- Roelands, Jessica;
- Kuppen, Peter;
- Ahmed, Eiman;
- Mall, Raghvendra;
- Masoodi, Tariq;
- Singh, Parul;
- Monaco, Gianni;
- Raynaud, Christophe;
- de Miranda, Noel;
- Ferraro, Luigi;
- Carneiro-Lobo, Tatiana;
- Syed, Najeeb;
- Rawat, Arun;
- Awad, Amany;
- Decock, Julie;
- Mifsud, William;
- Miller, Lance;
- Sherif, Shimaa;
- Mohamed, Mahmoud;
- Rinchai, Darawan;
- Van den Eynde, Marc;
- Sayaman, Rosalyn;
- Ziv, Elad;
- Bertucci, Francois;
- Petkar, Mahir;
- Lorenz, Stephan;
- Mathew, Lisa;
- Wang, Kun;
- Murugesan, Selvasankar;
- Chaussabel, Damien;
- Vahrmeijer, Alexander;
- Wang, Ena;
- Ceccarelli, Anna;
- Fakhro, Khalid;
- Zoppoli, Gabriele;
- Ballestrero, Alberto;
- Tollenaar, Rob;
- Marincola, Francesco;
- Galon, Jérôme;
- Khodor, Souhaila;
- Ceccarelli, Michele;
- Hendrickx, Wouter;
- Bedognetti, Davide
The lack of multi-omics cancer datasets with extensive follow-up information hinders the identification of accurate biomarkers of clinical outcome. In this cohort study, we performed comprehensive genomic analyses on fresh-frozen samples from 348 patients affected by primary colon cancer, encompassing RNA, whole-exome, deep T cell receptor and 16S bacterial rRNA gene sequencing on tumor and matched healthy colon tissue, complemented with tumor whole-genome sequencing for further microbiome characterization. A type 1 helper T cell, cytotoxic, gene expression signature, called Immunologic Constant of Rejection, captured the presence of clonally expanded, tumor-enriched T cell clones and outperformed conventional prognostic molecular biomarkers, such as the consensus molecular subtype and the microsatellite instability classifications. Quantification of genetic immunoediting, defined as a lower number of neoantigens than expected, further refined its prognostic value. We identified a microbiome signature, driven by Ruminococcus bromii, associated with a favorable outcome. By combining microbiome signature and Immunologic Constant of Rejection, we developed and validated a composite score (mICRoScore), which identifies a group of patients with excellent survival probability. The publicly available multi-omics dataset provides a resource for better understanding colon cancer biology that could facilitate the discovery of personalized therapeutic approaches.