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Prognostic significance of CD200 expression and correlation with COX-2 expression in cutaneous melanoma

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Abstract
Background: Immune escape by tumors can occur by various mechanisms. As immunotherapy targeting immune checkpoints such as Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and anti-programmed cell death protein 1 is considered as a good alternative to conventional chemotherapy in melanoma patients, more research on new immune checkpoints, which allows better therapeutic efficacy with less toxicity is needed.
Objective: We evaluated CD200 and COX-2 expression in melanoma and their correlation, and determined their effects on clinicopathological characteristics including survival data.
Method: Tumor samples obtained from primary melanoma lesions were analyzed for both CD200 and COX-2 expression by IHC analysis. Co-localization of PD-L1 and COX-2 expression was analyzed by double fluorescence staining. Lastly the BRAFV600E A375 melanoma cell lines were used to evaluate the effect of COX-2 inhibition by celecoxib on expression of CD200 in vitro. Tissue specimens from 118 patients of melanoma were evaluated by immunohistochemistry for CD200 and COX-2 expression. Clinidopathological features including survival data were analyzed according to the expression of CD200 and COX-2.
Results: CD200 and COX-2 were positive in 47.4% and 48.3% of melanoma patients. Both showed a tendency to be associated with aggressive clinicopathologic features. CD200 expression positively correlated with COX-2 expression in human melanoma cells. CD200 and COX-2 expression in melanoma were independent prognostic markers for worse overall survival. Lastly, inhibition of COX-2 activity by celecoxib down-regulated the expression of CD200 in BRAFV600E melanoma cell lines.
Limitations: Status of BRAF and NRAS mutations was not analyzed in melanoma patients. We could not investigate the difference according to the subtype of melanoma.
Conclusion: Our study suggests that CD200 expression by melanoma cells is associated with more aggressive pathologic features and worse survival data. Anti-CD200 treatment might be therapeutically beneficial for melanoma treatment.
Author(s)
이미혜
Issued Date
2018
Awarded Date
2019-02
Type
Dissertation
Keyword
CD200Tumor microenvironmentimmune checkpointMelanoma
URI
https://oak.ulsan.ac.kr/handle/2021.oak/6283
http://ulsan.dcollection.net/common/orgView/200000176968
Alternative Author(s)
Lee Mihye
Affiliation
울산대학교
Department
일반대학원 의학과
Advisor
Jee Ho Choi
Degree
Doctor
Publisher
울산대학교 일반대학원 의학과
Language
eng
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