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Principe N, Kidman J, Lake RA, Lesterhuis WJ, Nowak AK, McDonnell AM, Chee J. Malignant Pleural Effusions-A Window Into Local Anti-Tumor T Cell Immunity? Front Oncol 2021; 11:672747. [PMID: 33987104 PMCID: PMC8111299 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.672747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The success of immunotherapy that targets inhibitory T cell receptors for the treatment of multiple cancers has seen the anti-tumor immune response re-emerge as a promising biomarker of response to therapy. Longitudinal characterization of T cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) helps us understand how to promote effective anti-tumor immunity. However, serial analyses at the tumor site are rarely feasible in clinical practice. Malignant pleural effusions (MPE) associated with thoracic cancers are an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space that is routinely drained for patient symptom control. This fluid contains tumor cells and immune cells, including lymphocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells, providing a window into the local tumor microenvironment. Recurrent MPE is common, and provides an opportunity for longitudinal analysis of the tumor site in a clinical setting. Here, we review the phenotype of MPE-derived T cells, comparing them to tumor and blood T cells. We discuss the benefits and limitations of their use as potential dynamic biomarkers of response to therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicola Principe
- National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Institute for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Institute for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Institute for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.,Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Institute for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Institute for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Prado-Garcia H, Romero-Garcia S, Morales-Fuentes J, Aguilar-Cazares D, Lopez-Gonzalez JS. Activation-induced cell death of memory CD8+ T cells from pleural effusion of lung cancer patients is mediated by the type II Fas-induced apoptotic pathway. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2012; 61:1065-80. [PMID: 22159518 PMCID: PMC11028981 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-011-1165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Pleural effusions, containing high numbers of mononuclear and tumor cells, are frequent in patients with advanced stages of lung cancer. We reported that in pleural effusions from primary lung cancer, the CD8+ T cell subpopulation, and particularly the terminally differentiated subset, is reduced compared to that of non-malignant effusions. We analyzed the participation of activation-induced cell death (AICD) and extrinsic pathways (type I or II) as mechanisms for the decrease in pleural effusion CD8+ T cell subpopulation. Pleural effusion or peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, from lung cancer patients, were stimulated with anti-CD3 antibody and analyzed for (a) apoptosis by annexin-V-binding and TUNEL assay, (b) transcript levels of Fas ligand (FasL) and TRAIL by real-time RT-PCR, (c) expression of FasL and TRAIL, measured as integrated mean fluorescence intensities (iMFI) by flow cytometry, (d) expression of Bcl-2 and BIM molecules, measured as MFI, and (e) apoptosis inhibition using caspase-8 and -9 inhibitors. Pleural effusion CD8+ T cells, but not CD4+ T cells, from cancer patients underwent AICD. Blocking FasL/Fas pathway protected from AICD. Upregulation of FasL and TRAIL expressions was found in pleural effusion CD8+ T cells, which also showed a subset of Bcl-2 low cells. In memory CD8+ T cells, AICD depended on both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways. Hence, in the pleural space of lung cancer patients, AICD might compromise the antitumor function of CD8+ T cells.
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- Heriberto Prado-Garcia
- Departamento de Enfermedades Cronico-Degenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas", Mexico City, Mexico.
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TCRβ repertoire in TIL and PBL of patients with colorectal cancer. Chin J Cancer Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02974892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Scheuring UJ, Sabzevari H, Theofilopoulos AN. Proliferative arrest and cell cycle regulation in CD8(+)CD28(-) versus CD8(+)CD28(+) T cells. Hum Immunol 2002; 63:1000-9. [PMID: 12392852 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(02)00683-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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CD8(+)CD28(-) T cells have been characterized by oligoclonal expansions, impaired proliferative responses, but preserved cytotoxicity and reduced telomeres. To examine this subset further and define the underlying mechanisms of proliferation arrest, we investigated several features of this cell type compared with CD8(+)CD28(+) controls. We analyzed expression of various activation markers, thymidine incorporation upon activation, T-cell receptor (TCR) zeta-chain phosphorylation, cell cycle characteristics, and cell cycle related gene expression. Flow cytometry revealed higher expression of CD11b, CD29, CD57, and CD94, and lower expression of CD25 in CD8(+)CD28(-) compared with CD8(+)CD28(+) T cells. Sorted CD8(+)CD16(-)CD28(-) cells exhibited decreased phosphorylation of the TCR zeta-chain in three of four probands. Proliferation of these T cells was impaired, even when activated with mitogens that bypass TCR signaling. Cell cycle profiles demonstrated a lower percentage of cycling cells and significantly higher levels of cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4a) in the CD28(-) subset compared with the CD28(+) control. These observations suggest that expanded CD8(+)CD28(-) T cells in normal elderly individuals have reduced proliferation concomitant with increased p16(INK4a) expression. Defects in TCR signaling were associated with altered TCR zeta-chain phosphorylation.
