Development of Exhaustion and Acquisition of Regulatory Function by Infiltrating CD8+CD28- T Lymphocytes Dictate Clinical Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a poor clinical outcome despite the presence of a rich CD8+ T cell tumor infiltrate in the majority of patients. This may be due to alterations of tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells. Here, we performed a characterization of HNSCC infiltrating CD8+ T cells in a cohort of 30 patients. The results showed that differential intratumoral frequency of CD8+CD28+ T cells, CD8+CD28- T cells, and CD8+CD28-CD127-CD39+ Treg distinguished between HNSCC patients who did or did not respond to treatment. Moreover, high PD1 expression identified a CD8+CD28- T cell subpopulation, phenotypically/functionally corresponding to CD8+CD28-CD127-CD39+ Treg, which showed a high expression of markers of exhaustion. This observation suggests that development of exhaustion and acquisition of regulatory properties may configure the late differentiation stage for intratumoral effector T cells, a phenomenon we define as effector-to-regulatory T cell transition.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 13(2021), 9 vom: 06. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fenoglio, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Belgioia, Liliana [VerfasserIn]
Parodi, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Missale, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Bacigalupo, Almalina [VerfasserIn]
Tarke, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Incandela, Fabiola [VerfasserIn]
Negrini, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Vecchio, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Altosole, Tiziana [VerfasserIn]
Vlah, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Astone, Giuseppina [VerfasserIn]
Costabile, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Ascoli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Ferrera, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Schenone, Guido [VerfasserIn]
De Palma, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Signori, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Peretti, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Corvò, Renzo [VerfasserIn]
Filaci, Gilberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CD8+ T lymphocytes
Exhaustion
Head-neck cancer
Journal Article
Regulatory T cells

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Date Revised 05.06.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers13092234

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326150331