Spatially Resolved Tumor Microenvironment Predicts Treatment Outcomes in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma

Spatially Resolved Tumor Microenvironment Predicts Treatment Outcomes in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma

About a third of patients with relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r CHL) succumb to their disease after high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation (HDC/ASCT). Here, we aimed to describe spatially resolved tumor microenvironment (TME) ecosystems to establi...

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Published in:Journal of clinical oncology Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 1077 - 1087
Main Authors: Aoki, Tomohiro, Jiang, Aixiang, Xu, Alexander, Yin, Yifan, Gamboa, Alicia, Milne, Katy, Takata, Katsuyoshi, Miyata-Takata, Tomoko, Chung, Shanee, Rai, Shinya, Wu, Shaocheng, Warren, Mary, Strong, Celia, Goodyear, Talia, Morris, Kayleigh, Chong, Lauren C, Hav, Monirath, Colombo, Anthony R, Telenius, Adele, Boyle, Merrill, Ben-Neriah, Susana, Power, Maryse, Gerrie, Alina S, Weng, Andrew P, Karsan, Aly, Roth, Andrew, Farinha, Pedro, Scott, David W, Savage, Kerry J, Nelson, Brad H, Merchant, Akil, Steidl, Christian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 20-03-2024
Subjects:
Biology of Neoplasia
Ecosystem
Hodgkin Disease - drug therapy
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome
Tumor Microenvironment
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Summary:About a third of patients with relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r CHL) succumb to their disease after high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation (HDC/ASCT). Here, we aimed to describe spatially resolved tumor microenvironment (TME) ecosystems to establish novel biomarkers associated with treatment failure in r/r CHL. We performed imaging mass cytometry (IMC) on 71 paired primary diagnostic and relapse biopsies using a marker panel specific to CHL biology. For each cell type in the TME, we calculated a spatial score measuring the distance of nearest neighbor cells to the malignant Hodgkin Reed Sternberg cells within the close interaction range. Spatial scores were used as features in prognostic model development for post-ASCT outcomes. Highly multiplexed IMC data revealed shared TME patterns in paired diagnostic and early r/r CHL samples, whereas TME patterns were more divergent in pairs of diagnostic and late relapse samples. Integrated analysis of IMC and single-cell RNA sequencing data identified unique architecture defined by CXCR5 Hodgkin and Reed Sternberg (HRS) cells and their strong spatial relationship with CXCL13+ macrophages in the TME. We developed a prognostic assay (RHL4S) using four spatially resolved parameters, CXCR5+ HRS cells, PD1+CD4 T cells, CD68 tumor-associated macrophages, and CXCR5+ B cells, which effectively separated patients into high-risk versus low-risk groups with significantly different post-ASCT outcomes. The RHL4S assay was validated in an independent r/r CHL cohort using a multicolor immunofluorescence assay. We identified the interaction of CXCR5+ HRS cells with ligand-expressing CXCL13+ macrophages as a prominent crosstalk axis in relapsed CHL. Harnessing this TME biology, we developed a novel prognostic model applicable to r/r CHL biopsies, RHL4S, opening new avenues for spatial biomarker development.
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ISSN:0732-183X
1527-7755
DOI:10.1200/JCO.23.01115