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J Pathol ; 254(4): 405-417, 2021 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33723864

RESUMO

Over the past decade, invention and adoption of novel multiplexing technologies for tissues have made increasing impacts in basic and translational research and, to a lesser degree, clinical medicine. Platforms capable of highly multiplexed immunohistochemistry or in situ RNA measurements promise evaluation of protein or RNA targets at levels of plex and sensitivity logs above traditional methods - all with preservation of spatial context. These methods promise objective biomarker quantification, markedly increased sensitivity, and single-cell resolution. Increasingly, development of novel technologies is enabling multi-omic interrogations with spatial correlation of RNA and protein expression profiles in the same sample. Such sophisticated methods will provide unprecedented insights into tissue biology, biomarker science, and, ultimately, patient health. However, this sophistication comes at significant cost, requiring extensive time, practical knowledge, and resources to implement. This review will describe the technical features, advantages, and limitations of currently available multiplexed immunohistochemistry and spatial transcriptomic platforms. © 2021 The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Assuntos
Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Hibridização In Situ/métodos , Animais , Humanos
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Nature ; 515(7528): 563-7, 2014 Nov 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25428504

RESUMO

The development of human cancer is a multistep process characterized by the accumulation of genetic and epigenetic alterations that drive or reflect tumour progression. These changes distinguish cancer cells from their normal counterparts, allowing tumours to be recognized as foreign by the immune system. However, tumours are rarely rejected spontaneously, reflecting their ability to maintain an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1; also called B7-H1 or CD274), which is expressed on many cancer and immune cells, plays an important part in blocking the 'cancer immunity cycle' by binding programmed death-1 (PD-1) and B7.1 (CD80), both of which are negative regulators of T-lymphocyte activation. Binding of PD-L1 to its receptors suppresses T-cell migration, proliferation and secretion of cytotoxic mediators, and restricts tumour cell killing. The PD-L1-PD-1 axis protects the host from overactive T-effector cells not only in cancer but also during microbial infections. Blocking PD-L1 should therefore enhance anticancer immunity, but little is known about predictive factors of efficacy. This study was designed to evaluate the safety, activity and biomarkers of PD-L1 inhibition using the engineered humanized antibody MPDL3280A. Here we show that across multiple cancer types, responses (as evaluated by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours, version 1.1) were observed in patients with tumours expressing high levels of PD-L1, especially when PD-L1 was expressed by tumour-infiltrating immune cells. Furthermore, responses were associated with T-helper type 1 (TH1) gene expression, CTLA4 expression and the absence of fractalkine (CX3CL1) in baseline tumour specimens. Together, these data suggest that MPDL3280A is most effective in patients in which pre-existing immunity is suppressed by PD-L1, and is re-invigorated on antibody treatment.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Antígeno B7-H1/antagonistas & inibidores , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Imunoterapia , Neoplasias/terapia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/efeitos adversos , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Biomarcadores/sangue , Antígeno CTLA-4/metabolismo , Quimiocina CX3CL1/metabolismo , Protocolos Clínicos , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoterapia/efeitos adversos , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto Jovem
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Lab Invest ; 97(8): 992-1003, 2017 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28553935

RESUMO

Part of developing therapeutics is the need to identify patients who will respond to treatment. For HER2-targeted therapies, such as trastuzumab, the expression level of HER2 is used to identify patients likely to receive benefit from therapy. Currently, chromogenic immunohistochemistry on patient tumor tissue is one of the methodologies used to assess the expression level of HER2 to determine eligibility for trastuzumab. However, chromogenic staining is fraught with serious drawbacks that influence scoring, which is additionally flawed due to the subjective nature of human/pathologist bias. Thus, to advance drug development and precision medicine, there is a need to develop technologies that are more objective and quantitative through the collection and integration of larger data sets. In proof of concept experiments, we show multiplexed ion beam imaging (MIBI), a novel imaging technology, can quantitate HER2 expression on breast carcinoma tissue with known HER2 status and those values correlate with pathologist-determined IHC scores. The same type of quantitative analysis using the mean pixel value of five individual cells and total pixel count of the entire image was extended to a blinded study of breast carcinoma samples of unknown HER2 scores. Here, a strong correlation between quantitation of HER2 by MIBI analysis and pathologist-derived HER2 IHC score was identified. In addition, a comparison between MIBI analysis and immunofluorescence-based automated quantitative analysis (AQUA) technology, an industry-accepted quantitation system, showed strong correlation in the same blind study. Further comparison of the two systems determined MIBI was comparable to AQUA analysis when evaluated against pathologist-determined scores. Using HER2 as a model, these data show MIBI analysis can quantitate protein expression with greater sensitivity and objectivity compared to standard pathologist interpretation, demonstrating its potential as a technology capable of advancing cancer and patient diagnostics.


