Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition
High-risk endometrial cancer (EC) is an aggressive disease for which new therapeutic options are needed. Aims of this study were to validate the enhanced immune response in highly mutated ECs and to explore immune profiles in other EC subgroups. We evaluated immune infiltration in 116 high-risk ECs...
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| author | Eggink, F Van Gool, I Leary, A Pollock, P Crosbie, E Mileshkin, L Jordanova, E Adam, J Freeman-Mills, L Church, D Creutzberg, C De Bruyn, M Nijman, H Bosse, T |
| author_facet | Eggink, F Van Gool, I Leary, A Pollock, P Crosbie, E Mileshkin, L Jordanova, E Adam, J Freeman-Mills, L Church, D Creutzberg, C De Bruyn, M Nijman, H Bosse, T |
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| description | High-risk endometrial cancer (EC) is an aggressive disease for which new therapeutic options are needed. Aims of this study were to validate the enhanced immune response in highly mutated ECs and to explore immune profiles in other EC subgroups. We evaluated immune infiltration in 116 high-risk ECs from the TransPORTEC consortium, previously classified into four molecular subtypes: (i) ultramutated POLE exonuclease domain-mutant ECs (POLE-mutant); (ii) hypermutated microsatellite unstable (MSI); (iii) p53-mutant; and (iv) no specific molecular profile (NSMP). Within The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) EC cohort, significantly higher numbers of predicted neoantigens were demonstrated in POLE-mutant and MSI tumors compared to NSMP and p53-mutants. This was reflected by enhanced immune expression and infiltration in POLE-mutant and MSI tumors in both the TCGA cohort (mRNA expression) and the TransPORTEC cohort (immunohistochemistry) with high infiltration of CD8+ (90% and 69%), PD-1+ (73% and 69%) and PD-L1+ immune cells (100% and 71%). Notably, a subset of p53-mutant and NSMP cancers were characterized by signs of an antitumor immune response (43% and 31% of tumors with high infiltration of CD8+ cells, respectively), despite a low number of predicted neoantigens. In conclusion, the presence of enhanced immune infiltration, particularly high numbers of PD-1 and PD-L1 positive cells, in highly mutated, neoantigen-rich POLE-mutant and MSI endometrial tumors suggests sensitivity to immune checkpoint inhibitors. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:02765742-64ea-4d09-8b6b-9e513fe2eced2022-03-26T08:40:50ZImmunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibitionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:02765742-64ea-4d09-8b6b-9e513fe2ecedSymplectic Elements at OxfordTaylor and Francis2016Eggink, FVan Gool, ILeary, APollock, PCrosbie, EMileshkin, LJordanova, EAdam, JFreeman-Mills, LChurch, DCreutzberg, CDe Bruyn, MNijman, HBosse, THigh-risk endometrial cancer (EC) is an aggressive disease for which new therapeutic options are needed. Aims of this study were to validate the enhanced immune response in highly mutated ECs and to explore immune profiles in other EC subgroups. We evaluated immune infiltration in 116 high-risk ECs from the TransPORTEC consortium, previously classified into four molecular subtypes: (i) ultramutated POLE exonuclease domain-mutant ECs (POLE-mutant); (ii) hypermutated microsatellite unstable (MSI); (iii) p53-mutant; and (iv) no specific molecular profile (NSMP). Within The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) EC cohort, significantly higher numbers of predicted neoantigens were demonstrated in POLE-mutant and MSI tumors compared to NSMP and p53-mutants. This was reflected by enhanced immune expression and infiltration in POLE-mutant and MSI tumors in both the TCGA cohort (mRNA expression) and the TransPORTEC cohort (immunohistochemistry) with high infiltration of CD8+ (90% and 69%), PD-1+ (73% and 69%) and PD-L1+ immune cells (100% and 71%). Notably, a subset of p53-mutant and NSMP cancers were characterized by signs of an antitumor immune response (43% and 31% of tumors with high infiltration of CD8+ cells, respectively), despite a low number of predicted neoantigens. In conclusion, the presence of enhanced immune infiltration, particularly high numbers of PD-1 and PD-L1 positive cells, in highly mutated, neoantigen-rich POLE-mutant and MSI endometrial tumors suggests sensitivity to immune checkpoint inhibitors. |
| spellingShingle | Eggink, F Van Gool, I Leary, A Pollock, P Crosbie, E Mileshkin, L Jordanova, E Adam, J Freeman-Mills, L Church, D Creutzberg, C De Bruyn, M Nijman, H Bosse, T Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
| title | Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
| title_full | Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
| title_fullStr | Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
| title_short | Immunological profiling of molecularly classified high-risk endometrial cancers identifies POLE-mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
| title_sort | immunological profiling of molecularly classified high risk endometrial cancers identifies pole mutant and microsatellite unstable carcinomas as candidates for checkpoint inhibition |
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