Liu Jiayu, Zhou Qiunan, Meng Kai, Yang Xiaojuan, Ma Bin, Su Chunxia, Duan Xiangguo
School of Inspection, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China.
The First School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China.
Int J Med Sci. 2024 Aug 1;21(10):1990-1999. doi: 10.7150/ijms.98343. eCollection 2024.
The T cell immunoglobulin and ITAM domain (TIGIT) is a recently discovered synergistic co-suppressor molecule that plays an important role in immune response and tumor immune escape in the context of cancer. Importantly, CD155 acts as a receptor for TIGIT, and CD155 signaling to immune cells is mediated through interactions with the co-stimulatory immune receptor CD226 (DNAM-1) and the inhibitory checkpoint receptors TIGIT and CD96. Aspirin (ASA) has been shown to reduce the growth and survival of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells, but the immunological mechanisms involved have not been sufficiently elucidated. In the present study the effects of aspirin on CRC in mice and on Jurkat cells were investigated. Aspirin may suppress the expression of TIGIT on T cells and Regulatory T cells (Tregs) and inhibit T cell viability, and therefore induce tumor cell apoptosis. TIGIT is expressed at higher levels on infiltrating lymphocytes within CRC tumor tissue than adjacent. Further, aspirin could inhibit Jurkat cell proliferation and induce apoptosis via downregulation of TIGIT expression and the anti-apoptosis B cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) protein and upregulation of BCL2-associated X protein (BAX) expression. The present study suggests that aspirin can inhibit specific aspects of T cell function by reducing interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-β1 secretion via the TIGIT-BCL2-BAX signaling pathway, resulting in improved effector T cell function that inhibits tumor progression.
T细胞免疫球蛋白和免疫受体酪氨酸激活基序结构域(TIGIT)是一种最近发现的协同共抑制分子,在癌症背景下的免疫反应和肿瘤免疫逃逸中发挥重要作用。重要的是,CD155作为TIGIT的受体,CD155向免疫细胞的信号传导是通过与共刺激免疫受体CD226(DNAX辅助分子-1)以及抑制性检查点受体TIGIT和CD96的相互作用介导的。阿司匹林(ASA)已被证明可降低结直肠癌(CRC)细胞的生长和存活率,但其中涉及的免疫机制尚未得到充分阐明。在本研究中,研究了阿司匹林对小鼠CRC和Jurkat细胞的影响。阿司匹林可能会抑制T细胞和调节性T细胞(Tregs)上TIGIT的表达,并抑制T细胞活力,从而诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡。TIGIT在CRC肿瘤组织内浸润淋巴细胞上的表达水平高于相邻组织。此外,阿司匹林可通过下调TIGIT表达和抗凋亡的B细胞淋巴瘤2(BCL2)蛋白以及上调BCL2相关X蛋白(BAX)表达来抑制Jurkat细胞增殖并诱导凋亡。本研究表明,阿司匹林可通过TIGIT-BCL2-BAX信号通路减少白细胞介素-10和转化生长因子-β1的分泌,从而抑制T细胞功能的特定方面,导致效应T细胞功能改善,进而抑制肿瘤进展。