Fig. 9

FL118 preferentially inhibits AR−/lo LAPC9-AI cells in organoid screening assays: A Experimental schema. LAPC9-AD/AI cells were purified out from the maintenance tumors. Cytotoxic/cytostatic effects of drug (FL118) treatment were measured using resazurin assays in triplicate culture (5,000 cells/well in 96-well plate). B Representative LAPC9-AD and LAPC9-AI organoid images 6 days after FL118 treatment. C, D FL118 exhibited a more prominent inhibitory effect on AR−/lo LAPC9 than AR.+ LAPC9-AD organoids. Shown in C are bar graphs of LAPC9-AD (top) and LAPC9-AI (bottom) organoids in the presence of vehicle control (DMSO) or increasing concentrations of FL118. Data are normalized to DMSO-treated control samples and presented as mean ± SD. Shown in D are the dose–response curves generated using relative viable cell numbers after treatment with increasing concentrations of FL118 for 4 days. The inhibitory effects (IC50) of FL118 on LAPC9-AI compared to LAPC9-AD are statistically highly significant (P < 0.0001; two-way ANOVA)