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Immune environment in serrated lesions of the Colon: intraepithelial lymphocyte density, PD-1, and PD-L1 expression correlate with serrated neoplasia pathway progression.

Human Pathology 2018 August 31
The serrated neoplasia pathway accounts for approximately 20% of colorectal carcinomas (CRCs). Sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs), the main precursor lesion of the serrated pathway, are molecularly driven by MLH1 promoter methylation and microsatellite instability (MSI) in their progression to CRC. MSI-high (MSI-H) lesions are highly immunogenic and associated with a high density of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. Our study's aim was to determine how the kinetics of this immune environment relates to SSAs in their progression through low-grade (SSA-LD) to high-grade dysplasia (SSA-HD), and CRC. We analyzed 74 cases (16 CRCs, 14 SSA-HD, and 44 SSA-LD). Cases of hyperplastic polyp and SSA without dysplasia were analyzed for comparison. MSI status, intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) density, and immune checkpoint expression were assessed by immunohistochemistry for mismatch repair proteins, CD3, and PD-1/PD-L1; respectively. Average IEL density was 12, 18.6, 21.6, and 31 for SSA, SSA-LD, SSA-HD, and CRC; respectively, as opposed to 8.1 in normal colon (P<.0001). Average PD-1/PD-L1 lymphocytic expression was 1.1/1.0, 1.2/2.9, 4.8/6.9, and 12.4/15.2 in SSA, SSA-LD, SSA-HD, and CRC; respectively, compared to 0.5/0 in normal crypts (P<.0001). IEL and PD-1/PD-L1 lymphocytic expression values of MSI-H lesions were 22.6, 27.7, 36.8; and 3/6.5, 6.2/10.6, and 18.3/17.6 in MSI-H SSA-LD, SSA-HD, and CRCs; respectively (p ranged from 0.0478 to 0.3529). PD-L1 epithelial expression was positive in 40% of SSAs, 59.1% of SSAs-LD, 100% SSAs-HD, and 60%of CRCs (P<.0001). Increased IELs and PD-1/PD-L1 expression correlate with sequential progression of SSAs, through development of cytologic dysplasia, to CRC and MSI-H status.

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