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- Urban J Scheuring
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Ortiz-Suárez A, Miller RA. A subset of CD8 memory T cells from old mice have high levels of CD28 and produce IFN-gamma. Clin Immunol 2002; 104:282-92. [PMID: 12217339 DOI: 10.1006/clim.2002.5221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Using carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE)-tagged cells to measure proliferation in vivo, we found that only memory CD8(+) cells from mice older than 18 months gave measurable levels of proliferation and that the proportion of memory CD8(+) T cells able to proliferate in a nonirradiated recipient increased with age. CD8 cells that had proliferated in vivo contained higher levels of CD28 when compared to CD8 cells that had not divided. Cells with high levels of CD28 were preferentially able to divide in nonirradiated recipients. Using ex vivo intracellular staining analysis, we determined that most of the CD8(+) T cells that were capable of dividing in vivo produced IFN-gamma after isolation from recipient mice or their original host. These studies thus document the presence in aged mice of a population of CD28(hi) CD8(+) cells whose ability to proliferate in vivo without antigenic stimulation and to produce IFN-gamma may be involved in immune regulation.
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- Anavelys Ortiz-Suárez
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Duncan SR, Leonard C, Theodore J, Lega M, Girgis RE, Rosen GD, Theofilopoulos AN. Oligoclonal CD4(+) T cell expansions in lung transplant recipients with obliterative bronchiolitis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165:1439-44. [PMID: 12016109 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2107009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) is a dreaded and frequent complication of lung transplantation with a poorly understood immunopathogenesis. To further evaluate disease mechanisms, we used T cell antigen receptor (TCR) beta-chain variable region RNase protection assays, after polymerase chain reaction amplification of TCR cDNA, to quantitate circulating CD4(+) and CD8(+) repertoires of transplant recipients with OB or no evidence of rejection (NER). All six recipients with OB had markedly abnormal CD4 expansions (2.5 +/- 0.5 expansions/recipient) attributable to oligoclonal proliferations. Only two of six recipients with NER had a single, much lesser, CD4(+) abnormality each (p < 0.01). Moreover, one of these patients developed OB shortly thereafter, and the other NER abnormality may have predated transplantation. In contrast, CD8(+) expansions were common in both recipient populations. Findings of CD4(+) expansions had 100% sensitivity and 80% specificity for the presence or imminent development of OB. These data suggest proliferations of CD4(+) T cells are important in OB pathogenesis, and these are most likely part of a major histocompatibility complex Class II-dependent process of indirect alloantigen presentation. These CD4(+) clones are likely to have facultative helper functions for the multiple and diverse immune processes that have been implicated in OB. Furthermore, the close association of CD4(+) expansions with OB raises possibilities of development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
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- Steven R Duncan
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Onishi H, Morisaki T, Kuga H, Katano M, Doi F, Uchiyama A, Sugitani A, Wada J, Chijiiwa K, Tanaka M. A large quantity of CD3-/CD19-/CD16- lymphocytes in malignant pleural effusion from a patient with recurrent cholangio cell carcinoma. Immunol Invest 2002; 31:121-35. [PMID: 12148948 DOI: 10.1081/imm-120004803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are candidates for adoptive cellular immunotherapy. Here we report on a patient whose TILs presented unusual lymphocyte antigens. Pleural effusions were collected from a 47-year-old man with recurrent cholangio cell carcinoma and malignant effusion. Effusion-associated lymphocytes (EALs) were separated by Ficoll-Hypaque gradient, and the EAL phenotype was determined by flow cytometry. The percentage of positive cells was determined for each lymphocyte-related differentiation antigen. The percentages of CD3+, CD19+, and CD16+ lymphocyte subpopulations among EALs were 20%, 7%, and 3%, respectively. Nearly 70% of EALs were CD3-/CD19-/CD56-/CD16- cells. The phenotypes of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) collected simultaneously from the patient's peripheral blood were CD3+ (52%), CD19+ (20%), and CD16+ (20%). When EALs were cultured in medium without pleural effusion, T cell-related antigens, but not B cell- or natural killer (NK) cell-related antigens, were newly expressed on EALs, and this expression reached a plateau after 48 h in culture. The proportions of CD3+, CD19+, and CD16+ cells were 69%, 7%, and 3%, respectively. However, when EALs were cultured in medium with pleural effusion, increased expression of T cell-related antigens was not observed; the proportions of CD3+, CD19+, and CD16+ cells were 16%, 6%, and 1%, respectively. Neither total cell numbers nor cellular viability of EALs changed significantly after in-vitro culture, suggesting that significant proliferation or death of EALs did not occur during the culture period. Co-culture of the patient's PBLs with autologous pleural effusion for 96 h did not alter the expression of lymphocyte-related antigens on the PBLs. These results indicate that expression of T cell-related antigens, but not B cell- or NK cell-related antigens, on EALs was blocked temporarily by the malignant pleural effusion. This is the first report concerning the existence of a large quantity of unclassified lymphocytes in which the T cell-related antigens were reversibly masked in the malignant pleural effusion.
