Immune Checkpoint and Telomerase Crosstalk Is Mediated by miRNA-138 in Bladder Cancer.

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Title
Immune Checkpoint and Telomerase Crosstalk Is Mediated by miRNA-138 in Bladder Cancer.
Journal
Frontiers in oncology
Author(s)
El Ahanidi H., El Azzouzi M., Hafidi Alaoui C., Tetou M., Bensaid M., Chaoui I., Benbacer L., Hassan I., Oukabli M., Michaud K., Ameur A., Al Bouzidi A., El Mzibri M., Jandus C., Attaleb M.
ISSN
2234-943X (Print)
ISSN-L
2234-943X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
11
Pages
795242
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Tumor recurrence and progression in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), therapy failure, and severe side effects in muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) are the major challenges in the clinical management of bladder cancer (BC). Here, we identify new molecular targetable signatures to improve BC patients' stratification and the outcome of current immunotherapies.
In a prospective cohort of 70 BC patients, we assessed the genetic and molecular regulation of TERT in maintaining telomere length in parallel to immune checkpoint and microRNA expression.
TERT was undetectable in healthy bladder tissues but upregulated in invasive BC stages and high tumor grade. Its expression was linked with the combined effect of the C250T mutation and THOR hypermethylation, associated with progressing tumors and maintaining of telomere length. In the same cohort, PD-L1 scored highest in NMIBC, while PD-L2 was upregulated in MIBC. We also show that miR-100-5p and 138-5p were highly expressed in healthy bladder specimens and cell line, while expression decreased in the BC tissues and BC cell lines. In line with the binding prediction for these miRNAs on target genes, miRs 100-5p and 138-5p expression strongly inverse correlated with TERT, PD-L1, and PD-L2 expression, but not PD1.
We identify a loop involving TERT, PD1-ligands, and miR-138-5p in BC, that might represent not only a useful biomarker for improved diagnosis and patients' stratification but also as a promising axis that might be therapeutically targeted in situ.
Keywords
TERT, bladder cancer, immune checkpoint, immunotherapy, microRNAs
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Web of science
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