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Poster Display session 3

5089 - Finding the Right Biomarker for Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC): Nivolumab treatment induces the expression of specific peripheral lymphocyte microRNAs in patients with durable and complete response.

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 3

Topics

Tumour Site

Renal Cell Cancer

Presenters

Lorena Incorvaia

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v356-v402. 10.1093/annonc/mdz249

Authors

L. Incorvaia1, D. Fanale1, G. Badalamenti1, J.L. Iovanna2, L. Corsini1, A. Simonato1, V. Bazan3, C.G. Porta4, A. Russo1

Author affiliations

  • 1 Department Of Surgical, Oncological And Oral Sciences, University of Palermo, 90127 - Palermo/IT
  • 2 Nserm U1068, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, 13288 - Marseille/FR
  • 3 4department Of Biomedicine, Neuroscience And Advanced Diagnostics, University Of Palermo, Italy., University of Palermo, 90127 - Palermo/IT
  • 4 Department Of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and Division of Translational Oncology, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.Ospedale San Matteo, 27100 - Pavia/IT

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Abstract 5089

Background

The variability of clinical response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in RCC patients makes necessary the discovery of predictive biomarkers for patient selection. Emerging evidence has revealed a multitude of silenced genes and deregulated signalling pathways. These findings point towards extensive microRNAs (miRNAs) regulation and imply epigenetic reprogramming as a key feature of RCC. The aim of this study was to analyze the peripheral lymphocyte miRNA expression profile in metastatic RCC patients undergoing nivolumab treatment, to identify a lymphocyte miRNA signature specifically expressed in patients with partial or complete response (RP; RC) >12 months.

Methods

miRNAs were isolated from peripheral lymphocytes of 18 mRCC patients treated with nivolumab as 2nd line. The blood samples were collected before starting treatment (T0) and after 4 weeks (T1). The expression profile of 377 miRNAs was analyzed, with a cut off of fold change >2 for up-regulated and <0.3 for down-regulated miRNAs. Patients were divided into 2 groups: i) patients with disease progression (PD) within 6 months of treatment (P1); ii) patients with durable response (SD, RP, RC) >12 months (P2).

Results

Microarray analysis showed several differentially expressed miRNAs in peripheral lymphocytes of P1 and P2, involved in RCC signaling pathways such as VHL-HIF, PI3K/Akt, PTEN and WNT-β-catenin. Surprisingly, patients with RC > 12 months showed a subset of 8 miRNAs (miR-24, miR-22, miR-99a, miR-708, miR-339, miR-335, miR-214, miR-194) specifically induced by nivolumab treatment. These miRNAs are silenced or downregulated in RCC. This could explain the exceptional up-regulation in long-responder patients, evident already after 4 weeks of treatment.

Conclusions

Our study for the first time analyzed the miRNA expression profile in peripheral lymphocytes and showed the exceptional up-regulation of a specific subset of miRNA only in RCC patients with durable (<12 months) and complete response to nivolumab treatment. These findings could help to identify novel predictive biomarkers urgently needed to guide clinical decision-making in RCC patients.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, University of Palermo.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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