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- Hideya Onishi
- Department of Cancer Therapy and Research, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Murphy M. Detection of pulmonary relapsed T-cell lymphoma by T-cell receptor (TCR) gene analysis. Am J Hematol 2001; 66:69-70. [PMID: 11426502 DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200101)66:1<69::aid-ajh1017>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chamberlain WD, Falta MT, Kotzin BL. Functional subsets within clonally expanded CD8(+) memory T cells in elderly humans. Clin Immunol 2000; 94:160-72. [PMID: 10692235 DOI: 10.1006/clim.1999.4832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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With advancing age, healthy humans frequently demonstrate large clonal expansions of CD8(+) T cells in the peripheral blood, which persist for long periods of time and appear to be maintained as a population of memory cells. We studied nine large T cell clones in five elderly individuals. We noted that in most cases the expanded clones were dominated by cells that did not express CD28, a pivotal molecule in T cell activation, and these clones proliferated poorly in culture. However, nearly all of the clonal expansions had CD28(+) fractions and some of these cells appeared to lose CD28 gene expression with stimulation in culture. CD28(+) cells demonstrated greater proliferation in both bulk and limiting dilution cultures compared to CD28(-) cells bearing the same TCR, whereas CD28(-) cells showed increased perforin expression. Together, these data suggest that loss of CD28 expression marks functional differentiation to cytotoxic memory cells within these clonal expansions and likely within CD8(+) memory populations in general.
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- W D Chamberlain
- Department of Medicine and Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Murphy M, Signoretti S, Nasser I, Sherburne B, Loda M. Detection of concurrent/recurrent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in effusions by PCR. Hum Pathol 1999; 30:1361-6. [PMID: 10571518 DOI: 10.1016/s0046-8177(99)90069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A subset of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), present with or subsequently develop lymphocytic effusions. Differential diagnosis between reactive lymphocytosis and recurrent low-grade NHL is difficult by cytology alone. We studied the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based techniques to detect concurrent/recurrent NHL. Both primary tumors and atypical lymphocytic effusions of 12 low-grade B-NHL patients and 4 T-NHL patients were studied. Six pleural effusions (reactive/carcinomatous), in patients with no history of NHL, were included. Samples were amplified by PCR, using Fr3, Fr2, LJH, and VLJH primers specific for the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene and Vgamma-8, Vgamma9, Vgamma10, Vgamma11 and Jgamma1/Jgamma2 consensus primers specific for the T-cell receptor gamma (TCR-gamma) gene. IgH gene PCR products were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). TCR-gamma gene PCR products were analyzed using a novel nonradioactive single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) procedure. IgH gene rearrangement analysis demonstrated monoclonality in 11/12 primary low-grade B-NHLs. Identical monoclonal bands were found in both primary tumor and effusion in 9 patients. TCR-gamma gene rearrangement analysis demonstrated monoclonality in 4 of 4 primary T-NHLs. Identical monoclonal banded patterns were found in both primary tumor and effusion in 3 patients. Our results strongly support the diagnosis of concurrent/recurrent NHL in 13 of 16 (81%) cases of atypical lymphocytic effusions. IgH/PAGE and TCR-gamma/SSCP analyses are useful tools in the diagnoses of lymphocytic effusions in patients with NHL.
