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Liu Y, Peng C, Brorson IS, O'Mahony DG, Kelly RL, Heng YJ, Baker GM, Grenaker Alnæs GI, Bodelon C, Stover DG, Van Allen EM, Eliassen AH, Kristensen VN, Tamimi RM, Kraft P. Germline polygenic risk scores are associated with immune gene expression signature and immune cell infiltration in breast cancer. Am J Hum Genet 2024:S0002-9297(24)00295-7. [PMID: 39270649 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 08/13/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
Abstract
The tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) plays key roles in tumor progression and response to immunotherapy. Previous studies have identified individual germline variants associated with differences in TIME. Here, we hypothesize that common variants associated with breast cancer risk or cancer-related traits, represented by polygenic risk scores (PRSs), may jointly influence immune features in TIME. We derived 154 immune traits from bulk gene expression profiles of 764 breast tumors and 598 adjacent normal tissue samples from 825 individuals with breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and NHSII. Immunohistochemical staining of four immune cell markers were available for a subset of 205 individuals. Germline PRSs were calculated for 16 different traits including breast cancer, autoimmune diseases, type 2 diabetes, ages at menarche and menopause, body mass index (BMI), BMI-adjusted waist-to-hip ratio, alcohol intake, and tobacco smoking. Overall, we identified 44 associations between germline PRSs and immune traits at false discovery rate q < 0.25, including 3 associations with q < 0.05. We observed consistent inverse associations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Crohn disease (CD) PRSs with interferon signaling and STAT1 scores in breast tumor and adjacent normal tissue; these associations were replicated in a Norwegian cohort. Inverse associations were also consistently observed for IBD PRS and B cell abundance in normal tissue. We also observed positive associations between CD PRS and endothelial cell abundance in tumor. Our findings suggest that the genetic mechanisms that influence immune-related diseases are also associated with TIME in breast cancer.
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- Yuxi Liu
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA; Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Cancer Program, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Aronson SL, Walker C, Thijssen B, van de Vijver KK, Horlings HM, Sanders J, Alkemade M, Koole SN, Lopez-Yurda M, Lok CAR, Rottenberg S, van Rheenen J, Sonke GS, van Driel WJ, Kester LA, Hahn K. Tumour microenvironment characterisation to stratify patients for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (OVHIPEC-1). Br J Cancer 2024; 131:565-576. [PMID: 38866963 PMCID: PMC11300911 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-024-02731-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) improves survival in patients with Stage III ovarian cancer following interval cytoreductive surgery (CRS). Optimising patient selection is essential to maximise treatment efficacy and avoid overtreatment. This study aimed to identify biomarkers that predict HIPEC benefit by analysing gene signatures and cellular composition of tumours from participants in the OVHIPEC-1 trial. METHODS Whole-transcriptome RNA sequencing data were retrieved from high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) samples from 147 patients obtained during interval CRS. We performed differential gene expression analysis and applied deconvolution methods to estimate cell-type proportions in bulk mRNA data, validated by histological assessment. We tested the interaction between treatment and potential predictors on progression-free survival using Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS While differential gene expression analysis did not yield any predictive biomarkers, the cellular composition, as characterised by deconvolution, indicated that the absence of macrophages and the presence of B cells in the tumour microenvironment are potential predictors of HIPEC benefit. The histological assessment confirmed the predictive value of macrophage absence. CONCLUSION Immune cell composition, in particular macrophages absence, may predict response to HIPEC in HGSOC and these hypothesis-generating findings warrant further investigation. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT00426257.
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- S Lot Aronson
- Center for Gynecologic Oncology Amsterdam, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Oncode Institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Gynecologic Oncology Amsterdam, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology & Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Core Facility Molecular Pathology and Biobanking, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Gynecologic Oncology Amsterdam, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biometrics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Gynecologic Oncology Amsterdam, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Bern Center for Precision Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Gynecologic Oncology Amsterdam, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Zúñiga-Hernández SR, García-Iglesias T, Macías-Carballo M, Pérez-Larios A, Gutiérrez-Mercado YK, Camargo-Hernández G, Rodríguez-Razón CM. A Bioinformatic Assay of Quercetin in Gastric Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7934. [PMID: 39063176 PMCID: PMC11277512 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25147934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2024] [Revised: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) remains a significant global health challenge, with high mortality rates, especially in developing countries. Current treatments are invasive and have considerable risks, necessitating the exploration of safer alternatives. Quercetin (QRC), a flavonoid present in various plants and foods, has demonstrated multiple health benefits, including anticancer properties. This study investigated the therapeutic potential of QRC in the treatment of GC. We utilized advanced molecular techniques to assess the impact of QRC on GC cells, examining its effects on cellular pathways and gene expression. Our findings indicate that QRC significantly inhibits GC cell proliferation and induces apoptosis, suggesting its potential as a safer therapeutic option for GC treatment. Further research is required to validate these results and explore the clinical applications of QRC in cancer therapy.
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- Sergio Raúl Zúñiga-Hernández
- Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Universidad de Guadalajara, Tepatitlán de Morelos 47620, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación de Cáncer en la Infancia y Adolescencia, Departamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Biociencias, Departamento de Clínicas, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Tepatitlán de Morelos 47620, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Nanomateriales, Agua y Energia, Departamento de Ingenierias, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Tepatitlán de Morelos 47620, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio Biotecnológico de Investigación y Diagnóstico, Departamento de Clínicas, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Tepatitlán de Morelos 47620, Mexico;
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Médicas, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Universidad de Guadalajara, Tepatitlán de Morelos 47620, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Experimentación Animal (Bioterio), Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Centro Universitario de los Altos, Tepatitlán de Morelos 47620, Mexico
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Huang XY, Shen JY, Huang K, Wang L, Sethi G, Ma Z. Cuproptosis in cancers: Function and implications from bench to bedside. Biomed Pharmacother 2024; 176:116874. [PMID: 38850661 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024] Open
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Copper, an indispensable micronutrient, is implicated in numerous vital biological processes and is essential for all physiological activities. Recently, the discovery of a novel type of copper-dependent cell death, known as cuproptosis, has shed light on its role in cancer development. Extensive research is currently underway to unravel the mechanisms underlying cuproptosis and its correlation with various cancer types. In this review, we summarize the findings regarding the roles and mechanisms of cuproptosis in various cancer types, including colorectal cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer and cutaneous melanoma. Furthermore, the effects of copper-related agents such as copper chelators and copper ionophores on cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, tumor immunity, and chemotherapy resistance have been explored in cancer preclinical and clinical trials. These insights provide promising avenues for the development of prospective anticancer drugs aimed at inducing cuproptosis.
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- Xin-Yi Huang
- School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117600, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, 117599 Singapore; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 117599 Singapore.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117600, Singapore; NUS Centre for Cancer Research (N2CR), National University of Singapore, 117599 Singapore.
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- School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, 1 Nanhuan Road, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China.
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Chen Y, Hou Y, Li S, Qin W, Zhang J. The N6-methyladenosine methylation landscape stratifies breast cancer into two subtypes with distinct immunological characteristics. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2024; 51:e13875. [PMID: 38797522 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.13875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation modification affects the tumorigenesis and metastasis of breast cancer (BC). This study investigated the association between m6A regulator-mediated methylation modification patterns and characterization of the tumour microenvironment in BC, as well as their prognostic importance. Public gene expression data and clinical annotations were collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, the Gene Expression Omnibus website and the METABRIC program. We analysed the genetic expression, gene-gene interactions, gene mutations and copy number variations using R software. The data were screened for risk genes using the Cox risk regression model, and we developed an algorithm for risk score and its predictive value. Compared to adjacent normal tissue, we identified 16 differentially expressed m6A regulators in BC, including six writers and 10 readers. Under unsupervised clustering, two distinguished modification patterns were identified, cluster C1 and C2. Compared to m6A cluster C2, cluster C1 was found to be more involved in immune-related pathways, with a relatively higher immune score and stromal score (P < 0.05). Patients were divided into two groups based on their risk scores for survival analysis. The patients in the high-risk score group had significantly worse overall survival than patients in the low-risk score group, (P < 0.0001). The TCGA database validation revealed the same prognostic tendency. In summary, our study showed distinct m6A regulator modification patterns contribute to the immunological heterogeneity and diversity of BC. The development of m6A gene signatures and the m6A score aid in the prognostic prediction of patients with BC.
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- Yang Chen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Yang JC, Hsu TH, Chen CS, Yu JH, Lin KI, Chen YJ. Enhanced Proteomic Coverage in Tissue Microenvironment by Immune Cell Subtype Library-Assisted DIA-MS. Mol Cell Proteomics 2024; 23:100792. [PMID: 38810695 PMCID: PMC11260568 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2024.100792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Immune cells that infiltrate the tumor microenvironment (TME) play crucial roles in shaping cancer development and influencing clinical outcomes and therapeutic responses. However, obtaining a comprehensive proteomic snapshot of tumor-infiltrating immunity in clinical specimens is often hindered by small sample amounts and a low proportion of immune infiltrating cells in the TME. To enable in-depth and highly sensitive profiling of microscale tissues, we established an immune cell-enriched library-assisted strategy for data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS). Firstly, six immune cell subtype-specific spectral libraries were established from sorted cluster of differentiation markers, CD8+, CD4+ T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, natural killer cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages in murine mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), covering 7815 protein groups with surface markers and immune cell-enriched proteins. The feasibility of microscale immune proteomic profiling was demonstrated on 1 μg tissue protein from the tumor of murine colorectal cancer (CRC) models using single-shot DIA; the immune cell-enriched library increased coverage to quantify 7419 proteins compared to directDIA analysis (6978 proteins). The enhancement enabled the mapping of 841 immune function-related proteins and exclusive identification of many low-abundance immune proteins, such as CD1D1, and CD244, demonstrating high sensitivity for immune landscape profiling. This approach was used to characterize the MLNs in CRC models, aiming to elucidate the mechanism underlying their involvement in cancer development within the TME. Even with a low percentage of immune cell infiltration (0.25-3%) in the tumor, our results illuminate downregulation in the adaptive immune signaling pathways (such as C-type lectin receptor signaling, and chemokine signaling), T cell receptor signaling, and Th1/Th2/Th17 cell differentiation, suggesting an immunosuppressive status in MLNs of CRC model. The DIA approach using the immune cell-enriched libraries showcased deep coverage and high sensitivity that can facilitate illumination of the immune proteomic landscape for microscale samples.
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- Jhih-Ci Yang
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chong ZX, Ho WY, Yeap SK. Decoding the tumour-modulatory roles of LIMK2. Life Sci 2024; 347:122609. [PMID: 38580197 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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LIM domains kinase 2 (LIMK2) is a 72 kDa protein that regulates actin and cytoskeleton reorganization. Once phosphorylated by its upstream activator (ROCK1), LIMK2 can phosphorylate cofilin to inactivate it. This relieves the levering stress on actin and allows polymerization to occur. Actin rearrangement is essential in regulating cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and migration. Dysregulation of the ROCK1/LIMK2/cofilin pathway has been reported to link to the development of various solid cancers such as breast, lung, and prostate cancer and liquid cancer like leukemia. This review aims to assess the findings from multiple reported in vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies on the potential tumour-regulatory role of LIMK2 in different human cancers. The findings of the selected literature unraveled that activated AKT, EGF, and TGF-β pathways can upregulate the activities of the ROCK1/LIMK2/cofilin pathway. Besides cofilin, LIMK2 can modulate the cellular levels of other proteins, such as TPPP1, to promote microtubule polymerization. The tumour suppressor protein p53 can transactivate LIMK2b, a splice variant of LIMK2, to induce cell cycle arrest and allow DNA repair to occur before the cell enters the next phase of the cell cycle. Additionally, several non-coding RNAs, such as miR-135a and miR-939-5p, could also epigenetically regulate the expression of LIMK2. Since the expression of LIMK2 is dysregulated in several human cancers, measuring the tissue expression of LIMK2 could potentially help diagnose cancer and predict patient prognosis. As LIMK2 could play tumour-promoting and tumour-inhibiting roles in cancer development, more investigation should be conducted to carefully evaluate whether introducing a LIMK2 inhibitor in cancer patients could slow cancer progression without posing clinical harms.
