Fusobacterium nucleatum and T Cells in Colorectal Carcinoma.
Fusobacterium nucleatum and T Cells in Colorectal Carcinoma.
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DOI:
10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.1377
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发表时间:
2015-08
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影响因子:
28.4
通讯作者:
Ogino S
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作者:
Mima K;Sukawa Y;Nishihara R;Qian ZR;Yamauchi M;Inamura K;Kim SA;Masuda A;Nowak JA;Nosho K;Kostic AD;Giannakis M;Watanabe H;Bullman S;Milner DA;Harris CC;Giovannucci E;Garraway LA;Freeman GJ;Dranoff G;Chan AT;Garrett WS;Huttenhower C;Fuchs CS;Ogino S
Evidence indicates a complex link between gut microbiome, immunity, and intestinal tumorigenesis. To target the microbiota and immunity for colorectal cancer prevention and therapy, a better understanding of the relationship between microorganisms and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment is needed. Experimental evidence suggests that Fusobacterium nucleatum may promote colonic neoplasia development by down-regulating antitumor T-cell-mediated adaptive immunity. To test the hypothesis that higher amount of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma tissue is associated with lower density of T-cells in tumor tissue. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on colorectal carcinoma cases in two U.S. nationwide prospective cohort studies. The amount of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal carcinoma tissue was measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay; we equally dichotomized positive cases (high versus low). Multivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess associations of the amount of Fusobacterium nucleatum with densities (quartiles) of T-cells in tumor tissue, controlling for clinical and tumor molecular features, including microsatellite instability, CpG island methylator phenotype, LINE-1 methylation, and KRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA mutation status. We adjusted two-sided α level to 0.013 for multiple hypothesis testing. The Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. 598 colon and rectal carcinoma cases. Densities of CD3+, CD8+, CD45RO (PTPRC)+, and FOXP3+ T-cells in tumor tissue, determined by tissue microarray immunohistochemistry and computer-assisted image analysis. Fusobacterium nucleatum was detected in colorectal carcinoma tissue in 76 (13%) of 598 cases. Compared with Fusobacterium nucleatum-negative cases, Fusobacterium nucleatum-high cases were inversely associated with the density of CD3+ T-cells (for a unit increase in quartile categories of CD3+ T-cells as an outcome: multivariable odds ratio, 0.47; 95% confidence interval, 0.26 to 0.87; Ptrend = 0.006). The amount of Fusobacterium nucleatum was not significantly associated with the density of CD8+, CD45RO+, or FOXP3+ T-cells (Ptrend > 0.013). The amount of tissue Fusobacterium nucleatum is inversely associated with CD3+ T-cell density in colorectal carcinoma tissue. Upon validation, our human population data may provide an impetus for further investigations on potential interactive roles of Fusobacterium and host immunity in carcinogenesis.