependence in the clearance rate of dexamethasone. Using time as a bifurcation parameter, we show that (1) dexamethasone destabilizes coexistence equilibria between CAR T-cells and tumor cells in a dose-dependent manner and (2) as dexamethasone is cleared from the system, a stable coexistence equilibrium returns in the form of a Hopf bifurcation. With the model fit to experimental data, we demonstrate that high concentrations of dexamethasone antagonizes CAR T-cell efficacy by exhausting, or reducing the activity of CAR T-cells, and by promoting tumor cell growth. Finally, we identify a critical threshold in the ratio of CAR T-cell death to CAR T-cell proliferation rates that predicts eventual treatment success or failure that may be used to guide the dose and timing of CAR T-cell therapy in the presence of dexamethasone in patients. Bioengineering and gene-editing technologies have paved the way for advance immunotherapies that can target patient-specific tumor cells. One of these therapies, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has recently shown promise in treating glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer often with poor patient prognosis. Dexamethasone is a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory medication due to the health complications of tumor associated swelling in the brain. However, the immunosuppressant effects of dexamethasone on the immunotherapeutic CAR T-cells are not well understood. To address this issue, we use mathematical modeling to study in vitro dynamics of dexamethasone and CAR T-cells in three patient-derived glioblastoma cell lines. We find that in each cell line studied there is a threshold of tolerable dexamethasone concentration. Below this threshold, CAR T-cells are successful at eliminating the cancer cells, while above this threshold, dexamethasone critically inhibits CAR T-cell efficacy. Our modeling suggests that in the presence of high dexamethasone reduced CAR T-cell efficacy, or increased exhaustion, can occur and result in CAR T-cell treatment failure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander B. Brummer
- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, Division of Mathematical Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (ABB); (CEB); (RCR)
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Translation and Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Translation and Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Translation and Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (ABB); (CEB); (RCR)
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- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, Division of Mathematical Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (ABB); (CEB); (RCR)
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