Genomic and Immune Features in an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Patient with Microsatellite Instability-High Suffered Rapid Acquired Resistance to PD-1 Inhibitor

Introduction: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a highly aggressive liver malignancy with poor prognosis. Recently, the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors, has emerged as a promising strategy in multiple tumor types, including ICC. Microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) is an important biomarker for ICIs in solid tumors. The response rate in patients with MSI-H is significantly higher than in those with microsatellite stability/microsatellite instability-low. And approximately 80–90% of the patients with MSI-H could maintain sustained clinical benefits once they had an initial response. However, some patients could have primary resistance at the beginning, and some might have acquired resistance after long-term treatment. Case Presentation: We present the case of an ICC patient with MSI-H who suffered rapid progression after a short-term remission with camrelizumab, a kind of PD-1 inhibitor, as second-line treatment. The patient’s genomic and immune features were analyzed by next-generation sequencing and multiplex immunofluorescence staining to explore the possible mechanisms of the rapidly acquired resistance of ICIs in this MSI-H case. Conclusion: The genomic and immunohistochemical analysis showed that TGFBR2 mutation, loss of HLA B44 supertype, carrying B62 supertype, and increased PD-L1+ cells, macrophages, and Tregs in the tumor microenvironment might be related to the nonsustain benefit of ICIs in this MSI-H patient.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Genomic and Immune Features in an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Patient with Microsatellite Instability-High Suffered Rapid Acquired Resistance to PD-1 Inhibitor ; volume:12 ; number:3 ; year:2023 ; pages:281-288 ; extent:8 ; Liver cancer ; 12, Heft 3 (2023), 281-288 (gesamt 8)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Cheng, Zhuo ; Zeng, Tianmei ; Yang, Guang ; Liu, Di ; Zheng, Zhi ; Yuan, Zhengang

Further information

• DOI: 10.1159/000530273
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023081700304354191282
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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