Transcriptional phenocopies of deleterious<i>KEAP1</i>mutations dictate survival outcomes in lung cancer treated with immunotherapy

Abstract Mutational models denoting KEAP1-NRF2 pathway activation have emerged as determinants of survival outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Hypothesizing that genetically distinct tumors recapitulate the transcriptional footprint ofKEAP1mutations (KEAPness), we identified a KEAP1-NRF2-related gene set shared by tumors with and without pathway mutations. KEAPness-dominant tumors were associated with poor survival outcomes and immune exclusion in two independent cohorts of immunotherapy-treated NSCLC (SU2C and OAK/POPLAR). Moreover, patients with KEAPness tumors had survival outcomes comparable to theirKEAP1-mutant counterparts. In the TRACERx421, KEAPness exhibited limited transcriptional intratumoral heterogeneity and an immune-excluded microenvironment, as highlighted by orthogonal methods for T cell estimation. This phenotypic state widely occurred across genetically divergent tumors, exhibiting shared and private cancer genes under positive selection when compared toKEAP1-mutant tumors. Collectively, we discovered the pervasive nature of the KEAPness phenotypic driver across evolutionary divergent tumors. This model outperforms mutation-based classifiers in predicting survival outcomes..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 18. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

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Scalera, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Ricciuti, Biagio [VerfasserIn]
Marinelli, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Mazzotta, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Cipriani, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bon, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Schiavoni, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Terrenato, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Federico, Alessandro Di [VerfasserIn]
Alessi, Joao V. [VerfasserIn]
Fanciulli, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Ciuffreda, Ludovica [VerfasserIn]
Nicola, Francesca De [VerfasserIn]
Goeman, Frauke [VerfasserIn]
Caravagna, Giulio [VerfasserIn]
Santini, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Maria, Ruggero De [VerfasserIn]
Cappuzzo, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Ciliberto, Gennaro [VerfasserIn]
Jamal-Hanjani, Mariam [VerfasserIn]
Awad, Mark M. [VerfasserIn]
McGranahan, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Maugeri-Saccà, Marcello [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.10.30.23297743

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XBI041364724