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Oncoimmunology. 2017 Apr 28;6(6):e1320626. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1320626. eCollection 2017.

Amplification of N-Myc is associated with a T-cell-poor microenvironment in metastatic neuroblastoma restraining interferon pathway activity and chemokine expression.

Oncoimmunology

Julian P Layer, Marie T Kronmüller, Thomas Quast, Debby van den Boorn-Konijnenberg, Maike Effern, Daniel Hinze, Kristina Althoff, Alexander Schramm, Frank Westermann, Martin Peifer, Gunther Hartmann, Thomas Tüting, Waldemar Kolanus, Matthias Fischer, Johannes Schulte, Michael Hölzel

Affiliations

  1. Unit for RNA Biology, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  2. Division of Molecular Immunology and Cell Biology, Life and Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
  5. Molecular Oncology, Internal Medicine/Cancer Research Unit, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
  6. Neuroblastoma Genomics B087, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  7. Department of Translational Genomics, Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
  8. Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
  9. Department of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  10. Laboratory of Experimental Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
  11. Laboratory of Experimental Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  12. Department of Experimental Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
  13. Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany.
  14. Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and SCT, Charité - University Hospital Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 28680756 PMCID: PMC5486176 DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1320626

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have significantly improved the treatment of several cancers. T-cell infiltration and the number of neoantigens caused by tumor-specific mutations are correlated to favorable responses in cancers with a high mutation load. Accordingly, checkpoint immunotherapy is thought to be less effective in tumors with low mutation frequencies such as neuroblastoma, a neuroendocrine tumor of early childhood with poor outcome of the high-risk disease group. However, spontaneous regressions and paraneoplastic syndromes seen in neuroblastoma patients suggest substantial immunogenicity. Using an integrative transcriptomic approach, we investigated the molecular characteristics of T-cell infiltration in primary neuroblastomas as an indicator of pre-existing immune responses and potential responsiveness to checkpoint inhibition. Here, we report that a T-cell-poor microenvironment in primary metastatic neuroblastomas is associated with genomic amplification of the

Keywords: Chemokine; Cxcl10; N-Myc; STING; immunotherapy; infiltration; interferoninfiltration; neuroblastoma

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