Preferential Infiltration of Unique V?9J?2-V?2 T Cells Into Glioblastoma Multiforme.
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ABSTRACT: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is clinically highly aggressive as a result of evolutionary dynamics induced by cross-talk between cancer cells and a heterogeneous group of immune cells in tumor microenvironment. The brain harbors limited numbers of immune cells with few lymphocytes and macrophages; thus, innate-like lymphocytes, such as ?? T cells, have important roles in antitumor immunity. Here, we characterized GBM-infiltrating ?? T cells, which may have roles in regulating the GBM tumor microenvironment and cancer cell gene expression. V(D)J repertoires of tumor-infiltrating and blood-circulating ?? T cells from four patients were analyzed by next-generation sequencing-based T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing in addition to mutation and immune profiles in four GBM cases. In all tumor tissues, abundant innate and effector/memory lymphocytes were detected, accompanied by large numbers of tumor-associated macrophages and closely located tumor-infiltrating ?? T cells, which appear to have anti-tumor activity. The immune-related gene expression analysis using the TCGA database showed that the signature gene expression extent of ?? T cells were more associated with those of cytotoxic T and Th1 cells and M1 macrophages than those of Th2 cells and M2 macrophages. Although the most abundant ?? T cells were V?9V?2 T cells in both tumor tissues and blood, the repertoire of intratumoral V?9V?2 T cells was distinct from that of peripheral blood V?9V?2 T cells and was dominated by V?9J?2 sequences, not by canonical V?9J?P sequences that are mostly commonly found in blood ?? T cells. Collectively, unique GBM-specific TCR clonotypes were identified by comparing TCR repertoires of peripheral blood and intra-tumoral ?? T cells. These findings will be helpful for the elucidation of tumor-specific antigens and development of anticancer immunotherapies using tumor-infiltrating ?? T cells.
SUBMITTER: Lee M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440384 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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