It is well-established that there are significantly higher mortality rates for a number of cancers in African AmericansandotherracialandethnicminoritiesintheUS.Despiteoverallreductionsincancermortalityinthe last several decades, these disparities persist. The lack of appropriate models has been a serious issue in addressing these cancer health disparities. This Core is a collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)andMDAndersonCancerCenter(MDACC).ThePDXCorewillrecruitminoritypatientswithcancerat BCMclinicalsitestodonatebloodforcirculatingtumorcells(CTCs)orcancertissuesforestablishmentofpatient derivedxenografts(PDXs).ThemajorfocuswillbeonAfricanAmerican(AA)menwithprostatecancer(PC).Dr NavoneatMDACChasaunique,provenexpertiseinestablishingPDXsfromPCCTCsandtissuesandshewill establishthePCPDXsinherlaboratory.ThesewillbetransferredtotheBCMsiteofthePDXCoreforadditional characterization,transfertotheNCIPDTCPDXRepositoryandforexperimentsaspartofResearchProject1 inthisU54submission.AsecondarygoalofthePDXCorewillbetoestablishPDXsfromminoritypatientsat BCM clinical sites other than PC or breast cancer (BC), with a focus on cancers disparately affecting minority populations.ThiswillbedoneattheBCMPDXCore.Afterestablishment,thesewillbetransferredtoNCIPDTC PDXRepositorytoenhanceminorityPDXrepresentationinthisrepository.Thethirdgoalwillbetosetupbreast cancer(BC)PDXsforexperimentsinResearchProject2.ThesewillbereceivedfromDrs.LewisandEllishere atBCMfromtheirexistingPDXsaswellasnewPDXsgeneratedoverthecourseofthisproposal.TheBCPDX establishmenteffortisseparatelyfundedandnoadditionalBCPDXswillbegeneratedbythisPDXCore.Finally, infutureyearswewillparticipateasrequestedinnewtransnetworkinitiativesandpilotprojects.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements (U54)
Project #
1U54CA233223-01
Application #
9627117
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1)
Project Start
2018-09-20
Project End
2023-06-30
Budget Start
2018-09-01
Budget End
2019-08-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Baylor College of Medicine
Department
Type
DUNS #
051113330
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030
Matsunuma, Ryoichi; Chan, Doug W; Kim, Beom-Jun et al. (2018) DPYSL3 modulates mitosis, migration, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in claudin-low breast cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115:E11978-E11987