Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Iran Biomed J. 2023 Jul 1;27(4):214-8. doi: 10.61186/ibj.3843.
This study investigated the role of the immune-checkpoint receptor (ICR), CD244, and its adapter molecules, in CD8+ T cells in acute leukemia.
Blood samples were obtained from 21 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 6 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients and 20 control subjects. Relative gene expression of CD244, immune receptor tyrosine-based switch motif-associated protein (SA), EWS/FLI1-activated transcript 2 (EAT-2), and LncRNA-GSTT1-AS1 were evaluated using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.
Expression of CD244, SAP, and EAT-2 were significantly lower in CD8+ T cells from ALL patients than those from control subjects. Interestingly, the expression of SAP was much lower than that of CD244, indicating a lower ratio of SAP to CD244. Also, SAP expression was significantly lower in AML patients compared to the control group. Expression of LncRNA-GSTT1-AS1 showed no significant difference in ALL and AML patients compared to control subjects.
The low SAP/CD244 expression ratio in CD8+ T cells in ALL suggests an inhibitory role for CD244 in ALL.
本研究探讨了免疫检查点受体(ICR)CD244 及其衔接分子在急性白血病 CD8+T 细胞中的作用。
采集 21 例急性淋巴细胞白血病(ALL)、6 例急性髓细胞白血病(AML)患者和 20 例对照者的血样。采用实时定量逆转录聚合酶链反应检测 CD244、免疫受体酪氨酸基开关基序相关蛋白(SAP)、EWS/FLI1 激活转录因子 2(EAT-2)和 LncRNA-GSTT1-AS1 的相对基因表达。
与对照组相比,ALL 患者 CD8+T 细胞中 CD244、SAP 和 EAT-2 的表达明显降低。有趣的是,SAP 的表达明显低于 CD244,表明 SAP 与 CD244 的比值较低。此外,与对照组相比,AML 患者 SAP 的表达显著降低。与对照组相比,ALL 和 AML 患者 LncRNA-GSTT1-AS1 的表达无明显差异。
ALL 患者 CD8+T 细胞中 SAP/CD244 表达比值较低,提示 CD244 在 ALL 中起抑制作用。