MAIT cells are associated with responsiveness to neoadjuvant immunotherapy in COPD-associated NSCLC

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BACKGROUND: Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience worse clinical outcomes but respond better to immunotherapy than patients with NSCLC without COPD. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, a versatile population of innate immune T lymphocytes, have a crucial function in the response to infection and tumors. This study investigated the distribution of MAIT cells in COPD-associated NSCLC and their involvement in the immune response.

METHODS: Flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence were performed on tissue samples of patients with NSCLC, with or without COPD, treated with or without anti-programmed death 1 (PD1) immunotherapy. MAIT cells were stimulated with 5-OP-RU using a mouse subcutaneous tumor model.

RESULTS: Tumors contained significantly more MAIT cells than paraneoplastic tissues, and CD8+ MAIT cells accounted for more than 90% of these cells. Patients with NSCLC and COPD had higher CD8+ MAIT cell counts than those with NSCLC without COPD. Additionally, patients with NSCLC and COPD displayed reduced expression of the activation marker, CD69, and functional markers, granzyme B (GZMB) and interferon γ (IFNγ), and higher expression of the immune exhaustion marker, PD1. Among patients who received immunotherapy, the proportion with a complete or partial response was higher in those with COPD than in those without COPD. In patients with NSCLC and COPD, the major pathologic response (MPR) group had higher MAIT levels than those in the no major pathologic response (NPR) group. In the mouse subcutaneous tumor model stimulation of MAIT cells using 5-OP-RU enhanced the antitumor effects of anti-PD1.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with NSCLC and COPD, response to immunotherapy is associated with accumulation of CD8+ MAIT cells showing immune exhaustion. These findings may contribute to innovative approaches for immunotherapy targeting CD8+ MAIT cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cancer medicine - 13(2024), 6 vom: 31. März, Seite e7112

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yin, Yanze [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Ao [VerfasserIn]
Abuduwayiti, Abudumijiti [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zhilong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Keyi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Xinyun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiarui [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Gening [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jie [VerfasserIn]

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488-81-3
5-(2-oxopropylideneamino)-6-d-ribitylaminouracil
56HH86ZVCT
Biomarkers
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Mucosal‐associated invariant T cells
Ribitol
T cell exhaustion
Uracil

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cam4.7112

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NLM369993519