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The activation of halogens (X = Cl, Br, I) by N2O5 is linked to NOx sources, ozone concentrations, NO3 reactivity, and the chemistry of halide-containing aerosol particles. However, a detailed chemical mechanism is still lacking. Herein, we explored the chemistry of the N2O5···X- systems at the air-water interface. Two different reaction pathways were identified for the reaction of N2O5 with X- at the air-water interface: the formation of XNO2 or XONO, along with NO3-. In the case of the Cl- system, the ClNO2 generation pathway is more favorable, while for the Br- and I- systems, the formation of BrONO and IONO is barrierless, making them the predominant products. Furthermore, the mechanisms of formation of X2 from XNO2 and XONO were also investigated. The high energy barriers of reactions and the high free energies of the products compared to those of the reactants indicate that ClNO2 is stable at the air-water interface. Contrary to the widely held belief regarding X2 producing from the reaction of XNO2 with X-, our calculations demonstrate that BrONO and IONO initially form stable BrONO···Br- and IONO···I- complexes, which then subsequently react with Br- and I- to form Br3- and I3-, respectively. Finally, Br3- and I3- decompose to form Br2 and I2. These findings have significant implications for experimental interpretation and offer new insights into halogen cycling in the atmosphere.
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Nanoconfined water plays an important role in broad fields of science and engineering. Classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been widely used to investigate water phases under nanoconfinement. The key ingredient of MD is the force field. In this study, we systematically investigated the performance of a recently introduced family of globally optimal water models, OPC and OPC3, and TIP4P/2005 in describing nanoconfined two-dimensional (2D) water ice. Our studies show that the melting points of the monolayer square ice (MSI) of all three water models are higher than the melting points of the corresponding bulk ice Ih. Under the same conditions, the melting points of MSI of OPC and TIP4P/2005 are the same and are â¼90 K lower than that of the OPC3 water model. In addition, we show that OPC and TIP4P/2005 water models are able to form a bilayer AA-stacked structure and a trilayer AAA-stacked structure, which are not the cases for the OPC3 model. Considering the available experimental data and first-principles simulations, we consider the OPC water model as a potential water model for 2D water ice MD studies.
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NiFe-based (oxy)hydroxides are the benchmark catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline medium, however, it is still challenging to control their structures and compositions. Herein, molybdates (NiFe(MoO4 )x ) are applied as unique precursors to synthesize ultrafine Mo modified NiFeOx Hy (oxy)hydroxide nanosheet arrays. The electrochemical activation process enables the molybdate ions (MoO4 2- ) in the precursors gradually dissolve, and at the same time, hydroxide ions (OH- ) in the electrolyte diffuse into the precursor and react with Ni2+ and Fe3+ ions in confined space to produce ultrafine NiFeOx Hy (oxy)hydroxides nanosheets (<10 nm), which are densely arranged into microporous arrays and maintain the rod-like morphology of the precursor. Such dense ultrafine nanosheet arrays produce rich edge planes on the surface of NiFeOx Hy (oxy)hydroxides to expose more active sites. More importantly, the capillary phenomenon of microporous structures and hydrophilic hydroxyl groups induce the superhydrophilicity and the rough surface produces the superaerophobic characteristic for bubbles. With these advantages, the optimized catalyst exhibits excellent performance for OER, with a small overpotential of 182 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and long-term stability (200 h) at 200 mA cm-2 . Theoretical calculations show that the modification of Mo enhances the electron delocalization and optimizes the adsorption of intermediates.
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The liquid-air interface offers a platform for the in-plane growth of free-standing materials. However, it is rarely used for inorganic perovskites and ultrathin non-layered perovskites. Herein the liquid-air interfacial synthesis of inorganic perovskite nanosheets (Cs3 Bi2 I9 , Cs3 Sb2 I9 ) is achieved simply by drop-casting the precursor solution with only the addition of iodine. The products are inaccessible without iodine addition. The thickness and lateral size of these nanosheets can be adjusted through the iodine concentration. The high volatility of the iodine spontaneously drives precursors that normally stay in the liquid to the liquid-air interface. The iodine also repairs in situ iodine vacancies during perovskite growth, giving enhanced optical and optoelectronic properties. The liquid-air interfacial growth of ultrathin perovskites provides multi-degree-of-freedom for constructing perovskite-based heterostructures and devices at atomic scale.
