OncoTargets and Therapy (Jun 2020)

Incidence and PD-L1 Expression of MET 14 Skipping in Chinese Population: A Non-Selective NSCLC Cohort Study Using RNA-Based Sequencing

  • Xu Z,
  • Li H,
  • Dong Y,
  • Cheng P,
  • Luo F,
  • Fu S,
  • Gao M,
  • Kong L,
  • Che N

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 13
pp. 6245 – 6253

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Ziguang Xu,1,* Hongxia Li,2,* Yujie Dong,3,* Peng Cheng,4 Fang Luo,4 Shijun Fu,5 Min Gao,5 Lingfei Kong,1 Nanying Che3 1Department of Pathology, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pathology, Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4Novogene Co., Ltd, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Medical Affairs Department, Pfizer Oncology, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Nanying CheDepartment of Pathology, Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 97 Ma Chang, Tongzhou District, Beijing 101149, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail [email protected] KongDepartment of Pathology, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 7, Weiwu Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 450003, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail [email protected]: Mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET) exon14 skipping mutations represent a clinically unique molecular subtype of NSCLC. The prevalence rates of MET exon 14 skipping in lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) range from 0.9% to 4.0% in Asian populations. Since some somatic variants that do not encompass the MET exon 14 splice sites might also induce MET exon 14 skipping, the RNA-based sequencing is speculated as the most accurate method for detecting exon 14 skipping.Patients and Methods: A total of 951 NSCLC patients from two hospitals were enrolled in this study. MET exon14 skipping was detected using RNA-based next-generation sequencing (NGS). Also, immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed in 405 samples simultaneously.Results: The overall estimated prevalence of MET exon 14 skipping was approximately 1.8% in ADCs and 1.7% in NSCLCs. The detection rate of MET exon 14 skipping from surgical resection specimen was 2.3% in NSCLCs and 2.0% in ADCs. The MET exon 14 skipping was identified in 6.6% of EGFR/KRAS/ALK/ROS1/RET-negative ADCs. Additionally, PD-L1 was found to be highly expressed in NSCLC patients harboring MET exon 14 skipping (P< 0.01).Conclusion: The prevalence of MET exon14 skipping in lung ADCs in the East Asian population was similar to that of the Western population as assessed by RNA-based NGS. The NSCLC patients with MET exon 14 skipping were older than those with other oncogenic driver mutations, such as EGFR, ALK, and ROS1. In addition, PD-L1 was highly expressed in NSCLC patients with MET exon 14 skipping.Keywords: non-small cell lung cancer, MET exon14 skipping, next-generation sequencing, PD-L1

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