PMID- 33964809 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220107 LR - 20220107 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 97 DP - 2021 Aug TI - APE1 facilitates PD-L1-mediated progression of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 107675 LID - S1567-5769(21)00311-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107675 [doi] AB - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HSCC) seriously affect the life quality of patients. Nowadays, immunotherapy is widely used in the treatment of cancer. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) play key roles in the immunotherapy of cancer. Moreover, study has reported that the upregulation of PD-L1 and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclase 1 (APE1) are associated with tumorigenesis and poor prognosis of gastric cancer. In the present study, the number of CD3+ T lymphocytes and the expressions of PD-1 and PD-L1 in LSCC and HSCC were detected in clinical samples. In addition, the expressions of PD-L1 and APE1 and their correlation were explored. The results showed that PD-1+ T lymphocytes were wildly infiltrated and PD-L1 was overexpressed in LSCC and HSCC tissues. PD-1 had a positive correlation with cancer progression, and glottic and subglottic LSCC tissues might have a more active immune microenvironment. Moreover, the results showed that upregulated co-expression of PD-L1 and APE1 was a biomarker of LSCC, and APE1 could regulate the expression of PD-L1 through NF-kappaB signaling pathway. In conclusion, the combine detection of the expressions of PD-1, PD-L1 and APE1 will provide predictive value for the treatment of LSCC and HSCC via immune checkpoint inhibitors, which will help us to identify the patient population more likely to benefit from the immune checkpoint inhibitors based on the tumor immune microenvironment. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Juan AU - Wang J AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266061, Shandong, China. FAU - Lun, Limin AU - Lun L AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266061, Shandong, China. FAU - Jiang, Xin AU - Jiang X AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning, China. FAU - Wang, Yi AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266061, Shandong, China. FAU - Li, Xiaopeng AU - Li X AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266061, Shandong, China. FAU - Du, Guoqiang AU - Du G AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital (Group), Qingdao 266071, Shandong, China. Electronic address: dugq2020@163.com. FAU - Wang, Jin AU - Wang J AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning, China. Electronic address: wangj10@sj-hospital.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study DEP - 20210506 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (CD274 protein, human) RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (PDCD1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) RN - EC 4.2.99.18 (APEX1 protein, human) RN - EC 4.2.99.18 (DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase) SB - IM MH - B7-H1 Antigen/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics/metabolism MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chemotherapy, Adjuvant/methods MH - DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase/*metabolism MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects/immunology MH - Humans MH - Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/diagnosis/genetics/*immunology/therapy MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/diagnosis/genetics/*immunology/therapy MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/genetics/immunology MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/diagnosis/genetics/*immunology/therapy MH - Tumor Microenvironment/drug effects/genetics/immunology MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - APE1 OT - Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - PD-1 OT - PD-L1 OT - TILs EDAT- 2021/05/09 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/08 06:00 CRDT- 2021/05/08 20:27 PHST- 2021/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/08 20:27 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(21)00311-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107675 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2021 Aug;97:107675. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107675. Epub 2021 May 6.