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Although synthesis of oligoaniline (OANI) by persulfate and aniline has been investigated in the recent years, the impact of phenol on the synthesized soluble OANI is still not clear. In this study, our results indicate that phenol and pH mediate the production of the blue water-soluble OANI (OANIblue) in the reaction between sodium persulfate (SPS) and aniline under alkaline conditions, and the yields of OANIblue increase with increasing concentrations of phenol and pH values. Quenching experiments rule out the contributions of SO4Ë- and ËOH to aniline oxidation and imply that the non-radical activation of SPS is an important pathway in the formation of OANIblue. MALDI-TOF-MS analysis indicates that phenol apparently inhibits the polymerization degree of aniline in that the molecular weights of OANIblue gradually decrease from 1586.4 to 684.6 when phenol is increased from 0 to 2.0 mM. FTIR and Raman analyses confirm the structure of aniline oligomers in OANIblue and indicate that phenol inhibits the phenazine-like structure in OANIblue and facilitates the transformation of benzenoid rings to quinoid rings in the oxidation products. However, simultaneous activation of SPS by phenol and aniline is likely to occur in the reaction system with the formation of PhNHË, as indicated by DFT calculations. The high scavenging reactivity of phenol towards both PhNH2Ë+ and PhNHË implies that PhNH2Ë+ and PhNHË are not the intermediates in the formation of OANIblue. DFT calculations also reveal that apart from the one-electron transfer pathway between aniline and SPS, the two-electron transfer pathway is also likely to occur in the presence of phenol, resulting in the formation of PhNH+/PhNËË without producing PhNH2Ë+ and PhNHË. The produced PhNH+/PhNËË intermediates then couple with aniline, PhNH+, aminophenyl sulfate and its hydrolysate to form dimers, trimers, oligomers, and eventually OANIblue. This study not only describes a novel method to prepare water-soluble OANI, but also gives new insight on the importance of phenol in the production of OANIblue.
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Poluentes Químicos da Água , Purificação da Água , Compostos de Anilina/química , Oxirredução , Fenol/química , Fenóis , Sulfatos/química , Água , Poluentes Químicos da Água/química , Purificação da Água/métodosRESUMO
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral nerve disease in adults; it can cause pain, numbness, and even muscle atrophy and will adversely affect patients' daily life and work. There are no standard diagnostic criteria that go against the early diagnosis and treatment of patients. MRI as a novel imaging technique can show the patient's condition more objectively, and several characteristics of carpal tunnel syndrome have been found. However, various image sequences, heavy artifacts, small lesion characteristics, high volume of imagine reading, and high difficulty in MRI interpretation limit its application in clinical practice. With the development of automatic image segmentation technology, the algorithm has great potential in medical imaging. The challenge is that the segmentation target is too small, and there are two categories of images with the proximal border of the carpal tunnel as the boundary. To meet the challenge, we propose an end-to-end deep learning framework called Deep CTS to segment the carpal tunnel from the MR image. The Deep CTS consists of the shape classifier with a simple convolutional neural network and the carpal tunnel region segmentation with simplified U-Net. With the specialized structure for the carpal tunnel, Deep CTS can segment the carpal tunnel region efficiently and improve the intersection over union of results. The experimental results demonstrated that the performance of the proposed deep learning framework is better than other segmentation networks for small objects. We trained the model with 333 images, tested it with 82 images, and achieved 0.63 accuracy of intersection over union and 0.17 s segmentation efficiency, which indicate great promise for the clinical application of this algorithm.
