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Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is an immune checkpoint protein; however, emerging data suggest that tumor cell PD-L1 may regulate immune-independent and intrinsic cellular functions. We demonstrate regulation of PD-L1 by oncogenic BRAF V600E and investigated its ability to influence apoptotic susceptibility in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. Endogenous or exogenous mutant vs. wild-type BRAF were shown to increase PD-L1 messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression that was attenuated by MEK (mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase) inhibition or c-JUN and YAP knockdown. Deletion of PD-L1 reduced tumor cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Loss of PD-L1 was also shown to attenuate DNA damage and apoptosis induced by diverse anti-cancer drugs that could be reversed by restoration of wild-type PD-L1, but not mutants with deletion of its extra- or intracellular domain. The effect of PD-L1 on chemosensitivity was confirmed in MC38 murine tumor xenografts generated from PD-L1-knockout vs. parental cells. Deletion of PD-L1 suppressed BH3-only BIM and BIK proteins that could be restored by re-expression of PD-L1; re-introduction of BIM enhanced apoptosis. PD-L1 expression was significantly increased in BRAF V600E human colon cancers, and patients whose tumors had high vs. low PD-L1 had significantly better survival. In summary, BRAF V600E can transcriptionally upregulate PD-L1 expression that was shown to induce BIM and BIK to enhance chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. These data indicate an intrinsic, non-immune function of PD-L1, and suggest the potential for tumor cell PD-L1 as a predictive biomarker.

BRAFV600E-induced, tumor intrinsic PD-L1 can regulate chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in human colon cancer cells and in tumor xenografts