Antigen Presenting Cells from Tumor and Colon of Colorectal Cancer Patients Are Distinct in Activation and Functional Status, but Comparably Responsive to Activated T Cells

Although mouse models of CRC treatments have demonstrated robust immune activation, it remains unclear to what extent CRC patients' APCs and TILs interact to fuel or quench treatment-induced immune responses. Our ex vivo characterization of tumor and adjacent colon cell suspensions suggest that contrasting environments in these tissues promoted inversed expression of T cell co-stimulatory CD80, and co-inhibitory programmed death (PD)-ligand1 (PD-L1) on intratumoral vs. colonic APCs. While putative tumor-specific CD103+CD39+CD8+ TILs expressed lower CD69 (early activation marker) and higher PD-1 (extended activation/exhaustion marker) than colonic counterparts, the latter had instead higher CD69 and lower PD-1 levels. Functional comparisons showed that intratumoral APCs were inferior to colonic APCs regarding protein uptake and upregulation of CD80 and PD-L1 after protein degradation. Our attempt to model CRC treatment-induced T cell activation in vitro showed less interferon (IFN)-γ production by TILs than colonic T cells. In this model, we also measured APCs' CD80 and PD-L1 expression in response to activated co-residing T cells. These markers were comparable in the two tissues, despite higher IFN- γ exposure for colonic APCs. Thus, APCs within distinct intratumoral and colonic milieus showed different activation and functional status, but were similarly responsive to signals from induced T cell activation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 13(2021), 20 vom: 19. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liang, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Rezapour, Azar [VerfasserIn]
Szeponik, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Alsén, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Wettergren, Yvonne [VerfasserIn]
Bexe Lindskog, Elinor [VerfasserIn]
Quiding-Järbrink, Marianne [VerfasserIn]
Yrlid, Ulf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigen presenting cells
Colorectal cancer
Journal Article
T cells
Tumor microenvironment

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Date Revised 26.10.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers13205247

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332205398