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Novel Effector Phenotype of Tim-3+ Regulatory T Cells Leads to Enhanced Suppressive Function in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.


ABSTRACT: Purpose: Regulatory T (Treg) cells are important suppressive cells among tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). Treg cells express the well-known immune checkpoint receptor PD-1, which is reported to mark "exhausted" Treg with lower suppressive function. T-cell immunoglobulin mucin (Tim)-3, a negative regulator of Th1 immunity, is expressed by a sizeable fraction of TIL Tregs, but the functional status of Tim-3+ Tregs remains unclear.Experimental Design: CD4+CTLA-4+CD25high Treg cells were sorted from freshly excised head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) TIL based on Tim-3 expression. Functional and phenotypic features of these Tim-3+ and Tim-3- TIL Tregs were tested by in vitro suppression assays and multi-color flow cytometry. Gene-expression profiling and NanoString analysis of Tim-3+ TIL Treg were performed. A murine HNSCC tumor model was used to test the effect of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy on Tim-3+ Treg.Results: Despite high PD-1 expression, Tim-3+ TIL Treg displayed a greater capacity to inhibit naïve T-cell proliferation than Tim-3- Treg. Tim-3+ Treg from human HNSCC TIL also displayed an effector-like phenotype, with more robust expression of CTLA-4, PD-1, CD39, and IFN-? receptor. Exogenous IFN-? treatment could partially reverse the suppressive function of Tim-3+ TIL Treg. Anti-PD-1 immunotherapy downregulated Tim-3 expression on Tregs isolated from murine HNSCC tumors, and this treatment reversed the suppressive function of HNSCC TIL Tregs.Conclusions: Tim-3+ Treg are functionally and phenotypically distinct in HNSCC TIL, and are highly effective at inhibiting T-cell proliferation despite high PD-1 expression. IFN-? induced by anti-PD-1 immunotherapy may be beneficial by reversing Tim-3+ Treg suppression. Clin Cancer Res; 24(18); 4529-38. ©2018 AACR.

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6139056 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Novel Effector Phenotype of Tim-3<sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cells Leads to Enhanced Suppressive Function in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.

Liu Zhuqing Z   McMichael Elizabeth L EL   Shayan Gulidanna G   Li Jing J   Chen Kevin K   Srivastava Raghvendra R   Kane Lawrence P LP   Lu Binfeng B   Ferris Robert L RL  

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20180430 18


<b>Purpose:</b> Regulatory T (Treg) cells are important suppressive cells among tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). Treg cells express the well-known immune checkpoint receptor PD-1, which is reported to mark "exhausted" Treg with lower suppressive function. T-cell immunoglobulin mucin (Tim)-3, a negative regulator of Th1 immunity, is expressed by a sizeable fraction of TIL Tregs, but the functional status of Tim-3<sup>+</sup> Tregs remains unclear.<b>Experimental Design:</b> CD4<sup>+</sup>CT  ...[more]

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