Objective:The open-label,phase II RATIONALE-209 study evaluated tislelizumab(anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody)as a tissue-agnostic monotherapy for microsatellite instability-high(MSI-H)/mismatch repair-de...Objective:The open-label,phase II RATIONALE-209 study evaluated tislelizumab(anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody)as a tissue-agnostic monotherapy for microsatellite instability-high(MSI-H)/mismatch repair-deficient(dMMR)tumors.Methods:Adults with previously treated,locally advanced unresectable or metastatic MSI-H/dMMR solid tumors were enrolled.Patients received tislelizumab 200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks.Objective response rate(ORR;primary endpoint),duration of response(DoR),and progression-free survival(PFS)were assessed by independent review committee(Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1).Results:Eighty patients were enrolled and treated;75(93.8%)patients had measurable disease at baseline.Most had metastatic disease and received at least one prior therapy for advanced/metastatic disease(n=79;98.8%).At primary analysis(data cutoff July 8,2021;median follow-up 15.2 months),overall ORR[46.7%;95%confidence interval(95%CI),35.1−58.6;one-sided P<0.0001]and ORR across tumor-specific subgroups[colorectal(n=46):39.1%(95%CI,25.1–54.6);gastric/gastroesophageal junction(n=9):55.6%(95%CI,21.2−86.3);others(n=20):60.0%(95%CI,36.1−80.9)]were significantly greater with tislelizumab vs.a prespecified historical control ORR of 10%;five(6.7%)patients had complete responses.Median DoR,PFS,and overall survival were not reached with long-term follow-up(data cutoff December 5,2022;median follow-up 28.9 months).Tislelizumab was well tolerated with no unexpected safety signals.Treatment-related adverse events(TRAEs)of grade≥3 occurred in 53.8%of patients;7.5%of patients discontinued treatment due to TRAEs.Conclusions:Tislelizumab demonstrated a significant ORR improvement in patients with previously treated,locally advanced unresectable or metastatic MSI-H/dMMR tumors and was generally well tolerated.展开更多
AIM:To investigate gene mutations and DNA mismatch repair(MMR) protein abnormality in Chinese colorectalcarcinoma(CRC) patients and their correlations with clinicopathologic features.METHODS:Clinical and pathological ...AIM:To investigate gene mutations and DNA mismatch repair(MMR) protein abnormality in Chinese colorectalcarcinoma(CRC) patients and their correlations with clinicopathologic features.METHODS:Clinical and pathological information for 535 patients including 538 tumors was reviewed and recorded.Mutation analyses for exon 2 of KRAS gene and exon 15 of BRAF gene were performed by Sanger sequencing except that in 9 tumors amplification refractory mutation system PCR was used.Expression of MMR proteins including MHL1,MSH2,MSH6 and PMS2 was evaluated by immunohistochemistry.Correlations of KRAS and BRAF mutation status and the expression status of MMR proteins with age,gender,cancer stage,location,and histology were analyzed.Correlations between KRAS or BRAF mutations and MMR protein expression were also explored.RESULTS:The overall frequencies of KRAS and BRAF mutations were 37.9% and 4.4%,respectively.KRAS mutations were more common in patients ≥ 50 years old(39.8% vs 22% in patients < 50 years old,P < 0.05).The frequencies of BRAF mutants were higher in tumors from females(6.6% vs males 2.8%,P < 0.05),located in the right colon(9.6% vs 2.1% in the left colon,1.8% in the rectum,P < 0.01),with mucinous differentiation(9.8% vs 2.8% without mucinous differentiation,P < 0.01),or being poorly differentiated(9.5% vs 3.4% well/moderately differentiated,P < 0.05).MMR deficiency was strongly associated with proximal location(20.5% in the right colon vs 9.2% in the left colon and 5.1% in the rectum,P < 0.001),early cancer stage(15.0% in stages Ⅰ-Ⅱ vs 7.7% in stages Ⅲ-Ⅳ,P < 0.05),and mucinous differentiation(20.2% vs 9.2% without mucin,P < 0.01).A higher frequency of MLH1/PMS2 loss was found in females(9.2% vs 4.4% in males,P < 0.05),and MSH2/MSH6 loss tended to be seen in younger(<50 years old) patients(12.0% vs 4.0% ≥ 50 years old,P < 0.05).MMR deficient tumors were less likely to have KRAS mutations(18.8% vs 41.7% in MMR proficient tumors,P < 0.05) and tumorswith abnormal MLH1/PMS2 tended to harbor BRAF mutations(15.4% vs 4.2% in MMR proficient tumors,P < 0.05).CONCLUSION:The frequency of sporadic CRCs having BRAF mutation,MLH1 deficiency and MSI in Chinese population may be lower than that in the Western population.展开更多
