Immune landscapes predict chemotherapy resistance and immunotherapy response in acute myeloid leukemia

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Contributors

  • Jayakumar Vadakekolathu - , Nottingham Trent University (Author)
  • Mark D. Minden - , Canterbury District Health Board (Author)
  • Tressa Hood - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Sarah E. Church - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Stephen Reeder - , Nottingham Trent University (Author)
  • Heidi Altmann - , Department of internal Medicine I, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Amy H. Sullivan - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Elena J. Viboch - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Tasleema Patel - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Narmin Ibrahimova - , Canterbury District Health Board (Author)
  • Sarah E. Warren - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Andrea Arruda - , Canterbury District Health Board (Author)
  • Yan Liang - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Thomas H. Smith - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • Gemma A. Foulds - , Nottingham Trent University (Author)
  • Michael D. Bailey - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • James Gowen-MacDonald - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • John Muth - , Macrogenics, Inc. (Author)
  • Marc Schmitz - , University Medicine (Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital), National Center for Tumor Diseases (Partners: UKD, MFD, HZDR, DKFZ), Institute for Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Author)
  • Alessandra Cesano - , NanoString Technologies (Author)
  • A. Graham Pockley - , Nottingham Trent University (Author)
  • Peter J.M. Valk - , Erasmus University Rotterdam (Author)
  • Bob Löwenberg - , Erasmus University Rotterdam (Author)
  • Martin Bornhäuser - , Department of internal Medicine I, National Center for Tumor Diseases (Partners: UKD, MFD, HZDR, DKFZ), University Cancer Centre, TUD Dresden University of Technology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (Author)
  • Sarah K. Tasian - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Michael P. Rettig - , Washington University St. Louis (Author)
  • Jan K. Davidson-Moncada - , Macrogenics, Inc. (Author)
  • John F. DiPersio - , Washington University St. Louis (Author)
  • Sergio Rutella - , Nottingham Trent University (Author)

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a molecularly and clinically heterogeneous hematological malignancy. Although immunotherapy may be an attractive modality to exploit in patients with AML, the ability to predict the groups of patients and the types of cancer that will respond to immune targeting remains limited. This study dissected the complexity of the immune architecture of AML at high resolution and assessed its influence on therapeutic response. Using 442 primary bone marrow samples from three independent cohorts of children and adults with AML, we defined immune-infiltrated and immune-depleted disease classes and revealed critical differences in immune gene expression across age groups and molecular disease subtypes. Interferon (IFN)–γ–related mRNA profiles were predictive for both chemotherapy resistance and response of primary refractory/relapsed AML to flotetuzumab immunotherapy. Our compendium of microenvironmental gene and protein profiles provides insights into the immuno-biology of AML and could inform the delivery of personalized immunotherapies to IFN-γ–dominant AML subtypes.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbereaaz0463
JournalScience translational medicine
Volume12
Issue number546
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 32493790

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

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