Charles J Cho1, Hyo Jeong Kang2, Yeon-Mi Ryu3, Young Soo Park2, Hui Jeong Jeong2, Young-Mi Park3, Hyun Lim1, Jeong Hoon Lee1, Ho June Song1, Hwoon-Yong Jung1, Sang-Yeob Kim4,5, Seung-Jae Myung6. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Korea. 2. Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Korea. 3. Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Korea. 4. Asan Institute for Life Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Korea. sykim3yk@amc.seoul.kr. 5. Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Korea. sykim3yk@amc.seoul.kr. 6. Department of Gastroenterology and Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Korea. sjmyung@amc.seoul.kr.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer with lymphoid stroma (GCLS) is pathologically characterized by poorly developed tubular structures with a prominent lymphocytic infiltration. Its clinical and prognostic features differ in patients positive and negative for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. This study analyzed the expression of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), and the density of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) including CD3+ and CD8+ T cells, as well as their prognostic significance in patients with GCLS. METHODS: The study included 58 patients with GCLS (29 EBV+ and 29 EBV-) who underwent curative resection. Expression of CD3, CD8, PD-1, and PD-L1 in tumor cells and TILs was analyzed using a quantitative multispectral imaging system (Opal™), with these results validated by immuno-histochemical assays for PD-L1 on whole slide sections. RESULTS: The proportion of tumors overexpressing PD-L1 (31.0 vs. 0%, P = 0.002), TIL density (4548 vs. 2631/mm2, P < 0.001), and intra-tumoral CD8+ T-cell density (2650 vs. 1060/mm2, P < 0.001) were significantly higher in EBV+ than in EBV- GCLS. In addition, CD8+/CD3+ T-cell ratio was higher in EBV+ than in EBV- GCLS (55.3 vs. 35.8%, P < 0.001). Lower TIL density, defined as < 1350/mm2, was a significant negative factor of survival. CONCLUSIONS: Despite histopathological similarity, quantitative multispectral imaging revealed differences in the tumor immune micro-environment between EBV+ and EBV- GCLS, indicating that the underlying pathogenesis differs in these two disease entities. TIL density may be a prognostic marker in patients with GCLS.
BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer with lymphoid stroma (GCLS) is pathologically characterized by poorly developed tubular structures with a prominent lymphocytic infiltration. Its clinical and prognostic features differ in patients positive and negative for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. This study analyzed the expression of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), and the density of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) including CD3+ and CD8+ T cells, as well as their prognostic significance in patients with GCLS. METHODS: The study included 58 patients with GCLS (29 EBV+ and 29 EBV-) who underwent curative resection. Expression of CD3, CD8, PD-1, and PD-L1 in tumor cells and TILs was analyzed using a quantitative multispectral imaging system (Opal™), with these results validated by immuno-histochemical assays for PD-L1 on whole slide sections. RESULTS: The proportion of tumors overexpressing PD-L1 (31.0 vs. 0%, P = 0.002), TIL density (4548 vs. 2631/mm2, P < 0.001), and intra-tumoral CD8+ T-cell density (2650 vs. 1060/mm2, P < 0.001) were significantly higher in EBV+ than in EBV- GCLS. In addition, CD8+/CD3+ T-cell ratio was higher in EBV+ than in EBV- GCLS (55.3 vs. 35.8%, P < 0.001). Lower TIL density, defined as < 1350/mm2, was a significant negative factor of survival. CONCLUSIONS: Despite histopathological similarity, quantitative multispectral imaging revealed differences in the tumor immune micro-environment between EBV+ and EBV- GCLS, indicating that the underlying pathogenesis differs in these two disease entities. TIL density may be a prognostic marker in patients with GCLS.
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Epstein–Barr virus; Gastric cancer with lymphoid stroma; Immune checkpoint; Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte
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