Assuntos
Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , Diagnóstico por Imagem/métodos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/análise , Biomarcadores Tumorais/química , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama/química , Feminino , Humanos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Receptor ErbB-2/análise , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo
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Lab Invest ; 97(10): 1263, 2017 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28961232

RESUMO

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2017.50.

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J Pathol ; 232(2): 210-8, 2014 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24105670

RESUMO

Activation of the MET signalling pathway is critical in regulating multiple cellular processes underlying tumourigenic growth and has represented an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in cancer. Early stage clinical studies of multiple agents targeting this pathway have been undertaken, frequently in unselected patient cohorts with variable results. Promising data in patient subgroups in these studies indicate the need for predictive biomarkers to identify the patients most likely to benefit from these therapies. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge of mechanisms of MET activation, the status of the clinical evaluation of MET-targeted therapies, the associated efforts to identify and validate biomarkers, and the considerations and challenges for potential development of companion diagnostics.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Descoberta de Drogas , Fator de Crescimento de Hepatócito/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-met/antagonistas & inibidores , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Fator de Crescimento de Hepatócito/metabolismo , Humanos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Neoplasias/patologia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-met/metabolismo , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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Cancer Cell ; 42(3): 429-443.e4, 2024 Mar 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38366589

RESUMO

Atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1), combined with carboplatin and etoposide (CE), is now a standard of care for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). A clearer understanding of therapeutically relevant SCLC subsets could identify rational combination strategies and improve outcomes. We conduct transcriptomic analyses and non-negative matrix factorization on 271 pre-treatment patient tumor samples from IMpower133 and identify four subsets with general concordance to previously reported SCLC subtypes (SCLC-A, -N, -P, and -I). Deeper investigation into the immune heterogeneity uncovers two subsets with differing neuroendocrine (NE) versus non-neuroendocrine (non-NE) phenotypes, demonstrating immune cell infiltration hallmarks. The NE tumors with low tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) but high T-effector signals demonstrate longer overall survival with PD-L1 blockade and CE versus CE alone than non-NE tumors with high TAM and high T-effector signal. Our study offers a clinically relevant approach to discriminate SCLC patients likely benefitting most from immunotherapies and highlights the complex mechanisms underlying immunotherapy responses.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Pulmonares , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Inibidores de Checkpoint Imunológico/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão/genética , Carboplatina/uso terapêutico , Etoposídeo/uso terapêutico , Imunoterapia
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Histopathology ; 63(3): 351-61, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23802768

RESUMO

AIMS: Preclinical data suggest that signalling through the HGF-MET pathway may confer resistance to BRAF inhibition in BRAF(V600E/K) melanoma. Therefore, blockade of HGF-MET signalling might be a valid therapeutic strategy, in combination with BRAF inhibition, in BRAF(V600E/K) melanoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical relevance of these observations by evaluating the survival impact of MET expression in patients with BRAF(V600E/K) advanced melanoma treated with vemurafenib. METHODS AND RESULTS: Formalin-fixed tissue blocks were obtained of tumours from patients enrolled in the BRIM2 (n = 59) and BRIM3 (n = 150) trials of vemurafenib in advanced BRAF(V600E/K) melanoma. Immunohistochemistry for MET (SP44 rabbit monoclonal antibody) was performed with a highly validated assay and clinically validated scoring system. Pretreatment MET expression was frequent at the ≥1 + cutoff (BRIM3, 31%; BRIM2, 49%), but relatively infrequent at the ≥2 + cutoff (BRIM3, 9%; BRIM2, 19%). Retrospective subset analyses showed that, irrespective of the cutoff used or the treatment arm, MET expression did not show prognostic significance, in terms of objective response rate, progression-free survival, or overall survival. CONCLUSIONS: MET is expressed in a proportion of BRAF(V600E/K) advanced melanomas. Further analyses on appropriately powered subsets are needed to determine the prognostic and predictive significance of MET in vemurafenib-treated melanoma.


