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Genomic and Transcriptomic Features of Response to Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Metastatic Melanoma

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Hugo, Willy, Zaretsky, Jesse M., Sun, Lu, Song, Chunying, Moreno, Blanca Homet, Hu-Lieskovan, Siwen, Berent-Maoz, Beata, Pang, Jia +10 more·2016·Cell

Abstract

PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade provides significant clinical benefits for melanoma patients. We analyzed the somatic mutanomes and transcriptomes of pretreatment melanoma biopsies to identify factors that may influence innate sensitivity or resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy. We find that overall high mutational loads associate with improved survival, and tumors from responding patients are enriched for mutations in the DNA repair gene BRCA2. Innately resistant tumors display a transcriptional signature (referred to as the IPRES, or innate anti-PD-1 resistance), indicating concurrent up-expression of genes involved in the regulation of mesenchymal transition, cell adhesion, extracellular matrix remodeling, angiogenesis, and wound healing. Notably, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-targeted therapy (MAPK inhibitor) induces similar signatures in melanoma, suggesting that a non-genomic form of MAPK inhibitor resistance mediates cross-resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy. Validation of the IPRES in other independent tumor cohorts defines a transcriptomic subset across distinct types of advanced cancer. These findings suggest that attenuating the biological processes that underlie IPRES may improve anti-PD-1 response in melanoma and other cancer types.

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Hugo, W., Zaretsky, J. M., Sun, L., Song, C., Moreno, B. H., Hu-Lieskovan, S., Berent-Maoz, B., Pang, J., Chmielowski, B., Cherry, G., Seja, E., Lomeli, S., Kong, X., Kelley, M. C., Sosman, J. A., Johnson, D. B., Ribas, A., & Lo, R. S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
Lo, Roger S.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-03
Volume
165
Issue
1
Pages
35-44
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2299181842
Cited by
3,448
References
46
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FWCI
153.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2017-01-26)
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  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000124)
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA168585, K12 CA 0906525, K12CA090625, R35CA197633, P30CA016042, R01CA176111)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
Keywords
metastatic melanoma, anti-PD-1 therapy, immune checkpoint blockade, treatment response prediction, BRCA2 mutation, non-specific immunity, mesenchymal transition, extracellular matrix remodeling, angiogenesis, MAPK inhibitor resistance, cross-resistance, tumor transcriptome
MeSH terms
Nivolumab, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antineoplastic Agents, Humans, Melanoma, Neoplasm Metastasis, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, MAP Kinase Signaling System, BRCA2 Protein, Transcriptome, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized

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