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B cells in esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma are highly differentiated, organize in tertiary lymphoid structures and produce tumor-specific antibodies.

ABSTRACT: Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are correlated to prognosis of several kinds of cancer. Most studies focused on T cells, while the role of tumor-associated B cells (TABs) has only recently gained more attention. TABs contain subpopulations with distinct functions, potentially promoting or inhibiting immune responses. This study provides a detailed analysis of TABs in gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Flow cytometric analyses of single cell suspensions of tumor samples, mucosa, lymph nodes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of EAC patients and healthy controls revealed a distinct B cell compartment in cancer patients. B cells were increased in tumor samples and subset-analyses of TILs showed increased proportions of differentiated and activated B cells and an enrichment for follicular T helper cells. Confocal microscopy demonstrated that TABs were mainly organized in tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS), which resemble lymphoid follicles in secondary lymphoid organs. A panel of 34 tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) expressed in EAC was identified based on public databases and TCGA data to analyze tumor-specific B cell responses using a LUMINEX^TM bead assay and flow cytometry. Structural analyses of TLS and the detection of tumor-specific antibodies against one or more TAAs in 48.1% of analyzed serum samples underline presence of anti-tumor B cell responses in EAC. Interestingly, B cells were decreased in tumors with expression of Programmed Death Ligand 1 or impaired HLA-I expression. These data demonstrate that anti-tumor B cell responses are an additional and underestimated aspect of EAC. Our results are of immediate translational relevance to emerging immunotherapies.

SUBMITTER: Schloßer HA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6287776 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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B cells in esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma are highly differentiated, organize in tertiary lymphoid structures and produce tumor-specific antibodies.

Schlößer Hans A HA Thelen Martin M Lechner Axel A Wennhold Kerstin K Garcia-Marquez Maria A MA Rothschild Sacha I SI Staib Elena E Zander Thomas T Beutner Dirk D Gathof Birgit B Gilles Ramona R Cukuroglu Engin E Göke Jonathan J Shimabukuro-Vornhagen Alexander A Drebber Uta U Quaas Alexander A Bruns Christiane J CJ Hölscher Arnulf H AH Von Bergwelt-Baildon Michael S MS

Oncoimmunology 20181102 1

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are correlated to prognosis of several kinds of cancer. Most studies focused on T cells, while the role of tumor-associated B cells (TABs) has only recently gained more attention. TABs contain subpopulations with distinct functions, potentially promoting or inhibiting immune responses. This study provides a detailed analysis of TABs in gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Flow cytometric analyses of single cell suspensions of tumor samples, mucosa, lymph ...[more]

PMID: 30546950

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B cells in esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma are highly differentiated, organize in tertiary lymphoid structures and produce tumor-specific antibodies.

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B cells in esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma are highly differentiated, organize in tertiary lymphoid structures and produce tumor-specific antibodies.

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