Ever since the low energy N+ ion beam has been accepted that the mutation effects of ionizing radiation are attributed mainly to direct or indirect damage to DNA. Evidences based on naked DNA irradiation in support of...Ever since the low energy N+ ion beam has been accepted that the mutation effects of ionizing radiation are attributed mainly to direct or indirect damage to DNA. Evidences based on naked DNA irradiation in support of a mutation spectrum appears to be consistent, but direct proof of such results in vivo are limited. Using mutS, dam and/or dcm defective Eschericha coli imitator strains, an preliminary experimental system on induction of in vivo mutation spectra of low energy N+ ion beam has been established in this study. It was observed that the mutation rates of rifampicin resistance induced by N+ implantation were quite high, ranging from 9.2 x 10~8 to 4.9× 10~5 at the dosage of 5.2×1014 ions/cm2. Strains all had more than 90-fold higher mutation rate than its spontaneous mutation rate determined by this method. It reveals that base substitutions involve in induction of mutation of low energy nitrogen ion beam implantation. The mutation rates of mutator strains were nearly 500-fold (GM2929), 400-fold (GM5864) and 6-fold larger than that of AB1157. The GM2929 and GM5864 both lose the ability of repair DNA mismatch damage by virtue of both dam and dcm pathways defective (GM2929) or failing to assemble the repair complex (GM5864) respectively. It may explain the both strains had a similar higher mutation rate than GM124 did. It indicated that DNA cytosine methylase might play an important role in mismatch repair of DNA damage induced by N+ implantation. The further related research were also discussed.展开更多
AIM: TO determine the expression of DNA (MMR) proteins, including hMLH1 and hMSH2, in gastric epithelial cells in the patients with or without Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-infected gastritis. METHODS: Fifty Hp...AIM: TO determine the expression of DNA (MMR) proteins, including hMLH1 and hMSH2, in gastric epithelial cells in the patients with or without Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-infected gastritis. METHODS: Fifty Hpylori-positive patients and 50 H pylori-negative patients were enrolled in the study. During endoscopy of patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia, two antral and two corpus biopsies were taken for histological examination (Giemsa stain) and for immunohistochemical staining of hMLH1 and hMSH2. RESULTS: The percentage of epithelial cell nuclei that demonstrated positivity for hMLH1 staining was 84.14 ± 7.32% in Hpylori-negative patients, while it was 73.34 ±10.10% in Hpylori-positive patients (P 〈 0.0001). No significant difference was seen between the two groups regarding the percentage of epithelial cell nuclei that demonstrated positivity for hMSH2 staining (81.16±8.32% in H pylori-negative versus 78.24 ± 8.71% in Hpylori-positive patients; P = 0.09). CONCLUSION: This study indicates that Hpylori might promote development of gastric carcinoma at least in part through its ability to affect the DNA MMR system展开更多
