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Immunogenomic profile of colorectal cancer response to immune checkpoint blockade

Bortolomeazzi, M.; Keddar, M. R.; Montorsi, L.; Acha-Sagredo, A.; Benedetti, L.; Temelkovski, D.; Choi, S.; Petrov, N.; Todd, K.; Wai, P.; Kohl, J.; Denner, T.; Nye, E.; Goldstone, R.; Ward, S.; Wilson, G. A.; Al Bakir, M.; Swanton, C.; John, S.; Miles, J.; Larijani, B.; Kunene, V.; Fontana, E.; Arkenau, H.-T.; Parker, P. J.; Rodriguez-Justo, M.; Shiu, K.-K.; Spencer, J.; Ciccarelli, F. D.

2020-12-15 cancer biology
10.1101/2020.12.15.422831 bioRxiv
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Colorectal cancers (CRCs) show variable response to immune checkpoint blockade, which can only partially be explained by the variability of tumour mutational burden. To dissect the cellular and molecular determinants of response we performed a multi-omic screen of 721 cancer regions from patients treated with Pembrolizumab (KEYNOTE 177 clinical trial) or Nivolumab. Multi-regional whole exome, RNA and T-cell receptor sequencing show that, within hypermutated CRCs, response to both anti-PD1 agents is not positively associated with tumour mutational burden but with high clonality of immunogenic mutations, expanded T cells, low activation of the WNT pathway and active immune escape mechanisms. Coupling high-dimensional imaging mass cytometry with multiplexed immunofluorescence and computational spatial analysis, we observe that responsive hypermutated CRCs are rich in cytotoxic and proliferating PD1-expressing CD8 cells interacting with high-density clusters of PDL1-expressing antigen presenting macrophages. We propose that anti-PD1 agents release the PD1-PDL1 interaction between CD8 T cells and macrophages thus promoting cytotoxic anti-tumour activity.

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