Reliability of a single-region sample to evaluate tumor immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma

肝细胞癌 免疫系统 FOXP3型 肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞 间质细胞 肿瘤微环境 病理 CD8型 癌症研究 生物 医学 免疫学
作者
Ying‐Chun Shen,Chia‐Lang Hsu,Yung‐Ming Jeng,Ming‐Chih Ho,Cheng‐Maw Ho,Ching-Ping Yeh,Chia‐Yu Yeh,Meng-Chi Hsu,Rey‐Heng Hu,Ann‐Lii Cheng
出处
期刊:Journal of Hepatology [Elsevier BV]
卷期号:72 (3): 489-497 被引量:62
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jhep.2019.09.032
摘要

•Most HCC tumors displayed similar tumor immune microenvironments among different regions within each tumor. •A single-region sample might be reliable to evaluate the tumor immune microenvironment of the entire HCC tumor. •Most HCC tumors displayed uniform expression of PD-L1 in different regions within each tumor. •Intratumor tertiary lymphoid structures are rare in HCC, and are prone to spatial heterogeneity. Background & Aims Intratumor heterogeneity has frequently been reported in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Thus, the reliability of single-region tumor samples for evaluation of the tumor immune microenvironment is also debatable. We conducted a prospective study to analyze the similarity in tumor immune microenvironments among different regions of a single tumor. Methods Multi-region sampling was performed on newly resected tumors. The tumor immune microenvironment was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining of PD-L1, CD4, CD8, CD20, FoxP3, DC-LAMP (or LAMP3), CD68, MPO, and tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs). PD-L1 expression was manually quantified according to the percentage of PD-L1-stained tumor or stromal cells. The densities (number/mm2) of immune cells and the number of TLSs per sample were determined by whole-section counting. RNA-sequencing was applied in selected samples. Similarities in tumor immune microenvironments within each tumor were evaluated by multivariate Mahalanobis distance analyses. Results Thirteen tumors were collected from 12 patients. The median diameter of tumors was 9 cm (range 3–16 cm). A median of 6 samples (range 3–12) were obtained from each tumor. Nine (69.2%) tumors exhibited uniform expression of PD-L1 in all regions of the tumor. Out of 13 tumors analyzed by immunohistochemical staining, 8 (61.5%) tumors displayed a narrow Mahalanobis distance for all regions within the tumor; while 8 (66.7%) of the 12 tumors analyzed by RNA-sequencing displayed a narrow Mahalanobis distance. Immunohistochemistry and RNA-sequencing had a high concordance rate (83.3%; 10 of 12 tumors) for the evaluation of similarities between tumor immune microenvironments within a tumor. Conclusions A single-region tumor sample might be reliable for the evaluation of tumor immune microenvironments in approximately 60–70% of patients with HCC. Lay summary Heterogeneity in the regional immune microenvironments of tumors has been reported in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. This heterogeneity could be an obstacle when trying to reliably evaluate the immune microenvironment of an entire tumor using only a single-region tumor sample, which may be the only option in patients with more advanced disease. Our study utilized both immunohistochemical and transcriptomic analyses to demonstrate that a single-region sample is reliable for evaluation of tumor immune microenvironments in 60–70% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Intratumor heterogeneity has frequently been reported in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Thus, the reliability of single-region tumor samples for evaluation of the tumor immune microenvironment is also debatable. We conducted a prospective study to analyze the similarity in tumor immune microenvironments among different regions of a single tumor. Multi-region sampling was performed on newly resected tumors. The tumor immune microenvironment was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining of PD-L1, CD4, CD8, CD20, FoxP3, DC-LAMP (or LAMP3), CD68, MPO, and tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs). PD-L1 expression was manually quantified according to the percentage of PD-L1-stained tumor or stromal cells. The densities (number/mm2) of immune cells and the number of TLSs per sample were determined by whole-section counting. RNA-sequencing was applied in selected samples. Similarities in tumor immune microenvironments within each tumor were evaluated by multivariate Mahalanobis distance analyses. Thirteen tumors were collected from 12 patients. The median diameter of tumors was 9 cm (range 3–16 cm). A median of 6 samples (range 3–12) were obtained from each tumor. Nine (69.2%) tumors exhibited uniform expression of PD-L1 in all regions of the tumor. Out of 13 tumors analyzed by immunohistochemical staining, 8 (61.5%) tumors displayed a narrow Mahalanobis distance for all regions within the tumor; while 8 (66.7%) of the 12 tumors analyzed by RNA-sequencing displayed a narrow Mahalanobis distance. Immunohistochemistry and RNA-sequencing had a high concordance rate (83.3%; 10 of 12 tumors) for the evaluation of similarities between tumor immune microenvironments within a tumor. A single-region tumor sample might be reliable for the evaluation of tumor immune microenvironments in approximately 60–70% of patients with HCC.
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