Background:Chemotherapy toxicity is a serious problem from which non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients suffer.The mismatch repair(MMR) system is associated with platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patie...Background:Chemotherapy toxicity is a serious problem from which non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients suffer.The mismatch repair(MMR) system is associated with platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patients.In this study,we aimed to investigate the relationship between genetic polymorphisms in the MMR pathway and platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patients.Methods:A total of 220 Chinese lung cancer patients who received at least two cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy were recruited for this study.Toxicity was evaluated in each patient after two cycles of chemotherapy.A total of 44 single nucleotide polymorphisms were selected to investigate their associations with platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity.Results:MutS homolog 2[MSH2) rs6544991[odds ratio(OR) 2.98,95%confidence interval(CI) 1.20-7.40,P = 0.019]was associated with gastrointestinal toxicity in the dominant model;MSH3 rs6151627(OR 2.38,95%CI 1.23-4.60,P = 0.010),rs6151670(OR 2.05,95%CI 1.07-3.93,P = 0.031),and rs7709909(OR 2.38,95%CI 1.23-4.64,P = 0.010)were associated with hematologic toxicity in the dominant model.Additionally,MSH5 rs805304 was significantly associated with overall toxicity(OR 2.21,95%CI 1.19-4.09,P = 0.012),and M5H5 rs707939 was significantly associated with both overall toxicity(OR 0.42,95%CI 0.23-0.76,P = 0.004) and gastrointestinal toxicity(OR 0.44,95%CI 0.20-0.96,P = 0.038) in the dominant model.Conclusion:Genetic polymorphisms in the MMR pathway are potential clinical markers for predicting chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patients.展开更多
It is proposed that mismatch repair (MMR) mediates the cytotoxic effects of DNA damaging agents by exerting a futile repair pathway which leads to double strand breaks (DSBs). Previous reports indicate that the sensit...It is proposed that mismatch repair (MMR) mediates the cytotoxic effects of DNA damaging agents by exerting a futile repair pathway which leads to double strand breaks (DSBs). Previous reports indicate that the sensitivity of cells defective in homologous recombination (HR) to DNA alkylation is reduced by defects in MMR genes. We have assessed the contribution of different MMR genes to the processing of alkylation damage in vivo. We have directly visualized recombination complexes formed upon DNA damage using fluorescent protein (FP) fusions. We find that msh6 mutants are more resistant than wild type cells to MNNG, and that an msh6 mutation rescues the sensitivity of rad52 strains more efficiently than an msh3 mutation. Analysis of RAD52-GFP tagged strains indicate that MNNG increases repair foci formation, and that the inactivation of the MHS2 and MSH6 genes but not the MSH3 gene result in a reduction of the number of foci formed. In addition, in the absence of HR, NHEJ could process the MNNG-induced DSBs as indicated by the formation of NHEJ-GFP tagged foci. These data suggest that processing of the alkylation damage by MMR, mainly by MSH2-MSH6, is required for recruitment of recombination proteins to the damage site for repair.展开更多
Objective:DNA damage response(DDR)genes have low mutation rates,which may restrict their clinical applications in predicting the outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor(ICI)treatment.Thus,a systemic analysis of multip...Objective:DNA damage response(DDR)genes have low mutation rates,which may restrict their clinical applications in predicting the outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor(ICI)treatment.Thus,a systemic analysis of multiple DDR genes is needed to identify potential biomarkers of ICI efficacy.Methods:A total of 39,631 patients with mutation data were selected from the cBioPortal database.A total of 155 patients with mutation data were obtained from the Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center(FUSCC).A total of 1,660 patients from the MSK-IMPACT cohort who underwent ICI treatment were selected for survival analysis.A total of 249 patients who underwent ICI treatment from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute(DFCI)cohort were obtained from a published dataset.The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)level 3 RNA-Seq version 2 RSEM data for gastric cancer were downloaded from cBioPortal.Results:Six MMR and 30 DDR genes were included in this study.Six MMR and 20 DDR gene mutations were found to predict the therapeutic efficacy of ICI,and most of them predicted the therapeutic efficacy of ICI,in a manner dependent on TMB,except for 4 combined DDR gene mutations,which were associated with the therapeutic efficacy of ICI independently of the TMB.Single MMR/DDR genes showed low mutation rates;however,the mutation rate of all the MMR/DDR genes associated with the therapeutic efficacy of ICI was relatively high,reaching 10%–30%in several cancer types.Conclusions:Coanalysis of multiple MMR/DDR mutations aids in selecting patients who are potential candidates for immunotherapy.展开更多
