PD-L1 mRNA expression in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

  • Authors:
    • Kazutoshi Isobe
    • Atsushi Kakimoto
    • Tetuo Mikami
    • Kyohei Kaburaki
    • Hiroshi Kobayashi
    • Takahiro Yoshizawa
    • Yuta Nakano
    • Takashi Makino
    • Hajime Otsuka
    • Go Sano
    • Keishi Sugino
    • Susumu Sakamoto
    • Yujiro Takai
    • Naobumi Tochigi
    • Akira Iyoda
    • Sakae Homma
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  • Published online on: May 16, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2018.6442
  • Pages: 331-338
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Abstract

Molecular mechanisms of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) mRNA expression and roles of apoptosis and biomarkers are poorly understood in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant lung adenocarcinoma patients. Thirty-three patients with recurrent postoperative EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma (exon 19 deletion in 16, L858R in 15, G719C in 2 patients) treated with gefitinib were studied. PD-L1 mRNA expression of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded paratumoral and intratumoral tissues was quantified by PCR. Correlations of PD-L1 mRNA expression with BIM, p53 upregulated modular of apoptosis (PUMA), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET), EGFR, and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) were determined. Eleven of the 33 patients (33.3%) and 14/33 patients (42.4%) expressed intratumoral and paratumoral PD-L1 mRNA, respectively. Patients with intratumoral PD-L1 mRNA expression had significantly higher BIM and lower VEGFA expression compared with paratumoral PD-L1 mRNA patients (P=0.049, P=0.009). PD-L1 mRNA expression was not associated with the expression of PUMA, HER2, EGFR and MET but was positively correlated with BIM expression (r=0.41, P=0.017) and inversely correlated with VEGFA expression (r=-0.33, P=0.043). Patients with intratumoral PD-L1 mRNA expression had significantly shorter median progression-free survival (PFS) after gefitinib therapy compared with no PD-L1 expression (255 vs. 732 days, respectively; P=0.032). Thus, PD-L1 mRNA expression in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma was associated with BIM and VEGFA mRNA expression and with shorter PFS after gefitinib therapy.
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Isobe K, Kakimoto A, Mikami T, Kaburaki K, Kobayashi H, Yoshizawa T, Nakano Y, Makino T, Otsuka H, Sano G, Sano G, et al: PD-L1 mRNA expression in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma. Oncol Rep 40: 331-338, 2018.
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Isobe, K., Kakimoto, A., Mikami, T., Kaburaki, K., Kobayashi, H., Yoshizawa, T. ... Homma, S. (2018). PD-L1 mRNA expression in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma. Oncology Reports, 40, 331-338. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2018.6442
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Isobe, K., Kakimoto, A., Mikami, T., Kaburaki, K., Kobayashi, H., Yoshizawa, T., Nakano, Y., Makino, T., Otsuka, H., Sano, G., Sugino, K., Sakamoto, S., Takai, Y., Tochigi, N., Iyoda, A., Homma, S."PD-L1 mRNA expression in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma". Oncology Reports 40.1 (2018): 331-338.
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Isobe, K., Kakimoto, A., Mikami, T., Kaburaki, K., Kobayashi, H., Yoshizawa, T., Nakano, Y., Makino, T., Otsuka, H., Sano, G., Sugino, K., Sakamoto, S., Takai, Y., Tochigi, N., Iyoda, A., Homma, S."PD-L1 mRNA expression in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma". Oncology Reports 40, no. 1 (2018): 331-338. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2018.6442