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Síndrome do Túnel Carpal , Adulto , Humanos , Síndrome do Túnel Carpal/diagnóstico por imagem , Síndrome do Túnel Carpal/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Algoritmos , Redes Neurais de ComputaçãoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: To establish a robust, individualized DNA repair-related gene signature to estimate prognosis for patients with localized clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed gene expression profiles of 541 localized ccRCC patients from two public ccRCC cohorts. The DNA repair-related gene pair index (DRPI) was constructed with the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model. The associations between DRPI, overall survival (OS), and disease-specific survival (DSS) were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis, univariate analysis, and multivariate Cox regression survival analysis. We compared the predictive accuracy of different risk models with Harrel's C-index. RESULTS: In the primary univariate analysis, patients in DRPI-high-risk group had significantly shorter OS [P < 0.001, HR (95% CI) 2.093 (1.431-3.061)] and DSS [P < 0.001, HR (95% CI) 3.567 (2.017-6.339)]. After adjusted for stage and grade, DRPI-high-risk group remained an independent adverse risk factor for both OS [P = 0.026, HR (95% CI) 1.629 (1.094-2.452)] and DSS [P = 0.010, HR (95% CI) 2.209 (1.217-4.010)]. DPRI showed comparable predictive accuracy with cell cycle proliferation (CCP) score and ccA/ccB signature. Copy number alterations and tumor mutation burden were enriched in DRPI-high tumors. There were elevated number of Treg cells and higher T cell exhaustion marker expression in DRPI-high-risk tumors. The combined DNA repair-clinical score outperformed other risk models in terms of C-index. CONCLUSION: We validated the proposed DRPI as a predictor of clinical outcome in localized ccRCC patients. It provides an individualized and more accurate risk assessment beyond clinicopathological characteristics.
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Carcinoma de Células Renais/genética , Reparo do DNA , DNA de Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias Renais/genética , Transcriptoma , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Carcinoma de Células Renais/patologia , Humanos , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
Our previous researches have identified immunoevasive subtype muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) characterized with immune cells infiltration patterns. Our study explored the clinical significance, immunoregulatory role and therapeutic value of intratumoral IL22-producing cells in MIBC. Two hundred and fifty-nine formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded MIBC samples and 83 freshly resected MIBC tissues and 391 TCGA MIBC samples were retrospectively evaluated. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry were applied to identify immune cell infiltration and functional status. In vitro intervention studies were to test the therapeutic and predictive potential of IL22+ cells. Our data revealed patients with high IL22+ cells infiltration suffered poor overall survival and recurrence-free survival in both training and validation cohorts. Only pT2 patients of combined cohort with low IL22+ cells infiltration gained survival benefits from adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) significantly. Besides, immune contexture featured with increased pro-tumor cells and immunosuppressive cytokines was identified in patients with high IL22+ cells density. The expression pattern of exhausted and effector markers in CD8+ T cells from high IL22+ cells subgroup indicated their dysfunctional status. Importantly, nivolumab showed tumor-killing efficacy in tumors with high IL22+ cells infiltration, and immunosuppressive contexture with CD8+ T cells exhaustion was abrogated in tumors treated with anti-IL22 antibody. In summary, IL22+ cells infiltration determined immunosuppressive contexture with CD8+ T cell dysfunction. Tumor-infiltrating IL22+ cells could be used as an independent marker to predict prognosis and ACT responses. IL22+ cells infiltration possessed the potential to be a favorable predictor for nivolumab application and IL22 blockade could be a novel therapeutic strategy in MIBC.