Microsatellite instability (MSI) is used as a molecular marker for defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes.We report here alterations of MSI in 15 malignant astrocytomas (WHO grade Ⅲ) and glioblastomas (GBM; WHO gr...Microsatellite instability (MSI) is used as a molecular marker for defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes.We report here alterations of MSI in 15 malignant astrocytomas (WHO grade Ⅲ) and glioblastomas (GBM; WHO grade Ⅳ) of pediatric patients (2-21 years) and 12 GBM from adults (44-68 years) by comparative analysis of BAT25/BAT26 loci and 10 other microsatellite markers. High-level microsatellite instability (MSI-H) occurred in 4 of the 15 pediatric cases (26.7%) and in 1 of the 12 adult GBM cases (8.3%). Low-level mi-展开更多
Biallelic germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes, including MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2, lead to a recessive constitutional mismatch repair-deficiency (CMMR-D) syndrome characterized by early onset malignancies ...Biallelic germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes, including MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2, lead to a recessive constitutional mismatch repair-deficiency (CMMR-D) syndrome characterized by early onset malignancies in children and young adults. Because consanguinity unmasks autosomal recessive disorders, we hypothesized that the frequency of CMMR-D is inflated in the highly consanguineous population of Saudi Arabia. In this study, 371 pediatric and young adult?patient samples from Saudi Arabia that cover the tumor spectrum of CMMR-D syndrome were analyzed for biallelic germline mutations in the MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 with the use of direct genomic sequencing. However, none of the 371 patients involved in the study was found to have biallelic pathological mutations of MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2. This result indicates that CMMR-D is exceptionally rare among pediatric cancer patients and adult early onset cancer patients, even in the highly consanguineous Saudi population. Our findings suggest that larger cohorts will be needed, particularly in outbred populations, to determine the frequency of CMMR-D and that routine screening for this syndrome among cancer patients is not warranted.展开更多
目的:检测DNA错配修复(mismatch repair,MMR)主要蛋白(MLH1、MSH2、MSH6和PMS2)在人胃腺癌组织中的表达,并分析错配修复缺陷(defective mismatch repair,dMMR)与胃腺癌临床病理因素及预后的关系。方法:采用免疫组织化学染色法检测4种MM...目的:检测DNA错配修复(mismatch repair,MMR)主要蛋白(MLH1、MSH2、MSH6和PMS2)在人胃腺癌组织中的表达,并分析错配修复缺陷(defective mismatch repair,dMMR)与胃腺癌临床病理因素及预后的关系。方法:采用免疫组织化学染色法检测4种MMR蛋白(MLH1、MSH2、MSH6和PMS2)在120例人胃腺癌组织中的表达,并从癌症基因组图谱(The Cancer Genome Atlas,TCGA)公共数据库下载432例胃腺癌患者的临床病理资料和微卫星不稳定性(microsatellite instability,MSI)的检测结果,分析MSI与胃腺癌临床病理特征的关系,利用TCGA的数据分析高频度微卫星不稳定(MSI-H)与胃腺癌患者预后的关系。结果:免疫组化染色结果显示在120例胃腺癌组织中,MMR蛋白表达正常(pMMR)组106例(88.3%),MMR蛋白表达缺失(dMMR)组14例(11.7%),其中MLH1缺失2例(1.7%)、PMS2缺失13例(10.8%)、MLH1和PMS2共同缺失2例(1.7%)、MSH2和MSH6共同缺失1例(0.8%)。统计分析结果显示,dMMR与胃腺癌淋巴结转移相关( P =0.022),而与其他临床病理因素无关。TCGA数据统计分析结果显示,MSI-H与胃腺癌患者年龄( P =0.001)、性别( P =0.000)、原发肿瘤部位( P =0.000)、Lauren分型( P =0.011)、肿瘤浸润深度T分期( P =0.024)、淋巴结有无转移( P =0.008)有关。Kaplan-Meier生存分析结果显示MSI-H型胃腺癌患者有预后更好的趋势,但差异不具有统计学意义( P =0.070)。结论:120例中国胃腺癌患者中MSI/dMMR型胃腺癌占比为11.7%,且dMMR状态与胃腺癌的淋巴结转移呈负相关;MSI-H型胃腺癌患者具有年龄大、多为女性、肿瘤多位于胃远端、肿瘤浸润深度T分期低、无淋巴结转移的特征,且MSI-H型胃腺癌具有预后更好的趋势,但不具有统计学意义。MSI状态与胃癌预后的关系尚需进一步深入研究和大样本数据的验证。展开更多
基金sponsored by BeiGene.Third-party medical writing assistance was provided by Ghina Yaacoub,MSc,of Ashfield MedComms,an Inizio Company,and funded by BeiGene.
