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Increased PD-1+Tim-3+ exhausted T cells in bone marrow may influence the clinical outcome of patients with AML.

ABSTRACT: Background:Altered expression of T cell immune inhibitory receptors may result in immunosuppression and associate with the poor prognosis of leukemia patients in which the leukemic bone marrow (BM) microenvironment may contribute to such immunosuppression. We found higher numbers of programmed death-1 (PD-1)?+?exhausted T cells in peripheral blood (PB) from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. To investigate the leukemic BM influence on immunosuppression, we further compared the distributions of PD-1 and T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (Tim-3) and the exhausted T cell phenotype in PB and BM from AML patients and characterized their relationship with clinical outcome. Methods:PB and BM samples from 15 patients with newly diagnosed AML were collected and analyzed for the expression of PD-1, Tim-3, CD244, and CD57 on CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells by multicolor flow cytometry. Results:The proportions of PD-1?+?CD3+ and PD-1?+?CD8+ T cells were significantly higher in BM compared with PB. Similarly, higher PD-1 + CD244 + CD3+ and PD-1 + CD244 + CD8+ T cells were found in BM, and an increased tendency for PD-1?+?CD244?+?CD4+ T cells was also detected in this group. In contrast, increased Tim-3?+?CD4+/Tim-3?+?CD244?+?CD4+ T cells were predominant in BM compared with PB, but there was no statistically significant difference in Tim-3?+?CD8+ T cells. Moreover, PD-1 and Tim-3 double-positive CD3+/CD4+/CD8+ T cells were significantly increased in the BM group. In addition, a higher proportion of PD-1?+?Tim-3?+?CD3+ T cells in the BM and PD-1?+?Tim-3?+?CD4+ T cells in PB was detected in non-complete remission (NCR) compared with complete remission (CR) patients after first-cycle chemotherapy. Conclusions:Upregulation of PD-1 and Tim-3 and the exhausted phenotype of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the BM of AML patients may contribute to mediating the leukemic immunosuppressive microenvironment, and increased PD-1?+?Tim-3+ CD8+ T cells may be related to T cell dysfunction in AML, which may influence clinical outcome.

SUBMITTER: Tan J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7020501 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Increased PD-1+Tim-3+ exhausted T cells in bone marrow may influence the clinical outcome of patients with AML.

Tan Jiaxiong J Yu Zhi Z Huang Jingying J Chen Youchun Y Huang Shuxin S Yao Danlin D Xu Ling L Lu Yuhong Y Chen Shaohua S Li Yangqiu Y

Biomarker research 20200213

<h4>Background</h4>Altered expression of T cell immune inhibitory receptors may result in immunosuppression and associate with the poor prognosis of leukemia patients in which the leukemic bone marrow (BM) microenvironment may contribute to such immunosuppression. We found higher numbers of programmed death-1 (PD-1) + exhausted T cells in peripheral blood (PB) from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. To investigate the leukemic BM influence on immunosuppression, we further compared the distri ...[more]

PMID: 32082573

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Increased PD-1+Tim-3+ exhausted T cells in bone marrow may influence the clinical outcome of patients with AML.

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Increased PD-1+Tim-3+ exhausted T cells in bone marrow may influence the clinical outcome of patients with AML.

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