PMID- 33648413 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210816 LR - 20220531 IS - 1029-2403 (Electronic) IS - 1026-8022 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Expression levels of HLA-DR in acute myeloid leukemia: implications for antigenicity and clinical outcome. PG - 1907-1919 LID - 10.1080/10428194.2021.1885659 [doi] AB - Low human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR expression might compromise CD4(+) T-cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Its immunological and clinical significance however remain undefined in non-promyelocytic acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Taking advantage of mass spectrometry-based immunopeptidome analysis of primary AML samples (n = 31), we studied the implications of low HLA-DR expression for antigen presentation and analyzed its association with disease characteristics and survival within a cohort of 399 AML patients. Remarkably, overall HLA-DR/DQ immunopeptidome diversity was preserved in AML with low HLA-DR expression (HLA-DR(low) AML) and was associated with a shift in HLA-DR/DQ allotype abundances (HLA-DQ to HLA-DR/DQ ligand ratio 0.36 vs 0.19 in HLA-DR(low) and HLA-DR(high) patients, respectively). Consistent with unimpaired antigenicity, survival was similar in HLA-DR(low) and HLA-DR(high) patients. Demonstrating for the first time that overall HLA-DR/DQ antigen presentation is preserved in HLA-DR(low) AML, our findings provide a rationale for the non-inferior outcome observed in HLA-DR(low) AML patients. FAU - Roerden, Malte AU - Roerden M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7283-9778 AD - Department of Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Marklin, Melanie AU - Marklin M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2920-3894 AD - Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Clinical Collaboration Unit Translational Immunology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Salih, Helmut R AU - Salih HR AD - Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Clinical Collaboration Unit Translational Immunology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Bethge, Wolfgang A AU - Bethge WA AD - Department of Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Klein, Reinhild AU - Klein R AD - Department of Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Rammensee, Hans-Georg AU - Rammensee HG AD - Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ partner site Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Nelde, Annika AU - Nelde A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-8481 AD - Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Clinical Collaboration Unit Translational Immunology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. FAU - Walz, Juliane S AU - Walz JS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6404-7391 AD - Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC2180) "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. AD - Clinical Collaboration Unit Translational Immunology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210302 PL - United States TA - Leuk Lymphoma JT - Leukemia & lymphoma JID - 9007422 RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) SB - IM MH - Antigen Presentation MH - *HLA-DR Antigens/genetics MH - Humans MH - *Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/diagnosis/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - AML OT - Acute myeloid leukemia OT - HLA class II OT - HLA-DR OT - immunopeptidome OT - mass spectrometry EDAT- 2021/03/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/17 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/02 05:42 PHST- 2021/03/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/02 05:42 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/10428194.2021.1885659 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 Aug;62(8):1907-1919. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1885659. Epub 2021 Mar 2.