文摘Objective:The open-label,phase II RATIONALE-209 study evaluated tislelizumab(anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody)as a tissue-agnostic monotherapy for microsatellite instability-high(MSI-H)/mismatch repair-deficient(dMMR)tumors.Methods:Adults with previously treated,locally advanced unresectable or metastatic MSI-H/dMMR solid tumors were enrolled.Patients received tislelizumab 200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks.Objective response rate(ORR;primary endpoint),duration of response(DoR),and progression-free survival(PFS)were assessed by independent review committee(Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1).Results:Eighty patients were enrolled and treated;75(93.8%)patients had measurable disease at baseline.Most had metastatic disease and received at least one prior therapy for advanced/metastatic disease(n=79;98.8%).At primary analysis(data cutoff July 8,2021;median follow-up 15.2 months),overall ORR[46.7%;95%confidence interval(95%CI),35.1−58.6;one-sided P<0.0001]and ORR across tumor-specific subgroups[colorectal(n=46):39.1%(95%CI,25.1–54.6);gastric/gastroesophageal junction(n=9):55.6%(95%CI,21.2−86.3);others(n=20):60.0%(95%CI,36.1−80.9)]were significantly greater with tislelizumab vs.a prespecified historical control ORR of 10%;five(6.7%)patients had complete responses.Median DoR,PFS,and overall survival were not reached with long-term follow-up(data cutoff December 5,2022;median follow-up 28.9 months).Tislelizumab was well tolerated with no unexpected safety signals.Treatment-related adverse events(TRAEs)of grade≥3 occurred in 53.8%of patients;7.5%of patients discontinued treatment due to TRAEs.Conclusions:Tislelizumab demonstrated a significant ORR improvement in patients with previously treated,locally advanced unresectable or metastatic MSI-H/dMMR tumors and was generally well tolerated.