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- Zhi Xiong Chong
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences, Xiamen University Malaysia, 43900 Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Lu B, Shi J, Cheng T, Wang C, Xu M, Sun P, Zhang X, Yang L, Li P, Wu H, Kuai X. Chemokine ligand 14 correlates with immune cell infiltration in the gastric cancer microenvironment in predicting unfavorable prognosis. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1397656. [PMID: 38887558 PMCID: PMC11180770 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1397656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Objective Gastric cancer (GC) is the world's third-leading cause of cancer-related mortality; the prognosis for GC patients remains poor in terms of a lack of reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis and immune therapy response prediction. Here, we aim to discover the connection between chemokine ligand 14 (CCL14) expression in the gastric tumor microenvironment (TME) and its clinical significance and investigate its correlation with immune cell infiltration. Methods We assessed CCL14 mRNA expression and its interrelation with tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TILs) using bioinformatics analysis in gastric cancer. CCL14 protein expression, TILs, and immune checkpoints were detected by multiple immunohistochemistry analyses in gastric cancer tissue microarrays. Then, we conducted statistics analysis to determine the association between CCL14-related patient survival and immune cell infiltration (p < 0.05). Results We found that the CCL14 protein was separately expressed in the carcinoma cells and TILs in stomach cancer tissues. The CCL14 protein was related to tumor differentiation and tumor depth and positively correlated with the presentation of LAG3 and PD-L1 in gastric cancer cells. In addition, the CCL14 protein in the TILs of gastric cancer tissues was related to Lauren's type cells, T cells (CD4+ and CD8+), and CD68+ macrophages in the TME. Kaplan-Meier survival and multivariate analyses showed that the CCL14 expression in gastric cancer cells was an independent prognostic factor. Conclusion Our study illustrated that CCL14 is a poor prognosis biomarker in gastric cancer, which may be associated with the potential for immunotherapy.
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- Bing Lu
- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
- Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
- Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
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- Department of Clinical Biobank, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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Suwannaphoom K, Soontornsit S, Wiwatwarayos K, Seneetuntigul P, Julimasart P. Assessing the relationship between tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and PD-L1 expression in triple negative breast cancer: Identifying optimal TILs cut-off value for pathologic reporting. Ann Diagn Pathol 2024; 70:152294. [PMID: 38513466 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) presents diagnostic complexities, particularly in evaluating Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) and Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. This study aimed to identify optimal TILs percentage cut-offs predictive of PD-L1 expression and to investigate the relationship between TILs, PD-L1, and tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs). METHOD Analyzing 141 TNBC cases, we assessed TILs, PD-L1 expression (clones 22C3 and SP142), and TLS presence. RESULTS We identified TILs cut-offs (<20 %, 20-60 %, ≥60 %) correlating with PD-L1 expression. TILs <20 % rarely express PD-L1 with either 22C3 or SP142 clones. TILs ≥60 % demonstrate PD-L1 expression across both clones. TILs within the 20-60 % range correlate with PD-L1 expression using the SP142 clone, but not 22C3. Evaluating TILs solely at the tumor edge led to inaccuracies, highlighting the need for overall assessment of TILs throughout the entire lesion. TLS presence correlated with higher TIL percentages and PD-L1 expression, particularly with SP142. Discrepancies between 22C3 and SP142 clones (15 % vs. 50 % positivity, respectively) underscored the variability in PD-L1 detection. CONCLUSION This study identifies TILs cut-offs predictive of PD-L1 positivity, suggesting the need for institutions to tailor these thresholds based on the selected PD-L1 clone and treatment. Evaluating TILs solely at the tumor edge may overlook the complexity of tumor immune infiltration. While TLS presence correlates with higher PD-L1 expression, particularly with the SP142 clone, its exact predictive value for PD-L1 remains to be clarified. The SP142 clone exhibits higher positivity rates compared to 22C3.
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Lin S, Yong J, Zhang L, Chen X, Qiao L, Pan W, Yang Y, Zhao H. Applying image features of proximal paracancerous tissues in predicting prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Comput Biol Med 2024; 173:108365. [PMID: 38537563 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND Most of the methods using digital pathological image for predicting Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prognosis have not considered paracancerous tissue microenvironment (PTME), which are potentially important for tumour initiation and metastasis. This study aimed to identify roles of image features of PTME in predicting prognosis and tumour recurrence of HCC patients. METHODS We collected whole slide images (WSIs) of 146 HCC patients from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital (SYSM dataset). For each WSI, five types of regions of interests (ROIs) in PTME and tumours were manually annotated. These ROIs were used to construct a Lasso Cox survival model for predicting the prognosis of HCC patients. To make the model broadly useful, we established a deep learning method to automatically segment WSIs, and further used it to construct a prognosis prediction model. This model was tested by the samples of 225 HCC patients from the Cancer Genome Atlas Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (TCGA-LIHC). RESULTS In predicting prognosis of the HCC patients, using the image features of manually annotated ROIs in PTME achieved C-index 0.668 in the SYSM testing dataset, which is higher than the C-index 0.648 reached by the model only using image features of tumours. Integrating ROIs of PTME and tumours achieved C-index 0.693 in the SYSM testing dataset. The model using automatically segmented ROIs of PTME and tumours achieved C-index of 0.665 (95% CI: 0.556-0.774) in the TCGA-LIHC samples, which is better than the widely used methods, WSISA (0.567), DeepGraphSurv (0.593), and SeTranSurv (0.642). Finally, we found the Texture SumAverage Skew HV on immune cell infiltration and Texture related features on desmoplastic reaction are the most important features of PTME in predicting HCC prognosis. We additionally used the model in prediction HCC recurrence for patients from SYSM-training, SYSM-testing, and TCGA-LIHC datasets, indicating the important roles of PTME in the prediction. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate image features of PTME is critical for improving the prognosis prediction of HCC. Moreover, the image features related with immune cell infiltration and desmoplastic reaction of PTME are the most important factors associated with prognosis of HCC.
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- Siying Lin
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Department of Pathology, Department of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China
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- Department of Pathology, Department of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China
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- Department of Pancreatic-Hepato-Biliary-Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, Liver Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China
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- Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Department of Pancreatic-Hepato-Biliary-Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- Department of Pathology, Department of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
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Mohammad-Rafiei F, Negahdari S, Tahershamsi Z, Gheibihayat SM. Interface between Resolvins and Efferocytosis in Health and Disease. Cell Biochem Biophys 2024; 82:53-65. [PMID: 37794303 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-023-01187-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Acute inflammation resolution acts as a vital process for active host response, tissue support, and homeostasis maintenance, during which resolvin D (RvD) and E (RvE) as mediators derived from omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids display specific and stereoselective anti-inflammations like restricting neutrophil infiltration and pro-resolving activities. On the other side of the coin, potent macrophage-mediated apoptotic cell clearance, namely efferocytosis, is essential for successful inflammation resolution. Further studies mentioned a linkage between efferocytosis and resolvins. For instance, resolvin D1 (RvD1), which is endogenously formed from docosahexaenoic acid within the inflammation resolution, thereby provoking efferocytosis. There is still limited information regarding the mechanism of action of RvD1-related efferocytosis enhancement at the molecular level. The current review article was conducted to explore recent data on how the efferocytosis process and resolvins relate to each other during the inflammation resolution in illness and health. Understanding different aspects of this connection sheds light on new curative approaches for medical conditions caused by defective efferocytosis and disrupted inflammation resolution.
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- Fatemeh Mohammad-Rafiei
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
- Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Munich, Germany.
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Feng Y, Zhang H, Shao J, Du C, Zhou X, Guo X, Wang Y. Research Progress of Nanomaterials Acting on NK Cells in Tumor Immunotherapy and Imaging. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:153. [PMID: 38534423 DOI: 10.3390/biology13030153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The prognosis for cancer patients has declined dramatically in recent years due to the challenges in treating malignant tumors. Tumor immunotherapy, which includes immune target inhibition and chimeric antigen receptor cell treatment, is currently evolving quickly. Among them, natural killer (NK) cells are gradually becoming another preferred cell immunotherapy after T cell immunotherapy due to their unique killing effects in innate and adaptive immunity. NK cell therapy has shown encouraging outcomes in clinical studies; however, there are still some problems, including limited efficacy in solid tumors, inadequate NK cell penetration, and expensive treatment expenses. Noteworthy benefits of nanomaterials include their chemical specificity, biocompatibility, and ease of manufacturing; these make them promising instruments for enhancing NK cell anti-tumor immune responses. Nanomaterials can promote NK cell homing and infiltration, participate in NK cell modification and non-invasive cell tracking and imaging modes, and greatly increase the effectiveness of NK cell immunotherapy. The introduction of NK cell-based immunotherapy research and a more detailed discussion of nanomaterial research in NK cell-based immunotherapy and molecular imaging will be the main topics of this review.
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- Yachan Feng
- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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Borikun T, Mushii O, Pavlova A, Burda T, Zadvornyi T. TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT-ASSOCIATED miR-7-5p, miR-19a-3p, AND miR-23b-3p EXPRESSION IN PROSTATE CANCER WITH DIFFERENT PROGRESSION RISK. Exp Oncol 2024; 45:432-442. [PMID: 38328847 DOI: 10.15407/exp-oncology.2023.04.432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays an important role in the occurrence and progression of prostate cancer (PCa). At the same time, the mechanisms and features of the interaction between tumor cells and individual components of the TME in PCa remain not fully elucidated. The aim was to study the expression levels of tumor-associated miR-7-5p, miR-19a-3p, and miR-23b-3p in the PCa tissue and to analyze their relationship with the features of TME. MATERIALS AND METHODS The work is based on the analysis of the results of the examination and treatment of 50 patients with PCa of stages II-IV. The expression of miRNA in the PCa tissue was analyzed by the real-time polymerase chain reaction. The expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), vimentin (VIM), and CD68 in PCa tissue was determined by the immunohistochemical method. The identification of mast cells in the PCa tissue was assessed by the histochemical method. RESULTS The analysis of the expression levels of tumor-associated miRNAs demonstrated that the tumor tissue of patients with a high risk of PCa progression was characterized by 4.93 (p < 0.01) and 8.97 (p < 0.05) times higher levels of miR-19a-3p and miR-23b-3p, respectively, compared to similar indicators in the group of patients with a low risk of PCa progression. The levels of miR-7-5p and miR-19a-3p expression in the PCa tissue correlated with the expression level of α-SMA (r = 0.49 and r = 0.45, respectively; p < 0.05) and VIM (r = 0.45 and r = 0.46; respectively, p < 0.05). A direct relationship (r = 0.44; p < 0.05) was established between the level of miR-7-5p expression and the degree of infiltration of the prostate gland tissue by tumor-associated macrophages. CONCLUSIONS The features of the expression of tumor-associated miR-7-5p, miR-19a-3p, and miR-23b-3p indicated the prospect of their use as markers of the aggressiveness of the PCa course.
