Transcriptomic and protein expression analysis of helicase antigen (HAGE) in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) as a novel prognostic and predictive biomarker.

Authors

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Tarek M. A. Abdel-Fatah

Nottingham University City Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Tarek M. A. Abdel-Fatah , Stephanie McArdle , Devika Agarwal , Paul M Moseley , Andrew R. Green , Graham Ball , A Graham Pockley , Ian O. Ellis , Robert Rees , Steve Y.T. Chan

Organizations

Nottingham University City Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Nottingham Trent University - The John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Division of Pathology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Van Geest Cancer research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: We recently provided evidences that HAGE is immunogenic. In current study, the expression of HAGE as a prognostic and predictive tool was assessed in 1079 TNBC patients. Methods: HAGE protein and mRNA expressions were investigated in two cohorts of BC who received adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) with 10 year median follow up: (1) early primary TNBC (EP TNBC; n = 520) and (2) the METABRIC TNBC (n = 317) cohorts, respectively. The relationship between HAGE protein and mRNA expressions and response to CT was explored in two TNBC cohorts in whom pathological complete response (pCR) was the endpoint: (3) the multicentre phase II clinical trial cohort (NCT00455533; n = 132) received doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide neoadjuvant-CT (Neo-ACT), followed by 1:1 randomisation to ixabepilone (n = 68) or paclitaxel (n = 64) and (4) a locally advanced primary TNBC cohort (LAP TNBC, n = 110) received anthracycline-based Neo-ACT (AC-Neo-ACT), respectively. To investigate HAGE interactome in TNBC, a non-linear, artificial neural network (ANN) modelling based, data mining approach was applied. Results: In CT naïve EP TNBC, high (+) HAGE protein expression had a higher risk of death compared to low (-) HAGE expression (HR (95% CI) = 1.4 (1.2-1.7, p = 0.0000004). While in EP TNBC patients who received adjuvant CT, HAGE mRNA+ level exhibited lower risk of death compared to HAGE mRNA- (HR (95% CI) = 0.56 (0.36-0.86), p = 0.0.008). In LAP TNBC received AC-Neo-ACT, pre CT HAGE+ expression was: linked to tumour infiltration lymphocytes (TILs, p < 0.001), found to be independent predictor for pCR [OR (95%CI) = 5.1 (1.2-22.4), p = 0.03] and significantly associated with prolonged survival (HR (95% CI) = 0.54 (0.41-0.85), p = 0.0.005). Following AC-Neo-ACT, loss of HAGE protein expression was found (p = 0.002) and patients with HAGE+ residual disease exhibited no TILs and had two fold increase in the risk of death (HR (95% CI) = 1.66 (1.10-2.52), p = 0.0.018) compared to HAGE- residual tumours. HAGE interactome included genes that involved in protein degradation and antigen presentation Conclusions: The expression of HAGE is a potential prognostic marker and a predictor of response to AC CT in TNBC.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—Triple-Negative/Cytotoxics/Local Therapy

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 33, 2015 (suppl; abstr 1093)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2015.33.15_suppl.1093

Abstract #

1093

Poster Bd #

207

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