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A comprehensive profiling of the immune microenvironment of breast cancer brain metastases

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Background: Despite potential clinical implications, the complexity of breast cancer (BC) brain metastases (BM) immune microenvironment is poorly understood. Through multiplex immunofluorescence, we here describe the main features of BCBM immune microenvironment (density and spatial distribution) and evaluate its prognostic impact. Methods: 60 BCBM from patients undergoing neurosurgery at three institutions (2003-2018) was comprehensively assessed using two multiplex immunofluorescence panels (CD4, CD8, Granzyme B, FoxP3, CD68, pan-cytokeratin, DAPI; CD3, PD-1, PD-L1, LAG-3, TIM-3, CD163, pan-cytokeratin, DAPI). The prognostic impact of immune subpopulations and cell-to-cell spatial interactions was evaluated. Results: Subtype-related differences in BCBM immune microenvironment and its prognostic impact were observed. While in HR-/HER2- BM and HER2+ BM, higher densities of intra-tumoral CD8+ lymphocytes were associated with significantly longer OS (HR 0.16 and 0.20, respectively), in HR+/HER2- BCBMs a higher CD4+FoxP3+/CD8+ cell ratio in the stroma was associated with worse OS (HR 5.4). Moreover, a higher density of intra-tumoral CD163+ M2-polarized microglia/macrophages in BCBMs was significantly associated with worse OS in HR-/HER2- and HR+/HER2- BCBMs (HR 6.56 and 4.68, respectively), but not in HER2+ BCBMs. In HER2+ BCBMs, multiplex immunofluorescence highlighted a negative prognostic role of PD-1/PD-L1 interaction: patients with a higher percentage of PD-L1+ cells spatially interacting with (within a 20 µm radius) PD-1+ cells presented a significantly worse OS (HR 4.60). Conclusions: Our results highlight subtype-related differences in BCBM immune microenvironment and identify two potential therapeutic targets, M2 microglia/macrophage polarization in HER2- and PD-1/PD-L1 interaction in HER2+ BCBMs, which warrant future exploration in clinical trials.
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Gaia Griguolo, Anna Tosi, Maria Vittoria Dieci, Susan Fineberg, Valentina Rossi, et al.. A comprehensive profiling of the immune microenvironment of breast cancer brain metastases. Neuro-Oncology, 2022, 24 (12), pp.2146-2158. ⟨10.1093/neuonc/noac136⟩. ⟨hal-03681228⟩
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