Immature stroma and high infiltration of CD15+ cells are predictive markers of poor prognosis in different subsets of patients with pancreatic cancer

© 2024 The Authors. Cancer Science published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Cancer Association..

Preoperative treatment is commonly carried out for borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, the relationship between the combination of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment and their intratumoral heterogeneity along with their association with histological findings remains unclear, especially in patients receiving preoperative chemotherapy. We aimed to explore the therapeutic strategies for patients with PDAC with poor prognosis after receiving chemotherapy based on histological and immunological microenvironmental classifications. We investigated the correlation between the prognosis and histological immune microenvironmental factors of patients who initially underwent surgery (n = 100) and were receiving gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GEM + nabPTX) as preoperative chemotherapy (n = 103). Immune profiles were generated based on immune cell infiltration into the tumor, and their correlation with patient outcomes and histological features was analyzed. Tumor-infiltrating neutrophils (TINs) were identified as independent poor prognostic factors using multivariate analysis in both surgery-first and preoperative chemotherapy groups. The patients were further classified into four groups based on immune cell infiltration into the tumor. Patients with high CD15 infiltration into the tumor and immature stroma at the cancer margins showed the worst prognosis in the preoperative chemotherapy group. The analysis of mRNA expression and immunohistochemical features revealed that CXCR2, the receptor for CXCL8, was correlated with disease-free and overall survival. We inferred that patients with immature stroma at the margins and high infiltration of CD15+ neutrophils within the tumor showed the worst prognosis and they could particularly benefit from treatment with inhibitors targeting CXCR2 or CXCL8.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

Enthalten in:

Cancer science - 115(2024), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 1001-1013

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamada, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Takeo [VerfasserIn]
Tsutsumi, Chikanori [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Noguchi, Shoko [VerfasserIn]
Shimada, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Nakata, Kohei [VerfasserIn]
Ohuchida, Kenoki [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Masafumi [VerfasserIn]
Oda, Yoshinao [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Neutrophils
Pancreatic cancer
Receptors, chemokine
Tumor microenvironment

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cas.16060

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367213982