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Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/farmacologia , Interleucinas/metabolismo , Nivolumabe/farmacologia , Evasão Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/terapia , Idoso , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Quimioterapia Adjuvante/métodos , Cistectomia , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Interleucinas/imunologia , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica/imunologia , Invasividade Neoplásica/patologia , Nivolumabe/uso terapêutico , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Evasão Tumoral/imunologia , Bexiga Urinária/citologia , Bexiga Urinária/imunologia , Bexiga Urinária/patologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/imunologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/patologia , Interleucina 22RESUMO
Chemotherapy and immunotherapy yield survival benefits for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients, in which tumor microenvironment has been found to exert crucial roles through tipping the balance between antitumor immunity and immune evasion. Our study aims to explore the clinical significance and therapeutic role of intratumoral interleukin-9-producing cells (IL-9+ cells) in MIBC. Two hundred fifty-nine MIBC patients from two independent clinic centers were utilized for retrospective analysis in the study. Sixty-five fresh MIBC tumor tissues were used to evaluate the infiltration and function of immune cells via flow cytometry and ex vivo intervention experiments. Three hundred ninety-one MIBC patients of The Cancer Genome Atlas were applied for bioinformatics analysis. It was found that patients with high IL-9+ cells infiltration had worse overall survival and relapse-free survival. pT2 patients with low IL-9+ cells infiltration could benefit more from adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT). IL-9+ cells infiltration was correlated with decreased expression of granzyme B from CD8+ T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and perforin from CD8+ T cells, while blockade of IL-9 reactivated the antitumor capacity of both cells leading to tumor regression. Furthermore, IL-9+ cells infiltration could be a biomarker for predicting anti-PD-1 efficacy. In conclusion, IL-9+ cells infiltration could be applied as an independent prognosticator for clinical outcome and ACT/anti-PD-1 effectiveness. IL-9+ cells infiltration diminished the cytotoxicity of CD8+ T cells and NK cells resulting in tumor immune evasion, and thus targeting IL-9 could be a potential therapeutic strategy for MIBC.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Interleucina-9/metabolismo , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/mortalidade , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Análise de Sobrevida , Evasão Tumoral , Regulação para Cima , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/imunologiaRESUMO
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a major role in the development of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Systemic Treg depletion is not favored because of the critical role of Tregs in maintaining immune homeostasis and preventing the autoimmunity. Recently, CCR8 has been identified as an important chemokine receptor expressed on intratumoral Tregs and is known to be critical for CCR8+Treg-mediated immunosuppression. However, the inherent molecular mechanisms and clinical significance of intratumoral CCR8+Tregs remain poorly understood. In this study, a retrospective analysis of 259 muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients from two independent clinic centers was conducted to explore the prognostic merit of CCR8+Tregs via immunohistochemistry. Eighty-three fresh MIBC samples and data from the Cancer Genome Atlas were used to evaluate the proportion and function of immune cells via flow cytometry, ex vivo intervention experiments and bioinformatics analysis. It was found that the CCR8 expression by intratumoral Tregs maintained the stability and potentiated their suppressive function by upregulating the expression of transcript factors FOXO1 and c-MAF. High level of CCR8+Tregs was associated with the immune tolerance and predicted poor survival and inferior therapeutic responsiveness to chemotherapy. Moreover, it was revealed that CCR8 blockade could destabilize intratumoral Tregs into a fragile phenotype accompanied with reactivation of antitumor immunity and augment of anti-PD-1 therapeutic benefits in MIBC. In summary, those results suggested that CCR8+Tregs represented a stable Treg subtype and a promising therapeutic target in the immunotherapy of MIBC.
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Receptores CCR8/imunologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/imunologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/terapia , Feminino , Humanos , Tolerância Imunológica/imunologia , Imunoterapia/métodos , Masculino , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Microambiente Tumoral/imunologiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: Tumor microenvironment is important in the progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), and its prognostic value is still unclear. Recent reports demonstrated tumor-infiltrating CD39+CD8+ T cells are abundant, but their function remains obscure. We aim to assess clinical value of CD39+CD8+ T cells and seek a potential therapeutic target in ccRCC. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We immunohistochemically evaluated clinical value of CD39+CD8+ T cells in a retrospective Zhongshan Hospital cohort of 243 ccRCC patients. Fresh tumor samples (n = 48), non-tumor tissues and peripheral blood for flow cytometry analyses were collected to analyze immune cell functions from Zhongshan Hospital. The survival benefit of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in this subpopulation was evaluated. Kaplan-Meier analysis and COX regression model were applied for survival analyses. Bioinformatics analysis performed in TCGA KIRC cohort and the scRNA-seq cohort. RESULTS: We found that accumulation of CD39+CD8+ T cells indicated poor prognosis (p < 0.0001) and indicated therapeutic benefit of TKIs therapy (p = 0.015). CD39+CD8+ T cells showed decreased TNF-α and IFN-γ with elevated PD-1 and TIM-3 expression. Further analysis of tumor-infiltrating immune cell landscape in the ccRCC revealed the positive correlation between CD39+CD8+ T cells and Tregs (p = 0.037) and M2-polarized macrophages (p < 0.0001). Finally, inhibition of CD39 partially restores the anti-tumor function of CD8+ T cells. CONCLUSIONS: High CD39+CD8+ T cells indicated poor prognosis in ccRCC, due to impaired anti-tumor function of CD39+CD8+ T cells and indicated therapeutic benefit of TKIs therapy.