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- M Murphy
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Halapi E, Jeddi-Tehrani M, Osterborg A, Mellstedt H. T cell receptor usage in malignant diseases. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1999; 21:19-35. [PMID: 10389230 DOI: 10.1007/bf00815176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- E Halapi
- deCODE Genetics Inc, Reykjavik, Island
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Tassiulas I, Duncan SR, Centola M, Theofilopoulos AN, Boumpas DT. Clonal characteristics of T cell infiltrates in skin and synovium of patients with psoriatic arthritis. Hum Immunol 1999; 60:479-91. [PMID: 10408797 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00034-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is often complicated by an inflammatory arthritis. Considerable evidence implicates cellular immune responses in psoriatic skin lesions, but the pathogenesis of the associated arthritis has not been elucidated. We analyzed T cell antigen receptor beta chain variable (TCRbetaV) gene repertoires among peripheral blood lymphocytes, skin and synovium of nine patients with psoriatic arthritis. RNase protection assays were used to quantitate the expression levels of 25 TCRbetaV genes, and CDR3 region sequencing was used to further characterize selected expansions. All patients exhibited significant TCRbetaV biases in the peripheral blood and moreover, all had expansions common to both skin and synovium. CDR3 sequencing demonstrated these expansions frequently consisted of oligo- or monoclonal populations. Although no ubiquitous CDR3 nucleotide sequences were identified, two patients shared identical sequences and several highly homologous amino acid motifs were present in skin and synovium among and between individual patients. Findings of common TCRbetaV expansions in diverse inflammatory sites, among multiple afflicted individuals, suggest that these T cell proliferations are driven by engagements with a limited set of conventional antigens. These findings demonstrate an important role for cognate T cell responses in the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis, and further suggest the inciting antigen(s) is identical or homologous between afflicted skin and synovium.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arthritis, Psoriatic/blood
- Arthritis, Psoriatic/immunology
- Arthritis, Psoriatic/pathology
- Base Sequence
- Clone Cells
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Skin/immunology
- Skin/pathology
- Synovial Membrane/immunology
- Synovial Membrane/pathology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- I Tassiulas
- Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1828, USA
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Echchakir H, Asselin-Paturel C, Dorothee G, Vergnon I, Grunenwald D, Chouaib S, Mami-Chouaib F. Analysis of T-cell-receptor beta-chain-gene usage in peripheral-blood and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from human non-small-cell lung carcinomas. Int J Cancer 1999; 81:205-13. [PMID: 10188720 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990412)81:2<205::aid-ijc7>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC) are often infiltrated by T lymphocytes. It is postulated that the presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) reflects a local host immune response against autologous tumors. To identify the nature of NSCLC TIL, we have characterized the molecular structure of the TCRbeta chain expressed by infiltrating T cells and paired PBL from 9 untreated patients (4 LLC, 3 ADC and 2 SCC). For this purpose, we have used a high-resolution PCR-based method that determines CDR3 size patterns in TCRVbeta sub-families in fresh tumors and their corresponding autologous PBL samples. Oligoclonality in T-cell populations was observed in 3 (Hor, Bla and Pub) out of 9 tumor biopsies analyzed. In contrast, the TCR repertoire of the 6 following patients as well as of all the autologous PBL was diverse, with virtually all Vbeta specificities expressed. Among the 3 tumors with dominant T-cell clonotypes, relative expansion of some T-cell sub-populations was observed. One patient (Hor) with significant TCRVbeta21 expansion in tumor compared with autologous PBL, showed over-expression of a particular TCRVbeta chain with unique Vbeta21-D-Jbeta2.7 junctional region not detected in autologous PBL. TCRVbeta21/Jbeta2.7 expansion was also observed in IL-2-stimulated TIL cell lines and was confirmed by sequencing analysis of the V-D-J junctional region. These results strengthen the view that local antigen-driven selection may occur, and support the hypothesis that anti-tumor immune response may take place in some NSCLC.
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- H Echchakir
- Laboratoire Cytokines et Immunologie des Tumeurs Humaines, U487 INSERM, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Many solid tumors are characterised by the infiltration of lymphocytes and their presence has been correlated with a more favourable prognosis. These tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), have been shown to possess specific cytolytic reactivity towards autologous tumours, thus suggesting that tumour cells may express antigens capable of eliciting an immune response. Expression of such tumour-associated antigens (TAA) in combination with appropriate accessory signals would lead to the in vivo accumulation of T cells with anti-tumour specificity. Analysis of the composition of the specific T-cell receptor (TCR) of TIL could thus provide information on the nature of the antigen(s) recognised by TIL. In this review, different aspects of the presence of clonal T cells in patients with cancer are discussed.
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- E Halapi
- deCODE Genetics Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.
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