基金Supported by Grant from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Natural Science Fund,No.201233146-14(partly)
文摘AIM:To investigate gene mutations and DNA mismatch repair(MMR) protein abnormality in Chinese colorectalcarcinoma(CRC) patients and their correlations with clinicopathologic features.METHODS:Clinical and pathological information for 535 patients including 538 tumors was reviewed and recorded.Mutation analyses for exon 2 of KRAS gene and exon 15 of BRAF gene were performed by Sanger sequencing except that in 9 tumors amplification refractory mutation system PCR was used.Expression of MMR proteins including MHL1,MSH2,MSH6 and PMS2 was evaluated by immunohistochemistry.Correlations of KRAS and BRAF mutation status and the expression status of MMR proteins with age,gender,cancer stage,location,and histology were analyzed.Correlations between KRAS or BRAF mutations and MMR protein expression were also explored.RESULTS:The overall frequencies of KRAS and BRAF mutations were 37.9% and 4.4%,respectively.KRAS mutations were more common in patients ≥ 50 years old(39.8% vs 22% in patients < 50 years old,P < 0.05).The frequencies of BRAF mutants were higher in tumors from females(6.6% vs males 2.8%,P < 0.05),located in the right colon(9.6% vs 2.1% in the left colon,1.8% in the rectum,P < 0.01),with mucinous differentiation(9.8% vs 2.8% without mucinous differentiation,P < 0.01),or being poorly differentiated(9.5% vs 3.4% well/moderately differentiated,P < 0.05).MMR deficiency was strongly associated with proximal location(20.5% in the right colon vs 9.2% in the left colon and 5.1% in the rectum,P < 0.001),early cancer stage(15.0% in stages Ⅰ-Ⅱ vs 7.7% in stages Ⅲ-Ⅳ,P < 0.05),and mucinous differentiation(20.2% vs 9.2% without mucin,P < 0.01).A higher frequency of MLH1/PMS2 loss was found in females(9.2% vs 4.4% in males,P < 0.05),and MSH2/MSH6 loss tended to be seen in younger(<50 years old) patients(12.0% vs 4.0% ≥ 50 years old,P < 0.05).MMR deficient tumors were less likely to have KRAS mutations(18.8% vs 41.7% in MMR proficient tumors,P < 0.05) and tumorswith abnormal MLH1/PMS2 tended to harbor BRAF mutations(15.4% vs 4.2% in MMR proficient tumors,P < 0.05).CONCLUSION:The frequency of sporadic CRCs having BRAF mutation,MLH1 deficiency and MSI in Chinese population may be lower than that in the Western population.
基金The project supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 19890300)
文摘Ever since the low energy N+ ion beam has been accepted that the mutation effects of ionizing radiation are attributed mainly to direct or indirect damage to DNA. Evidences based on naked DNA irradiation in support of a mutation spectrum appears to be consistent, but direct proof of such results in vivo are limited. Using mutS, dam and/or dcm defective Eschericha coli imitator strains, an preliminary experimental system on induction of in vivo mutation spectra of low energy N+ ion beam has been established in this study. It was observed that the mutation rates of rifampicin resistance induced by N+ implantation were quite high, ranging from 9.2 x 10~8 to 4.9× 10~5 at the dosage of 5.2×1014 ions/cm2. Strains all had more than 90-fold higher mutation rate than its spontaneous mutation rate determined by this method. It reveals that base substitutions involve in induction of mutation of low energy nitrogen ion beam implantation. The mutation rates of mutator strains were nearly 500-fold (GM2929), 400-fold (GM5864) and 6-fold larger than that of AB1157. The GM2929 and GM5864 both lose the ability of repair DNA mismatch damage by virtue of both dam and dcm pathways defective (GM2929) or failing to assemble the repair complex (GM5864) respectively. It may explain the both strains had a similar higher mutation rate than GM124 did. It indicated that DNA cytosine methylase might play an important role in mismatch repair of DNA damage induced by N+ implantation. The further related research were also discussed.
