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BP180-specific IgG is associated with skin adverse events, therapy response, and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors

Journal Paper/Review - Aug 23, 2019

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PubMed
Doi

Citation
Hasan Ali O, Sadik C, Zillikens D, Schmidt E, Jochum W, Mani B, Cozzio A, Braun A, Emtenani S, Hammers C, Abdou M, Diem S, Fässler M, Berner F, Ring S, Bomze D, Flatz L. BP180-specific IgG is associated with skin adverse events, therapy response, and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors. J Am Acad Dermatol 2019; 82:854-861.
Type
Journal Paper/Review (English)
Journal
J Am Acad Dermatol 2019; 82
Publication Date
Aug 23, 2019
Issn Electronic
1097-6787
Pages
854-861
Brief description/objective

BACKGROUND
Anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1)/programmed death-ligand 1(PD-L1) therapy frequently entails immune-related adverse events (irAEs), and biomarkers to predict irAEs are lacking. Although checkpoint inhibitors have been found to reinvigorate T cells, the relevance of autoantibodies remains elusive.

OBJECTIVE
Our aim was to explore whether IgG autoantibodies directed against coexpressed antigens by tumor tissue and healthy skin correlate with skin irAEs and therapy outcome.

METHODS
We measured skin-specific IgG via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received anti-PD1/PD-L1 treatment between July 2015 and September 2017 at the Kantonsspital St. Gallen. Sera were sampled at baseline and during therapy after 8 weeks.

RESULTS
Analysis of publicly available tumor expression data revealed that NSCLC and skin coexpress BP180, BP230, and type VII collagen. A skin irAE developed in 16 of 40 recruited patients (40%). Only elevated anti-BP180 IgG at baseline significantly correlated with the development of skin irAEs (P = .04), therapy response (P = .01), and overall survival (P = .04).

LIMITATIONS
The patients were recruited in a single tertiary care center.

CONCLUSIONS
Our data suggest that the level of anti-BP180 IgG of NSCLC patients at baseline is associated with better therapy response and overall survival and with a higher probability to develop skin irAEs during anti-PD1/PD-L1 treatment.