Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Biomedicum C7, and.
Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
JCI Insight. 2021 Mar 22;6(6):140273. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.140273.
X-linked neutropenia (XLN) is caused by gain-of-function mutations in the actin regulator Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASp). XLN patients have reduced numbers of cytotoxic cells in peripheral blood; however, their capacity to kill tumor cells remains to be determined. Here, we examined NK and T cells from 2 patients with XLN harboring the activating WASpL270P mutation. XLN patient NK and T cells had increased granzyme B content and elevated degranulation and IFN-γ production when compared with healthy control cells. Murine WASpL272P NK and T cells formed stable synapses with YAC-1 tumor cells and anti-CD3/CD28-coated beads, respectively. WASpL272P mouse T cells had normal degranulation and cytokine response whereas WASpL272P NK cells showed an enhanced response. Imaging experiments revealed that while WASpL272P CD8+ T cells had increased accumulation of actin upon TCR activation, WASpL272P NK cells had normal actin accumulation at lytic synapses triggered through NKp46 signaling but had impaired response to lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 engagement. When compared with WT mice, WASpL272P mice showed reduced growth of B16 melanoma and increased capacity to reject MHC class I-deficient cells. Together, our data suggest that cytotoxic cells with constitutively active WASp have an increased capacity to respond to and kill tumor cells.
X 连锁中性粒细胞减少症(XLN)是由肌动蛋白调节蛋白 Wiskott-Aldrich 综合征蛋白(WASp)的功能获得性突变引起的。XLN 患者外周血中的细胞毒性细胞数量减少;然而,他们杀死肿瘤细胞的能力仍有待确定。在这里,我们研究了 2 名携带激活型 WASpL270P 突变的 XLN 患者的 NK 和 T 细胞。与健康对照细胞相比,XLN 患者的 NK 和 T 细胞中的颗粒酶 B 含量增加,脱颗粒和 IFN-γ 产生增加。携带 WASpL272P 的鼠 NK 和 T 细胞分别与 YAC-1 肿瘤细胞和抗 CD3/CD28 包被珠形成稳定的突触。WASP L272P 小鼠 T 细胞的脱颗粒和细胞因子反应正常,而 WASP L272P NK 细胞的反应增强。成像实验表明,虽然 WASpL272P CD8+T 细胞在 TCR 激活后 actin 的积累增加,但 WASpL272P NK 细胞在通过 NKp46 信号触发的溶酶体突触中 actin 的积累正常,但对淋巴细胞功能相关抗原-1 结合的反应受损。与 WT 小鼠相比,WASP L272P 小鼠的 B16 黑色素瘤生长减少,并且对 MHC Ⅰ类缺陷细胞的排斥能力增加。总之,我们的数据表明,具有持续激活 WASp 的细胞毒性细胞具有增强的响应和杀死肿瘤细胞的能力。