Assuntos
Melanoma/metabolismo , Melanoma/patologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-met/metabolismo , Neoplasias Cutâneas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Animais , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Indóis/uso terapêutico , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Melanoma/terapia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas Mutantes/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Mutantes/genética , Proteínas Mutantes/metabolismo , Prognóstico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/antagonistas & inibidores , Coelhos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Transdução de Sinais , Neoplasias Cutâneas/terapia , Sulfonamidas/uso terapêutico , Vemurafenib , Adulto Jovem
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Methods Mol Biol ; 2660: 171-185, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37191797

RESUMO

Multiplex ion beam imaging (MIBI) and imaging mass cytometry (IMC) enable highly multiplexed antibody (40+) staining of frozen or formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human or murine tissues through detection of metal ions liberated from primary antibodies by time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF). These methods make detection of more than 50 targets theoretically possible while maintaining spatial orientation. As such, they are ideal tools to identify the multiple immune, epithelial, and stromal cell subsets in the tumor microenvironment and to characterize spatial relationships and tumor-immune status in either murine models or human samples. This chapter summarizes methods for antibody conjugation and validation, staining, and preliminary data collection using IMC or MIBI in both human and mouse pancreatic adenocarcinoma samples. These protocols are intended to facilitate use of these complex platforms in not only tissue-based tumor immunology studies but also tissue-based oncology or immunology studies more broadly.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Camundongos , Humanos , Animais , Microambiente Tumoral , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Diagnóstico por Imagem , Inclusão em Parafina/métodos , Formaldeído/química , Fixação de Tecidos/métodos
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J Vis Exp ; (185)2022 07 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35876560

RESUMO

Multiplexing enables the assessment of several markers on the same tissue while providing spatial context. Spatial Omics technologies allow both protein and RNA multiplexing by leveraging photo-cleavable oligo-tagged antibodies and probes, respectively. Oligos are cleaved and quantified from specific regions across the tissue to elucidate the underlying biology. Here, the study demonstrates that automated custom antibody visualization protocols can be utilized to guide ROI selection in conjunction with spatial proteomics assays. This specific method did not show acceptable performance with spatial transcriptomics assays. The protocol describes the development of a 3-plex immunofluorescent (IF) assay for marker visualization on an automated platform, using tyramide signal amplification (TSA) to amplify the fluorescent signal from a given protein target and increase the antibody pool to choose from. The visualization protocol was automated using a thoroughly validated 3-plex assay to ensure quality and reproducibility. In addition, the exchange of DAPI for SYTO dyes was evaluated to allow imaging of TSA-based IF assays on the spatial profiling platform. Additionally, we tested the ability of selecting small ROIs using the spatial transcriptomics assay to allow the investigation of highly-specific areas of interest (e.g., areas enriched for a given cell type). ROIs of 50 µm and 300 µm diameter were collected, which corresponds to approximately 15 cells and 100 cells, respectively. Samples were made into libraries and sequenced to investigate the capability to detect signals from small ROIs and profile-specific regions of the tissue. We determined that spatial proteomics technologies highly benefit from automated, standardized protocols to guide ROI selection. While this automated visualization protocol was not compatible with spatial transcriptomics assays, we were able to test and confirm that specific cell populations can successfully be detected even in small ROIs with the standard manual visualization protocol.


Assuntos
Microdissecção , Proteômica , Anticorpos , RNA/genética , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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J Histochem Cytochem ; 67(5): 309-334, 2019 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30879407

RESUMO

Optimization and standardization of immunohistochemistry (IHC) protocols within and between laboratories requires reproducible positive and negative control samples. In many situations, suitable tissue or cell line controls are not available. We demonstrate here a method to incorporate target antigens into synthetic protein gels that can serve as IHC controls. The method can use peptides, protein domains, or whole proteins as antigens, and is compatible with a variety of fixation protocols. The resulting gels can be used to create tissue microarrays (TMAs) with a range of antigen concentrations that can be used to objectively quantify and calibrate chromogenic, fluorescent, or mass spectrometry-based IHC protocols. The method offers an opportunity to objectively quantify IHC staining results, and to optimize and standardize IHC protocols within and between laboratories. (J Histochem Cytochem 58:XXX-XXX, 2019).


