Predictive signature of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer integrating mRNA expression, taxonomic subtypes, and clinicopathological features.

bladder cancer integrated signature mRNA expression neoadjuvant chemotherapy pathological response taxonomical classification

Journal

Frontiers in oncology
ISSN: 2234-943X
Titre abrégé: Front Oncol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101568867

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 31 01 2023
accepted: 10 07 2023
medline: 17 8 2023
pubmed: 17 8 2023
entrez: 17 8 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by cystectomy is the standard of care in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Pathological response has been associated with longer survival, but no currently available clinicopathological variables can identify patients likely to respond, highlighting the need for predictive biomarkers. We sought to identify a predictive signature of response to NAC integrating clinical score, taxonomic subtype, and gene expression. From 1994 to 2014, pre-treatment tumor samples were collected from MIBC patients (stage T2-4N0/+M0) at two Spanish hospitals. A clinical score was determined based on stage, hydronephrosis and histology. Taxonomic subtypes (BASQ, luminal, and mixed) were identified by immunohistochemistry. A custom set of 41 genes involved in DNA damage repair and immune response was analyzed in 84 patients with the NanoString nCounter platform. Genes related to pathological response were identified by LASSO penalized logistic regression. NAC consisted of cisplatin/methotrexate/vinblastine until 2000, after which most patients received cisplatin/gemcitabine. The capacity of the integrated signature to predict pathological response was assessed with AUC. Overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) were analyzed with the Kaplan-Meier method. LASSO selected eight genes to be included in the signature (RAD51, IFNγ, CHEK1, CXCL9, c-MET, KRT14, HERC2, FOXA1). The highest predictive accuracy was observed with the inclusion in the model of only three genes (RAD51, IFNɣ, CHEK1). The integrated clinical-taxonomic-gene expression signature including these three genes had a higher predictive ability (AUC=0.71) than only clinical score plus taxonomic subtype (AUC=0.58) or clinical score alone (AUC=0.56). This integrated signature was also significantly associated with OS (p=0.02) and DSS (p=0.02). We have identified a predictive signature for response to NAC in MIBC patients that integrates the expression of three genes with clinicopathological characteristics and taxonomic subtypes. Prospective studies to validate these results are ongoing.

Sections du résumé

Background and objective UNASSIGNED
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by cystectomy is the standard of care in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Pathological response has been associated with longer survival, but no currently available clinicopathological variables can identify patients likely to respond, highlighting the need for predictive biomarkers. We sought to identify a predictive signature of response to NAC integrating clinical score, taxonomic subtype, and gene expression.
Material and methods UNASSIGNED
From 1994 to 2014, pre-treatment tumor samples were collected from MIBC patients (stage T2-4N0/+M0) at two Spanish hospitals. A clinical score was determined based on stage, hydronephrosis and histology. Taxonomic subtypes (BASQ, luminal, and mixed) were identified by immunohistochemistry. A custom set of 41 genes involved in DNA damage repair and immune response was analyzed in 84 patients with the NanoString nCounter platform. Genes related to pathological response were identified by LASSO penalized logistic regression. NAC consisted of cisplatin/methotrexate/vinblastine until 2000, after which most patients received cisplatin/gemcitabine. The capacity of the integrated signature to predict pathological response was assessed with AUC. Overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) were analyzed with the Kaplan-Meier method.
Results UNASSIGNED
LASSO selected eight genes to be included in the signature (RAD51, IFNγ, CHEK1, CXCL9, c-MET, KRT14, HERC2, FOXA1). The highest predictive accuracy was observed with the inclusion in the model of only three genes (RAD51, IFNɣ, CHEK1). The integrated clinical-taxonomic-gene expression signature including these three genes had a higher predictive ability (AUC=0.71) than only clinical score plus taxonomic subtype (AUC=0.58) or clinical score alone (AUC=0.56). This integrated signature was also significantly associated with OS (p=0.02) and DSS (p=0.02).
Conclusions UNASSIGNED
We have identified a predictive signature for response to NAC in MIBC patients that integrates the expression of three genes with clinicopathological characteristics and taxonomic subtypes. Prospective studies to validate these results are ongoing.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37588099
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1155244
pmc: PMC10426739
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1155244

Subventions

Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R21 CA266660
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 Font, Domenech, Ramirez, Marqués, Benítez, Ruiz de Porras, Gago, Carrato, Sant, Lopez, Castellano, Malats, Calle and Real.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Albert Font (A)

Medical Oncology Department, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (B-ARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.

Montserrat Domenech (M)

Medical Oncology Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, Manresa, Spain.

Jose Luis Ramirez (JL)

Hematology Service, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Badalona-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Lymphoid Neoplasms Group, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC), Badalona, Spain.

Miriam Marqués (M)

Epithelial Carcinogenesis Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) and CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain.

Raquel Benítez (R)

Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), and CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain.

Vicenç Ruiz de Porras (V)

Medical Oncology Department, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (B-ARGO), Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.

José L Gago (JL)

Urology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.

Cristina Carrato (C)

Pathology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.

Francesc Sant (F)

Pathology Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, Manresa, Spain.

Hector Lopez (H)

Urology Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, Manresa, Spain.

Daniel Castellano (D)

Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

Nuria Malats (N)

Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), and CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain.

M Luz Calle (ML)

Biosciences Department, Faculty of Sciences, Technology, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Barcelona, Spain.

Francisco X Real (FX)

Epithelial Carcinogenesis Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain.
Centre for Biomedical Research in Cancer Network (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain.
Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

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