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Immune Contexture of MMR-Proficient Primary Colorectal Cancer and Matched Liver and Lung Metastases

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CANCERS
卷 13, 期 7, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers13071530

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colorectal cancer; metastases; tumour infiltrating lymphocytes; PD-1; PD-L1

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  1. Emil Aaltonen Foundation
  2. Finnish Cancer Foundation
  3. Finnish Medical Foundation
  4. Sigrid Juselius Foundation
  5. Instrumentarium Science Foundation
  6. iCAN Flagship of the Academy of Finland
  7. Mary and Georg. C. Ehrnrooth Foundation
  8. Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
  9. University of Helsinki

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Metastasis is the main cause of cancer mortality, with the liver and lungs being the most common sites for colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases. High immune cell infiltration and PD-L1 positivity were found to almost double in metastases compared to primary tumors, and high ICS in the least immune-infiltrated metastases of pMMR CRC patients was confirmed to have prognostic value. The differences in immune contexture between primary tumors and metastases may have implications for treatment strategies for advanced CRC patients.
Simple Summary Metastasis is the main cause for cancer mortality. The most common metastatic sites of colorectal cancer (CRC) are the liver and lungs. Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes are recognized as beneficial prognostic factors both in primary and metastatic CRC, but less is known about their reciprocal differences. The aim of our study was to evaluate immune microenvironment and its prognostic value in a series of mismatch proficient (pMMR) CRC with matched liver and lung metastases. The proportion of tumours with high immune cell infiltration together with PD-L1-positivity almost doubled in metastases compared to primary tumours. Our study confirmed the prognostic value of high ICS in least immune-infiltrated metastases in pMMR CRC patients. Major differences observed in immune contexture between primary tumours and metastases may have significance for treatment strategies for patients with advanced CRC. Purpose: To evaluate immune cell infiltration, the programmed death-1/programmed death ligand-1 (PD-1/PD-L1) expression and their prognostic value in a series of mismatch proficient (pMMR) CRC with matched liver and lung metastases. Methods: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections stained for CD3, CD8, PD-L1 and PD-1 from 113 primary CRC tumours with 105 liver and 59 lung metastases were analyzed. The amount of CD3 and CD8 positive lymphocytes were combined as immune cell score (ICS). Comparative analyses on immune contexture were performed both between the primary tumour and matched metastases and between the metastatic sites. Results: In liver metastases, immune cell infiltration was increased in general compared to primary tumours but did not correlate case by case. On the contrary, ICS between lung metastases and primary tumours correlated well, but the expression of PD-1/PD-L1 was increased in lung metastases. The proportion of tumours with high ICS together with PD-L1-positivity almost doubled in metastases (39%) compared to primary tumours (20%). High ICS (compared to lowest) in patient's least immune-infiltrated metastasis was an independent prognostic marker for disease-specific (HR 9.14, 95%CI 2.81-29.68) and overall survival (HR 6.95, 95%CI 2.30-21.00). Conclusions: Our study confirms the prognostic value of high ICS in least immune-infiltrated metastases in pMMR CRC patients. Major differences observed in immune contexture between primary tumours and metastases may have significance for treatment strategies for patients with advanced CRC.

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