Ji Changhua, Kumpf Steven, Qian Jessie, Federspiel Joel D, Sheehan Mark, Capunitan Darien, Atallah Edmond, Astbury Stuart, Arat Seda, Oziolor Elias, Ocana Mireia Fernandez, Ramaiah Shashi K, Grove Jane, Aithal Guruprasad P, Lanz Thomas A
Drug Safety R&D, Pfizer Inc, 10777 Science Center Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92121, USA.
Drug Safety R&D, Pfizer Inc, Eastern Point Rd, 274-3715A, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2025 May 3;74(6):190. doi: 10.1007/s00262-025-04033-z.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) targeting CTLA-4 and PD-1 have shown remarkable antitumor efficacy, but can also cause immune-related adverse events, including checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury (ChILI). This multi-omic study aimed to investigate changes in blood samples from treated cancer patients who developed ChILI. PBMCs were sequenced for by transcriptomic and T cell receptor repertoire (bulk and single-cell immune profiling), and extracellular vesicle (EV) enrichment from plasma was analyzed by mass spectroscopy proteomics. Data were analyzed by comparing the ChILI patient group to the control group who did not develop ChILI and by comparing the onset of ChILI to pre-ICI treatment baseline. We identified significant changes in T cell clonality, gene expression, and proteins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and plasma in response to liver injury. Onset of ChILI was accompanied by an increase in T cell clonality. Pathway analysis highlighted the involvement of innate and cellular immune responses, mitosis, pyroptosis, and oxidative stress. Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed that these changes were primarily found in select T cell subtypes (including CD8 + effector memory cells), while CD16 + monocytes exhibited enrichment in metabolic pathways. Proteomic analysis of plasma extracellular vesicles showed enrichment in liver-associated proteins among differentially expressed proteins. Interestingly, an increase in PBMC PD-L1 gene expression and plasma PD-L1 protein was also found to be associated with ChILI onset. These findings provide valuable insights into the immune and molecular mechanisms underlying ChILI as well as potential biomarkers of ChILI.Trial registration number NCT04476563.
靶向细胞毒性T淋巴细胞相关蛋白4(CTLA-4)和程序性死亡蛋白1(PD-1)的免疫检查点抑制剂(ICI)已显示出显著的抗肿瘤疗效,但也可引起免疫相关不良事件,包括检查点抑制剂诱导的肝损伤(ChILI)。这项多组学研究旨在调查发生ChILI的癌症患者治疗后血样中的变化。对外周血单核细胞(PBMC)进行转录组测序和T细胞受体库分析(批量和单细胞免疫分析),并通过质谱蛋白质组学分析血浆中外泌体(EV)的富集情况。通过将ChILI患者组与未发生ChILI的对照组进行比较,以及将ChILI发病时与ICI治疗前基线进行比较来分析数据。我们发现外周血单核细胞(PBMC)和血浆中的T细胞克隆性、基因表达和蛋白质因肝损伤而发生显著变化。ChILI发病伴随着T细胞克隆性增加。通路分析突出了先天性和细胞免疫反应、有丝分裂、细胞焦亡和氧化应激的参与。单细胞RNA测序显示,这些变化主要见于特定的T细胞亚群(包括CD8 + 效应记忆细胞),而CD16 + 单核细胞在代谢途径中表现出富集。血浆细胞外囊泡的蛋白质组学分析显示,差异表达蛋白中肝相关蛋白富集。有趣的是,还发现PBMC中程序性死亡受体配体1(PD-L1)基因表达增加和血浆中PD-L1蛋白增加与ChILI发病有关。这些发现为ChILI潜在的免疫和分子机制以及ChILI的潜在生物标志物提供了有价值的见解。试验注册号:NCT04476563。