Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling after Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
semanticscholar(2021)
摘要
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, but most patients are refractory to immunotherapy or acquire resistance. To explore immunotherapy resistance mechanisms, we characterized the transcriptomes of ~92000 single cells from 15 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade combined with chemotherapy. CD8+ T, natural killer, B, and dendritic cells were activated by therapy. Therapy also promoted differentiation of memory T cells into effector T cells. Macrophages were remodeled into an M0-like phenotype and neutrophils into an aged phenotype. Distinct therapy-induced cancer-cell transcriptomes were associated with clinical response. Major pathologic responders (MPRs) activated antigen presentation via major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II). Cancer cells of non-MPRs exhibited overexpression of estrogen metabolism enzymes and elevated serum estradiol. Elevated estradiol activated EGFR signaling and upregulated the expression of VEGFA, which promoted an immunosuppressive microenvironment. FCRL4+FCRL5+ memory B cells and CD16+CX3CR1+ monocytes were identified as biomarkers for positive immunotherapy response.
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single-cell lung cancer,tumor microenvironment remodeling,lung cancer,non-small
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