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Bence C, Hofman V, Chamorey E, Long-Mira E, Lassalle S, Albertini AF, Liolios I, Zahaf K, Picard A, Montaudié H, Lacour JP, Passeron T, Andea AA, Ilie M, Hofman P. Association of combined PD-L1 expression and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte features with survival and treatment outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 34:984-994. [PMID: 31625630 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Recent advances obtained with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) protein have significantly improved the outcome of patients with metastatic melanoma. The PD-L1 expression in tumour cells as detected by immunohistochemistry is a predictive biomarker in some solid tumours, but appears insufficient as prognostic or predictive factor of response to ICIs in metastatic melanomas. OBJECTIVES We investigated whether the presence and the features of pretreatment CD8+ tumour-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TILs) could be a complementary prognostic or predictive biomarker in patients with metastatic melanoma. METHODS In this retrospective study, we evaluated the association of PD-L1 expression ≥5% of tumour cells combined with TIL features (CD8, CD28, Ki67) with the overall survival (OS) among 51 patients treated with ICIs and 54 patients treated with other treatment options (non-ICIs). RESULTS PD-L1 positivity was observed in 33% and 39% of primary melanomas and matched metastases, respectively, with, however, poor concordance between the primary and the matched metastatic site (κ = 0.283). No significant association was noted between PD-L1 expression and CD8+ TIL profile analysed as single markers and OS or response to immunotherapy. Instead, their combined analysis in primary melanoma samples showed that the PD-L1-/CD8+ status was significantly associated with prolonged OS in the whole population (P = 0.04) and in the subgroup treated with non-ICIs (P = 0.009). Conversely, the PD-L1+/CD8+ status was a good prognostic factor in patients treated with ICIs (P = 0.022), whereas was significantly associated with poor prognosis in patients treated with non-ICIs (P = 0.014). While the expression of CD28 was not related to outcome, the Ki67 expression was significantly associated with poor OS in the subgroup CD8+ TIL+/PD-L1- (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS The pretreatment combination of PD-L1 expression with the level of CD8+ TILs could better assess OS and predict therapeutic response of patients with metastatic melanoma treated by either immunotherapy or other treatment regimens.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Bence
- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,Hospital-Related Biobank (BB-0033-00025), Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Biostatistics Unit, Antoine Lacassagne Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,Hospital-Related Biobank (BB-0033-00025), Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,Hospital-Related Biobank (BB-0033-00025), Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Archet Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Archet Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Archet Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Archet Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,Hospital-Related Biobank (BB-0033-00025), Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,CNRS, INSERM, Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN), Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France.,Hospital-Related Biobank (BB-0033-00025), Pasteur Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, University Hospital Federation OncoAge, Nice, France
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Ilie M, Long E, Butori C, Hofman V, Coelle C, Mauro V, Zahaf K, Marquette CH, Mouroux J, Paterlini-Bréchot P, Hofman P. ALK-gene rearrangement: a comparative analysis on circulating tumour cells and tumour tissue from patients with lung adenocarcinoma. Ann Oncol 2012; 23:2907-2913. [PMID: 22735679 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND A subgroup of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-rearranged lung tumours can respond to ALK inhibitors. Until now, the ALK status in circulating tumour cells (CTCs) isolated from patients with lung cancer has not been characterised. We assessed the ALK status in CTCs detected in patients with lung cancer and correlated the results to the ALK status defined in the corresponding tumour tissue. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 87 patients with lung adenocarcinoma showing CTCs isolated using the isolation by size of epithelial tumour cell method were screened for their ALK status both in tumour samples and in CTCs. ALK break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and immunoreactivity analyses using an anti-ALK antibody (5A4 clone) were carried out on CTCs and compared with the results obtained in the corresponding tissue specimens. RESULTS A total of five patients showed ALK-gene rearrangement and strong ALK protein expression in CTCs and in the corresponding tumour samples. Both ALK-FISH and ALK immunoreactivity analyses show negative results in CTCs and corresponding tumour samples for 82 patients. Conclusions We demonstrated that the ALK status can be determined in CTCs isolated from patients with lung cancer by immunocytochemistry and FISH analyses. These results favour non-invasive, ALK-gene status pre-screening on a routine basis on CTCs isolated from patients with lung cancer and open new avenues for real-time monitoring for adapted targeted therapy.
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- M Ilie
- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing (IRCAN), INSERM U1081, CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice; Team 3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice; Human Biobank Unit; Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice; Cancéropôle PACA, Marseille
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing (IRCAN), INSERM U1081, CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice; Team 3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice; Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing (IRCAN), INSERM U1081, CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice; Team 3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice; Human Biobank Unit; Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice; Cancéropôle PACA, Marseille
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing (IRCAN), INSERM U1081, CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice; Team 3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice; Department of Pneumology
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing (IRCAN), INSERM U1081, CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice; Team 3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice; Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice
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- Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing (IRCAN), INSERM U1081, CNRS UMR 7284, Team 3, Nice; Team 3, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice; Human Biobank Unit; Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Centre of Nice, Pasteur Hospital, Nice; Cancéropôle PACA, Marseille.
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