Immune landscape and oncobiota in HPV-Associated Colorectal Cancer: an explorative study.

Bacteroides Colorectal cancer Human Papillomavirus Immune evasion Immunity Microbiota Oncobiota

Journal

Clinical and experimental medicine
ISSN: 1591-9528
Titre abrégé: Clin Exp Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 100973405

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 Aug 2023
Historique:
received: 21 07 2023
accepted: 07 08 2023
medline: 24 8 2023
pubmed: 24 8 2023
entrez: 23 8 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Worldwide more than 550,000 new patients suffering from malignant tumors are associated with human papillomaviruses (HPV) infection. However, only a small portion of patients infected progress to cancer, suggesting that other factors other than HPV may play a role. Some studies have investigated HPV infection in colorectal cancer (CRC) with discordant results; moreover, the role of HPV in CRC development is still unknown. We investigated HPV infection in 50 CRC from different regions, excluding the anal one, by immunohistochemistry (IHC), real-time PCR and RNA-seq. For each patient, we studied the tumor microenvironment in neoplastic and matched non-neoplastic samples, and we compared the tumor-infiltrating immune cell phenotypes among HPV-positive and negative samples. Finally, we compared the CRC-associated microbiota in HPV-positive and negative neoplastic samples by 16S rRNA sequencing. HPV infection was identified in 20% of CRC from the right side (caecum, ascending and transverse colon) and in 40% from the left side (descending colon and rectum). In all HPV-positive CRCs we found no expression of p53 and RB, thus suggesting HPV involvement in tumorigenesis. As far as the tumor microenvironment is concerned, in HPV-related cancers we observed a neoplastic environment with a reduced immune surveillance but an enhanced cytotoxic response by lymphocytes. HPV-positive and -negative CRC showed a different microbiota with lack of species normally found in CRC in the HPV-positive ones. Our results support the carcinogenic significance of HPV in CRC, suggesting a role of HPV in modulating the tumor immune microenvironment.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37612430
doi: 10.1007/s10238-023-01165-3
pii: 10.1007/s10238-023-01165-3
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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Maria Raffaella Ambrosio (MR)

Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Elena Niccolai (E)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.

Federica Petrelli (F)

Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Leandro Di Gloria (L)

Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, "Mario Serio" University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Gloria Bertacca (G)

Clinical Chemical Analysis and Immuno Allergology Department, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Andrea Giusti (A)

Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Simone Baldi (S)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.

Andrea Cavazzana (A)

Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Matteo Palmeri (M)

Surgery Unit, Ospedale Unico Versilia, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Bruno Perotti (B)

Surgery Unit, Ospedale Unico Versilia, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Matteo Ramazzotti (M)

Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, "Mario Serio" University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Marco Arganini (M)

Surgery Unit, Ospedale Unico Versilia, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.

Amedeo Amedei (A)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy. amedeo.amedei@unifi.it.
Internal Interdisciplinary Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134, Florence, Italy. amedeo.amedei@unifi.it.

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