Interfaces of Malignant and Immunologic Clonal Dynamics in Ovarian Cancer

Cell. 2018 Jun 14;173(7):1755-1769.e22. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.073. Epub 2018 May 10.

Abstract

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) exhibits extensive malignant clonal diversity with widespread but non-random patterns of disease dissemination. We investigated whether local immune microenvironment factors shape tumor progression properties at the interface of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and cancer cells. Through multi-region study of 212 samples from 38 patients with whole-genome sequencing, immunohistochemistry, histologic image analysis, gene expression profiling, and T and B cell receptor sequencing, we identified three immunologic subtypes across samples and extensive within-patient diversity. Epithelial CD8+ TILs negatively associated with malignant diversity, reflecting immunological pruning of tumor clones inferred by neoantigen depletion, HLA I loss of heterozygosity, and spatial tracking between T cell and tumor clones. In addition, combinatorial prognostic effects of mutational processes and immune properties were observed, illuminating how specific genomic aberration types associate with immune response and impact survival. We conclude that within-patient spatial immune microenvironment variation shapes intraperitoneal malignant spread, provoking new evolutionary perspectives on HGSC clonal dispersion.

Keywords: HGSC; HLA; clonal evolution; clone; foldback inversion; high-grade serous ovarian cancer; human leukocyte antigen; immunoediting; intratumoral heterogeneity; metastatic; mutation signature; tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / genetics
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / metabolism
  • BRCA1 Protein / genetics
  • BRCA1 Protein / metabolism
  • BRCA2 Protein / genetics
  • BRCA2 Protein / metabolism
  • CD8 Antigens / metabolism
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • HLA Antigens / genetics
  • HLA Antigens / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Loss of Heterozygosity
  • Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / cytology
  • Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / immunology*
  • Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / metabolism
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / classification
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / immunology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / genetics
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / metabolism
  • Whole Genome Sequencing
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • BRCA1 Protein
  • BRCA1 protein, human
  • BRCA2 Protein
  • BRCA2 protein, human
  • CD8 Antigens
  • HLA Antigens
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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