Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Ludwig Center at Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97212, USA; School of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97212, USA.
Cancer Cell. 2023 May 8;41(5):871-886.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.03.015. Epub 2023 Apr 13.
Lymphocytes are key for immune surveillance of tumors, but our understanding of the spatial organization and physical interactions that facilitate lymphocyte anti-cancer functions is limited. We used multiplexed imaging, quantitative spatial analysis, and machine learning to create high-definition maps of lung tumors from a Kras/Trp53-mutant mouse model and human resections. Networks of interacting lymphocytes ("lymphonets") emerged as a distinctive feature of the anti-cancer immune response. Lymphonets nucleated from small T cell clusters and incorporated B cells with increasing size. CXCR3-mediated trafficking modulated lymphonet size and number, but T cell antigen expression directed intratumoral localization. Lymphonets preferentially harbored TCF1 PD-1 progenitor CD8 T cells involved in responses to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. Upon treatment of mice with ICB or an antigen-targeted vaccine, lymphonets retained progenitor and gained cytotoxic CD8 T cell populations, likely via progenitor differentiation. These data show that lymphonets create a spatial environment supportive of CD8 T cell anti-tumor responses.
淋巴细胞是肿瘤免疫监测的关键,但我们对于促进淋巴细胞抗癌功能的空间组织和物理相互作用的理解有限。我们使用多重成像、定量空间分析和机器学习,为 Kras/Trp53 突变的小鼠模型和人类切除物的肺部肿瘤创建了高清晰度图谱。相互作用的淋巴细胞网络(“淋巴网”)成为抗癌免疫反应的一个显著特征。淋巴网从小 T 细胞簇开始形成,并随着体积的增大纳入 B 细胞。CXCR3 介导的迁移调节了淋巴网的大小和数量,但 T 细胞抗原表达指导肿瘤内定位。淋巴网优先包含 TCF1 PD-1 祖细胞 CD8 T 细胞,这些细胞参与免疫检查点阻断 (ICB) 治疗的反应。在对小鼠进行 ICB 或抗原靶向疫苗治疗后,淋巴网保留了祖细胞并获得了细胞毒性 CD8 T 细胞群体,可能通过祖细胞分化。这些数据表明,淋巴网创造了一个支持 CD8 T 细胞抗肿瘤反应的空间环境。