Acute myeloid leukemias with JAK2/STAT mutations are associated with PD-L1 upregulation

Even though overexpression of the immune checkpoint protein, programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), is observed in solid tumors, its expression patterns in acute myeloid leukemia remain understudied. As activation of the JAK/STAT pathway has been shown to enhance PD-L1 expression in preclinical models, we evaluated biopsies from AML patients with activating mutations in JAK2/STATs. PD-L1 expression was significantly upregulated in JAK2/STAT mutant cases when compared to JAK2 wildtype controls as demonstrated by PD-L1 immunohistochemistry staining and quantified using the combined positive score (CPS) system. There is significant overexpression of phosphorylated STAT3 expression in patients with oncogenic JAK2 activation and a positive correlation between p-STAT3 and PD-L1 expression. In conclusion, we demonstrate the CPS scoring system could be applied as a quantitative measure of PD-L1 expression in leukemias and that JAK2/STATs mutant AML can be potential candidates for checkpoint inhibitor trials.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Leukemia & lymphoma - 64(2023), 10 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 1662-1672

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chai, Jiani [VerfasserIn]
Choudhuri, Jui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Yanan [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Kamel, Josette [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Nishi [VerfasserIn]
Sica, R Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Kornblum, Noah [VerfasserIn]
Konopleva, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Mantzaris, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Shastri, Aditi [VerfasserIn]
Gritsman, Kira [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Goldfinger, Mendel [VerfasserIn]
Goel, Swati [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanhua [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Xuejun [VerfasserIn]

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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
B7-H1 Antigen
CD274 protein, human
Combined positive score (CPS)
EC 2.7.10.2
JAK2 / STAT mutation
JAK2 protein, human
Janus Kinase 2
Janus Kinases
Journal Article
Programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1)
STAT Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 21.02.2024

Date Revised 01.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10428194.2023.2232494

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359253792