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Apirase/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Carcinoma de Células Renais/imunologia , Evasão da Resposta Imune/imunologia , Neoplasias Renais/imunologia , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral/imunologia , Microambiente Tumoral/imunologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Apirase/antagonistas & inibidores , Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Renais/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma de Células Renais/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Renais/patologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Evasão da Resposta Imune/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias Renais/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Renais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos do Interstício Tumoral/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de Sobrevida , Microambiente Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The presence of sequence divergence through adaptive mutations in the major capsid protein VP1, and also in VP0 (VP4 and VP2) and VP3, of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is relevant to a broad range of viral characteristics. To explore the potential role of isolate-specific residues in the VP0 and VP3 coding regions of PanAsia-1 strains in genetic and phenotypic properties of FMDV, a series of recombinant full-length genomic clones were constructed using Cathay topotype infectious cDNA as the original backbone. The deleterious and compensatory effects of individual amino acid substitutions at positions 4008 and 3060 and in several different domains of VP2 illustrated that the chain-based spatial interaction patterns of VP1, VP2, and VP3 (VP1-3), as well as between the internal VP4 and the three external capsid proteins of FMDV, might contribute to the assembly of eventually viable viruses. The Y2079H site-directed mutants dramatically induced a decrease in plaque size on BHK-21 cells and viral pathogenicity in suckling mice. Remarkably, the 2079H-encoding viruses displayed a moderate increase in acid sensitivity correlated with NH4Cl resistance compared to the Y2079-encoding viruses. Interestingly, none of all the 16 rescued viruses were able to infect heparan sulfate-expressing CHO-K1 cells. However, viral infection in BHK-21 cells was facilitated by utilizing non-integrin-dependent, heparin-sensitive receptor(s) and replacements of four uncharged amino acids at position 3174 in VP3 of FMDV had no apparent influence on heparin affinity. These results provide particular insights into the correlation of evolutionary biology with genetic diversity in adapting populations of FMDV.IMPORTANCE The sequence variation within the capsid proteins occurs frequently in the infection of susceptible tissue cultures, reflecting the high levels of genetic diversity of FMDV. A systematic study for the functional significance of isolate-specific residues in VP0 and VP3 of FMDV PanAsia-1 strains suggested that the interaction of amino acid side chains between the N terminus of VP4 and several potential domains of VP1-3 had cascading effects on the viability and developmental characteristics of progeny viruses. Y2079H in VP0 of the indicated FMDVs could affect plaque size and pathogenicity, as well as acid sensitivity correlated with NH4Cl resistance, whereas there was no inevitable correlation in viral plaque and acid-sensitive phenotypes. The high affinity of non-integrin-dependent FMDVs for heparin might be explained by the differences in structures of heparan sulfate proteoglycans on the surfaces of different cell lines. These results may contribute to our understanding of the distinct phenotypic properties of FMDV in vitro and in vivo.
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Substituição de Aminoácidos/genética , Proteínas do Capsídeo/genética , Vírus da Febre Aftosa/genética , Febre Aftosa/virologia , Animais , Células CHO , Cricetulus , Heparitina Sulfato/genética , Camundongos , Fases de Leitura Aberta/genética , Sorogrupo , Vírion/genéticaRESUMO
PURPOSE: Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) exist as heterogeneous subsets and have dichotomous roles in cancer-immune evasion. This study aims to assess the clinical effects of Galectin-9+ tumor-associated macrophages (Gal-9+TAMs) in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We identified Gal-9+TAMs by immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis of a tumor microarray (TMA) (n = 141) from the Zhongshan Hospital and by flow cytometric analysis of tumor specimens (n = 20) from the Shanghai Cancer Center. The survival benefit of platinum-based chemotherapy in this subpopulation was evaluated. The effect of the tumor-immune microenvironment with different percentages of Gal-9+TAMs was explored. RESULTS: The frequency of Gal-9+TAMs increased with tumor stage and grade. Gal-9+TAMs predicted poor overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) and were better than Gal-9-TAMs and TAMs to discriminate prognostic groups. In univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses, patients with high percentages of Gal-9+TAMs showed the prominent survival benefit after receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT). High Gal-9+TAM infiltration correlated with increasing numbers of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and mast cells and decreasing numbers of CD8+T and dendritic cells (DCs). Dense infiltration of Gal-9+TAMs was related to reduced cytotoxic molecules, enhanced immune checkpoints or immunosuppressive cytokines expressed by immune cells, as well as active proliferation of tumor cells. Additionally, the subpopulation accumulated was strongly associated with PD-1+TIM-3+CD8+T cells. CONCLUSIONS: Gal-9+TAMs predicted OS and RFS and response to ACT in MIBC patients. High Gal-9+TAMs were associated with a pro-tumor immune contexture concomitant with T cell exhaustion.
