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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2020

Carbonic anhydrase 9 (CA9) expression in non-small-cell lung cancer: correlation with regulatory FOXP3+T-cell tumour stroma infiltration.

Alexandra Giatromanolaki, Adrian L Harris, Alison H Banham, Constantinos A Contrafouris, Michael I Koukourakis

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandra GiatromanolakiDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Adrian L HarrisCancer Research UK, Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-8409
Alison H BanhamNuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
Constantinos A Contrafouris1st Cardiac Surgery Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, 17674, Athens, Greece.
Michael I KoukourakisDepartment of Radiotherapy/Oncology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. targ@her.forthnet.gr.
Democritus University of Thrace · GRCancer Research UK · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GBOnassis Cardiac Surgery Center · GR

Funding

Cancer Research UK 25827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow pH suppresses the proliferation and cytotoxic activity of CD8+ cytotoxic and natural killer lymphocytes. The hypoxia-regulated transmembrane protein, carbonic anhydrase CA9, converts carbon dioxide produced by the Krebs cycle to bicarbonate and protons that acidify the extracellular milieu. We examined whether CA9 is also involved in intratumoural immunosuppression pathways.

methodsA series of 98 tissue samples of primary non-small-cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) from patients treated with surgery were analysed for the expression of CA9 and programmed-death ligand PD-L1 by cancer cells, and of FOXP3 by tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).

resultsThere was no direct association of CA9 with PD-L1 expression or the density of TILs in the tumour stroma, but CA9 was directly related to the extent of FOXP3+ TIL density (p = 0.008). Double-stratification survival analysis showed that patients with high CA9 expression and low TIL score had significantly poorer survival compared with all other groups (p < 0.04). In a multivariate analysis stage (p < 0.0001, HR 1.95, 95% CI: 1.3-2.7), TIL score (p = 0.05, HR 0.55, 95% CI: 0.2-1.0) was an independent prognostic variable of death events. CA9 expression by cancer cells is associated significantly with FOXP3+ regulatory T-cell abundance in the tumour stroma of NSCLC.

conclusionThe study provides a basis for testing CA9 as a marker of resistance to immune-checkpoint inhibitors and as a therapeutic target to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, NeoplasmCarbonic Anhydrase IXCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansLung NeoplasmsLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiddle AgedT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAntigens, NeoplasmCA9 protein, humanCarbonic Anhydrase IXForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, human

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PMID32066909
PMCPMC7156529
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