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Influence of microbiota-associated metabolic reprogramming on clinical outcome in patients with melanoma from the randomized adjuvant dendritic cell-based MIND-DC trial

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Alves Costa Silva, Carolina, Piccinno, Gianmarco, Suissa, Déborah, Bourgin, Mélanie, Schreibelt, Gerty, Durand, Sylvère, Birebent, Roxanne, Fidelle, Marine +17 more·2024·Nature Communications

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Tumor immunosurveillance plays a major role in melanoma, prompting the development of immunotherapy strategies. The gut microbiota composition, influencing peripheral and tumoral immune tonus, earned its credentials among predictors of survival in melanoma. The MIND-DC phase III trial (NCT02993315) randomized (2:1 ratio) 148 patients with stage IIIB/C melanoma to adjuvant treatment with autologous natural dendritic cell (nDC) or placebo (PL). Overall, 144 patients collected serum and stool samples before and after 2 bimonthly injections to perform metabolomics (MB) and metagenomics (MG) as prespecified exploratory analysis. Clinical outcomes are reported separately. Here we show that different microbes were associated with prognosis, with the health-related Faecalibacterium prausnitzii standing out as the main beneficial taxon for no recurrence at 2 years (p = 0.008 at baseline, nDC arm). Therapy coincided with major MB perturbations (acylcarnitines, carboxylic and fatty acids). Despite randomization, nDC arm exhibited MG and MB bias at baseline: relative under-representation of F. prausnitzii, and perturbations of primary biliary acids (BA). F. prausnitzii anticorrelated with BA, medium- and long-chain acylcarnitines. Combined, these MG and MB biomarkers markedly determined prognosis. Altogether, the host-microbial interaction may play a role in localized melanoma. We value systematic MG and MB profiling in randomized trials to avoid baseline differences attributed to host-microbe interactions.

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  • In one metastatic melanoma study, gut microbiota differed between treatment arms despite randomization, indicating host-microbiota interactions may act as a confounding factor.

    “one study on metastatic melanoma was affected by differences in the gut microbiota between the two treatment arms, despite randomization, underscoring the importance of host-microbiota interactions as a potential confounding factor 17”
  • Other F. prausnitzii SGBs are not linked to favorable prognosis.

    “while others were not 17”
  • Machine learning on clinical, metabolomics, and MGS data identified longitudinal changes in fatty and carboxylic acids, vitamins, tryptophan metabolites, biliary salts, and polyamines associated with melanoma relapse.

    “Machine learning models fed clinical, metabolomics and MGS data from each patient allowed for the identification of various longitudinal alterations of fatty and carboxylic acids, vitamins, tryptophan metabolites, biliary salts and polyamines associated with melanoma relapse 17”
  • Cancer immunotherapy both elicits immunostimulatory metabolites and may increase immunosuppressive factors, possibly reflecting regulatory pathways.

    “We obtained evidence that cancer immunotherapy not only elicits immunostimulatory metabolites but may cause an increase in immunosuppressive factors, perhaps reflecting regulatory pathways 17”
  • In melanoma patients treated with dendritic cell immunotherapy, F. prausnitzii was main beneficial taxon for no recurrence at 2 years.

    “They show that different microbes were associated with prognosis, with F. prausnitzii standing out as the main beneficial taxon for no recurrence at 2 year in the patients receiving the DC treatment.17”

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Alves Costa Silva, C., Piccinno, G., Suissa, D., Bourgin, M., Schreibelt, G., Durand, S., Birebent, R., Fidelle, M., Sow, C., Aprahamian, F., Manghi, P., Punčochář, M., Asnicar, F., Pinto, F., Armanini, F., Terrisse, S., Routy, B., Drubay, D., Eggermont, A. M. M., Kroemer, G., Segata, N., Zitvogel, L., Derosa, L., Bol, K. F., & de Vries, I. J. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Trento (IT)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
  • Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
  • Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
Corresponding author
Zitvogel, Laurence
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2024-02-23
Volume
15
Issue
1
Pages
1633-1633
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4392110421
Cited by
33
References
87
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10
FWCI
4.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer
  • Seerave Foundation
  • Equipex
  • European Commission (101095604, 825410, HORIZON2020, ERC-2021-ADG)
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-21-ESRE-0028, ANR-18-IBHU-0002, ANR-19-CE15-0029, ANR18, ANR-21-RHUS-0017, ANR-18-IDEX-0001)
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (ANR-18-IDEX-0001)
  • ZonMw
  • Radboud Universiteit
  • Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
  • Ligue Contre le Cancer
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMS3655)
  • Institut Universitaire de France (ANR-18-IDEX-0001)
  • Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
  • Institut National Du Cancer (INCa-DGOS-INSERM-6043)
  • Institut Gustave-Roussy
  • Direction Générale de l’offre de Soins
  • Fondation Gustave Roussy
  • Université de Paris (ANR-18- IDEX-0001, 18-IDEX-0001)
  • Labex Immuno-Oncology ((ANR-18-IDEX-0001))
  • HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (101052444)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Keywords
melanoma, gut microbiota, metabolic reprogramming, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, adjuvant immunotherapy, tumor recurrence, prognostic factors, bile acids, acylcarnitines, host-microbe interactions, metabolomics, metagenomics
MeSH terms
Metabolic Reprogramming, Dendritic Cells, Humans, Melanoma, Microbiota

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