Abstract A008: An in vivo screening platform based on Ba/F3 kinase-engineered cell lines for discovering next-generation kinase inhibitors

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Tongtong Liu, Feng He, Xuyang Duan, Shuliang Li, Chang Liu, Jingying Ning, Feng Hao* KYinno Biotechnology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. No.3 Building, Yizhuang Biomedical Park, Beijing, China.  Correspondence: Feng.hao@kyinno.com  Protein kinases have become very popular targets in the treatment of cancer and other diseases, and since 2001, the FDA has approved more than 70 kinase inhibitor drugs. However, due to innate or acquired resistance in tumors, most of these small molecule inhibitors only delay tumor progression. The development of next-generation kinase inhibitors with better specificity and lower resistance is still ongoing. Ba/F3 is a mouse pro-B cell line whose survival and proliferation depend on IL-3. After transduction with driver genes such as kinase genes or their mutants, Ba/F3 cells switch from IL-3 dependence to driver gene dependence, making Ba/F3 cells a powerful tool for discovering new kinase inhibitors.   Our group has constructed over 700 Ba/F3 engineered cell lines stably transfected with kinase gene mutants. These Ba/F3 kinase cell lines have been fully validated by sequencing, western blotting, and inhibitor testing, covering many popular kinases including EGFR (>150 cell lines), RAS (80 cell lines), FGFR (55 cell lines), ERBB2 (49 cell lines), MET (41 cell lines), RET (39 cell lines), BCR-ABL (37 cell lines), EML4-ALK (33 cell lines), and FLT3 (26 cell lines), etc. Most of these transformed Ba/F3 cell lines can be used for xenograft models in immunodeficient mice. Based on these Ba/F3 kinase cell line-derived xenograft models, we have established an in vivo screening platform to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of candidate drugs against specific kinase mutation types, as well as their comparison with previous generation drugs. Overall, our data suggest that xenograft models derived from Ba/F3 kinase cell lines are powerful models for discovering next-generation kinase inhibitors.

Citation Format: Stephanie Wang. An in vivo screening platform based on Ba/F3 kinase-engineered cell lines for discovering next-generation kinase inhibitors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR-NCI-EORTC Virtual International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics; 2023 Oct 11-15; Boston, MA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Ther 2023;22(12 Suppl):Abstract nr A008.