文摘AIM: TO determine the expression of DNA (MMR) proteins, including hMLH1 and hMSH2, in gastric epithelial cells in the patients with or without Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-infected gastritis. METHODS: Fifty Hpylori-positive patients and 50 H pylori-negative patients were enrolled in the study. During endoscopy of patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia, two antral and two corpus biopsies were taken for histological examination (Giemsa stain) and for immunohistochemical staining of hMLH1 and hMSH2. RESULTS: The percentage of epithelial cell nuclei that demonstrated positivity for hMLH1 staining was 84.14 ± 7.32% in Hpylori-negative patients, while it was 73.34 ±10.10% in Hpylori-positive patients (P 〈 0.0001). No significant difference was seen between the two groups regarding the percentage of epithelial cell nuclei that demonstrated positivity for hMSH2 staining (81.16±8.32% in H pylori-negative versus 78.24 ± 8.71% in Hpylori-positive patients; P = 0.09). CONCLUSION: This study indicates that Hpylori might promote development of gastric carcinoma at least in part through its ability to affect the DNA MMR system
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81573463)Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2015JJ1024)
文摘Background:Chemotherapy toxicity is a serious problem from which non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients suffer.The mismatch repair(MMR) system is associated with platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patients.In this study,we aimed to investigate the relationship between genetic polymorphisms in the MMR pathway and platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patients.Methods:A total of 220 Chinese lung cancer patients who received at least two cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy were recruited for this study.Toxicity was evaluated in each patient after two cycles of chemotherapy.A total of 44 single nucleotide polymorphisms were selected to investigate their associations with platinum-based chemotherapy toxicity.Results:MutS homolog 2[MSH2) rs6544991[odds ratio(OR) 2.98,95%confidence interval(CI) 1.20-7.40,P = 0.019]was associated with gastrointestinal toxicity in the dominant model;MSH3 rs6151627(OR 2.38,95%CI 1.23-4.60,P = 0.010),rs6151670(OR 2.05,95%CI 1.07-3.93,P = 0.031),and rs7709909(OR 2.38,95%CI 1.23-4.64,P = 0.010)were associated with hematologic toxicity in the dominant model.Additionally,MSH5 rs805304 was significantly associated with overall toxicity(OR 2.21,95%CI 1.19-4.09,P = 0.012),and M5H5 rs707939 was significantly associated with both overall toxicity(OR 0.42,95%CI 0.23-0.76,P = 0.004) and gastrointestinal toxicity(OR 0.44,95%CI 0.20-0.96,P = 0.038) in the dominant model.Conclusion:Genetic polymorphisms in the MMR pathway are potential clinical markers for predicting chemotherapy toxicity in NSCLC patients.
文摘It is proposed that mismatch repair (MMR) mediates the cytotoxic effects of DNA damaging agents by exerting a futile repair pathway which leads to double strand breaks (DSBs). Previous reports indicate that the sensitivity of cells defective in homologous recombination (HR) to DNA alkylation is reduced by defects in MMR genes. We have assessed the contribution of different MMR genes to the processing of alkylation damage in vivo. We have directly visualized recombination complexes formed upon DNA damage using fluorescent protein (FP) fusions. We find that msh6 mutants are more resistant than wild type cells to MNNG, and that an msh6 mutation rescues the sensitivity of rad52 strains more efficiently than an msh3 mutation. Analysis of RAD52-GFP tagged strains indicate that MNNG increases repair foci formation, and that the inactivation of the MHS2 and MSH6 genes but not the MSH3 gene result in a reduction of the number of foci formed. In addition, in the absence of HR, NHEJ could process the MNNG-induced DSBs as indicated by the formation of NHEJ-GFP tagged foci. These data suggest that processing of the alkylation damage by MMR, mainly by MSH2-MSH6, is required for recruitment of recombination proteins to the damage site for repair.
基金This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFC1313300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81572331).
文摘Objective:DNA damage response(DDR)genes have low mutation rates,which may restrict their clinical applications in predicting the outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor(ICI)treatment.Thus,a systemic analysis of multiple DDR genes is needed to identify potential biomarkers of ICI efficacy.Methods:A total of 39,631 patients with mutation data were selected from the cBioPortal database.A total of 155 patients with mutation data were obtained from the Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center(FUSCC).A total of 1,660 patients from the MSK-IMPACT cohort who underwent ICI treatment were selected for survival analysis.A total of 249 patients who underwent ICI treatment from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute(DFCI)cohort were obtained from a published dataset.The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)level 3 RNA-Seq version 2 RSEM data for gastric cancer were downloaded from cBioPortal.Results:Six MMR and 30 DDR genes were included in this study.Six MMR and 20 DDR gene mutations were found to predict the therapeutic efficacy of ICI,and most of them predicted the therapeutic efficacy of ICI,in a manner dependent on TMB,except for 4 combined DDR gene mutations,which were associated with the therapeutic efficacy of ICI independently of the TMB.Single MMR/DDR genes showed low mutation rates;however,the mutation rate of all the MMR/DDR genes associated with the therapeutic efficacy of ICI was relatively high,reaching 10%–30%in several cancer types.Conclusions:Coanalysis of multiple MMR/DDR mutations aids in selecting patients who are potential candidates for immunotherapy.
