Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, P. R. China.
Translational Medicine Research Institute, Geneseeq Technology Inc., Toronto, M5T1K5, Canada.
Cancer Commun (Lond). 2020 Dec;40(12):746-751. doi: 10.1002/cac2.12114. Epub 2020 Nov 23.
Neuroendocrine neoplasm of the pancreas is a rare tumor with limited treatment options. Among such tumors, treatment for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PanNET) G3 is the most difficult. Temozolomide (TMZ) is commonly used to treat PanNET. However, TMZ may cause tumor gene alkylation, which induces drug resistance and rapid disease progression. Herein, we present a case of a female who was diagnosed with PanNET G3 and achieved a partial response to toripalimab, an anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1) monoclonal antibody, after multiple cycles of TMZ treatment. Genomic profiling revealed that compared with the patient's samples collected at baseline, the post-TMZ-treatment samples had markedly higher levels of tumor mutational burden (TMB) associated with characteristic alkylating mutational signature representing a positive correlation with favorable response to anti-PD-1 treatment. In addition, we observed a germline truncating mutation of MUTYH (W156*) that was considered to be pathogenic and potentially conferred to genomic instability. This case suggests that anti-PD-1 therapy could be a treatment option for PanNET patients with increased TMB after TMZ-based treatment.
胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤是一种罕见的肿瘤,治疗选择有限。在这些肿瘤中,胰腺神经内分泌瘤(PanNET)G3 的治疗最为困难。替莫唑胺(TMZ)常用于治疗 PanNET。然而,TMZ 可能导致肿瘤基因烷基化,从而诱导耐药性和疾病迅速进展。在此,我们报告了一例女性患者,她被诊断为 PanNET G3,在多次 TMZ 治疗后,使用抗程序性死亡配体 1(anti-PD-L1)单克隆抗体 toripalimab 治疗后达到部分缓解。基因组分析显示,与基线时采集的患者样本相比,TMZ 治疗后的样本中肿瘤突变负担(TMB)明显升高,与特征性烷基化突变特征相关,与对 anti-PD-1 治疗的有利反应呈正相关。此外,我们观察到 MUTYH(W156*)的种系截断突变,该突变被认为是致病性的,并可能导致基因组不稳定。该病例提示,对于 TMZ 治疗后 TMB 增加的 PanNET 患者,抗 PD-1 治疗可能是一种治疗选择。