Mutation burden-orthogonal tumor genomic subtypes delineate responses to immune checkpoint therapy

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BACKGROUND: In cancer therapy, higher-resolution tumor-agnostic biomarkers that predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy are needed. Mutation signatures reflect underlying oncogenic processes that can affect tumor immunogenicity, and thus potentially delineate ICI treatment response among tumor types.

METHODS: Based on mutational signature analysis, we developed a stratification for all solid tumors in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Subsequently, we developed a new software (Genomic Subtyping and Predictive Response Analysis for Cancer Tumor ICi Efficacy, GS-PRACTICE) to classify new tumors submitted to whole-exome sequencing. Using existing data from 973 pan-cancer ICI-treated cases with outcomes, we evaluated the subtype-response predictive performance.

RESULTS: Systematic analysis on TCGA samples identified eight tumor genomic subtypes, which were characterized by features represented by smoking exposure, ultraviolet light exposure, APOBEC enzyme activity, POLE mutation, mismatch repair deficiency, homologous recombination deficiency, genomic stability, and aging. The former five subtypes were presumed to form an immune-responsive group acting as candidates for ICI therapy because of their high expression of immune-related genes and enrichment in cancer types with FDA approval for ICI monotherapy. In the validation cohort, the samples assigned by GS-PRACTICE to the immune-reactive subtypes were significantly associated with ICI response independent of cancer type and TMB high or low status.

CONCLUSIONS: The new tumor subtyping method can serve as a tumor-agnostic biomarker for ICI response prediction and will improve decision making in cancer treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 10(2022), 7 vom: 22. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Takamatsu, Shiro [VerfasserIn]
Hamanishi, Junzo [VerfasserIn]
Brown, J B [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguchi, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Yamanoi, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Murakami, Kosuke [VerfasserIn]
Gotoh, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Seiichi [VerfasserIn]
Mandai, Masaki [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Noriomi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Genetic markers
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor biomarkers

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Date Completed 26.07.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jitc-2022-004831

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343886057