Histological Subtypes Drive Distinct Prognostic Immune Signatures in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.

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Date publication

octobre 2022

Journal

Cancers

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr ROSSI Cédric


Tous les auteurs :
Lamaison C, Ferrant J, Gravelle P, Traverse-Glehen A, Ghesquières H, Tosolini M, Rossi C, Ysebaert L, Brousset P, Laurent C, Syrykh C

Résumé

Despite the success of standard front-line chemotherapy, 20% of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) patients still relapse or have refractory disease (r/r), and a subset of them die due to disease progression. There is a critical lack of predictive factors for early identification of those r/r patients who may benefit from new therapeutic strategies. This study aimed to evaluate the dynamic expression of 586 immune-related genes in a cohort of 42 cHL patients including 30 r/r cHL after first-line chemotherapy. Gene expression profiling (GEP) using NanoString technology identified a 19-gene immune signature at diagnosis predictive of cHL relapse, but dependent on histological subtypes. Genes related to tumor survival were found upregulated while genes related to B-lineage were downregulated at diagnosis in r/r nodular sclerosis cHL. In contrast to the mixed-cellularity subtype, comparative GEP analyses between paired diagnosis/relapse biopsies of nodular sclerosis cHL showed 118 differentially expressed genes, supporting an immune contexture switch at relapse with upregulation of immunosuppressive cytokines, such as and , and downregulation of the T-cell co-stimulatory receptor . These results indicate that the predictive value of immune signature in cHL is strongly influenced by histological subtype which should be considered when assessing new immunotherapy target strategies.

Mots clés

Hodgkin lymphoma, gene expression profiling, histological subtypes, immune prognosis signature

Référence

Cancers (Basel). 2022 10 6;14(19):