Cutting Edge : Antitumor Immunity by Pathogen-Specific CD8 T Cells in the Absence of Cognate Antigen Recognition

Copyright © 2020 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc..

Cancer prognosis often correlates with the number of tumor-infiltrating CD8 T cells, but many of these cells recognize pathogens that commonly infect humans. The contribution of pathogen-specific "bystander" CD8 T cells to antitumor immunity remains largely unknown. Inflammatory cytokines are sufficient for memory CD8 T cell activation and gain of effector functions, indicating tumor-derived inflammation could facilitate pathogen-specific CD8 T cells to participate in tumor control. In this study, we show in contrast to tumor-specific CD8 T cells that pathogen-specific primary memory CD8 T cells inside tumor were not able to exert their effector functions and influence tumor progression. However, infection-induced memory CD8 T cells with defined history of repeated Ag encounters (i.e., quaternary memory) showed increased sensitivity to tumor-derived inflammation that resulted in activation, gain of effector functions, and better control of tumor growth. Thus, memory CD8 T cells with heightened ability to recognize environmental inflammatory stimuli can contribute to antitumor immunity in the absence of cognate Ag recognition.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:204

Enthalten in:

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 204(2020), 6 vom: 15. März, Seite 1431-1435

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Danahy, Derek B [VerfasserIn]
Berton, Roger R [VerfasserIn]
Badovinac, Vladimir P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigens, Viral
Bacterial Vaccines
Glycoprotein peptide 33-41, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Glycoproteins
Journal Article
Peptide Fragments
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Vaccines, Attenuated
Vaccines, Synthetic
Viral Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.11.2020

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4049/jimmunol.1901172

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306455102