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- T Borikun
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology, and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology, and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology, and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology, and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology, and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Zhu Y, Luo J, Yang Y. Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis to Identify a Novel Four-Gene Prognostic Model of Breast Cancer and Reveal Its Association with Immune Infiltration. Crit Rev Immunol 2024; 44:1-14. [PMID: 38305332 DOI: 10.1615/critrevimmunol.2023050829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) impact immune signaling in cancer and related genes have shown prognostic value in breast cancer (BRCA). However, the crosstalk between LLPS and immune infiltration in BRCA remain unclear. Therefore, we aimed to develop a novel prognostic model of BRCA related to LLPS and immune infiltration. BRCA-related, liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS)-related genes, and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using public databases. Mutation and drug sensitivity analyses were performed using Gene Set Cancer Analysis database. Univariate cox regression and LASSO Cox regression were used for the construction and verification of prognostic model. Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to evaluate overall survival (OS). Gene set variation analysis was conducted to analyze key pathways. CIBERSORT was used to assess immune infiltration and its correlation with prognostic genes was determined through Pearson analysis. A total of 6056 BRCA-associated genes, 3775 LLPS-associated genes, and 4049 DEGs, resulting in 314 overlapping genes. Twenty-eight prognostic genes were screened, and some of them were mutational and related to drug sensitivity Subsequently, a prognostic model comprising L1CAM, EVL, FABP7, and CST1 was built. Patients in high-risk group had shorter OS than those in low-risk group. The infiltrating levels of CD8+ T cells, macrophages M0, macrophages M2, dendritic cells activated, and mast cells resting was altered in high-risk group of breast cancer patients compared to low-risk group. L1CAM, EVL, FABP7, and CST1 were related to these infiltrating immune cells. L1CAM, EVL, FABP7, and CST1 were potential diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for BRCA.
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- Yunhua Zhu
- Department of Thyroid Mammary Surgery, Linping Campus, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 311100, China
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- Department of Thyroid Mammary Surgery, Linping Campus, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 311100, China
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- Department of Thyroid Mammary Surgery, Linping Campus, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 311100, China
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Limbu S, McCloskey KE. Stemness genes and miR-1247-3p expression associate with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0294171. [PMID: 37948380 PMCID: PMC10637681 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Lung cancer makes up one-fourth of all cancer-related mortality with the highest mortality rate among all cancers. Despite recent scientific advancements in cancer therapeutics, the 5-year survival rate of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cancer patients remains below 15 percent. It has been suggested that the high mortality rate of LUAD is linked to the acquisition of progenitor-like cells with stem-like characteristics that assist the whole tumor in regulating immune cell infiltration. To examine this hypothesis further, this study mined several databases to explore the presence of stemness-related genes and miRNAs in LUAD cancers. We examine their association with immune and accessory cell infiltration rates and patient survival. We found 3 stem cell-related genes, ORC1L, KIF20A, and DLGAP5, present in LUAD that also correlate with changes in immune infiltration rates and reduced patient survival rates. Additionally, the modulation in myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) infiltration and miRNA hsa-mir-1247-3p mediated targeting of tumor suppressor SLC24A4 and oncogenes RAB3B and HJURP appears to primarily regulate LUAD patient survival. Given these findings, hsa-mir-1247-3p and/or its associated gene targets may offer a promising avenue to enhance patient survivability.
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- Shiwani Limbu
- Quantitative and System Biology Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States of America
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- Quantitative and System Biology Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States of America
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States of America
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Wei X, Michelakos T, He Q, Wang X, Chen Y, Kontos F, Wang H, Liu X, Liu H, Zheng W, Ferrone S, Zhang Y, Ferrone CR, Li X, Cai L. Association of Tumor Cell Metabolic Subtype and Immune Response With the Clinical Course of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Oncologist 2023; 28:e1031-e1042. [PMID: 37159555 PMCID: PMC10628596 DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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AIM Tumor metabolism plays an important role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. This study evaluated the potential association of tumor cell metabolism and immune cell tumor infiltration with the clinical course of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Gene-wise normalization and principal component analysis were performed to evaluate the metabolic system. A tumor microenvironment score system of tumor immune cell infiltration was constructed to evaluate its association with metabolic subtypes. Finally, we analyzed the impact of metabolism and immune cell infiltration on the clinical course of HCC. RESULTS A total of 673 HCC patients were categorized into cholesterogenic (25.3%), glycolytic (14.6%), mixed (10.4%), and quiescent (49.8%) types based on glycolysis and cholesterol biosynthesis gene expression. The subgroups including the glycolytic genotyping expression (glycolytic and mixed types) showed a higher mortality rate. The glycolytic, cholesterogenic, and mixed types were positively correlated with M0 macrophage, resting mast cell, and naïve B-cell infiltration (P = .013, P = .019, and P = .006, respectively). In TCGA database, high CD8+ T cell and low M0 macrophage infiltration were associated with prolonged overall survival (OS, P = .0017 and P < .0001, respectively). Furthermore, in glycolytic and mixed types, patients with high M0 macrophage infiltration had a shorter OS (P = .03 and P = .013, respectively), and in quiescent type, patients with low naïve B-cell infiltration had a longer OS (P = .007). CONCLUSIONS Tumor metabolism plays a prognostic role and correlates with immune cell infiltration in HCC. M0 macrophage and CD8+ T cell appear to be promising prognostic biomarker for HCC. Finally, M0 macrophages may represent a useful immunotherapeutic target in patients with HCC.
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- Xiaolin Wei
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases and Carson International Cancer Shenzhen University General Hospital and Shenzhen University Clinical Medical Academy Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases and Carson International Cancer Shenzhen University General Hospital and Shenzhen University Clinical Medical Academy Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Chongqing General Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Digestive Diseases, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Chongqing General Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases and Carson International Cancer Shenzhen University General Hospital and Shenzhen University Clinical Medical Academy Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases and Carson International Cancer Shenzhen University General Hospital and Shenzhen University Clinical Medical Academy Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases and Carson International Cancer Shenzhen University General Hospital and Shenzhen University Clinical Medical Academy Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Foreign Languages, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Surgery, Cedar-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases and Carson International Cancer Shenzhen University General Hospital and Shenzhen University Clinical Medical Academy Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Chongqing General Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Jung HI, Ahn H, Oh MH, Yun J, Lee H, Bae SH, Kim YK, Kim SY, Baek MJ, Lee MS. Prognostic significance of programmed cell death-ligand 1 expression on immune cells and epithelial-mesenchymal transition expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Treat Res 2023; 105:297-309. [PMID: 38023431 PMCID: PMC10648616 DOI: 10.4174/astr.2023.105.5.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Purpose Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been shown significant oncological improvements in several cancers. However, ICIs are still in their infancy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) have been known as prognostic factors in HCC. Therefore, we have focused on identifying the molecular mechanisms between each marker to evaluate a predictive role. Methods Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples were obtained from 166 patients with HCC who underwent surgery. The expression of PD-L1 and TILs and EMT marker were evaluated by immunohistochemical analysis. Results The multivariate analysis showed that TIL expression (hazard ratio [HR], 0.483; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.269-0.866; P = 0.015) were independent prognostic factors for overall survival. The prognostic factors for disease-free survival were EMT marker expression (HR, 1.565; 95% CI, 1.019-2.403; P = 0.005). Patients with high expression of TILs had significantly better survival compared to patients with low expression (P = 0.023). Patients who were TIL+/EMT- showed a significantly better prognosis than those who were TIL-/EMT+ (P = 0.049). Conclusion This study demonstrates that PD-L1 expression of TILs is closely associated with EMT marker expression in HCC. Clinical investigations using anti-PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in patients with EMT-associated PD-L1 upregulation are warranted.
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- Hae Il Jung
- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Kim N, Kim MH, Pyo J, Lee SM, Jang JS, Lee DW, Kim KW. CCR8 as a Therapeutic Novel Target: Omics-Integrated Comprehensive Analysis for Systematically Prioritizing Indications. Biomedicines 2023; 11:2910. [PMID: 38001911 PMCID: PMC10669377 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11112910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Target identification is a crucial process in drug development, aiming to identify key proteins, genes, and signal pathways involved in disease progression and their relevance in potential therapeutic interventions. While C-C chemokine receptor 8 (CCR8) has been investigated as a candidate anti-cancer target, comprehensive multi-omics analyzes across various indications are limited. In this study, we conducted an extensive bioinformatics analysis integrating genomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics data to establish CCR8 as a promising anti-cancer drug target. Our approach encompassed data collection from diverse knowledge resources, gene function analysis, differential gene expression profiling, immune cell infiltration assessment, and strategic prioritization of target indications. Our findings revealed strong correlations between CCR8 and specific cancers, notably Breast Invasive Carcinoma (BRCA), Colon Adenocarcinoma (COAD), Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSC), Rectum adenocarcinoma (READ), Stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD), and Thyroid carcinoma (THCA). This research advances our understanding of CCR8 as a potential target for anti-cancer drug development, bridging the gap between molecular insights and creating opportunities for personalized treatment of solid tumors.
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- Nari Kim
- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea;
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- Research Institute, Trial Informatics Inc., Seoul 05544, Republic of Korea;
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea;
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- Samjin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Seoul 04054, Republic of Korea;
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- Biomedical Research Center, Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea;
- Research Institute, Trial Informatics Inc., Seoul 05544, Republic of Korea;
- Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea;
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Liu X, Li D, Gao W, Zhao W, Jin L, Chen P, Liu H, Zhao Y, Dong G. Identification of the shared gene signature and biological mechanism between type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer. Front Genet 2023; 14:1202849. [PMID: 37876593 PMCID: PMC10593476 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1202849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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Background: The correlation of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with colorectal cancer (CRC) has garnered considerable attention in the scientific community. Despite this, the molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between these two diseases are yet to be elucidated. Hence, the present investigation aims to explore the shared gene signatures, immune profiles, and drug sensitivity patterns that exist between CRC and T2DM. Methods: RNA sequences and characteristics of patients with CRC and T2DM were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas and Gene Expression Omnibus databases. These were investigated using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to determine the co-expression networks linked to the conditions. Genes shared between CRC and T2DM were analyzed by univariate regression, followed by risk prognosis assessment using the LASSO regression model. Various parameters were assessed through different software such as the ESTIMATE, CIBERSORT, AND SSGSEA utilized for tumor immune infiltration assessment in the high- and low-risk groups. Additionally, pRRophetic was utilized to assess the sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents in both groups. This was followed by diagnostic modeling using logistic modeling and clinical prediction modeling using the nomogram. Results: WGCNA recognized four and five modules that displayed a high correlation with T2DM and CRC, respectively. In total, 868 genes were shared between CRC and T2DM, with 14 key shared genes being identified in the follow-up analysis. The overall survival (OS) of patients in the low-risk group was better than that of patients in the high-risk group. In contrast, the high-risk group exhibited higher expression levels of immune checkpoints The Cox regression analyses established that the risk-score model possessed independent prognostic value in predicting OS. To facilitate the prediction of OS and cause-specific survival, the nomogram was established utilizing the Cox regression model. Conclusion: The T2DM + CRC risk-score model enabled independent prediction of OS in individuals with CRC. Moreover, these findings revealed novel genes that hold promise as therapeutic targets or biomarkers in clinical settings.
