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Holtan SG, Savid-Frontera C, Walton K, Eaton AA, Demorest C, Hoeschen A, Zhang L, Reid K, Kurian T, Sayegh Z, Julia E, Maakaron J, Bachanova V, Jurdi NE, MacMillan ML, Weisdorf DJ, Felices M, Miller JS, Blazar BR, Davila ML, Betts BC. Human Effectors of Acute and Chronic GVHD Overexpress CD83 and Predict Mortality. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:1114-1124. [PMID: 36622700 PMCID: PMC10011883 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-2837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE Acute and chronic GVHD remain major causes of transplant-related morbidity and mortality (TRM) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT). We have shown CD83 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells prevent GVHD and kill myeloid leukemia cell lines. In this pilot study, we investigate CD83 expression on GVHD effector cells, correlate these discoveries with clinical outcomes, and evaluate critical therapeutic implications for transplant recipients. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN CD83 expression was evaluated among circulating CD4+ T cells, B-cell subsets, T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, and monocytes from patients with/without acute or chronic GVHD (n = 48 for each group), respectively. CD83 expression was correlated with survival, TRM, and relapse after alloHCT. Differential effects of GVHD therapies on CD83 expression was determined. RESULTS CD83 overexpression on CD4+ T cells correlates with reduced survival and increased TRM. Increased CD83+ B cells and Tfh cells, but not monocytes, are associated with poor posttransplant survival. CD83 CAR T eliminate autoreactive CD83+ B cells isolated from patients with chronic GVHD, without B-cell aplasia as observed with CD19 CAR T. We demonstrate robust CD83 antigen density on human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and confirm potent antileukemic activity of CD83 CAR T in vivo, without observed myeloablation. CONCLUSIONS CD83 is a promising diagnostic marker of GVHD and warrants further investigation as a therapeutic target of both GVHD and AML relapse after alloHCT.
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- Shernan G. Holtan
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Song X, Chang S, Seminario-Vidal L, de Mingo Pulido A, Tordesillas L, Song X, Reed RA, Harkins A, Whiddon S, Nguyen JV, Segura CM, Zhang C, Yoder S, Sayegh Z, Zhao Y, Messina JL, Harro CM, Zhang X, Conejo-Garcia JR, Berglund A, Sokol L, Zhang J, Rodriguez PC, Mulé JJ, Futreal AP, Tsai KY, Chen PL. Genomic and Single-Cell Landscape Reveals Novel Drivers and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of Transformed Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma. Cancer Discov 2022; 12:1294-1313. [PMID: 35247891 PMCID: PMC9148441 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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ABSTRACT Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare cancer of skin-homing T cells. A subgroup of patients develops large cell transformation with rapid progression to an aggressive lymphoma. Here, we investigated the transformed CTCL (tCTCL) tumor ecosystem using integrative multiomics spanning whole-exome sequencing (WES), single-cell RNA sequencing, and immune profiling in a unique cohort of 56 patients. WES of 70 skin biopsies showed high tumor mutation burden, UV signatures that are prognostic for survival, exome-based driver events, and most recurrently mutated pathways in tCTCL. Single-cell profiling of 16 tCTCL skin biopsies identified a core oncogenic program with metabolic reprogramming toward oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), cellular plasticity, upregulation of MYC and E2F activities, and downregulation of MHC I suggestive of immune escape. Pharmacologic perturbation using OXPHOS and MYC inhibitors demonstrated potent antitumor activities, whereas immune profiling provided in situ evidence of intercellular communications between malignant T cells expressing macrophage migration inhibitory factor and macrophages and B cells expressing CD74. SIGNIFICANCE Our study contributes a key resource to the community with the largest collection of tCTCL biopsies that are difficult to obtain. The multiomics data herein provide the first comprehensive compendium of genomic alterations in tCTCL and identify potential prognostic signatures and novel therapeutic targets for an incurable T-cell lymphoma. This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1171.