文摘Microsatellite instability (MSI) is used as a molecular marker for defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes.We report here alterations of MSI in 15 malignant astrocytomas (WHO grade Ⅲ) and glioblastomas (GBM; WHO grade Ⅳ) of pediatric patients (2-21 years) and 12 GBM from adults (44-68 years) by comparative analysis of BAT25/BAT26 loci and 10 other microsatellite markers. High-level microsatellite instability (MSI-H) occurred in 4 of the 15 pediatric cases (26.7%) and in 1 of the 12 adult GBM cases (8.3%). Low-level mi-
文摘Biallelic germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes, including MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2, lead to a recessive constitutional mismatch repair-deficiency (CMMR-D) syndrome characterized by early onset malignancies in children and young adults. Because consanguinity unmasks autosomal recessive disorders, we hypothesized that the frequency of CMMR-D is inflated in the highly consanguineous population of Saudi Arabia. In this study, 371 pediatric and young adult?patient samples from Saudi Arabia that cover the tumor spectrum of CMMR-D syndrome were analyzed for biallelic germline mutations in the MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 with the use of direct genomic sequencing. However, none of the 371 patients involved in the study was found to have biallelic pathological mutations of MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2. This result indicates that CMMR-D is exceptionally rare among pediatric cancer patients and adult early onset cancer patients, even in the highly consanguineous Saudi population. Our findings suggest that larger cohorts will be needed, particularly in outbred populations, to determine the frequency of CMMR-D and that routine screening for this syndrome among cancer patients is not warranted.
文摘目的:检测DNA错配修复(mismatch repair,MMR)主要蛋白(MLH1、MSH2、MSH6和PMS2)在人胃腺癌组织中的表达,并分析错配修复缺陷(defective mismatch repair,dMMR)与胃腺癌临床病理因素及预后的关系。方法:采用免疫组织化学染色法检测4种MMR蛋白(MLH1、MSH2、MSH6和PMS2)在120例人胃腺癌组织中的表达,并从癌症基因组图谱(The Cancer Genome Atlas,TCGA)公共数据库下载432例胃腺癌患者的临床病理资料和微卫星不稳定性(microsatellite instability,MSI)的检测结果,分析MSI与胃腺癌临床病理特征的关系,利用TCGA的数据分析高频度微卫星不稳定(MSI-H)与胃腺癌患者预后的关系。结果:免疫组化染色结果显示在120例胃腺癌组织中,MMR蛋白表达正常(pMMR)组106例(88.3%),MMR蛋白表达缺失(dMMR)组14例(11.7%),其中MLH1缺失2例(1.7%)、PMS2缺失13例(10.8%)、MLH1和PMS2共同缺失2例(1.7%)、MSH2和MSH6共同缺失1例(0.8%)。统计分析结果显示,dMMR与胃腺癌淋巴结转移相关( P =0.022),而与其他临床病理因素无关。TCGA数据统计分析结果显示,MSI-H与胃腺癌患者年龄( P =0.001)、性别( P =0.000)、原发肿瘤部位( P =0.000)、Lauren分型( P =0.011)、肿瘤浸润深度T分期( P =0.024)、淋巴结有无转移( P =0.008)有关。Kaplan-Meier生存分析结果显示MSI-H型胃腺癌患者有预后更好的趋势,但差异不具有统计学意义( P =0.070)。结论:120例中国胃腺癌患者中MSI/dMMR型胃腺癌占比为11.7%,且dMMR状态与胃腺癌的淋巴结转移呈负相关;MSI-H型胃腺癌患者具有年龄大、多为女性、肿瘤多位于胃远端、肿瘤浸润深度T分期低、无淋巴结转移的特征,且MSI-H型胃腺癌具有预后更好的趋势,但不具有统计学意义。MSI状态与胃癌预后的关系尚需进一步深入研究和大样本数据的验证。