Beta2-microglobulin mutations in microsatellite unstable colorectal tumors |
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Authors: | Kloor Matthias Michel Sara Buckowitz Boris Rüschoff Josef Büttner Reinhard Holinski-Feder Elke Dippold Wolfgang Wagner Rudolf Tariverdian Mirjam Benner Axel Schwitalle Yvette Kuchenbuch Beate von Knebel Doeberitz Magnus |
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Affiliation: | Department of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. matthias.kloor@med.uni-heidelberg.de |
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Abstract: | Defects of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) cause the high level microsatellite instability (MSI-H) phenotype. MSI-H cancers may develop either sporadically or in the context of the hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome that is caused by germline mutations of MMR genes. In colorectal cancer (CRC), MSI-H is characterized by a dense lymphocytic infiltration, reflecting a high immunogenicity of these cancers. As a consequence of immunoselection, MSI-H CRCs frequently display a loss of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I antigen presentation caused by mutations of the beta2-microglobulin (beta2m) gene. To examine the implications of beta2m mutations during MSI-H colorectal tumor development, we analyzed the prevalence of beta2m mutations in MSI-H colorectal adenomas (n=38) and carcinomas (n=104) of different stages. Mutations were observed in 6/38 (15.8%) MSI-H adenomas and 29/104 (27.9%) MSI-H CRCs. A higher frequency of beta2m mutations was observed in MSI-H CRC patients with germline mutations of MMR genes MLH1 or MSH2 (36.4%) compared with patients without germline mutations (15.4%). The high frequency of beta2m mutations in HNPCC-associated MSI-H CRCs is in line with the hypothesis that immunoselection may be particularly pronounced in HNPCC patients with inherited predisposition to develop MSI-H cancers. beta2m mutations were positively related to stage in tumors without distant metastases (UICC I-III), suggesting that loss of beta2m expression may promote local progression of colorectal MSI-H tumors. However, no beta2m mutations were observed in metastasized CRCs (UICC stage IV, p=0.04). These results suggest that functional beta2m may be necessary for distant metastasis formation in CRC patients. |
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Keywords: | colorectal adenoma colorectal cancer hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer immune selection microsatellite instability tumor immune evasion |
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