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Galectinas/metabolismo , Macrófagos/imunologia , Músculos/patologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/terapia , Adulto , Biomarcadores Farmacológicos , Movimento Celular , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Análise em Microsséries , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Prognóstico , Análise de Sobrevida , Evasão Tumoral , Microambiente Tumoral , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/mortalidadeRESUMO
PURPOSE: Hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF-2α) overexpression leads to activation of angiogenic pathways. However, little is known about the association between HIF-2α expression and anti-tumor immunity in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). We aimed to explore how HIF-2α influenced the microenvironment and the underlying mechanisms. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We immunohistochemically evaluated immune cells infiltrations and prognostic value of HIF-2α expression in a retrospective Zhongshan Hospital cohort of 280 ccRCC patients. Fresh tumor samples, non-tumor tissues and autologous peripheral blood for RT-PCR, ELISA and flow cytometry analyses were collected from patients who underwent nephrectomy in Zhongshan Hospital from September 2017 to April 2018. The TCGA KIRC cohort and SATO cohort were assessed to support our findings. RESULTS: We demonstrated that ccRCC patients with HIF-2αhigh tumors exhibited reduced overall survival (p = 0.025) and recurrence-free survival (p < 0.001). Functions of CD8+ T cells were impaired in HIF-2αhigh patients. In ccRCC patients, HIF-2α induced the expression of stem cell factor (SCF), which served as chemoattractant for mast cells. Tumor infiltrating mast cells impaired anti-tumor immunity partly by secreting IL-10 and TGF-ß. HIF-2α mRNA level adversely associated with immunostimulatory genes expression in KIRC and SATO cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: HIF-2α contributed to evasion of anti-tumor immunity via SCF secretion and subsequent recruitment of mast cells in ccRCC patients.
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Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos/metabolismo , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Carcinoma de Células Renais/imunologia , Neoplasias Renais/imunologia , Mastócitos/imunologia , Carcinogênese , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Movimento Celular , Células Cultivadas , Estudos de Coortes , Seguimentos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Vigilância Imunológica , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Análise de Sobrevida , Evasão Tumoral , Microambiente TumoralRESUMO
PURPOSE: Classical HLA class I antigen is highly involved in antigen presentation and adaptive immune response against tumor. In this study, we explored its predictive value for treatment response and survival in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A TKI cohort of 111 mRCC patients treated with sunitinib or sorafenib and a non-TKI cohort of 160 mRCC patients treated with interleukin-2 or interferon-α-based immunotherapy at a single institution were retrospectively enrolled. HLA class I expression and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) density was assessed by immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays. Association between HLA class I and CTL was also assessed in the TCGA KIRC cohort. RESULTS: In the TKI cohort, down-regulated HLA class I was associated with lower objective response rate of TKI therapy (P = 0.004), shorter overall survival (OS) (P = 0.001), and shorter progression free survival (PFS) (P < 0.001). Multivariate Cox regression model defined HLA expression as an independent prognostic factor for both OS [hazard ratio 1.687 (95% CI 1.045-2.724), P = 0.032] and PFS [hazard ratio 2.139 (95% CI 1.376-3.326), P = 0.001]. In the non-TKI cohort, HLA class I was not significantly associated with survival. HLA class I expression was associated with CTL infiltration and function, and its prognostic value was more predominant in CTL high-density tumors (P < 0.001) rather than CTL low-density tumors (P = 0.294). CONCLUSIONS: Classical HLA class I expression can serve as a potential predictive biomarker for TKI therapy in mRCC patients. Its predictive value was restricted in CTL high-density tumors. However, further external validations and functional investigations are still required.