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- Xianqiang Liu
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
- School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Zeiny SMH, Ali SHM. Immunohistochemical study of the expressed cluster differentiation markers proteins type 20 and 56 in breast tissues from a group of Iraqi patients with breast cancers. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2023; 24:3621-3628. [PMID: 37898871 PMCID: PMC10770690 DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2023.24.10.3621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) are important immunological components in response to cancers. Patients with higher numbers of TIL in breast cancerous tissues, comprising T- cytotoxic and T - helper cells along with B- and rare natural killer (NK) cells, have more favorable clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE To analyze the rate of the expressed surface biomarker proteins of CD20-B cells and CD56- NK cells on the infiltrative lymphocytic subpopulations in a group of breast tumorous tissues (invasive and benign) from female patients in Iraq and explore the relations to the grade of the invasive breast cancerous tissues. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and 75 archived breast tissues were enrolled in this retrospective research: 100 archived breast from female patients with invasive breast cancers (BC) [20 well differentiated BC tissues; 48 moderately differentiated BC and 32 poorly differentiated BC tissues]; 50 tissue biopsies from female patients with benign breast tumors and 25 apparently normal individuals with healthy breast tissues (included as the control group for this study). Immunohistochemistry was achieved for the detection of the expressed surface biomarker proteins related to B cell CD20 and NK cell CD56 present on the infiltrative lymphocytic subpopulations in breast tissues by using specific primary antibodies for these proteins via utilizing an immune-enzymatic antigen detection system. RESULTS The detection of IHC reactions for the expressed B cell CD20 - cell surface ( CD) biomarker proteins were observed in 53 out of 100 (53.0%) BC tissues, and in 24 out of 50 (48.0%) benign breast tumorous tissues, while CD20- positive cell surface markers was detected in apparently healthy breast tissues of the control group in a percentage of 32.0% (8 out of 25 tissues). Statistical significant differences (P<0.05) between both groups of malignant and benign breast tumors and the control group were found. However, between breast malignant and benign tumor groups, no significant difference was found ( p >0.05). Detection of CD56- IHC reactions revealed in 14% (14 out of 100 BC tissues), in 16% (8 out of 50 benign breast tissues) and none of control breast tissues revealed CD56- IHC reactions. Among all the enrolled groups, no significant differences (P>0.05) were detected. CONCLUSIONS The observed significant rates that showed highly significant differences between both studied groups of breast malignant and benign tumor in comparison to the control group indicate that the CD20- positive infiltrative B cell- lymphocytic subpopulations might contributed in the defense against these subsets of benign and malignant breast tumors. However, the observed rates of NK cell CD56 present on the lymphocytic subpopulations infiltrating the examined malignant and benign breast tumorous tissues seeming to play irrelevant roles in the defense against these studied breast tumor groups.
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- Sarmad M H Zeiny
- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Clinical Communicable Diseases Research unit, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Tang YF, Wang YZ, Wen GB, Jiang JJ. Prognostic model of kidney renal clear cell carcinoma using aging-related long noncoding RNA signatures identifies THBS1-IT1 as a potential prognostic biomarker for multiple cancers. Aging (Albany NY) 2023; 15:8630-8663. [PMID: 37708239 PMCID: PMC10522375 DOI: 10.18632/aging.204949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Aging is responsible for the main intrinsic triggers of cancers; however, the studies of aging risk factors in cancer animal models and cancer patients are rare and insufficient to be represented in cancer clinical trials. For a better understanding of the complex regulatory networks of aging and cancers, 8 candidate aging related long noncoding RNAs (CarLncs) identified from the healthy aging models, centenarians and their offsprings, were selected and their association with kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) was explored by series of cutting edge analyses such as support vector machine (SVM) and random forest (RF) algorithms. Using data downloaded from TCGA and GTEx databases, a regulatory network of CarLncs-miRNA-mRNA was constructed and five genes within the network were screened out as aging related feature genes for developing KIRC prognostic models. After a strict filtering pipeline for modeling, a formula using the transcript per million (TPM) values of feature genes "LncAging_score = 0.008* MMP11 + 0.066* THBS1-IT1 + (-0.014)* DYNLL2 + (-0.030)* RMND5A+ 0.008* PEG10" was developed. ROC analysis and nomogram suggest our model achieves a great performance in KIRC prognosis. Among the 8 CarLncs, we found that THBS1-IT1 was significantly dysregulated in 12 cancer types. A comprehensive pan-cancer analysis demonstrated that THBS1-IT1 is a potential prognostic biomarker in not only KIRC but also multiple cancers, such as LUSC, BLCA, GBM, LGG, MESO, PAAD, STAD and THCA, it was correlated with tumor microenvironment (TME) and tumor immune cell infiltration (TICI) and its high expression was related with poor survival.
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- Yi-Fan Tang
- Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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Zohair B, Chraa D, Rezouki I, Benthami H, Razzouki I, Elkarroumi M, Olive D, Karkouri M, Badou A. The immune checkpoint adenosine 2A receptor is associated with aggressive clinical outcomes and reflects an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in human breast cancer. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1201632. [PMID: 37753093 PMCID: PMC10518422 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1201632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Background The crosstalk between the immune system and cancer cells has aroused considerable interest over the past decades. To escape immune surveillance cancer cells evolve various strategies orchestrating tumor microenvironment. The discovery of the inhibitory immune checkpoints was a major breakthrough due to their crucial contribution to immune evasion. The A2AR receptor represents one of the most essential pathways within the TME. It is involved in several processes such as hypoxia, tumor progression, and chemoresistance. However, its clinical and immunological significance in human breast cancer remains elusive. Methods The mRNA expression and protein analysis were performed by RT-qPCR and immunohistochemistry. The log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test was used to estimate Kaplan-Meier analysis for overall survival. Using large-scale microarray data (METABRIC), digital cytometry was conducted to estimate cell abundance. Analysis was performed using RStudio software (7.8 + 2023.03.0) with EPIC, CIBERSORT, and ImmuneCellAI algorithms. Tumor purity, stromal and immune scores were calculated using the ESTIMATE computational method. Finally, analysis of gene set enrichment (GSEA) and the TISCH2 scRNA-seq database were carried out. Results Gene and protein analysis showed that A2AR was overexpressed in breast tumors and was significantly associated with high grade, elevated Ki-67, aggressive molecular and histological subtypes, as well as poor survival. On tumor infiltrating immune cells, A2AR was found to correlate positively with PD-1 and negatively with CTLA-4. On the other hand, our findings disclosed more profuse infiltration of protumoral cells such as M0 and M2 macrophages, Tregs, endothelial and exhausted CD8+ T cells within A2ARhigh tumors. According to the Single-Cell database, A2AR is expressed in malignant, stromal and immune cells. Moreover, it is related to tumor purity, stromal and immune scores. Our results also revealed that CD8+T cells from A2ARhigh patients exhibited an exhausted functional profile. Finally, GSEA analysis highlighted the association of A2AR with biological mechanisms involved in tumor escape and progression. Conclusion The present study is the first to elucidate the clinical and immunological relevance of A2AR in breast cancer patients. In light of these findings, A2AR could be deemed a promising therapeutic target to overcome immune evasion prevailing within the TME of breast cancer patients.
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- Basma Zohair
- Immuno-Genetics and Human Pathology Laboratory (LIGEP), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Team Immunity and Cancer, The Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), Inserm, 41068, CNRS, UMR7258, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, UM 105, Marseille, France
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- Immuno-Genetics and Human Pathology Laboratory (LIGEP), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Immuno-Genetics and Human Pathology Laboratory (LIGEP), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Mohamed VI Oncology Center, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Team Immunity and Cancer, The Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), Inserm, 41068, CNRS, UMR7258, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, UM 105, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Immuno-Genetics and Human Pathology Laboratory (LIGEP), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
- Mohammed VI Center for Research & Innovation, Rabat, Morocco and Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health, Casablanca, Morocco
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Jiang Q, Chen Z, Meng F, Zhang H, Chen H, Xue J, Shen X, Liu T, Dong L, Zhang S, Xue R. CD36-BATF2\MYB Axis Predicts Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy Response in Gastric Cancer. Int J Biol Sci 2023; 19:4476-4492. [PMID: 37781029 PMCID: PMC10535701 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.87635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Despite the utilization of anti-PD-1 therapy in gastric cancer (GC), the absence of a reliable predictive biomarker continues to pose a challenge. In this study, we utilized bioinformatic analysis and immunohistochemistry to develop a prediction model for activated CD4+ memory T cells, considering both mRNA and protein levels. An elevation of activated CD4+ memory T cells in GC was noted, which exhibited a strong association with the patients' overall survival. By utilizing WGCNA and DEG analysis, we discovered that BATF2, MYB, and CD36 are genes that exhibit differential expression and are linked to activated CD4+ memory T cells. Afterwards, a forecast model was built utilizing Stepwise regression and immunohistochemistry relying on the three genes. The model's high-risk score showed significant associations with a suppressive immune microenvironment. Moreover, our model exhibited encouraging prognostic value and superior performance in predicting response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy compared with the conventional CD8+PD-L1 model. In terms of mechanism, CD36 could function as a receptor upstream that identifies Helicobacter pylori and fatty acids. This recognition then results in the reduction of the BATF2-MYB protein complex and subsequent alterations in the transcription of genes associated with classical T cell activation. As a result, the activation state of CD4+ memory T cells is ultimately suppressed. The CD36-BATF2/MYB signature serves as a robust predictor of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy response in GC.
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- Qiuyu Jiang
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Oncology, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, China
- Key Laboratory of Whole-Period Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Digestive Cancer (SMHC), Minhang Hospital & AHS, Fudan University, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- School of Medicine, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, 232000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Glycoconjugate Research, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Institute of Liver Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Shanghai Baoshan District Wusong Central Hospital (Zhongshan Hospital Wusong Branch, Fudan University), Shanghai 200940, China
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Cheng Z, Zeng T, Yang G, Liu D, Zheng Z, Yuan Z. Genomic and Immune Features in an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Patient with Microsatellite Instability-High Suffered Rapid Acquired Resistance to PD-1 Inhibitor. Liver Cancer 2023; 12:281-288. [PMID: 37593364 PMCID: PMC10427924 DOI: 10.1159/000530273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a highly aggressive liver malignancy with poor prognosis. Recently, the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors, has emerged as a promising strategy in multiple tumor types, including ICC. Microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) is an important biomarker for ICIs in solid tumors. The response rate in patients with MSI-H is significantly higher than in those with microsatellite stability/microsatellite instability-low. And approximately 80-90% of the patients with MSI-H could maintain sustained clinical benefits once they had an initial response. However, some patients could have primary resistance at the beginning, and some might have acquired resistance after long-term treatment. Case Presentation We present the case of an ICC patient with MSI-H who suffered rapid progression after a short-term remission with camrelizumab, a kind of PD-1 inhibitor, as second-line treatment. The patient's genomic and immune features were analyzed by next-generation sequencing and multiplex immunofluorescence staining to explore the possible mechanisms of the rapidly acquired resistance of ICIs in this MSI-H case. Conclusion The genomic and immunohistochemical analysis showed that TGFBR2 mutation, loss of HLA B44 supertype, carrying B62 supertype, and increased PD-L1+ cells, macrophages, and Tregs in the tumor microenvironment might be related to the nonsustain benefit of ICIs in this MSI-H patient.
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- Zhuo Cheng
- Department of Oncology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Genecast Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Wuxi City, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital Jiading Branch, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Gioukaki C, Georgiou A, Gkaralea LE, Kroupis C, Lazaris AC, Alamanis C, Thomopoulou GE. Unravelling the Role of P300 and TMPRSS2 in Prostate Cancer: A Literature Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11299. [PMID: 37511059 PMCID: PMC10379122 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases in men, and it contributes significantly to the increased mortality rate in men worldwide. This study aimed to review the roles of p300 and TMPRSS2 (transmembrane protease, serine 2) in the AR (androgen receptor) pathway as they are closely related to the development and progression of prostate cancer. This paper represents a library-based study conducted by selecting the most suitable, up-to-date scientific published articles from online journals. We focused on articles that use similar techniques, particularly those that use prostate cancer cell lines and immunohistochemical staining to study the molecular impact of p300 and TMPRSS2 in prostate cancer specimens. The TMPRSS2:ERG fusion is considered relevant to prostate cancer, but its association with the development and progression as well as its clinical significance have not been fully elucidated. On the other hand, high p300 levels in prostate cancer biopsies predict larger tumor volumes, extraprostatic extension of disease, and seminal vesicle involvement at prostatectomy, and may be associated with prostate cancer progression after surgery. The inhibition of p300 has been shown to reduce the proliferation of prostate cancer cells with TMPRSS2:ETS (E26 transformation-specific) fusions, and combining p300 inhibitors with other targeted therapies may increase their efficacy. Overall, the interplay between the p300 and TMPRSS2 pathways is an active area of research.
