TIGIT 通过 CD155/TIGIT 信号通路对体外肝癌 CD8+T 细胞发挥免疫抑制作用。
TIGIT Can Exert Immunosuppressive Effects on CD8+ T Cells by the CD155/TIGIT Signaling Pathway for Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Vitro.
机构信息
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital.
Beijing Key Surgical Basic Research Laboratory of Liver Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer.
出版信息
J Immunother. 2020 Oct;43(8):236-243. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000330.
The efficacy of adoptive cellular immunotherapy against cancer cells is limited due to the presence of immunosuppressive cells within the solid tumor microenvironment. The upregulation of certain coinhibitory receptors may lead to exhaustion of the immune effector cells. T-cell immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif domain (TIGIT) is an immune inhibitory receptor expressed by regulatory T cells and activated T cells and natural killer cells. The aim of this study was to determine the immunosuppressive effects of CD155/TIGIT signaling on CD8 T cells of adoptive cellular immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our studies found that CD155 was overexpressed in HCC, and CD155 HCC cells upregulated TIGIT on CD8 T cells, which decreased the secretion of interferon-γ, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-17A and increased that of interleukin-10 from the effector cells. However, TIGIT blockade or CD155-knockdown reversed the inhibitory effect of HCC cells on CD8 T-cell effector function. These results indicate that TIGIT can exert an immunosuppressive effect on CD8 T cells by modulating cytokine production through CD155, and is a promising target to optimize adoptive cellular immunotherapy against HCC.
由于实体瘤微环境中存在免疫抑制细胞,过继细胞免疫疗法对癌细胞的疗效受到限制。某些共抑制受体的上调可能导致免疫效应细胞衰竭。T 细胞免疫球蛋白和免疫受体酪氨酸抑制基序结构域(TIGIT)是调节性 T 细胞和活化的 T 细胞及自然杀伤细胞表达的免疫抑制受体。本研究旨在确定 CD155/TIGIT 信号对肝癌(HCC)过继细胞免疫治疗中 CD8 T 细胞的免疫抑制作用。我们的研究发现,CD155 在 HCC 中过表达,CD155 HCC 细胞上调 CD8 T 细胞上的 TIGIT,从而减少效应细胞中干扰素-γ、肿瘤坏死因子-α 和白细胞介素-17A 的分泌,增加白细胞介素-10 的分泌。然而,TIGIT 阻断或 CD155 敲低逆转了 HCC 细胞对 CD8 T 细胞效应功能的抑制作用。这些结果表明,TIGIT 通过 CD155 调节细胞因子的产生对 CD8 T 细胞发挥免疫抑制作用,是优化 HCC 过继细胞免疫治疗的有前途的靶点。