Meta-analysis of tumor- and T cell-intrinsic mechanisms of sensitization to checkpoint inhibition.
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Litchfield, K
Reading, JL
Puttick, C
Thakkar, K
Abbosh, C
Bentham, R
Watkins, TBK
Rosenthal, R
Biswas, D
Rowan, A
Lim, E
Al Bakir, M
Turati, V
Guerra-Assunção, JA
Conde, L
Furness, AJS
Saini, SK
Hadrup, SR
Herrero, J
Lee, S-H
Van Loo, P
Enver, T
Larkin, J
Hellmann, MD
Turajlic, S
Quezada, SA
McGranahan, N
Swanton, C
Reading, JL
Puttick, C
Thakkar, K
Abbosh, C
Bentham, R
Watkins, TBK
Rosenthal, R
Biswas, D
Rowan, A
Lim, E
Al Bakir, M
Turati, V
Guerra-Assunção, JA
Conde, L
Furness, AJS
Saini, SK
Hadrup, SR
Herrero, J
Lee, S-H
Van Loo, P
Enver, T
Larkin, J
Hellmann, MD
Turajlic, S
Quezada, SA
McGranahan, N
Swanton, C
Document Type
Journal Article
Date
2021-02-04
Date Accepted
2021-01-04
Abstract
Checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) augment adaptive immunity. Systematic pan-tumor analyses may reveal the relative importance of tumor-cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental features underpinning CPI sensitization. Here, we collated whole-exome and transcriptomic data for >1,000 CPI-treated patients across seven tumor types, utilizing standardized bioinformatics workflows and clinical outcome criteria to validate multivariable predictors of CPI sensitization. Clonal tumor mutation burden (TMB) was the strongest predictor of CPI response, followed by total TMB and CXCL9 expression. Subclonal TMB, somatic copy alteration burden, and histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) evolutionary divergence failed to attain pan-cancer significance. Dinucleotide variants were identified as a source of immunogenic epitopes associated with radical amino acid substitutions and enhanced peptide hydrophobicity/immunogenicity. Copy-number analysis revealed two additional determinants of CPI outcome supported by prior functional evidence: 9q34 (TRAF2) loss associated with response and CCND1 amplification associated with resistance. Finally, single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of clonal neoantigen-reactive CD8 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), combined with bulk RNA-seq analysis of CPI-responding tumors, identified CCR5 and CXCL13 as T-cell-intrinsic markers of CPI sensitivity.
Citation
Cell, 2021, 184 (3), pp. 596 - 614.e14
Source Title
Cell
Publisher
CELL PRESS
ISSN
0092-8674
eISSN
1097-4172
1097-4172
1097-4172
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Skin Unit