Effect of BIM expression on the prognostic value of PD-L1 in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with EGFR-TKIs

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The role of Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in predicting epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKIs) efficacy remains controversial. Recent studies have highlighted that tumor-intrinsic PD-L1 signaling can be modulated by STAT3, AKT, MET oncogenic pathway, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, or BIM expression. This study aimed to investigate whether these underlying mechanisms affect the prognostic role of PD-L1. We retrospectively enrolled patients with EGFR mutant advanced stage NSCLC who received first-line EGFR-TKI between January 2017 and June 2019, the treatment efficacy of EGFR-TKI was assessed. Kaplan-Meier analysis of progression-free survival (PFS) revealed that patients with high BIM expression had shorter PFS, regardless of PD-L1 expression. This result was also supported by the COX proportional hazard regression analysis. In vitro, we further proved that the knockdown of BIM, instead of PDL1, induced more cell apoptosis following gefitinib treatment. Our data suggest that among the pathways affecting tumor-intrinsic PD-L1 signaling, BIM is potentially the underlying mechanism that affects the role of PD-L1 expression in predicting response to EGFR TKI and mediates cell apoptosis under treatment with gefitinib in EGFR-mutant NSCLC. Further prospective studies are required to validate these results.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 09. März, Seite 3943

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chu, Chang-Yao [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chien-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chien-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chien-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Shang-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Jeng-Shiuan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Szu-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chian-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chia-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Chao-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Yen, Yi-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Tseng, Yau-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Su, Po-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Su, Wu-Chou [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B7-H1 Antigen
Bcl-2-Like Protein 11
EC 2.7.10.1
EGFR protein, human
ErbB Receptors
Gefitinib
Journal Article
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S65743JHBS

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Date Completed 16.03.2023

Date Revised 20.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-30565-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354002791