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PD-L1 (CD274) promoter hypomethylation predicts immunotherapy response in metastatic urothelial carcinoma

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العنوان: PD-L1 (CD274) promoter hypomethylation predicts immunotherapy response in metastatic urothelial carcinoma
المؤلفون: Niklas Klümper, Lennert Wüst, Jonas Saal, Damian J. Ralser, Romina Zarbl, Jonas Jarczyk, Johannes Breyer, Danijel Sikic, Bernd Wullich, Christian Bolenz, Florian Roghmann, Michael Hölzel, Manuel Ritter, Sebastian Strieth, Arndt Hartmann, Philipp Erben, Ralph M. Wirtz, Jennifer Landsberg, Dimo Dietrich, Markus Eckstein
المصدر: OncoImmunology, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2023)
بيانات النشر: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy
LCC:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
مصطلحات موضوعية: biomarker, bladder cancer, CD274, DNA methylation, immune checkpoint blockade, immunotherapy, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
الوصف: ABSTRACTPD-L1 status assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) has failed to reliably predict outcomes for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) on immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). PD-L1 promoter methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that has been shown to regulate PD-L1 mRNA expression in various malignancies. The aim of our present study was to evaluate the predictive potential of PD-L1 promoter methylation status (mPD-L1) in ICB-treated mUC compared to conventional IHC-based PD-L1 assessment. We quantified mPD-L1 in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue sections using an established quantitative methylation-specific PCR assay (qMSP) in a well-characterized multicenter ICB-treated cohort comprising N = 107 patients with mUC. Additionally, PD-L1 protein expression in tumor tissues was assessed using regulatory approved IHC protocols. The effect of pharmacological hypomethylation by the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor decitabine in combination with interferon-γ stimulation in urothelial carcinoma cell lines was investigated by IHC and FACS. mPD-L1 hypomethylation predicted objective response rate at the first staging on ICB. Patients with tumors categorized as PD-L1 hypomethylated (lower quartile) showed significantly prolonged progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) after ICB initiation. In contrast, PD-L1 protein expression status neither correlated with response nor survival. In multivariable Cox regression analyses, PD-L1 promoter hypermethylation remained an independent predictor of unfavorable PFS and OS. In urothelial carcinoma cell lines, pharmacological demethylation led to an upregulation of membranous PD-L1 expression and an enhanced inducibility of PD-L1 expression by interferon γ. Hypomethylation of the PD-L1 promoter is a promising predictive biomarker for response to ICB in patients with mUC.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2162402X
2162-402X
83835784
العلاقة: https://doaj.org/toc/2162-402XTest
DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2023.2267744
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/db84a83835784401bcaeca4a8df3487dTest
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.b84a83835784401bcaeca4a8df3487d
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:2162402X
83835784
DOI:10.1080/2162402X.2023.2267744