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Carcinoma de Células Renais/tratamento farmacológico , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/análise , Neoplasias Renais/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Idoso , Carcinoma de Células Renais/imunologia , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Carcinoma de Células Renais/secundário , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Renais/imunologia , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Metástase Neoplásica , Prognóstico , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos/imunologiaRESUMO
Most proinflammatory actions of C-reactive protein (CRP) are only expressed following dissociation of its native pentameric assembly into monomeric form (mCRP). However, little is known about what underlies the greatly enhanced activities of mCRP. Here we show that a single sequence motif, i.e. cholesterol binding sequence (CBS; a.a. 35-47), is responsible for mediating the interactions of mCRP with diverse ligands. The binding of mCRP to lipoprotein component ApoB, to complement component C1q, to extracellular matrix components fibronectin and collagen, to blood coagulation component fibrinogen, and to membrane lipid component cholesterol, are all found to be markedly inhibited by the synthetic CBS peptide but not by other CRP sequences tested. Likewise, mutating CBS in mCRP also greatly impairs these interactions. Functional experiments further reveal that CBS peptide significantly reduces the effects of mCRP on activation of endothelial cells in vitro and on acute induction of IL-6 in mice. The potency and specificity of CBS are critically determined by the N-terminal residues Cys-36, Leu-37, and His-38; while the versatility of CBS appears to originate from its intrinsically disordered conformation polymorphism. Together, these data unexpectedly identify CBS as the major recognition site of mCRP and suggest that this motif may be exploited to tune the proinflammatory actions of mCRP.
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Proteína C-Reativa/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Animais , Apolipoproteína B-100 , Apolipoproteínas B/genética , Apolipoproteínas B/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação , Proteína C-Reativa/genética , Complemento C1q/genética , Complemento C1q/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/patologia , Humanos , Inflamação/metabolismo , Inflamação/patologia , Interleucina-6/genética , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , CamundongosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 17 (CCL17) is a chemokine mainly produced by myeloid dendritic cells. It is a ligand for CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) and CC chemokine receptor 8 (CCR8). The aim of this study was to investigate prognostic values of CCL17 expression in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). METHODS: The study included 286 patients with ccRCC. CCL17 expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays. Prognostic values of CCL17 expression and patients' clinical outcomes were evaluated. RESULTS: Kaplan-Meier method showed that low CCL17 expression was associated with worse patient overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) (OS, P = 0.002; RFS, P = 0.007). Low CCL17 expression was an adverse independent risk factor for OS and RFS in multivariate analyses (OS, P = 0.006, P = 0.011 for bootstrap; RFS, P = 0.002, P = 0.025 for bootstrap). We constructed two nomograms incorporating parameters derived from multivariate analyses to predict patients' OS and RFS (OS, c-index 0.799; RFS, c-index 0.787) and they performed better than existed integrated models. CONCLUSION: Low CCL17 expression is a potential independent adverse prognostic biomarker for recurrence and survival of patients with ccRCC after nephrectomy. Established nomograms based on this information could help predict ccRCC patients' OS and RFS.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Renais/metabolismo , Quimiocina CCL17/metabolismo , Neoplasias Renais/metabolismo , Adulto , Idoso , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Carcinoma de Células Renais/cirurgia , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Rim/metabolismo , Rim/patologia , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Renais/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Nefrectomia , PrognósticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: CC-chemokine receptor seven (CCR7), a G-protein coupled receptor normally facilitating immune cells lymphatic homing, has recently been identified on several cancer cells in promoting invasion and lymphatic specific metastasis by mimicking normal leukocytes. As tyrosine kinase inhibitors for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) mostly emphasized on vascular inhibition, whether the CCR7 expressing tumor cells with potential lymphatic invasion function could have an impact on mRCC patient's drug response and survival, was unknown. METHODS: In this study, in a clinical aspect, we retrospectively investigated the prognostic and predictive impact of tumoral CCR7 expression in 110 mRCC patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib, and its correlation with pre- or post-administration lymphatic involvement. Immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays were conducted for CCR7 expression evaluation. RESULTS: Kaplan-Meier and univariate analyses suggested high tumoral CCR7 expression as an adverse prognosticator for mRCC patients' overall survival (OS), which was further confirmed in the multivariate analyses (P = 0.002, P = 0.003 for bootstrap). This molecule could be combined with Heng's risk model for better patient OS prediction. High tumoral CCR7 expression was also an independent dismal predictor for patients' progression free survival (PFS) (P = 0.010, P = 0.013 for bootstrap), and correlated with poorer best drug response. Moreover, a possible correlation of CCR7 high expression and patients' baseline and post-administration lymph node metastasis was found. CONCLUSIONS: High tumoral CCR7 expression correlated with potential lymphatic involvement and poor prognosis of mRCC patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Further external validations and basic researches were needed to confirm these results.