Service d'Immunologie, Département des Sciences Fondamentales, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon.
Service d'Immunologie, Département des Sciences Biologiques et Pharmaceutiques Appliquées, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontostomatologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2023 Sep;6 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):e1817. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1817. Epub 2023 Apr 24.
Anti-cancerous immunology has yet to be investigated in the African black population, despite being the dawn of precision medicine.
Here we investigated the tumor microenvironment of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in black Africans.
Through immunohistochemistry analysis of prostate cancer and BPH patients' biopsies, we investigated the expression and distribution of CD73, CCD8 T-lymphocytes, and natural killer cells. In addition, we looked at tumor-infiltrating features CD8 T-lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
We show for the first time in black Africans a high expression of CD73 in epithelial-stromal cells and virtually no infiltration of CD8 T lymphocytes and natural killer cells in the tumoral area. In addition, CD73 was seven (7) times more likely to be expressed in prostate cancer stromal tissues than in benign prostatic hyperplasia tissues (odds ratio = 7.2; χ = 21; p < .0001). In addition, PSA concentration was significantly higher in prostate cancer patients than in BPH patients (p < .001). Also, the PSA-based ROC. analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.87 (p < .0001).
CD73 expression is more likely expressed in prostate cancer stromal tissues than in benign prostatic hyperplasia tissues. The features of prostate cancer in Black Africans suggest CD73 expression as a possible target for immunotherapy in this population.
尽管精准医学已经崭露头角,但抗癌免疫学在非洲黑人人群中尚未得到研究。
本研究旨在探讨非洲黑人前列腺癌和良性前列腺增生(BPH)的肿瘤微环境。
通过对前列腺癌和 BPH 患者活检组织的免疫组织化学分析,我们研究了 CD73、CCD8 T 淋巴细胞和自然杀伤细胞的表达和分布。此外,我们还观察了肿瘤浸润的 CD8 T 淋巴细胞和自然杀伤细胞特征。
我们首次在非洲黑人中显示,上皮-间质细胞中 CD73 的表达较高,而肿瘤区域几乎没有 CD8 T 淋巴细胞和自然杀伤细胞浸润。此外,CD73 在前列腺癌基质组织中的表达是良性前列腺增生组织的七倍(比值比=7.2;χ²=21;p<0.0001)。此外,前列腺癌患者的 PSA 浓度显著高于 BPH 患者(p<0.001)。另外,PSA 为基础的 ROC 分析显示曲线下面积为 0.87(p<0.0001)。
CD73 的表达在前列腺癌基质组织中比良性前列腺增生组织中更为常见。非洲黑人前列腺癌的特征表明,CD73 表达可能是该人群免疫治疗的一个潜在靶点。