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- Xiaofei Song
- Department of Genomic Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cutaneous Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Genomic Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cutaneous Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cutaneous Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Advanced Analytical and Digital Laboratory, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Advanced Analytical and Digital Laboratory, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Molecular Genomics Core Facility, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Molecular Genomics Core Facility, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Tissue Core Facility, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Biopharma Services, Admera Health, Holmdel, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cutaneous Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
- Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Genomic Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Genomic Medicine, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cutaneous Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
- Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Shamekh R, Rosa M, Sayegh Z, Ghayouri M, Kim R, Malafa M, Coppola D. Expression of Her-2/neu in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. PLMI 2017. [DOI: 10.2147/plmi.s116947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Coppola D, Oliveri C, Sayegh Z, Boulware D, Takahashi Y, Pow-Sang J, Djeu JY, Wang HG. Bax-interacting factor-1 expression in prostate cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2008; 6:117-21. [PMID: 18824435 DOI: 10.3816/cgc.2008.n.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bax-interacting factor (Bif)-1 protein is a member of the endophilin B family that binds to and activates the proapoptotic Bax protein in response to apoptotic signals. Loss of Bif-1 suppresses the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and promotes tumorigenesis. We examined the expression levels of Bif-1 protein in human prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-nine archival tissue specimens of human prostate cancer, and a human prostate cancer tissue microarray containing 19 samples of normal prostate, 26 samples of benign prostatic hyperplasias (BPHs), 30 samples of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), and 153 samples of prostate cancer, were selected for immunohistochemical staining with Bif-1 antibody. The slides were scored by 2 independent observers. RESULTS Nontissue microarray samples: moderate to strong Bif-1 staining was identified in 38 of 39 prostate cancer samples. In 32 cases, foci of PIN were identified adjacent to prostate cancer samples. Of these, 29 samples (90.6%) showed strong and diffuse Bif-1 staining. Benign prostatic hyperplasias, identified in 27 cases, was weakly Bif-1 positive in 88.9% of cases. Tissue microarray samples: 38.6% (59 of 153) of prostate cancer samples showed moderate to strong Bif-1 expression, and 21.6% (33 of 153) were Bif-1 negative. Bif-1 expression was moderate to strong in 76.7% (23 of 30) of PIN. Bif-1 was weak to moderate in 53.8% (14 of 26) of BPH and negative in 46.2% (12 of 26) of them. Low to moderate Bif-1 was seen in 89.5% of normal prostate samples. CONCLUSION The loss of Bif-1 expression in a subset of prostate cancer samples is in agreement with the proapoptotic function of Bif-1. The significance of the increased Bif-1 in a subgroup of prostate cancer samples and in PIN remains to be determined. It seems that Bif-1 has a role in prostate cancer, providing the rationale for using Bif-1 as a target for prostate anticancer therapy.
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- Domenico Coppola
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612-9497, USA.
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Saglam O, Garrett CR, Boulware D, Sayegh Z, Shibata D, Malafa M, Yeatman T, Cheng JQ, Sebti S, Coppola D. Activation of the serine/threonine protein kinase AKT during the progression of colorectal neoplasia. Clin Colorectal Cancer 2008; 6:652-6. [PMID: 17945038 DOI: 10.3816/ccc.2007.n.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AKT has been identified as a major regulator of cell proliferation, tumorigenesis, and apoptosis. In this study, we evaluated changes in the activity of AKT during colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used stage-oriented human CRC tissue microarrays, including 99 invasive carcinomas, 28 tubular adenomas, and 18 samples of normal colonic mucosa. The tissue array slides were stained with a mouse monoclonal antiphospho-AKT antibody using the avidin-biotin complex method. RESULTS Activation of AKT was detected mostly in the invasive carcinomas. Sixty-three percent of carcinomas demonstrated strong to moderate AKT activity. Seven percent of carcinomas were phospho-AKT (p-AKT) negative, and 30% (30 of 99) were p-AKT weakly positive. Conversely, 78% of normal colonic mucosas were p-AKT negative, and only 4 samples stained weakly for p-AKT. Eighty-two percent of adenomas were weakly positive for p-AKT, 1 was p-AKT negative, and none exhibited strong or moderate p-AKT stain. At a significance level of .05, we found that the distribution of p-AKT stain scores for cancer was shifted to the right of adenoma (P < .0001) and normal (P < .0001) and for adenoma was shifted to the right of normal (P < .0001). AKT activation did not correlate with tumor stage (P = .28), lymph node metastasis (P = .45), lymphatic invasion (P = .46), or distant metastasis (P = .34). CONCLUSION This study shows increasing activation of AKT during CRC progression. This finding suggests a role of p-AKT in colorectal carcinogenesis and provides a rationale for using p-AKT inhibitor API-2/triciribine, which is currently under clinical investigation for the treatment of CRC.
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- Ozlen Saglam
- Anatomic Pathology, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612-9497, USA
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