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In vivo expansion of naive CD4+ CD25(high) FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in patients with colorectal carcinoma after IL-2 administration.


ABSTRACT: Regulatory T cells (T(reg) cells) are increased in context of malignancies and their expansion can be correlated with higher disease burden and decreased survival. Initially, interleukin 2 (IL-2) has been used as T-cell growth factor in clinical vaccination trials. In murine models, however, a role of IL-2 in development, differentiation, homeostasis, and function of T(reg) cells was established. In IL-2 treated cancer patients a further T(reg)-cell expansion was described, yet, the mechanism of expansion is still elusive. Here we report that functional T(reg) cells of a naïve phenotype--as determined by CCR7 and CD45RA expression--are significantly expanded in colorectal cancer patients. Treatment of 15 UICC stage IV colorectal cancer patients with IL-2 in a phase I/II peptide vaccination trial further enlarges the already increased naïve T(reg)-cell pool. Higher frequencies of T-cell receptor excision circles in naïve T(reg) cells indicate IL-2 dependent thymic generation of naïve T(reg) cells as a mechanism leading to increased frequencies of T(reg) cells post IL-2 treatment in cancer patients. This finding could be confirmed in naïve murine T(reg) cells after IL-2 administration. These results point to a more complex regulation of T(reg) cells in context of IL-2 administration. Future strategies therefore might aim at combining IL-2 therapy with novel strategies to circumvent expansion and differentiation of naïve T(reg) cells.

SUBMITTER: Beyer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3262821 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In vivo expansion of naïve CD4+ CD25(high) FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in patients with colorectal carcinoma after IL-2 administration.

Beyer Marc M   Schumak Beatrix B   Weihrauch Martin R MR   Andres Bettina B   Giese Thomas T   Endl Elmar E   Knolle Percy A PA   Classen Sabine S   Limmer Andreas A   Schultze Joachim L JL  

PloS one 20120120 1


Regulatory T cells (T(reg) cells) are increased in context of malignancies and their expansion can be correlated with higher disease burden and decreased survival. Initially, interleukin 2 (IL-2) has been used as T-cell growth factor in clinical vaccination trials. In murine models, however, a role of IL-2 in development, differentiation, homeostasis, and function of T(reg) cells was established. In IL-2 treated cancer patients a further T(reg)-cell expansion was described, yet, the mechanism of  ...[more]

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