期刊
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 498, 期 4, 页码 751-757出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.03.053
关键词
Non-small cell lung cancer; Brain metastases; PD-L1; CD8(+) tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte; Heterogeneity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81472648]
Immunotherapy targeting the programmed cell death-1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway has shown promising antitumor activity in brain metastases (BMs) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with an acceptable safety profile; however, the response rates often differ between primary lesions and intracranial lesions. Studies are necessary to identify detailed characterizations of the response biomarkers. In this study, we aimed to compare the differences of PD-L1 expression and CD8(+) tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) density, two major response biomarkers of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, between paired primary and brain metastatic lesions in advanced NSCLC. We observed that among primary lesions or BMs, only a small number of patients harbored common PD-L1 expression on both tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Additionally, we found that the numbers of CD8(+) TILs were significantly fewer in BMs than in primary lung cancers. Low stromal CD8(+) TIL numbers in BMs were associated with significantly shorter overall survival compared to high stromal CD8(+) TIL counts. Notably, we demonstrated a discrepancy in PD-Ll expression and CD8(+) TIL density between primary lung cancers and their corresponding BMs. Such heterogeneities are significantly associated with the time at which BMs occurred. Our study emphasizes the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of biomarkers for anti-PD-1/13D-L1 therapy, which should be concerned in clinical practice. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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