Association of Hepatobiliary Phase of Gadoxetic-Acid-Enhanced MRI Imaging with Immune Microenvironment and Response to Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab Treatment

  • Yosuke Tamura
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Atsushi Ono
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Hikaru Nakahara
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Clair Nelson Hayes
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Yasutoshi Fujii
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Peiyi Zhang
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Masami Yamauchi
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Shinsuke Uchikawa
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Yuji Teraoka
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Takuro Uchida
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Hatsue Fujino
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Takashi Nakahara
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Eisuke Murakami
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Masataka Tsuge
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Masahiro Serikawa
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Daiki Miki
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Tomokazu Kawaoka
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Wataru Okamoto
    Cancer Treatment Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Michio Imamura
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Yuko Nakamura
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Kazuo Awai
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
    Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Hideki Ohdan
    Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Masashi Fujita
    Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
  • Hidewaki Nakagawa
    Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
  • Kazuaki Chayama
    Collaborative Research Laboratory of Medical Innovation, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Hiroshi Aikata
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  • Shiro Oka
    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan

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公開日
2023-08-24
資源種別
journal article
権利情報
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI
  • 10.3390/cancers15174234
公開者
MDPI AG

説明

<jats:p>It has been reported that high intensity in the hepatobiliary (HB) phase of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI (EOB-MRI) is associated with an immune-cold microenvironment in HCC. The aim of this study is to reveal whether non-high-intensity HCCs are homogeneous with respect to the immune microenvironment and to investigate the predictive ability of EOB-MRI for the response to atezolizumab + bevacizumab therapy (Atezo/Bev). The association between differences in stepwise signal intensity of HB phase and molecular subtypes and somatic mutations associated with the immune microenvironment was investigated in 65 HCC patients (cohort 1). The association between EOB-MRI and the therapeutic effect of Atezo/Bev was evaluated in the Atezo/Bev cohort (60 patients in cohort 2). The proportion of HCCs having CTNNB1 mutations and classified as Chiang CTNNB1 and Hoshida S3 was high in the high-intensity HB-phase group. Infiltration of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) and regulatory T-lymphocytes (Treg) was characteristic of the high-intensity and low-intensity groups, respectively. Although EOB-MRI could not predict the response to Atezo/Bev treatment, our results demonstrate that EOB-MRI could serve as a surrogate marker predicting the immune microenvironment. This suggests that Atezo/Bev treatment can be selected regardless of signal intensity in the EOB-MRI HB phase.</jats:p>

収録刊行物

  • Cancers

    Cancers 15 (17), 4234-, 2023-08-24

    MDPI AG

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