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Multicenter Study
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The Balance Between Cytotoxic T-cell Lymphocytes and Immune Checkpoint Expression in the Prognosis of Colon Tumors.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2018 January 2
Background: Immune checkpoint (ICK) expression might represent a surrogate measure of tumor-infiltrating T cell (CTL) exhaustion and therefore be a more accurate prognostic biomarker for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients than CTL enumeration as measured by the Immunoscore.
Methods: The expression of ICKs, Th1, CTLs, cytotoxicity-related genes, and metagenes, including Immunoscore-like metagenes, were evaluated in three independent cohorts of CRC samples (260 microsatellite instable [MSI], 971 non-MSI). Their associations with patient survival were analyzed by Cox models, taking into account the microsatellite instability (MSI) status and affiliation with various Consensus Molecular Subgroups (CMS). PD-L1 and CD8 expression were examined on a subset of tumors with immunohistochemistry. All statistical tests were two-sided.
Results: The expression of Immunoscore-like metagenes was statistically significantly associated with improved outcome in non-MSI tumors displaying low levels of both CTLs and immune checkpoints (ICKs; CMS2 and CMS3; hazard ratio [HR] = 0.63, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.43 to 0.92, P = .02; and HR = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.34 to 0.90, P = .02, respectively), but clearly had no prognostic relevance in CRCs displaying higher levels of CTLs and ICKs (CMS1 and CMS4; HR = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.10 to 2.10, P = .32; and HR = 1.13, 95% CI = 0.79 to 1.63, P = .50, respectively), including MSI tumors. ICK metagene expression was statistically significantly associated with worse prognosis independent of tumor staging in MSI tumors (HR = 3.46, 95% CI = 1.41 to 8.49, P = .007). ICK expression had a negative impact on the proliferation of infiltrating CD8 T cells in MSI neoplasms (median = 0.56 in ICK low vs median = 0.34 in ICK high, P = .004).
Conclusions: ICK expression cancels the prognostic relevance of CTLs in highly immunogenic colon tumors and predicts a poor outcome in MSI CRC patients.
Methods: The expression of ICKs, Th1, CTLs, cytotoxicity-related genes, and metagenes, including Immunoscore-like metagenes, were evaluated in three independent cohorts of CRC samples (260 microsatellite instable [MSI], 971 non-MSI). Their associations with patient survival were analyzed by Cox models, taking into account the microsatellite instability (MSI) status and affiliation with various Consensus Molecular Subgroups (CMS). PD-L1 and CD8 expression were examined on a subset of tumors with immunohistochemistry. All statistical tests were two-sided.
Results: The expression of Immunoscore-like metagenes was statistically significantly associated with improved outcome in non-MSI tumors displaying low levels of both CTLs and immune checkpoints (ICKs; CMS2 and CMS3; hazard ratio [HR] = 0.63, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.43 to 0.92, P = .02; and HR = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.34 to 0.90, P = .02, respectively), but clearly had no prognostic relevance in CRCs displaying higher levels of CTLs and ICKs (CMS1 and CMS4; HR = 0.46, 95% CI = 0.10 to 2.10, P = .32; and HR = 1.13, 95% CI = 0.79 to 1.63, P = .50, respectively), including MSI tumors. ICK metagene expression was statistically significantly associated with worse prognosis independent of tumor staging in MSI tumors (HR = 3.46, 95% CI = 1.41 to 8.49, P = .007). ICK expression had a negative impact on the proliferation of infiltrating CD8 T cells in MSI neoplasms (median = 0.56 in ICK low vs median = 0.34 in ICK high, P = .004).
Conclusions: ICK expression cancels the prognostic relevance of CTLs in highly immunogenic colon tumors and predicts a poor outcome in MSI CRC patients.
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