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Renais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Renais/metabolismo , Receptores CCR7/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Carcinoma de Células Renais/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Carcinoma de Células Renais/secundário , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Feminino , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Renais/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Metástase Linfática , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Curva ROC , Receptores CCR7/genética , Estudos Retrospectivos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Podoplanin, a transmembrane sialomucin-like glycoprotein, was recently shown to be involved in tumor progression and metastasis, and its potential role in facilitating platelet-based tumor embolization and promigratory phenotype of cancer cells was also demonstrated. In this study, we assessed the clinical significance of tumoral podoplanin expression in 295 patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) through immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays and analyzing the staining intensity. Univariate analysis suggested an adverse prognostic effect of high tumoral podoplanin expression on patients' overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) (P < 0.001 for both). In the multivariate analysis, high tumoral podoplanin expression (using staining intensity as either a continuous or dichotomous variable) was still an independent adverse prognostic factor for patient survival (OS, P < 0.001, RFS, P < 0.001 for continuous; OS, P < 0.001, RFS, P = 0.002 for dichotomous). Moreover, stratified analysis identified a higher prognostic power in the intermediate/high risk patient groups. After utilizing those parameters in the validated multivariate analysis, two nomograms were constructed to predict ccRCC patients' OS and RFS (c-index 0.815 and 0.805, respectively), and performed better than existing integrated models (P < 0.001 for all comparisons). In conclusion, high tumoral podoplanin expression could independently predict an adverse clinical outcome for ccRCC patients, and it might be useful in future for clinical decision-making and therapeutic developments.
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Carcinoma de Células Renais/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Renais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Renais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Renais/mortalidade , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Biomarcadores Tumorais , Carcinoma de Células Renais/cirurgia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Neoplasias Renais/cirurgia , Masculino , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Estudos Retrospectivos , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
PURPOSE: Mutations of SETD2 occur in 3% to 16% of clear cell renal cell carcinoma cases. Previous studies identified an association between SETD2 mutation and prognosis of patients with nonmetastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. In this study we explored the prognostic and predictive value of SETD2 expression in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively enrolled 138 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with sunitinib or sorafenib at a single institution from 2007 to 2014. SETD2 expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays. RESULTS: After excluding those patients with loss of followup or unavailable tissue samples, 111 were included in the study. Low SETD2 expression was associated with reduced overall survival (p <0.001) and progression-free survival (p=0.001). After adjustment for histological type, Heng risk group and drugs used for targeted therapy, SETD2 was defined as an independent prognostic marker for overall survival (HR 2.535 [95% CI 1.429-4.497], p=0.001) and progression-free survival (HR 1.755 [95% CI 1.031-2.988], p=0.038). Its prognostic value for overall survival was more predominant in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (p <0.001) or patients in the intermediate risk group of Heng risk criteria (p <0.001), while its predictive value for progression-free survival was more predominant in patients treated with sorafenib (p <0.001). SETD2 could also be combined with the Heng risk model for better overall survival prediction. CONCLUSIONS: SETD2 is a potential prognostic biomarker for overall survival and progression-free survival prediction in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving targeted therapy. However, it remains to be seen whether this is generalizable to other ethnicities and prospective external validation is required.