Memory/active T cell activation is associated with immunotherapeutic response in fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma

PURPOSE: Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma (FH-deficient RCC) is a rare and lethal subtype of kidney cancer. However, the optimal treatments and molecular correlates of benefits for FH-deficient RCC are currently lacking.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A total of 91 patients with FH-deficient RCC from 15 medical centers between 2009 and 2022 were enrolled in this study. Genomic and bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) were performed on 88 and 45 untreated FH-deficient RCCs, respectively. Single-cell RNA-seq was performed to identify biomarkers for treatment response. Main outcomes included disease-free survival (DFS) for localized patients, objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) for metastatic patients.

RESULTS: In the localized setting, we found that a cell cycle progression signature enabled to predict disease progression. In the metastatic setting, first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor plus tyrosine kinase inhibitor (ICI+TKI) combination therapy showed satisfactory safety and was associated with a higher ORR (43.2% vs. 5.6%), apparently superior PFS (median PFS: 17.3 vs. 9.6 months, P=0.016) and OS (median OS: not reached vs. 25.7 months, P=0.005) over TKI monotherapy. Bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data revealed an enrichment of memory and effect T cells in responders to ICI plus TKI combination therapy. Furthermore, we identified a signature of memory and effect T cells that was associated with the effectiveness of ICI plus TKI combination therapy.

CONCLUSIONS: ICI plus TKI combination therapy may represent a promising treatment option for metastatic FH-deficient RCC. A memory/active T cell-derived signature is associated with the efficacy of ICI+TKI but necessitates further validation.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - (2024) vom: 21. März

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Englisch

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Chen, Junru [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Junjie [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Xiaoxue [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Linmao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Jingjing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yongquan [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Xinan [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Haiying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xingming [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Jiayu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Haolin [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jiyan [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yali [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhibin [VerfasserIn]
He, Zhengyu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yaodong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ni [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Mengni [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Xiuyi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yuntian [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Haoyang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yaowen [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yanfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Sha [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jinge [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jindong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zilin [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Yuhao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhipeng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Haojie [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhenhua [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Pengfei [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Guangxi [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-2760

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