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- Charitomeni Gioukaki
- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12461 Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 1st Urology Department, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Cytopathology Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12461 Athens, Greece
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Tao Z, Li B, Kang C, Wang W, Li X, Du Y. Construction of a novel nomogram based on competing endogenous RNAs and tumor-infiltrating immune cells for prognosis prediction in elderly patients with colorectal cancer. Discov Oncol 2023; 14:125. [PMID: 37428291 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-023-00742-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) and tumor-infiltrating immune cells play essential roles in colorectal cancer (CRC) tumorigenesis. However, their prognostic role in elderly patients with CRC is unclear. Gene expression profiles and clinical information for elderly patients with CRC were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Univariate, LASSO, and multivariate Cox regression analyses were utilized for screening key ceRNAs and prevent overfitting. A total of 265 elderly patients with CRC were included. We constructed a novel ceRNA network consisting of 17 lncRNAs, 35 miRNAs, and 5 mRNAs. We established three prognosis predictive nomograms based on four key ceRNAs (ceRNA nomogram), five key immune cells (immune cell nomogram), and their combination (ceRNA-immune cell nomogram). Among them, the ceRNA-immune cell nomogram had the best accuracy. Furthermore, the areas under the curve of the ceRNA-immune cell nomogram were also significantly greater than the TNM stage at 1 (0.818 vs. 0.693), 3 (0.865 vs. 0.674), and 5 (0.832 vs. 0.627) years. Co-expression analysis revealed that CBX6 was positively correlated with activated dendritic cells (R = 0.45, p < 0.01), whereas negatively correlated with activated mast cells (R =- 0.43, p < 0.01). In conclusion, our study constructed three nomograms to predict prognosis in elderly patients with CRC, among which the ceRNA-immune cell nomogram had the best prediction accuracy. We inferred that the mechanism underlying the regulation of activated dendritic cells and mast cells by CBX6 might play a crucial role in tumor development and prognosis of elderly patients with CRC.
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- Zhimin Tao
- School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, Henan, China
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- School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, Henan, China
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- Henan Medical College, Kaifeng, 475000, Henan , China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, Henan , China
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, Henan , China.
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Liu W, Deng W, Chen M, Dong Z, Zhu B, Yu Z, Tang D, Sauler M, Lin C, Wain LV, Cho MH, Kaminski N, Zhao H. A statistical framework to identify cell types whose genetically regulated proportions are associated with complex diseases. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010825. [PMID: 37523391 PMCID: PMC10414598 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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Finding disease-relevant tissues and cell types can facilitate the identification and investigation of functional genes and variants. In particular, cell type proportions can serve as potential disease predictive biomarkers. In this manuscript, we introduce a novel statistical framework, cell-type Wide Association Study (cWAS), that integrates genetic data with transcriptomics data to identify cell types whose genetically regulated proportions (GRPs) are disease/trait-associated. On simulated and real GWAS data, cWAS showed good statistical power with newly identified significant GRP associations in disease-associated tissues. More specifically, GRPs of endothelial and myofibroblasts in lung tissue were associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, respectively. For breast cancer, the GRP of blood CD8+ T cells was negatively associated with breast cancer (BC) risk as well as survival. Overall, cWAS is a powerful tool to reveal cell types associated with complex diseases mediated by GRPs.
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- Wei Liu
- Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research, Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Program of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Ragucci F, Sireci F, Cavallieri F, Rossi J, Biagini G, Tosi G, Lucchi C, Molina-Pena R, Ferreira NH, Zarur M, Ferreiros A, Bourgeois W, Berger F, Abal M, Rousseau A, Boury F, Alvarez-Lorenzo C, Garcion E, Pisanello A, Pavesi G, Iaccarino C, Ghirotto L, Bassi MC, Valzania F. Insights into Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions and Attitudes toward Nanotechnological Device Application: What Is the Current Situation in Glioblastoma Research? Biomedicines 2023; 11:1854. [PMID: 37509494 PMCID: PMC10376482 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11071854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Nanotechnology application in cancer treatment is promising and is likely to quickly spread worldwide in the near future. To date, most scientific studies on nanomaterial development have focused on deepening the attitudes of end users and experts, leaving clinical practice implications unexplored. Neuro-oncology might be a promising field for the application of nanotechnologies, especially for malignant brain tumors with a low-survival rate such as glioblastoma (GBM). As to improving patients' quality of life and life expectancy, innovative treatments are worth being explored. Indeed, it is important to explore clinicians' intention to use experimental technologies in clinical practice. In the present study, we conducted an exploratory review of the literature about healthcare workers' knowledge and personal opinions toward nanomedicine. Our search (i) gives evidence for disagreement between self-reported and factual knowledge about nanomedicine and (ii) suggests the internet and television as main sources of information about current trends in nanomedicine applications, over scientific journals and formal education. Current models of risk assessment suggest time-saving cognitive and affective shortcuts, i.e., heuristics support both laypeople and experts in the decision-making process under uncertainty, whereas they might be a source of error. Whether the knowledge is poor, heuristics are more likely to occur and thus clinicians' opinions and perspectives toward new technologies might be biased.
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- Federica Ragucci
- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Inserm UMR 1307, CNRS UMR 6075, Université de Nantes, CRCI2NA, Université d'Angers, 49000 Angers, France
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- Inserm UMR 1307, CNRS UMR 6075, Université de Nantes, CRCI2NA, Université d'Angers, 49000 Angers, France
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, I+D Farma (GI-1645), Facultad de Farmacia, and Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Nasasbiotech, S.L., Canton Grande 9, 15003 A Coruña, Spain
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- Braintech Lab, INSERM Unit 1205, Grenoble Alpes University, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Braintech Lab, INSERM Unit 1205, Grenoble Alpes University, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Translational Medical Oncology Group (Oncomet), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Inserm UMR 1307, CNRS UMR 6075, Université de Nantes, CRCI2NA, Université d'Angers, 49000 Angers, France
- Département de Pathologie, CHU d'Angers, CRCINA Université de Nantes, 49933 Angers, France
- Département de Pathologie, CHU d'Angers, Université d'Angers, 49933 Angers, France
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- Inserm UMR 1307, CNRS UMR 6075, Université de Nantes, CRCI2NA, Université d'Angers, 49000 Angers, France
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, I+D Farma (GI-1645), Facultad de Farmacia, and Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Inserm UMR 1307, CNRS UMR 6075, Université de Nantes, CRCI2NA, Université d'Angers, 49000 Angers, France
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Qualitative Research Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Medical Library, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Molina OE, LaRue H, Simonyan D, Hovington H, Têtu B, Fradet V, Lacombe L, Toren P, Bergeron A, Fradet Y. High infiltration of CD209 + dendritic cells and CD163 + macrophages in the peritumor area of prostate cancer is predictive of late adverse outcomes. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1205266. [PMID: 37435060 PMCID: PMC10331466 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1205266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Introduction Prostate cancer (PCa) shows considerable variation in clinical outcomes between individuals with similar diseases. The initial host-tumor interaction as assessed by detailed analysis of tumor infiltrating immune cells within the primary tumor may dictate tumor evolution and late clinical outcomes. In this study, we assessed the association between clinical outcomes and dendritic cell (DC) or macrophage (MΦ) tumor infiltration as well as with expression of genes related to their functions. Methods Infiltration and localization of immature DC, mature DC, total MΦ and M2-type MΦ was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in 99 radical prostatectomy specimens from patients with 15.5 years median clinical follow-up using antibodies against CD209, CD83, CD68 and CD163, respectively. The density of positive cells for each marker in various tumor areas was determined. In addition, expression of immune genes associated with DC and MΦ was tested in a series of 50 radical prostatectomy specimens by Taqman Low-Density Array with similarly long follow-up. Gene expression was classified as low and high after unsupervised hierarchical clustering. Numbers and ratio of positive cells and levels of gene expression were correlated with endpoints such as biochemical recurrence (BCR), need for definitive androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or lethal PCa using Cox regression analyses and/or Kaplan-Meier curves. Results Positive immune cells were observed in tumor, tumor margin, and normal-like adjacent epithelium areas. CD209+ and CD163+ cells were more abundant at the tumor margin. Higher CD209+/CD83+ cell density ratio at the tumor margin was associated with higher risk of ADT and lethal PCa while higher density of CD163+ cells in the normal-like adjacent epithelium was associated with a higher risk of lethal PCa. A combination of 5 genes expressed at high levels correlated with a shorter survival without ADT and lethal PCa. Among these five genes, expression of IL12A and CD163 was correlated to each other and was associated with shorter survival without BCR and ADT/lethal PCa, respectively. Conclusion A higher level of infiltration of CD209+ immature DC and CD163+ M2-type MΦ in the peritumor area was associated with late adverse clinical outcomes.
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- Oscar Eduardo Molina
- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Plateforme de Recherche Clinique et Évaluative, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de Chirurgie de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de Chirurgie de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de Chirurgie de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de Chirurgie de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Axe Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de Chirurgie de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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Fonseca-Montaño MA, Vázquez-Santillán KI, Hidalgo-Miranda A. The current advances of lncRNAs in breast cancer immunobiology research. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1194300. [PMID: 37342324 PMCID: PMC10277570 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1194300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy and the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Breast cancer development and progression are mainly associated with tumor-intrinsic alterations in diverse genes and signaling pathways and with tumor-extrinsic dysregulations linked to the tumor immune microenvironment. Significantly, abnormal expression of lncRNAs affects the tumor immune microenvironment characteristics and modulates the behavior of different cancer types, including breast cancer. In this review, we provide the current advances about the role of lncRNAs as tumor-intrinsic and tumor-extrinsic modulators of the antitumoral immune response and the immune microenvironment in breast cancer, as well as lncRNAs which are potential biomarkers of tumor immune microenvironment and clinicopathological characteristics in patients, suggesting that lncRNAs are potential targets for immunotherapy in breast cancer.
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- Marco Antonio Fonseca-Montaño
- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, Mexico
- Programa de Doctorado, Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN), Mexico City, Mexico
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Puttock EH, Tyler EJ, Manni M, Maniati E, Butterworth C, Burger Ramos M, Peerani E, Hirani P, Gauthier V, Liu Y, Maniscalco G, Rajeeve V, Cutillas P, Trevisan C, Pozzobon M, Lockley M, Rastrick J, Läubli H, White A, Pearce OMT. Extracellular matrix educates an immunoregulatory tumor macrophage phenotype found in ovarian cancer metastasis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2514. [PMID: 37188691 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38093-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Recent studies have shown that the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) associates with immunosuppression, and that targeting the ECM can improve immune infiltration and responsiveness to immunotherapy. A question that remains unresolved is whether the ECM directly educates the immune phenotypes seen in tumors. Here, we identify a tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) population associated with poor prognosis, interruption of the cancer immunity cycle, and tumor ECM composition. To investigate whether the ECM was capable of generating this TAM phenotype, we developed a decellularized tissue model that retains the native ECM architecture and composition. Macrophages cultured on decellularized ovarian metastasis shared transcriptional profiles with the TAMs found in human tissue. ECM-educated macrophages have a tissue-remodeling and immunoregulatory phenotype, inducing altered T cell marker expression and proliferation. We conclude that the tumor ECM directly educates this macrophage population found in cancer tissues. Therefore, current and emerging cancer therapies that target the tumor ECM may be tailored to improve macrophage phenotype and their downstream regulation of immunity.
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- E H Puttock
- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Biomedicine and Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova and Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova and Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127, Padova, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- UCB Pharma Ltd, 208 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3WE, UK
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- Department of Biomedicine and Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- UCB Pharma Ltd, 208 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3WE, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.
