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Immunoprofiles of colorectal cancer from Lynch syndrome

Walkowska, Joanna ; Kallemose, Thomas ; Jönsson, Göran LU ; Jönsson, Mats LU ; Andersen, Ove ; Andersen, Mads Hald ; Svane, Inge Marie ; Langkilde, Anne ; Nilbert, Mef LU and Therkildsen, Christina LU (2019) In OncoImmunology 8(1).
Abstract

Colorectal cancers associated with Lynch syndrome are characterized by defective mismatch repair, microsatellite instability, high mutation rates, and a highly immunogenic environment. These features define a subset of cancer with a favorable prognosis and high likelihood to respond to treatment with anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) drugs. With the aim to define immune-evasive mechanisms and a potential impact hereof in colorectal cancers from Lynch syndrome versus hereditary cases with retained mismatch repair function, we immunohistochemically and transcriptionally profiled 270 tumors. Lynch syndrome-associated tumors showed an overrepresentation of tumor-infiltrating CD3, CD8 and CD68 positive cells,... (More)

Colorectal cancers associated with Lynch syndrome are characterized by defective mismatch repair, microsatellite instability, high mutation rates, and a highly immunogenic environment. These features define a subset of cancer with a favorable prognosis and high likelihood to respond to treatment with anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) drugs. With the aim to define immune-evasive mechanisms and a potential impact hereof in colorectal cancers from Lynch syndrome versus hereditary cases with retained mismatch repair function, we immunohistochemically and transcriptionally profiled 270 tumors. Lynch syndrome-associated tumors showed an overrepresentation of tumor-infiltrating CD3, CD8 and CD68 positive cells, loss of beta-2-microglobulin (B2M) and up-regulation of PD-L1 on tumor cells. The gene expression signature of Lynch syndrome tumors was characterized by upregulation of genes related to antigen processing and presentation, apoptosis, natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and T cell activation. Tumors with loss of B2M and up-regulation of PD-L1 showed distinctive immunogenic profiles. In summary, our data demonstrate a complex tumor-host interplay where B2M loss and PD-L1 up-regulation influence immunological pathways and clinical outcome in Lynch syndrome tumors. Immunological classification may thus aid in the preselection of colorectal cancers relevant for treatment with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies.

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familial colorectal cancer type X, Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, immunophenotypes, microsatellite instability, mismatch repair
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OncoImmunology
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8
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1
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e1515612
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Landes Bioscience
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2162-4011
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10.1080/2162402X.2018.1515612
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English
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  author       = {{Walkowska, Joanna and Kallemose, Thomas and Jönsson, Göran and Jönsson, Mats and Andersen, Ove and Andersen, Mads Hald and Svane, Inge Marie and Langkilde, Anne and Nilbert, Mef and Therkildsen, Christina}},
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  keywords     = {{familial colorectal cancer type X; Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer; immunophenotypes; microsatellite instability; mismatch repair}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{Landes Bioscience}},
  series       = {{OncoImmunology}},
  title        = {{Immunoprofiles of colorectal cancer from Lynch syndrome}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2018.1515612}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/2162402X.2018.1515612}},
  volume       = {{8}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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