靶向胰腺导管腺癌 Treg 亚群的动态转录组景观:单细胞 RNA 测序分析的见解,重点关注 CTLA4 和 TIGIT。
Targeting the dynamic transcriptional landscape of Treg subpopulations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Insights from single-cell RNA sequencing analysis with a focus on CTLA4 and TIGIT.
机构信息
Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences (BUMS), Birjand, Iran.
Infectious Diseases Research Center, BUMS, Birjand, Iran.
出版信息
Immunobiology. 2024 Jul;229(4):152822. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2024.152822. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal malignancy that represents a significant challenge in cancer research and clinical management. In this study, we reanalyzed a published single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset from PDAC and adjacent tissues to investigate the heterogeneity of tumor and normal tissue, specifically focusing on the regulatory T cells (Tregs) and their interactions with other cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Treg cells were identified and clustered into natural Tregs (nTreg) and induced Tregs (iTreg) based on the expression of specific genes. It was found that the number of iTregs was higher in the tumor than in healthy tissues, while the number of n Tregs was higher in healthy tissues. Differential gene expression analysis was performed, and biological process analysis revealed that the Tregs in PDAC were mostly involved in protein targeting and translation pathways. In addition, ligand-receptor pairs between Tregs and other cell types were identified, and the critical communication pathways between Tregs and endothelial and ductal cells were revealed, which could potentially contribute to the immunosuppressive TME of PDAC. These findings provide insights into the role of Tregs in PDAC and their interactions with other cell types in the TME, highlighting potential targets for immunotherapy, such as the inhibitory immune checkpoint receptors CTLA4 and TIGIT, which are known to be expressed on Tregs and have been shown to play a role in suppressing anti-tumor immune responses.
胰腺导管腺癌(PDAC)是一种高度致命的恶性肿瘤,是癌症研究和临床管理的重大挑战。在这项研究中,我们重新分析了 PDAC 和相邻组织的已发表单细胞 RNA 测序(scRNA-seq)数据集,以研究肿瘤和正常组织的异质性,特别是关注调节性 T 细胞(Tregs)及其与肿瘤微环境(TME)中其他细胞的相互作用。根据特定基因的表达,将 Treg 细胞鉴定并聚类为天然 Treg(nTreg)和诱导 Treg(iTreg)。结果发现,肿瘤中 iTreg 的数量高于健康组织,而 nTreg 的数量在健康组织中更高。进行了差异基因表达分析,生物过程分析表明,PDAC 中的 Tregs 主要参与蛋白质靶向和翻译途径。此外,鉴定了 Tregs 与其他细胞类型之间的配体-受体对,并揭示了 Tregs 与内皮细胞和导管细胞之间的关键通信途径,这些途径可能有助于 PDAC 的免疫抑制 TME。这些发现深入了解了 Tregs 在 PDAC 中的作用及其与 TME 中其他细胞类型的相互作用,突出了免疫疗法的潜在靶点,例如抑制性免疫检查点受体 CTLA4 和 TIGIT,已知这些受体在 Tregs 上表达,并已被证明在抑制抗肿瘤免疫反应中发挥作用。