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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2024

An immune scoring system predicts prognosis and immune characteristics in lung adenocarcinoma brain metastases by RNA sequencing.

Gang Xiao, Guilong Tanzhu, Xuan Gao, Lifeng Li, Zhiyuan Liu, Xuefeng Xia, Rongrong Zhou

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Gang XiaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0299-5681
Guilong TanzhuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Xuan GaoState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Lifeng LiGeneplus-Beijing, Beijing, 102205, China.
Zhiyuan LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Xuefeng XiaGeneplus-Beijing, Beijing, 102205, China.
Rongrong ZhouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China. zhourr@csu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4483-0615

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Advanced Lung Cancer Research Fund for targeted therapy in China CTONG-YC20210303Beijing Xisike Clinical Oncology and Research Foundation Y-HR2019-0185Chen Xiao-Ping Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology of Hubei Province CXPJJH121005-01Health Research Project of Hunan Provincial Health Commission W20242005National Multidisciplinary Cooperative Diagnosis and Treatment Capacity lung cancer z027002
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backgroundPrevious studies have reported that the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) was associated with the prognosis of lung cancer patients and the efficacy of immunotherapy. However, given the significant challenges in obtaining specimens of brain metastases (BrMs), few studies explored the correlation between the TIME and the prognosis in patients with BrMs from lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).

methodsTranscript profiling of archival formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimens of BrMs from 70 LUAD patients with surgically resected BrMs was carried out using RNA sequencing. An immune scoring system, the green-yellow module score (GYMS), was developed to predict prognosis and immune characteristics in both BrMs and primary LUAD using Weighted Correlation Network analysis (WGCNA) and GSVA analysis. We comprehensively evaluated the immunological role of GYMS based on gene expression profile of LUAD BrMs by systematically correlating GYMS with immunological characteristics and immunotherapy responsiveness in the BrMs. Immunohistochemistry was applied for validation.

resultsWe found that the high-GYMS group had better clinical prognosis and inflamed immune landscape including high infiltrations of various immune cells, increased immunomodulatory expression, and enriched immune-related pathways by using RNA-seq and immunohistochemical analysis. Low-GYMS group presented a lacked immune infiltration characteristic. Besides, the high-GYMS group had lower TIDE score and higher T-cell inflamed score than low-GYMS group. The GYMS has been validated in independent BrMs cohorts and primary NSCLC cohort treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1, showing strong reproducibility and stability in both primary LUAD and BrMs. In addition, we construct a GYMS-related risk signature for patients with LUAD BrMs to predict prognosis.

conclusionsWe identified two immune-related subtypes which used to estimate prognosis and immune characteristics and developed a reliable GYMS-related risk signature in LUAD BrMs. These results will enhance the understanding of the immune microenvironment in LUAD BrMs and lay the theoretical foundation for the development of personalized therapies for LUAD patients with BrMs.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungBrain NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsSequence Analysis, RNATumor MicroenvironmentAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBrain metastasesImmune scoring systemLung adenocarcinomaTumor immune microenvironment

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