The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Functional Genomics Section, Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Cancer Immunol Res. 2019 Oct;7(10):1700-1713. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0725. Epub 2019 Aug 6.
Immunosuppression is common in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In previous studies, the TIGIT/CD155 pathway was identified as an immune-checkpoint signaling pathway that contributes to the "exhaustion" state of infiltrating T cells. Here, we sought to explore the clinical significance of TIGIT/CD155 signaling in HNSCC and identify the therapeutic effect of the TIGIT/CD155 pathway in a transgenic mouse model. TIGIT was overexpressed on tumor-infiltrating CD8 and CD4 T cells in both HNSCC patients and mouse models, and was correlated with immune-checkpoint molecules (PD-1, TIM-3, and LAG-3). TIGIT was also expressed on murine regulatory T cells (Treg) and correlated with immune suppression. Using a human HNSCC tissue microarray, we found that CD155 was expressed in tumor and tumor-infiltrating stromal cells, and also indicated poor overall survival. Multispectral IHC indicated that CD155 was coexpressed with CD11b or CD11c in tumor-infiltrating stromal cells. Anti-TIGIT treatment significantly delayed tumor growth in transgenic HNSCC mouse models and enhanced antitumor immune responses by activating CD8 T-cell effector function and reducing the population of Tregs. coculture studies showed that anti-TIGIT treatment significantly abrogated the immunosuppressive capacity of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), by decreasing Arg1 transcripts, and Tregs, by reducing TGFβ1 secretion. depletion studies showed that the therapeutic efficacy by anti-TIGIT mainly relies on CD8 T cells and Tregs. Blocking PD-1/PD-L1 signaling increased the expression of TIGIT on Tregs. These results present a translatable method to improve antitumor immune responses by targeting TIGIT/CD155 signaling in HNSCC.
免疫抑制在头颈部鳞状细胞癌(HNSCC)中很常见。在以前的研究中,TIGIT/CD155 途径被确定为一种免疫检查点信号通路,有助于浸润 T 细胞的“耗竭”状态。在这里,我们试图探索 TIGIT/CD155 信号在 HNSCC 中的临床意义,并确定 TIGIT/CD155 通路在转基因小鼠模型中的治疗效果。TIGIT 在 HNSCC 患者和小鼠模型中的肿瘤浸润 CD8 和 CD4 T 细胞上过度表达,并与免疫检查点分子(PD-1、TIM-3 和 LAG-3)相关。TIGIT 也在小鼠调节性 T 细胞(Treg)上表达,并与免疫抑制相关。使用人类 HNSCC 组织微阵列,我们发现 CD155 在肿瘤和肿瘤浸润的基质细胞中表达,并提示总体生存不良。多光谱免疫组化表明,CD155 与肿瘤浸润的基质细胞中的 CD11b 或 CD11c 共表达。抗 TIGIT 治疗显著延迟了转基因 HNSCC 小鼠模型中的肿瘤生长,并通过激活 CD8 T 细胞效应功能和减少 Treg 群体来增强抗肿瘤免疫反应。共培养研究表明,抗 TIGIT 治疗通过降低 Arg1 转录物和 TGFβ1 分泌来显著削弱髓源抑制细胞(MDSC)的免疫抑制能力。耗竭研究表明,抗 TIGIT 的治疗效果主要依赖于 CD8 T 细胞和 Treg。阻断 PD-1/PD-L1 信号增加了 Treg 上 TIGIT 的表达。这些结果提出了一种可转化的方法,通过靶向 TIGIT/CD155 信号在 HNSCC 中改善抗肿瘤免疫反应。
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