Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, 51353, Republic of Korea.
Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Changwon, 51472, Republic of Korea.
Br J Cancer. 2019 Mar;120(5):547-554. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0398-5. Epub 2019 Feb 12.
The prognostic impact of the expression of CD8 and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) has not been established in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Surgical tissue specimens were obtained from 136 patients with NSCLC who underwent surgical resection. The expression levels of CD8 and PD-L1 were assessed using tissue microarrays and immunohistochemistry.
The CD8-positive group showed significant increases in overall survival (OS) (median, not reached [NR] vs. 28.452 months) and relapse-free survival (RFS) (median, NR vs. 14.916 months) compared with the CD8-negative group. In contrast to CD8, the PD-L1-negative group demonstrated significant increases in OS (median, NR vs. 29.405 months) and RFS (median, 63.573 vs. 17.577 months) compared with the PD-L1-positive group. Two prognostic groups were stratified according to CD8/PD-L1 expression: group 1 (CD8-positive/PD-L1-negative) vs. group 2 (CD8/PD-L1: positive/positive, negative/negative, negative/positive). Group 1 had better OS (median, NR vs. 29.405 months) and RFS (median, NR vs. 17.577 months) than group 2. Multivariate analysis indicated that group 1 constituted an independent favourable prognostic factor for OS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.329, p = 0.001) and RFS (HR, 0.293; p < 0.001).
Positive CD8 and negative PD-L1 expression together may be favourable prognostic markers in resectable NSCLC.
CD8 和程序性死亡配体 1(PD-L1)的表达对可切除的非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者的预后影响尚未确定。
对 136 例接受手术切除的 NSCLC 患者的手术组织标本进行了研究。使用组织微阵列和免疫组织化学评估 CD8 和 PD-L1 的表达水平。
与 CD8 阴性组相比,CD8 阳性组的总生存期(OS)(中位数,未达到[NR] vs. 28.452 个月)和无复发生存期(RFS)(中位数,NR vs. 14.916 个月)均显著增加。与 CD8 相反,PD-L1 阴性组的 OS(中位数,NR vs. 29.405 个月)和 RFS(中位数,63.573 vs. 17.577 个月)均显著高于 PD-L1 阳性组。根据 CD8/PD-L1 表达情况将患者分为两组:组 1(CD8 阳性/PD-L1 阴性)和组 2(CD8/PD-L1:阳性/阳性、阴性/阴性、阴性/阳性)。组 1 的 OS(中位数,NR vs. 29.405 个月)和 RFS(中位数,NR vs. 17.577 个月)均优于组 2。多变量分析表明,组 1 是 OS(风险比[HR],0.329,p=0.001)和 RFS(HR,0.293;p<0.001)的独立预后因素。
CD8 阳性和 PD-L1 阴性的表达可能是可切除 NSCLC 的有利预后标志物。