Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate

Abstract While cancer cells gain aggressiveness by mutations, abundant mutations release neoantigens, attracting anti-cancer immune cells. We hypothesized that in breast cancer (BC), where mutation is less common, tumors with high mutation rates demonstrate aggressive phenotypes and attract immune c...

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Autores principales: Hideo Takahashi, Mariko Asaoka, Li Yan, Omar M. Rashid, Masanori Oshi, Takashi Ishikawa, Masayuki Nagahashi, Kazuaki Takabe
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7da8c6f6d26c4ed3a1ec4b0f1f4f5d482021-12-02T14:06:51ZBiologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate10.1038/s41598-020-58995-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/7da8c6f6d26c4ed3a1ec4b0f1f4f5d482020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58995-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract While cancer cells gain aggressiveness by mutations, abundant mutations release neoantigens, attracting anti-cancer immune cells. We hypothesized that in breast cancer (BC), where mutation is less common, tumors with high mutation rates demonstrate aggressive phenotypes and attract immune cells simultaneously. High mutation rates were defined as the top 10% of the mutation rate, utilizing TCGA and METABRIC transcriptomic data. Mutation rate did not impact survival although high mutation BCs were associated with aggressive clinical features, such as more frequent in ER-negative tumors (p < 0.01), in triple-negative subtype (p = 0.03), and increased MKI-67 mRNA expression (p < 0.01) in both cohorts. Tumors with high mutation rates were associated with APOBEC3B and homologous recombination deficiency, increasing neoantigen loads (all p < 0.01). Cell proliferation and immune activity pathways were enriched in BCs with high mutation rates. Furthermore, there were higher lymphocytes and M1 macrophage infiltration in high mutation BCs. Additionally, T-cell receptor diversity, cytolytic activity score (CYT), and T-cell exhaustion marker expression were significantly elevated in BCs with high mutation rates (all p < 0.01), indicating strong immunogenicity. In conclusion, enhanced immunity due to neoantigens can be one of possible forces to counterbalance aggressiveness of a high mutation rate, resulting in similar survival rates to low mutation BCs.Hideo TakahashiMariko AsaokaLi YanOmar M. RashidMasanori OshiTakashi IshikawaMasayuki NagahashiKazuaki TakabeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
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Hideo Takahashi
Mariko Asaoka
Li Yan
Omar M. Rashid
Masanori Oshi
Takashi Ishikawa
Masayuki Nagahashi
Kazuaki Takabe
Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate
description Abstract While cancer cells gain aggressiveness by mutations, abundant mutations release neoantigens, attracting anti-cancer immune cells. We hypothesized that in breast cancer (BC), where mutation is less common, tumors with high mutation rates demonstrate aggressive phenotypes and attract immune cells simultaneously. High mutation rates were defined as the top 10% of the mutation rate, utilizing TCGA and METABRIC transcriptomic data. Mutation rate did not impact survival although high mutation BCs were associated with aggressive clinical features, such as more frequent in ER-negative tumors (p < 0.01), in triple-negative subtype (p = 0.03), and increased MKI-67 mRNA expression (p < 0.01) in both cohorts. Tumors with high mutation rates were associated with APOBEC3B and homologous recombination deficiency, increasing neoantigen loads (all p < 0.01). Cell proliferation and immune activity pathways were enriched in BCs with high mutation rates. Furthermore, there were higher lymphocytes and M1 macrophage infiltration in high mutation BCs. Additionally, T-cell receptor diversity, cytolytic activity score (CYT), and T-cell exhaustion marker expression were significantly elevated in BCs with high mutation rates (all p < 0.01), indicating strong immunogenicity. In conclusion, enhanced immunity due to neoantigens can be one of possible forces to counterbalance aggressiveness of a high mutation rate, resulting in similar survival rates to low mutation BCs.
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author Hideo Takahashi
Mariko Asaoka
Li Yan
Omar M. Rashid
Masanori Oshi
Takashi Ishikawa
Masayuki Nagahashi
Kazuaki Takabe
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Mariko Asaoka
Li Yan
Omar M. Rashid
Masanori Oshi
Takashi Ishikawa
Masayuki Nagahashi
Kazuaki Takabe
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title Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate
title_short Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate
title_full Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate
title_fullStr Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate
title_full_unstemmed Biologically Aggressive Phenotype and Anti-cancer Immunity Counterbalance in Breast Cancer with High Mutation Rate
title_sort biologically aggressive phenotype and anti-cancer immunity counterbalance in breast cancer with high mutation rate
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