RRC ID 65483
著者 Ito S, Masuda T, Noda M, Hu Q, Shimizu D, Kuroda Y, Eguchi H, Tobo T, Utsunomiya T, Mimori K.
タイトル Prognostic Significance of PD-1, PD-L1 and CD8 Gene Expression Levels in Gastric Cancer.
ジャーナル Oncology
Abstract INTRODUCTION:Anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) therapies have shown promising clinical activity against gastric cancer (GC). We evaluated the clinical significance of immune-related gene expression in GC tissues to better understand the tumor immune microenvironment.
METHODS:PD-1, PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) and CD8 mRNA levels and clinicopathological factors, including survival, were examined by quantitative RT-PCR in 155 GC patients who underwent surgery. PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in tumor tissue from 24 GC patients was investigated by immunohistochemical analysis.
RESULTS:PD-1, PD-L1 and CD8 mRNA levels were significantly lower in tumor tissue than in normal tissue (p < 0.0001, p < 0.05, and p < 0.0001). GC patients with low PD-1, PD-L1 and CD8 mRNA levels had significantly poorer overall survival (OS) than those with high PD-1, PD-L1 and CD8 mRNA levels, respectively (p < 0.001, p < 0.01 and p < 0.05). Low PD-1, PD-L1 and CD8 mRNA levels were more significantly associated with poor prognosis in undifferentiated-type GC patients than in differentiated-type GC patients (PD-1: differentiated p = 0.0071 vs. undifferentiated p = 0.0024; PD-L1: p = 0.6527 vs. p < 0.0001; CD8: p = 0.4465 vs. p < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that lymph node metastasis, peritoneal dissemination, distant metastasis, low PD-1 mRNA levels and low CD8 mRNA levels were independent prognostic factors for worse OS (low PD-1 mRNA level: OR 2.16, 95% CI 1.10-4.58, p < 0.05; low CD8 mRNA level: OR 2.55, 95% CI 1.12-6.90, p < 0.05). PD-1 and PD-L1 mRNA levels in immune cells were significantly associated with PD-1 and PD-L1 protein levels (both p < 0.05), respectively.
CONCLUSIONS:PD-1, PD-L1 and CD8 mRNA levels may reflect antitumor immunity in GC, and low PD-1 and CD8 mRNA levels are potential predictive biomarkers for poor prognosis in GC patients who underwent surgery.
巻・号 98(7)
ページ 501-511
公開日 2020-1-1
DOI 10.1159/000506075
PII 000506075
PMID 32380498
MeSH Aged B7-H1 Antigen / genetics* B7-H1 Antigen / metabolism Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics CD8 Antigens / genetics* CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology Female Gene Expression / immunology* Humans Lymphatic Metastasis / genetics Male Middle Aged Prognosis Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor / genetics* Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor / metabolism RNA, Messenger / genetics Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Stomach Neoplasms / genetics* Tumor Microenvironment / immunology*
IF 2.642
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 TE-1(RCB1894)