American Association for Cancer Research
Browse

Supplementary Data from Modulation of the Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Immune Microenvironment by Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Download (4.39 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-03-31, 23:10 authored by Bradley N. Mills, Haoming Qiu, Michael G. Drage, Chunmo Chen, Jocelyn S. Mathew, Jesse Garrett-Larsen, Jian Ye, Taylor P. Uccello, Joseph D. Murphy, Brian A. Belt, Edith M. Lord, Alan W. Katz, David C. Linehan, Scott A. Gerber
Supplementary Data from Modulation of the Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Immune Microenvironment by Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Funding

NIH

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Translational Research Grant

Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

History

ARTICLE ABSTRACT

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is an emerging treatment modality for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which can effectively prime cytotoxic T cells by inducing immunogenic tumor cell death in preclinical models. SBRT effects on human PDAC have yet to be thoroughly investigated; therefore, this study aimed to characterize immunomodulation in the human PDAC tumor microenvironment following therapy. Tumor samples were obtained from patients with resectable PDAC. Radiotherapy was delivered a median of 7 days prior to surgical resection, and sections were analyzed by multiplex IHC (mIHC), RNA sequencing, and T-cell receptor sequencing (TCR-seq). Analysis of SBRT-treated tumor tissue indicated reduced tumor cell density and increased immunogenic cell death relative to untreated controls. Radiotherapy promoted collagen deposition; however, vasculature was unaffected and spatial analyses lacked evidence of T-cell sequestration. Conversely, SBRT resulted in fewer tertiary lymphoid structures and failed to lessen or reprogram abundant immune suppressor populations. Higher percentages of PD-1+ T cells were observed following SBRT, and a subset of tumors displayed more clonal T-cell repertoires. These findings suggest that SBRT augmentation of antitumor immunogenicity may be dampened by an overabundance of refractory immunosuppressive populations, and support the continued development of SBRT/immunotherapy combination for human PDAC.

Usage metrics

    Clinical Cancer Research

    Categories

    Keywords

    Licence

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC