Yuan Ting, Wang Xin, Sun Sijin, Cao Zheng, Feng Xiaoli, Gao Yibo
Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Front Oncol. 2021 Jun 8;11:644434. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.644434. eCollection 2021.
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the severe malignancies with high mortality. Surgically resected tumor tissues from 50 Chinese SCLC patients were collected for next-generation sequencing to detect 520 cancer-related genes. The most frequently altered genes were (94.0%), (86.0%), (44.0%), (26.0%) and (24.0%). We detected that and (<0.05) had a significantly higher mutation frequency in Chinese SCLC compared to the Cologne and MSKCC. The single nucleotide variation (SNV) is dominated by C>A (34.1%). We found a significant association between TMB-H (≥10.3muts/Mb) and (=0.023), (=0.010), (=0.050) and (=0.005) gene mutations in Chinese SCLC patients. Immunostaining was performed using the following antibodies: TTF-1, CgA, CD56, Syn, and Ki-67. Correlation analysis between the expression of 6 markers and mutations in signaling pathways showed that Syn and CgA expression were associated with 4 (cGMP-PKG, Chemokine, TGF-β and Phospholipase D) and 2 (cGMP-PKG and Phosphatidylinositol) signaling pathway mutations. Kaplan-Meier curve showed that age<55 years, mutant and high TMB (≥7muts/Mb) were associated with a better prognosis, while the prognosis of patients with mutations in the Ras pathway was significantly improved. High TMB is an important prognostic factor for SCLC patients showed by multivariate analysis. In the combined cohort composed of current and two previous studies, survival analysis showed that SCLC patients with mutant demonstrated better OS (=0.0017). Patients with a high TMB (≥7muts/Mb) have a better prognosis (=0.0053), consistent with our results in the Chinese cohort. We characterized the genomic alterations profile of Chinese SCLC patients and analyzed the correlation between genomic changes and immunohistochemical phenotypes at the signaling pathway level. Our data might provide useful information in the diagnosis and treatment for Chinese SCLC patients.
小细胞肺癌(SCLC)是死亡率很高的严重恶性肿瘤之一。收集了50例中国SCLC患者手术切除的肿瘤组织用于二代测序,以检测520个癌症相关基因。最常发生改变的基因是(94.0%)、(86.0%)、(44.0%)、(26.0%)和(24.0%)。我们检测到与科隆和MSKCC队列相比,中国SCLC患者中(基因名缺失)和(基因名缺失)(<0.05)的突变频率显著更高。单核苷酸变异(SNV)以C>A(34.1%)为主。我们发现中国SCLC患者中TMB-H(≥10.3个突变/Mb)与(基因名缺失)(=0.023)、(基因名缺失)(=0.010)、(基因名缺失)(=0.050)和(基因名缺失)(=0.005)基因突变之间存在显著关联。使用以下抗体进行免疫染色:TTF-1、CgA、CD56、Syn和Ki-67。6种标志物的表达与信号通路突变之间的相关性分析表明,Syn和CgA表达与4种(cGMP-PKG、趋化因子、TGF-β和磷脂酶D)和2种(cGMP-PKG和磷脂酰肌醇)信号通路突变相关。Kaplan-Meier曲线显示,年龄<55岁、(基因名缺失)突变和高TMB(≥7个突变/Mb)与较好的预后相关,而Ras通路突变患者的预后显著改善。多因素分析表明,高TMB是SCLC患者的重要预后因素。在由当前研究及之前两项研究组成的联合队列中,生存分析显示,(基因名缺失)突变的SCLC患者总生存期更好(=0.0017)。高TMB(≥7个突变/Mb)的患者预后更好(=0.0053),与我们在中国队列中的结果一致。我们描绘了中国SCLC患者的基因组改变图谱,并在信号通路水平分析了基因组变化与免疫组化表型之间的相关性。我们的数据可能为中国SCLC患者的诊断和治疗提供有用信息。