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Alhussan AA, Eid MM, Towfek SK, Khafaga DS. Breast Cancer Classification Depends on the Dynamic Dipper Throated Optimization Algorithm. Biomimetics (Basel) 2023; 8:163. [PMID: 37092415 PMCID: PMC10123690 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics8020163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second largest cause of mortality among women after lung cancer. Women's death rates can be decreased if breast cancer is diagnosed and treated early. Due to the lengthy duration of manual breast cancer diagnosis, an automated approach is necessary for early cancer identification. This research proposes a novel framework integrating metaheuristic optimization with deep learning and feature selection for robustly classifying breast cancer from ultrasound images. The structure of the proposed methodology consists of five stages, namely, data augmentation to improve the learning of convolutional neural network (CNN) models, transfer learning using GoogleNet deep network for feature extraction, selection of the best set of features using a novel optimization algorithm based on a hybrid of dipper throated and particle swarm optimization algorithms, and classification of the selected features using CNN optimized using the proposed optimization algorithm. To prove the effectiveness of the proposed approach, a set of experiments were conducted on a breast cancer dataset, freely available on Kaggle, to evaluate the performance of the proposed feature selection method and the performance of the optimized CNN. In addition, statistical tests were established to study the stability and difference of the proposed approach compared to state-of-the-art approaches. The achieved results confirmed the superiority of the proposed approach with a classification accuracy of 98.1%, which is better than the other approaches considered in the conducted experiments.
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- Amel Ali Alhussan
- Department of Computer Sciences, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Delta University for Science and Technology, Mansoura 35712, Egypt
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- Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Mansoura 35111, Egypt
- Computer Science and Intelligent Systems Research Center, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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- Department of Computer Sciences, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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Lin HY, Wu HJ, Chu PY. Multi-omics and experimental analysis unveil theragnostic value and immunological roles of inner membrane mitochondrial protein (IMMT) in breast cancer. J Transl Med 2023; 21:189. [PMID: 36899366 PMCID: PMC9999521 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The inner membrane mitochondrial protein (IMMT) is a central unit of the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS). While researchers continue to demonstrate the physiological function of IMMT in regulating mitochondrial dynamics and preserving mitochondrial structural integrity, the roles of IMMT in clinicopathology, the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), and precision oncology in breast cancer (BC) remain unclear. METHODS Multi-omics analysis was used here to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of IMMT. Web applications aimed at analyzing the whole tumor tissue, single cells, and spatial transcriptomics were used to examine the relationship of IMMT with TIME. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was employed to determine the primary biological impact of IMMT. Experimental verification using siRNA knockdown and clinical specimens of BC patients confirmed the mechanisms behind IMMT on BC cells and the clinical significance, respectively. Potent drugs were identified by accessing the data repositories of CRISPR-based drug screenings. RESULTS High IMMT expression served as an independent diagnostic biomarker, correlated with advanced clinical status, and indicated a poor relapse-free survival (RFS) rate for patients with BC. Although, the contents of Th1, Th2, MSC, macrophages, basophil, CD4 + T cell and B cell, and TMB levels counteracted the prognostic significance. Single-cell level and whole-tissue level analyses revealed that high IMMT was associated with an immunosuppressive TIME. GSEA identified IMMT perturbation as involved in cell cycle progression and mitochondrial antioxidant defenses. Experimental knockdown of IMMT impeded the migration and viability of BC cells, arrested the cell cycle, disturbed mitochondrial function, and increased the ROS level and lipid peroxidation. The clinical values of IMMT were amenable to ethnic Chinese BC patients, and can be extrapolated to some other cancer types. Furthermore, we discovered that pyridostatin acted as a potent drug candidate in BC cells harboring an elevated IMMT expression. CONCLUSION This study combined a multi-omics survey with experimental verification to reveal the novel clinical significance of IMMT in BC, demonstrating its role in TIME, cancer cell growth and mitochondrial fitness, and identified pyridostatin as a promising drug candidate for the development of precision medicine.
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- Hung-Yu Lin
- Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.,Research Assistant Center, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, 500, Taiwan
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- Research Assistant Center, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, 500, Taiwan.,Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, 500, Taiwan
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- Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan. .,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, 242, Taiwan. .,Department of Pathology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, 500, Taiwan. .,Department of Health Food, Chung Chou University of Science and Technology, Changhua, 510, Taiwan. .,National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.
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Wauchope BA, Coventry BJ, Roder DM. Increased Early Cancer Diagnosis: Unveiling Immune-Cancer Biology to Explain Clinical "Overdiagnosis". Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15041139. [PMID: 36831482 PMCID: PMC9953985 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15041139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Even though clinically small 'early' cancers represent many millions of cells biologically, when removed surgically, these often never recur or regrow, nor reduce the individual's lifespan. However, some early cancers remain quiescent and indolent; while others grow and metastasize, threatening life. Distinguishing between these different clinical behaviours using clinical/pathological criteria is currently problematic. It is reported that many suspicious lesions and early cancers are being removed surgically that would not threaten the patient's life. This has been termed 'overdiagnosis', especially in the sphere of cancer screening. Although a controversial and emotive topic, it poses clinical and public health policy challenges. The diagnostic differentiation between 'non-lethal' and 'lethal' tumor forms is generally impossible. One perspective gathering evidential support is that a dynamic balance exists between the immune response and malignant processes governing 'lethality', where many more cancers are produced than become clinically significant due to the immune system preventing their progression. Higher medical screening "diagnosis" rates may reflect lead-time effects, with more 'non-progressing' cancers detected when an early immune-cancer interaction is occurring. We present a model for this immune-cancer interaction and review 'excess' or 'overdiagnosis' claims that accompany increasingly sensitive diagnostic and screening technologies. We consider that immune tools should be incorporated into future research, with potential for immune system modulation for some early cancers.
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- Bruce A. Wauchope
- Molechecks Australia, 1284 South Road, Clovelly Park 5042, Australia
- Discipline of Surgery, Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Discipline of Surgery, Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health, Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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Brane A, Arora I, Tollefsbol TO. Peripubertal Nutritional Prevention of Cancer-Associated Gene Expression and Phenotypes. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:674. [PMID: 36765634 PMCID: PMC9913820 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Breast cancer (BC) is a nearly ubiquitous malignancy that effects the lives of millions worldwide. Recently, nutritional prevention of BC has received increased attention due to its efficacy and ease of application. Chief among chemopreventive compounds are plant-based substances known as dietary phytochemicals. Sulforaphane (SFN), an epigenetically active phytochemical found in cruciferous vegetables, has shown promise in BC prevention. In addition, observational studies suggest that the life stage of phytochemical consumption may influence its anticancer properties. These life stages, called critical periods (CPs), are associated with rapid development and increased susceptibility to cellular damage. Puberty, a CP in which female breast tissue undergoes proliferation and differentiation, is of particular interest for later-life BC development. However, little is known about the importance of nutritional chemoprevention to CPs. We sought to address this by utilizing two estrogen receptor-negative [ER(-)] transgenic mouse models fed SFN-containing broccoli sprout extract during the critical period of puberty. We found that this treatment resulted in a significant decrease in tumor incidence and weight, as well as an increase in tumor latency. Further, we found significant alterations in the long-term expression of cancer-associated genes, including p21, p53, and BRCA2. Additionally, our transcriptomic analyses identified expressional changes in many cancer-associated genes, and bisulfite sequencing revealed that the antiproliferation-associated gene Erich4 was both hypomethylated and overexpressed in our experimental group. Our study indicates that dietary interventions during the CP of puberty may be important for later-life ER(-) BC prevention and highlights potential important genetic and epigenetic targets for treatment and study of the more deadly variants of BC.
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- Andrew Brane
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
- O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- Integrative Center for Aging Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- Comprehensive Diabetes Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- University Wide Microbiome Center, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Chen G, Chen P, Zhou J, Luo G. Pan-Cancer Analysis of Histone Methyltransferase KMT2D with Potential Implications for Prognosis and Immunotherapy in Human Cancer. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2023; 26:83-92. [PMID: 35189794 DOI: 10.2174/1386207325666220221092318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pan-cancer analysis is an efficient tool to obtain a panoramic view of cancer- related genes and identify their oncogenic processes, facilitating the development of new therapeutic targets. Lysine methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D), acting as a major enhancer coactivator for mammalian cells, is one of the most frequently mutated genes across various cancer types and is considered an oncogene and a rationale for epigenetic therapeutic targets. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to explore the potential role of KMT2D in human cancer through a pan-cancer analysis. METHODS The expression of KMT2D was assessed in normal tissues and cell lines, and pancancers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE), and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTE) datasets were used to explore its correlation with prognosis, immune cell infiltration, tumor mutation burden, microsatellite instability, and mismatch repair. RESULTS KMT2D expression was heterogeneous across different cancer types. Increased KMT2D indicated a worse prognosis in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), brain lower-grade glioma (LGG), and mesothelioma (MESO), while patients with high KMT2D expression showed better outcomes in renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC). Moreover, KMT2D expression was positively correlated with immune cell infiltration and negative tumor mutation burden in multiple cancers. In addition, a significant correlation between KMT2D and immune checkpoint-related genes or mismatch repair genes was identified. CONCLUSIONS These findings support the hypothesis that KMT2D is not only a potential biomarker for prognosis and immunotherapy response prediction but also an essential immune regulator in human cancer.
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- Guoning Chen
- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Rosochowicz MA, Lipowicz JM, Karwacka MI, Ostapowicz J, Cisek M, Mackiewicz AA, Czerwinska P. It Runs in the Bromodomain Family: Speckled Proteins (SP) Play a Role in the Antitumor Immune Response in Solid Tumors. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010549. [PMID: 36614001 PMCID: PMC9820261 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cells and immune cells in the extracellular matrix: Depending on the tumor type and variety of TAAs (tumor-associated antigens), immune infiltrates are composed of many different subpopulations of immune cells. Epigenetic changes are also considered to be characteristic of cancer. Epigenetic factors taking part in the regulation of gene expression include the VII group of bromodomain proteins (BrD)-SP-family proteins. Here, we used transcriptomic data from the TCGA database, as well as immunological evidence from ESTIMATE, TIP, and TIMER2.0 databases for various solid tumor types and harnessed several publicly available bioinformatic tools (such as GSEA and GSCA) to demonstrate mechanisms and interactions between BrD proteins and immune infiltrates in cancer. We present a consistently positive correlation between the SP-family genes and immune score regardless of the tumor type. The SP-family proteins correlate positively with T cells' trafficking and infiltration into tumor. Our results also show an association between the high expression of SP family genes and enriched transcriptome profiles of inflammatory response and TNF-α signaling via NF-κβ. We also show that the SP-family proteins could be considered good predictors of high immune infiltration phenotypes.
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- Monika Anna Rosochowicz
- Undergraduate Research Group “Biobase”, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
- Radiobiology Laboratory, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-545 Poznan, Poland
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- Undergraduate Research Group “Biobase”, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Histology and Embriology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-781 Poznan, Poland
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- Undergraduate Research Group “Biobase”, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
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- Undergraduate Research Group “Biobase”, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
- Radiobiology Laboratory, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Electroradiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
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- Undergraduate Research Group “Biobase”, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Diagnostics and Cancer Immunology, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-61-885-06-67; Fax: +48-61-852-85-02
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- Undergraduate Research Group “Biobase”, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Cancer Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
- Department of Diagnostics and Cancer Immunology, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, 61-866 Poznan, Poland
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Li HX, Wang SQ, Lian ZX, Deng SL, Yu K. Relationship between Tumor Infiltrating Immune Cells and Tumor Metastasis and Its Prognostic Value in Cancer. Cells 2022; 12:cells12010064. [PMID: 36611857 PMCID: PMC9818185 DOI: 10.3390/cells12010064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Tumor metastasis is an important reason for the difficulty of tumor treatment. Besides the tumor cells themselves, the tumor microenvironment plays an important role in the process of tumor metastasis. Tumor infiltrating immune cells (TIICs) are one of the main components of TME and plays an important role in every link of tumor metastasis. This article mainly reviews the role of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in epithelial mesenchymal transformation, extracellular matrix remodeling, tumor angiogenesis and formation of pre-metastatic niche. The value of TIICs in the prognosis of cervical cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer was also discussed. We believe that accurate prognosis of cancer treatment outcomes is conducive to further improving treatment regimens, determining personalized treatment strategies, and ultimately achieving successful cancer treatment. This paper elucidates the relationship between tumor and TIICs in order to explore the function of immune cells in different diseases and provide new ideas for the treatment of cancer.
