1. Self-Maintaining CD103 + Cancer-Specific T Cells Are Highly Energetic with Rapid Cytotoxic and Effector Responses.
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Abd Hamid M, Colin-York H, Khalid-Alham N, Browne M, Cerundolo L, Chen JL, Yao X, Rosendo-Machado S, Waugh C, Maldonado-Perez D, Bowes E, Verrill C, Cerundolo V, Conlon CP, Fritzsche M, Peng Y, and Dong T
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- Antigens, CD immunology, Humans, Immunophenotyping methods, Integrin alpha Chains immunology, Lung Neoplasms metabolism, Lung Neoplasms pathology, Neoplasms metabolism, Neoplasms pathology, Prognosis, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell genetics, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell immunology, Transforming Growth Factor beta1 immunology, Transforming Growth Factor beta1 metabolism, Antigens, CD metabolism, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes immunology, Integrin alpha Chains metabolism, Lung Neoplasms immunology, Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating immunology, Neoplasms immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic immunology
- Abstract
Enrichment of CD103
+ tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TIL) is associated with improved outcomes in patients. However, the characteristics of human CD103+ cytotoxic CD8+ T cells (CTL) and their role in tumor control remain unclear. We investigated the features and antitumor mechanisms of CD103+ CTLs by assessing T-cell receptor (TCR)-matched CD103+ and CD103- cancer-specific CTL immunity in vitro and its immunophenotype ex vivo Interestingly, we found that differentiated CD103+ cancer-specific CTLs expressed the active form of TGFβ1 to continually self-regulate CD103 expression, without relying on external TGFβ1-producing cells. The presence of CD103 on CTLs improved TCR antigen sensitivity, which enabled faster cancer recognition and rapid antitumor cytotoxicity. These CD103+ CTLs had elevated energetic potential and faster migration capacity. However, they had increased inhibitory receptor coexpression and elevated T-cell apoptosis following prolonged cancer exposure. Our data provide fundamental insights into the properties of matured human CD103+ cancer-specific CTLs, which could have important implications for future designs of tissue-localized cancer immunotherapy strategies., (©2019 American Association for Cancer Research.)- Published
- 2020
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