Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on September 9, 2020; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-0600 Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. 5-fluorouracil enhances the anti-tumor activity of the glutaminase inhibitor CB-839 against PIK3CA-mutant colorectal cancers Yiqing Zhao1,2,#, Xiujing Feng1,2,#, Yicheng Chen1,2,#, J. Eva Selfridge1,2,3, Shashank Gorityala4, Zhanwen Du1,2, Janet M. Wang1, Yujun Hao1,2, Gino Cioffi5, Ronald A. Conlon1,2, Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan2,5, Joel Saltzman3,6, Smitha S. Krishnamurthi3,6, Shaveta Vinayak3,6,7, Martina Veigl2,6, Yan Xu4, David L. Bajor2,3,6, Sanford D. Markowitz2,3,6, Neal J. Meropol2,3,8, Jennifer R. Eads2,3,9*, and Zhenghe Wang1,2,* 1 Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, 2Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 3Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106 4Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115 5Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences 6Department of Medicine, 7Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 8Flatiron Health, New York, NY 10013 9Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Running title: CB-839 plus 5-FU inhibit PIK3CA-mutant colon cancer growth Key Words: Colorectal cancer; PIK3CA mutation; glutaminase inhibitor; 5-fluorouracil, clinical trial. # These authors contributed equally. *Corresponding authors: Zhenghe Wang, Phone: 216-368-0446, Fax: 216-368-8919, Email:
[email protected] (leading contact); Jennifer Eads, Phone: 215-615-1725, Fax: 215-349-8551, Email:
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