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- Huan-Xiang Li
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Health Commission (NHC) of China Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
- Correspondence: (S.-L.D.); (K.Y.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- Correspondence: (S.-L.D.); (K.Y.)
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Li C, Tao Y, Chen Y, Wu Y, He Y, Yin S, Xu S, Yu Y. Development of a metabolism-related signature for predicting prognosis, immune infiltration and immunotherapy response in breast cancer. Am J Cancer Res 2022; 12:5440-5461. [PMID: 36628282 PMCID: PMC9827085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Breast cancer (BRCA) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and among the top causes of cancer deaths globally. The abnormality of the metabolic process is an important characteristic that distinguishes cancer cells from normal cells. Currently, there are few metabolic molecular models to evaluate the prognosis and treatment response of BRCA patients. By analyzing RNA-seq data of BRCA samples from public databases via bioinformatic approaches, we developed a prognostic signature based on seven metabolic genes (PLA2G2D, GNPNAT1, QPRT, SHMT2, PAICS, NT5E and PLPP2). Low-risk patients showed better overall survival in all five cohorts (TCGA cohort, two external validation cohorts and two internal validation cohorts). There was a higher proportion of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells, CD4+ memory resting T cells, gamma delta T cells and resting dendritic cells and a lower proportion of M0 and M2 macrophages in the low-risk group. Low-risk patients also showed higher ESTIMATE scores, higher immune function scores, higher Immunophenoscores (IPS) and checkpoint expression, lower stemness scores, lower TIDE (Tumor Immune Dysfunction and Exclusion) scores and IC50 values for several chemotherapeutic agents, suggesting that low-risk patients could respond more favorably to immunotherapy and chemotherapy. Two real-world patient cohorts receiving anti-PD-1 therapy were applied for validating the predictive results. Molecular subtypes identified based on these seven genes also showed different immune characteristics. Immunohistochemical data obtained from the human protein atlas database demonstrated the protein expression of signature genes. This research may contribute to the identification of metabolic targets for BRCA and the optimization of risk stratification and personalized treatment for BRCA patients.
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- Chunzhen Li
- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyShanghai 200433, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology and Institute of Immunology, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433, China
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Murugan D, Murugesan V, Panchapakesan B, Rangasamy L. Nanoparticle Enhancement of Natural Killer (NK) Cell-Based Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14215438. [PMID: 36358857 PMCID: PMC9653801 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14215438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Natural killer cells are a part of the native immune response to cancer. NK cell-based immunotherapies are an emerging strategy to kill tumor cells. This paper reviews the role of NK cells, their mechanism of action for killing tumor cells, and the receptors which could serve as potential targets for signaling. In this review, the role of nanoparticles in NK cell activation and increased cytotoxicity of NK cells against cancer are highlighted. Abstract Natural killer (NK) cells are one of the first lines of defense against infections and malignancies. NK cell-based immunotherapies are emerging as an alternative to T cell-based immunotherapies. Preclinical and clinical studies of NK cell-based immunotherapies have given promising results in the past few decades for hematologic malignancies. Despite these achievements, NK cell-based immunotherapies have limitations, such as limited performance/low therapeutic efficiency in solid tumors, the short lifespan of NK cells, limited specificity of adoptive transfer and genetic modification, NK cell rejection by the patient’s immune system, insignificant infiltration of NK cells into the tumor microenvironment (TME), and the expensive nature of the treatment. Nanotechnology could potentially assist with the activation, proliferation, near-real time imaging, and enhancement of NK cell cytotoxic activity by guiding their function, analyzing their performance in near-real time, and improving immunotherapeutic efficiency. This paper reviews the role of NK cells, their mechanism of action in killing tumor cells, and the receptors which could serve as potential targets for signaling. Specifically, we have reviewed five different areas of nanotechnology that could enhance immunotherapy efficiency: nanoparticle-assisted immunomodulation to enhance NK cell activity, nanoparticles enhancing homing of NK cells, nanoparticle delivery of RNAi to enhance NK cell activity, genetic modulation of NK cells based on nanoparticles, and nanoparticle activation of NKG2D, which is the master regulator of all NK cell responses.
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- Dhanashree Murugan
- School of Biosciences & Technology (SBST), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, India
- Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, India
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- Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, India
- School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, India
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- Small Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
- Correspondence: (B.P.); (L.R.)
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- Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, India
- Correspondence: (B.P.); (L.R.)
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Baysal H, Siozopoulou V, Zaryouh H, Hermans C, Lau HW, Lambrechts H, Fransen E, De Pauw I, Jacobs J, Peeters M, Pauwels P, Vermorken JB, Smits E, Lardon F, De Waele J, Wouters A. The prognostic impact of the immune signature in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1001161. [PMID: 36268020 PMCID: PMC9576890 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1001161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a heterogeneous group of tumors that retain their poor prognosis despite recent advances in their standard of care. As the involvement of the immune system against HNSCC development is well-recognized, characterization of the immune signature and the complex interplay between HNSCC and the immune system could lead to the identification of novel therapeutic targets that are required now more than ever. In this study, we investigated RNA sequencing data of 530 HNSCC patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) for which the immune composition (CIBERSORT) was defined by the relative fractions of 10 immune-cell types and expression data of 45 immune checkpoint ligands were quantified. This initial investigation was followed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for a curated selection of immune cell types and checkpoint ligands markers in tissue samples of 50 advanced stage HNSCC patients. The outcome of both analyses was correlated with clinicopathological parameters and patient overall survival. Our results indicated that HNSCC tumors are in close contact with both cytotoxic and immunosuppressive immune cells. TCGA data showed prognostic relevance of dendritic cells, M2 macrophages and neutrophils, while IHC analysis associated T cells and natural killer cells with better/worse prognostic outcome. HNSCC tumors in our TCGA cohort showed differential RNA over- and underexpression of 28 immune inhibitory and activating checkpoint ligands compared to healthy tissue. Of these, CD73, CD276 and CD155 gene expression were negative prognostic factors, while CD40L, CEACAM1 and Gal-9 expression were associated with significantly better outcomes. Our IHC analyses confirmed the relevance of CD155 and CD276 protein expression, and in addition PD-L1 expression, as independent negative prognostic factors, while HLA-E overexpression was associated with better outcomes. Lastly, the co-presence of both (i) CD155 positive cells with intratumoral NK cells; and (ii) PD-L1 expression with regulatory T cell infiltration may hold prognostic value for these cohorts. Based on our data, we propose that CD155 and CD276 are promising novel targets for HNSCC, possibly in combination with the current standard of care or novel immunotherapies to come.
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- Hasan Baysal
- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Hasan Baysal,
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network (IPPON), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Comprehensive analysis of different tumor cell-line produced soluble mediators on the differentiation and functional properties of monocyte-derived dendritic cells. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0274056. [PMID: 36194602 PMCID: PMC9531813 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Developing dendritic cells (DCs) from monocytes is a sensitively regulated process. One possible way for cancers to avoid immune recognition and antitumor response is the modulation of DC differentiation. Although several studies are available on the examination of tumor-associated macrophages, a comprehensive analysis focusing on the effects of tumor-formed DCs is not known to date. We provide a comparative analysis of the tumor-edited-monocyte derived DCs differentiated in the presence of adenocarcinomas (MDA, HT29, HeLa)- and primary (WM278, WM983A) or metastatic (WM1617, WM983B) melanomas. The immunomodulatory effect of tumors is mediated at least partly by secreted mediators. We investigated the impact of tumor cell-derived conditioned media on the differentiation of DCs from CD14+ monocytes, sequentially determining the phenotype, cytokine production, phagocytic, and the T cell polarizing capacity of moDCs. We completed our observations by analyzing our data with bioinformatic tools to provide objective correlations between phenotypical and functional properties of different tumor-educated moDCs. The correlation analysis revealed significant differences in the characteristics of adenocarcinomas- or melanomas-edited moDCs. We highlight the functional differences in the properties of moDCs differentiated in the presence of various cancer cell lines. We offer new information and options for the in vitro differentiation protocols of various tumor-conditioned moDCs. Our results confirm that various immunomodulatory properties of different tumor cell lines result in multiple manipulations of DC differentiation.
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Prognostic Value and Immune Infiltration of KDM1 Family in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Adv Ther 2022; 39:4568-4582. [PMID: 35939262 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-022-02275-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal malignancies in the world. Previous studies indicated that the expression of the KDM1 genes (KDM1s), members of the amine oxidase superfamily, has prognostic value for breast and prostate cancer and malignant neuroblastoma. This study aimed to investigate the expression of KDM1s, their prognostic value, and their correlation with immune infiltration in patients with HCC. METHODS Multiomics analyses were utilized to analyze differential expression, prognostic value, genetic alteration, and immune cell infiltration of KDM1s in patients with HCC. RESULTS The high expression of KDM1A indicated poor overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival, whereas the high expression of KDM1B was significantly associated with poor OS. The genetic alterations and biological interaction network of KDM1s may provide detailed information for the dysregulated function of KDM1s in patients with HCC. KDM1-related signaling pathways and miRNA targets were explored and may provide value as therapeutic targets or tumor progression markers. The increased mRNA expression of KDM1s was significantly correlated with the infiltration of diverse immune cells in HCC. CONCLUSIONS This data-driven study indicates that KDM1s are promising prognostic biomarkers for survival and have the potential to become novel molecular targets in HCC treatments.
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He CM, Zhang XD, Zhu SX, Zheng JJ, Wang YM, Wang Q, Yin H, Fu YJ, Xue S, Tang J, Zhao XJ. Integrative pan-cancer analysis and clinical characterization of the N7-methylguanosine (m7G) RNA modification regulators in human cancers. Front Genet 2022; 13:998147. [PMID: 36226166 PMCID: PMC9549978 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.998147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: RNA modification is one of the epigenetic mechanisms that regulates post-transcriptional gene expression, and abnormal RNA modifications have been reported to play important roles in tumorigenesis. N7-methylguanosine (m7G) is an essential modification at the 5′ cap of human mRNA. However, a systematic and pan-cancer analysis of the clinical relevance of m7G related regulatory genes is still lacking.Methods: We used univariate Cox model and Kaplan-Meier analysis to generate the forest plot of OS, PFI, DSS and identified the correlation between the altered expression of m7G regulators and patient survival in 33 cancer types from the TCGA and GTEx databases. Then, the “estimate” R-package, ssGSEA and CIBERSORT were used to depict the pan-cancer immune landscape. Through Spearman’s correlation test, we analyzed the correlation between m7G regulators and the tumor microenvironment (TME), immune subtype, and drug sensitivity of the tumors, which was further validated in NSCLC. We also assessed the changes in the expression of m7G related regulatory genes in NSCLC with regards to the genetic and transcriptional aspects and evaluated the correlation of METTL1 and WDR4 expression with TMB, MSI and immunotherapy in pan-cancer.Results: High expression of most of the m7G regulators was significantly associated with worse prognosis. Correlation analyses revealed that the expression of majority of the m7G regulators was correlated with tumor immune infiltration and tumor stem cell scores. Drug sensitivity analysis showed that the expression of CYFP1,2 was closely related to drug sensitivity for various anticancer agents (p < 0.001). Analysis of the pan-cancer immune subtype revealed significant differences in the expression of m7G regulators between different immune subtypes (p < 0.001). Additionally, the types and proportions of mutations in METTL1 and WDR4 and their relevance to immunotherapy were further described.Conclusion: Our study is the first to evaluate the correlation between the altered expression of m7G regulators and patient survival, the degree of immune infiltration, TME and drug sensitivity in pan-cancer datasets.