Assuntos
Antígenos/análise , Géis/química , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Animais , Formaldeído/química , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica/normas , Camundongos , Coloração e Rotulagem/métodos , Coloração e Rotulagem/normas , Análise Serial de Tecidos/métodos , Análise Serial de Tecidos/normas , Fixação de Tecidos/métodos , Fixação de Tecidos/normas
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Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol ; 27(2): 92-100, 2019 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29346180

RESUMO

Cancer immunotherapies, such as atezolizumab, are proving to be a valuable therapeutic strategy across indications, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and urothelial cancer (UC). Here, we describe a diagnostic assay that measures programmed-death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression, via immunohistochemistry, to identify patients who will derive the most benefit from treatment with atezolizumab, a humanized monoclonal anti-PD-L1 antibody. We describe the performance of the VENTANA PD-L1 (SP142) Assay in terms of specificity, sensitivity, and the ability to stain both tumor cells (TC) and tumor-infiltrating immune cells (IC), in NSCLC and UC tissues. The reader precision, repeatability and intermediate precision, interlaboratory reproducibility, and the effectiveness of pathologist training on the assessment of PD-L1 staining on both TC and IC were evaluated. We detail the analytical validation of the VENTANA PD-L1 (SP142) Assay for PD-L1 expression in NSCLC and UC tissues and show that the assay reliably evaluated staining on both TC and IC across multiple expression levels/clinical cut-offs. The reader precision showed high overall agreement when compared with consensus scores. In addition, pathologists met the predefined training criteria (≥85.0% overall percent agreement) for the assessment of PD-L1 expression in NSCLC and UC tissues with an average overall percent agreement ≥95.0%. The assay evaluates PD-L1 staining on both cell types and is robust and precise. In addition, it can help to identify those patients who may benefit the most from treatment with atezolizumab, although treatment benefit has been demonstrated in an all-comer NSCLC and UC patient population.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/terapia , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Imunoterapia/métodos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/terapia , Antígeno B7-H1/antagonistas & inibidores , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/imunologia , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/imunologia , Variações Dependentes do Observador , Seleção de Pacientes , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/imunologia
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Exp Neurol ; 247: 517-30, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23360803

RESUMO

Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) proteoglycans are major components of the extracellular matrix implicated in neural development, plasticity and regeneration. While it is accepted that CS are major inhibitors of neural regeneration, the contributions of DS to regeneration have not been assessed. To enable a novel approach in studies on DS versus CS roles during development and regeneration, we generated a mouse deficient in the dermatan 4-O-sulfotransferase1 (Chst14(-/-)), a key enzyme in the synthesis of iduronic acid-containing modules found in DS but not CS. In wild-type mice, Chst14 is expressed at high levels in the skin and in the nervous system, and is enriched in astrocytes and Schwann cells. Ablation of Chst14, and the assumed failure to produce DS, resulted in smaller body mass, reduced fertility, kinked tail and increased skin fragility compared with wild-type (Chst14(+/+)) littermates, but brain weight and gross anatomy were unaffected. Neurons and Schwann cells from Chst14(-/-) mice formed longer processes in vitro, and Chst14(-/-) Schwann cells proliferated more than Chst14(+/+) Schwann cells. After femoral nerve transection/suture, functional recovery and axonal regrowth in Chst14(-/-) mice were initially accelerated but the final outcome 3months after injury was not better than that in Chst14(+/+) littermates. These results suggest that while Chst14 and its enzymatic products might be of limited importance for neural development, they may contribute to the regeneration-restricting environment in the adult mammalian nervous system.


Assuntos
Neuropatia Femoral/patologia , Neuropatia Femoral/fisiopatologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/genética , Regeneração Nervosa/genética , Neurônios/fisiologia , Sulfotransferases/deficiência , Fatores Etários , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Axônios/patologia , Índice de Massa Corporal , Proliferação de Células , Células Cultivadas , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Gânglios Espinais/citologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Atividade Motora/genética , Bainha de Mielina/metabolismo , Neuritos/fisiologia , Neuroglia/fisiologia , Neurônios/citologia , Células de Schwann/patologia , Células de Schwann/fisiologia , Células de Schwann/ultraestrutura , Sulfotransferases/genética , Degeneração Walleriana/patologia , Degeneração Walleriana/fisiopatologia , Carboidrato Sulfotransferases
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