Cold and heterogeneous T cell repertoire is associated with copy number aberrations and loss of immune genes in small-cell lung cancer.
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
/ genetics
DNA Copy Number Variations
Female
Genetic Heterogeneity
HLA Antigens
/ genetics
Humans
Interferon-gamma
/ immunology
Loss of Heterozygosity
Lung Neoplasms
/ genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
/ genetics
Signal Transduction
/ genetics
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
/ genetics
Survival Analysis
T-Lymphocytes
/ immunology
Exome Sequencing
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 11 2021
17 11 2021
Historique:
received:
10
06
2020
accepted:
25
10
2021
entrez:
18
11
2021
pubmed:
19
11
2021
medline:
16
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is speculated to harbor complex genomic intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) associated with high recurrence rate and suboptimal response to immunotherapy. Here, using multi-region whole exome/T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing as well as immunohistochemistry, we reveal a rather homogeneous mutational landscape but extremely cold and heterogeneous TCR repertoire in limited-stage SCLC tumors (LS-SCLCs). Compared to localized non-small cell lung cancers, LS-SCLCs have similar predicted neoantigen burden and genomic ITH, but significantly colder and more heterogeneous TCR repertoire associated with higher chromosomal copy number aberration (CNA) burden. Furthermore, copy number loss of IFN-γ pathway genes is frequently observed and positively correlates with CNA burden. Higher mutational burden, higher T cell infiltration and positive PD-L1 expression are associated with longer overall survival (OS), while higher CNA burden is associated with shorter OS in patients with LS-SCLC.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34789716
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26821-8
pii: 10.1038/s41467-021-26821-8
pmc: PMC8599854
doi:
Substances chimiques
HLA Antigens
0
IFNG protein, human
0
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
0
Interferon-gamma
82115-62-6
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
6655Subventions
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : U01 CA213273
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R01 CA207295
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : P50 CA070907
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : T32 CA009666
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : U01 CA256780
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : T32 CA009302
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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