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- Chun-Ming He
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Jian Tang, ; Xiao-Jing Zhao,
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Jian Tang, ; Xiao-Jing Zhao,
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Identification of Prognostic Factors in Cholangiocarcinoma Based on Integrated ceRNA Network Analysis. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022; 2022:7102736. [PMID: 36158120 PMCID: PMC9499749 DOI: 10.1155/2022/7102736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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This study is aimed at screening prognostic biomarkers in cholangiocarcinoma (CHOL) based on competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) regulatory network analysis. Microarray data for lncRNAs, mRNA, and miRNAs were downloaded from the GEO and TCGA databases. Differentially expressed RNAs (DERs) were identified in CHOL and normal liver tissue samples. WGCNA was used to identify disease-related gene modules. By integrating the information from the starBase and DIANA-LncBasev2 databases, we constructed a ceRNA network. Survival analysis was performed, and a prognostic gene-based prognostic score (PS) model was generated. The correlation between gene expression and immune cell infiltration or immune-related feature genes was analyzed using TIMER. Finally, real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to verify the expression of the 10 DERs with independent prognosis. A large cohort of DERs was identified in the CHOL and control samples. The ceRNA network consisted of 6 lncRNAs, 2 miRNAs, 90 mRNAs, and 98 nodes. Ten genes were identified as prognosis-related genes, and a ten-gene signature PS model was constructed, which exhibited a good prognosis predictive ability for risk assessment of CHOL patients (AUC value = 0.975). Four genes, ELF4, AGXT, ABCG2, and LDHD, were associated with immune cell infiltration and closely correlated with immune-related feature genes (CD14, CD163, CD33, etc.) in CHOL. Additionally, the consistency rate of the RT-qPCR results and bioinformatics analysis was 80%, implying a relatively high reliability of the bioinformatic analysis results. Our findings suggest that the ten-signature gene PS model has significant prognostic predictive value for patients with CHOL. These four immune-related DERs are involved in the progression of CHOL and may be useful prognostic biomarkers for CHOLs.
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Kalot R, Mhanna R, Talhouk R. Organ-on-a-chip platforms as novel advancements for studying heterogeneity, metastasis, and drug efficacy in breast cancer. Pharmacol Ther 2022; 237:108156. [PMID: 35150784 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Breast cancer has the highest cancer incidence rate in women worldwide. Therapies for breast cancer have shown high success rates, yet many cases of recurrence and drug resistance are still reported. Developing innovative strategies for studying breast cancer may improve therapeutic outcomes of the disease by providing better insight into the associated molecular mechanisms. A novel advancement in breast cancer research is the utilization of organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) technology to establish in vitro physiologically relevant breast cancer biomimetic models. This emerging technology combines microfluidics and tissue culturing methods to establish organ-specific micro fabricated culture models. Here, we shed light on the advantages of OOAC platforms over conventional in vivo and in vitro models in terms of mimicking tissue heterogeneity, disease progression, and facilitating pharmacological drug testing with a focus on models of the mammary gland in both normal and breast cancer states. By highlighting the various designs and applications of the breast-on-a-chip platforms, we show that the latter propose means to facilitate breast cancer-related studies and provide an efficient approach for therapeutic drug screening in vitro.
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- Rita Kalot
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
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Tang J, Tian X, Min J, Hu M, Hong L. RPP40 is a prognostic biomarker and correlated with tumor microenvironment in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma. Front Oncol 2022; 12:957472. [PMID: 36091104 PMCID: PMC9448918 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.957472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Ribonuclease P/MRP Subunit P40 (RPP40), a component of ribonuclease P and multimeric ribonuclease P complex, was reported as one of the promoting factors for the chemoresistance of acute myeloid leukemia and a recurrence predictor of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. However, the functional role of RPP40 in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC) is unclear. In this study, comprehensive bioinformatic analyses were conducted to explore the predictive role of RPP40 on UCEC diagnosis and prognosis, as well as the underlying mechanism. Differential analyses of multiple databases showed that both messenger RNA (mRNA) and the protein expression of RPP40 were significantly upregulated in UCEC tumor tissues. Furthermore, the RPP40 mRNA expression level was significantly correlated with the clinicopathological characteristics of UCEC patients, including the clinical stage, primary therapy outcome, histological type, histologic grade, overall survival event, disease-specific survival event, and progression-free interval event. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed that RPP40 was a reliable predictor for UCEC diagnosis with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.775, a sensitivity of 0.829, and a specificity of 0.719. Kaplan–Meier, Cox regression, and nomogram analyses showed that high RPP40 expression was an independent prognostic factor for the 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival of UCEC patients. In addition, the enrichment analysis of RPP40-associated differentially expressed genes and correlation analyses showed that the expression of RPP40 was correlated with the regulation of extracellular matrix and immune cell infiltration. In conclusion, the upregulation of RPP40 is significantly correlated with the poor survival and tumor microenvironment of UCEC, suggesting that RPP40 is a promising biomarker of poor prognosis and a potential target of chemotherapy or immunotherapy in UCEC.
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- Jianming Tang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Li Hong,
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Ouyang Y, Huang J, Wang Y, Tang F, Hu Z, Zeng Z, Zhang S. Bioinformatic analysis of RNA-seq data from TCGA database reveals prognostic significance of immune-related genes in colon cancer. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e29962. [PMID: 35945793 PMCID: PMC9351934 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The tumor immune microenvironment is of crucial importance in cancer progression and anticancer immune responses. Thus, systematic exploration of the expression landscape and prognostic significance of immune-related genes (IRGs) to assist in the prognosis of colon cancer is valuable and significant. The transcriptomic data of 470 colon cancer patients were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas database and the differentially expressed genes were analyzed. After an intersection analysis, the hub IRGs were identified and a prognostic index was further developed using multivariable Cox analysis. In addition, the discriminatory ability and prognostic significance of the constructed model were validated and the characteristics of IRGs associated overall survival were analyzed to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms. A total of 465 differentially expressed IRGs and 130 survival-associated IRGs were screened. Then, 46 hub IRGs were identified by an intersection analysis. A regulatory network displayed that most of these genes were unfavorable for the prognosis of colon cancer and were regulated by transcription factors. After a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression analysis, 14 hub IRGs were ultimately chose to construct a prognostic index. The validation results illustrated that this model could act as an independent indicator to moderately separate colon cancer patients into low- and high-risk groups. This study ascertained the prognostic significance of IRGs in colon cancer and successfully constructed an IRG-based prognostic signature for clinical prediction. Our results provide promising insight for the exploration of diagnostic markers and immunotherapeutic targets in colon cancer.
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- Yan Ouyang
- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education of China, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- *Correspondence: Zuquan Hu, Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China (e-mail: )
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Engineering Center of Cellular Immunotherapy of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province/Immune Cells and Antibody Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering/School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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Sha S, Si L, Wu X, Chen Y, Xiong H, Xu Y, Liu W, Mei H, Wang T, Li M. Prognostic analysis of cuproptosis-related gene in triple-negative breast cancer. Front Immunol 2022; 13:922780. [PMID: 35979353 PMCID: PMC9376234 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.922780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Cuproptosis is a copper-dependent cell death mechanism that is associated with tumor progression, prognosis, and immune response. However, the potential role of cuproptosis-related genes (CRGs) in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains unclear. Patients and methods In total, 346 TNBC samples were collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas database and three Gene Expression Omnibus datasets, and were classified using R software packages. The relationships between the different subgroups and clinical pathological characteristics, immune infiltration characteristics, and mutation status of the TME were examined. Finally, a nomogram and calibration curve were constructed to predict patient survival probability to improve the clinical applicability of the CRG_score. Results We identified two CRG clusters with immune cell infiltration characteristics highly consistent with those of the immune-inflamed and immune-desert clusters. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the gene signature can be used to evaluate tumor immune cell infiltration, clinical features, and prognostic status. Low CRG_scores were characterized by high tumor mutation burden and immune activation, good survival probability, and more immunoreactivity to CTLA4, while high CRG_scores were characterized by the activation of stromal pathways and immunosuppression. Conclusion This study revealed the potential effects of CRGs on the TME, clinicopathological features, and prognosis of TNBC. The CRGs were closely associated with the tumor immunity of TNBC and are a potential tool for predicting patient prognosis. Our data provide new directions for the development of novel drugs in the future.
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- Shengnan Sha
- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong, University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, China,Department of Interventional Oncology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,*Correspondence: Mei Li, ; Tao Wang, ; Haijun Mei, ; Wangrui Liu,
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- Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China,*Correspondence: Mei Li, ; Tao Wang, ; Haijun Mei, ; Wangrui Liu,
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- Department of Interventional Oncology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China,*Correspondence: Mei Li, ; Tao Wang, ; Haijun Mei, ; Wangrui Liu,
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- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China,*Correspondence: Mei Li, ; Tao Wang, ; Haijun Mei, ; Wangrui Liu,
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Hoover AR, Liu K, DeVette CI, Krawic JR, Medcalf AD, West CL, Hode T, Lam SSK, Welm AL, Sun XH, Hildebrand WH, Chen WR. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals localized tumour ablation and intratumoural immunostimulant delivery potentiate T cell mediated tumour killing. Clin Transl Med 2022; 12:e937. [PMID: 35808806 PMCID: PMC9270578 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Metastatic breast cancer poses great challenge in cancer treatment. N‐dihydrogalactochitosan (GC) is a novel immunoadjuvant that stimulates systemic immune responses when administered intratumourally following local tumour ablation. A combination of photothermal therapy (PTT) and GC, referred to as localized ablative immunotherapy (LAIT), extended animal survival and generates an activated B cell phenotype in MMTV‐PyMT mouse mammary tumour microenvironment (TME). However, how T cell populations respond to LAIT remains to be elucidated. Methods Using depletion antibodies, we studied the contributions of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells to the therapeutic effect of LAIT. Using single‐cell RNA‐sequencing (scRNAseq), we analysed tumour‐infiltrating T cell heterogeneity and dissected their transcriptomes upon treatments of PTT, GC, and LAIT (PTT+GC). Results Loss of CD8+ T cells after LAIT abrogated the therapeutic benefits of LAIT. Ten days after treatment, proportions of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells in untreated TME were 19.2% and 23.0%, respectively. Upon LAIT, both proportions were increased to 25.5% and 36.2%, respectively. In particular, LAIT increased the proportions of naïve and memory cells from a resting state to an activated state. LAIT consistently induced the expression of co‐stimulatory molecules, type I IFN responsive genes, and a series of antitumor cytokines, Ifng, Tnf, Il1, and Il17 in CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. LAIT also induced immune checkpoints Pdcd1, Ctla4, and Lag3 expression, consistent with T cell activation. Relevant to clinical translation, LAIT also upregulated genes in CD8+ and CD4+ T cells that positively correlated with extended survival of breast cancer patients. Conclusions Overall, our results reveal that LAIT prompts immunological remodelling of T cells by inducing broad proinflammatory responses and inhibiting suppressive signalling to drive antitumour immunity.
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- Ashley R Hoover
- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.,Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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- Immunophotonics Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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