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Anti-CTLA-4-antibodies can induce long-lasting tumor remissions. However, only a few patients respond, necessitating the development of predictive companion biomarkers. Increasing evidence suggests a major role of epigenetics, including DNA methylation, in immunology and resistance to immune checkpoint blockade. Here, we tested CTLA4 promoter methylation and CTLA-4 protein expression as predictive biomarkers for response to anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy. We identified retrospectively N = 30 stage IV melanoma patients treated with single-agent anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy (ipilimumab). We used quantitative methylation-specific PCR and immunohistochemistry to quantify CTLA4 methylation and protein expression in pre-treatment samples. CTLA4 methylation was significantly higher in progressive as compared to responding tumors and significantly associated with progression-free survival. A subset of infiltrating lymphocytes and tumor cells highly expressed CTLA-4. However, CTLA-4 protein expression did not predict response to treatment. We conclude that CTLA4 methylation is a predictive biomarker for response to anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy.
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