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Programmed death 1 (PD-1) and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, deliver inhibitory signals that regulate the balance between T cell activation, tolerance, and immunopathology. Immune responses to foreign and self-antigens require specific and balanced responses to clear pathogens and tumors and yet maintain tolerance. Induction and maintenance of T cell tolerance requires PD-1, and its ligand PD-L1 on nonhematopoietic cells can limit effector T cell responses and protect tissues from immune-mediated tissue damage. The PD-1:PD-L pathway also has been usurped by microorganisms and tumors to attenuate antimicrobial or tumor immunity and facilitate chronic infection and tumor survival. The identification of B7-1 as an additional binding partner for PD-L1, together with the discovery of an inhibitory bidirectional interaction between PD-L1 and B7-1, reveals new ways the B7:CD28 family regulates T cell activation and tolerance. In this review, we discuss current understanding of the immunoregulatory functions of PD-1 and its ligands and their therapeutic potential.
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- Mary E Keir
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5727, USA
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The oncogene c-Maf was recently found to be overexpressed in approximately 50% of multiple myeloma cases, and a role for c-Maf in promoting cyclin D2 expression has been postulated. We previously examined c-Maf expression in various T-cell lymphomas by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and found extremely elevated c-Maf levels in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT). In this study, we examined T-cell lymphomas for c-Maf and cyclin expression immunohistochemically. Of 93 cases of T-cell lymphomas we investigated in the current study, c-Maf expression was seen in 23 out of 31 cases of AILT, 3 out of 11 of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, 4 out of 19 of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified [PTCL(U)], and 0 out of 11 cases of mycosis fungoides, 0 out of 11 of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and 1 out of 10 of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. Double immunostaining in AILT revealed that the majority of c-Maf-positive cells were also positive for CD43 (MT1), CD45RO (UCHL-1), and CD4 but were negative for CD20 (L26). Additionally, cyclins D1 and D2, which stimulate cell cycle progression, were overexpressed in a large number of the c-Maf-positive AILT samples. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis also showed that c-Maf was overexpressed in 8/31 cases of AILT, 0/19 cases of PTCL(U), 0/11 cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, 0/10 cases of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, and 2/8 cases of multiple myeloma, presenting significant difference between AILT and PTCL(U) (P=0.016, chi test). These findings strongly suggest that CD4-positive neoplastic T cells in AILT show c-Maf expression and provide new insight into the pathogenesis of AILT suggesting c-Maf to be a useful diagnostic marker for AILT.
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Shimauchi T, Kabashima K, Nakashima D, Sugita K, Yamada Y, Hino R, Tokura Y. Augmented expression of programmed death-1 in both neoplastic and non-neoplastic CD4+ T-cells in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Int J Cancer 2007; 121:2585-90. [PMID: 17721918 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a CD4(+)CD25(+) T-cell malignancy infected with human T-cell leukemia virus type-I (HTLV-I). HTLV-I infection causes the T-cell dysfunction, which contributes to the immunodeficient state of the patients. Programmed death-1 (PD-1) can negatively regulate T-cell response, when its ligand, PD-L1 or PD-L2 mainly expressed on antigen presenting cells, binds to this B7 family receptor. We investigated whether PD-1 is expressed on CD4(+) neoplastic (and/or non-neoplastic) cells or CD8(+) cytotoxic cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 11 patients with ATL. By flow cytometry, we found that the levels of PD-1 expression on both CD4(+)CD25(+) and CD4(+)CD25(-) T-cell populations were increased in ATL patients compared to normal healthy volunteers, while PD-1 levels on CD8(+) T-cells were comparable between the patients and normal subjects. In stimulation with anti-CD3 antibody, the proliferation of PD-1-expressing T-cells from ATL patients was weak when compared to that of PD-1-nonexpressing normal T-cells. In addition to PD-1, PD-L1 was coexpressed on ATL cells in some patients, and PD-L1 expression was enhanced by stimulation with anti-CD3 antibody. Finally, the production of cytokines such as TNF-alpha by ATL cells was restored by blockade of PD-1/PD-L1 interaction. These findings suggest that CD4(+) T-cells are the main PD-1-expressing cells rather than CD8(+) T-cells in ATL patients, and both neoplastic and normal CD4(+) cells are exhausted as a result of PD-1 expression, and additionally PD-L1 expression on the neoplastic cell.
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- Takatoshi Shimauchi
- Department of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Haynes NM, Allen CDC, Lesley R, Ansel KM, Killeen N, Cyster JG. Role of CXCR5 and CCR7 in follicular Th cell positioning and appearance of a programmed cell death gene-1high germinal center-associated subpopulation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:5099-108. [PMID: 17911595 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.8.5099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 531] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Th cell access to primary B cell follicles is dependent on CXCR5. However, whether CXCR5 induction on T cells is sufficient in determining their follicular positioning has been unclear. In this study, we find that transgenic CXCR5 overexpression is not sufficient to promote follicular entry of naive T cells unless the counterbalancing influence of CCR7 ligands is removed. In contrast, the positioning of Ag-engaged T cells at the B/T boundary could occur in the absence of CXCR5. The germinal center (GC) response was 2-fold reduced when T cells lacked CXCR5, although these T cells were able to access the GC. Finally, CXCR5(high)CCR7(low) T cells were found to have elevated IL-4 transcript and programmed cell death gene-1 (PD-1) expression, and PD-1(high) cells were reduced in the absence of T cell CXCR5 or in mice compromised in GC formation. Overall, these findings provide further understanding of how the changes in CXCR5 and CCR7 expression regulate Th cell positioning during Ab responses, and they suggest that development and/or maintenance of a PD-1(high) follicular Th cell subset is dependent on appropriate interaction with GC B cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation/biosynthesis
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/genetics
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Germinal Center/cytology
- Germinal Center/immunology
- Germinal Center/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphoid Tissue/cytology
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Lymphoid Tissue/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
- Receptors, CCR7/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CCR7/physiology
- Receptors, CXCR5/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CXCR5/deficiency
- Receptors, CXCR5/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR5/physiology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/metabolism
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- Nicole M Haynes
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Chemnitz JM, Eggle D, Driesen J, Classen S, Riley JL, Debey-Pascher S, Beyer M, Popov A, Zander T, Schultze JL. RNA fingerprints provide direct evidence for the inhibitory role of TGFβ and PD-1 on CD4+ T cells in Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 2007; 110:3226-33. [PMID: 17644739 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-12-064360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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A hallmark of various human malignancies is the expression of immunoinhibitory factors within the tumor microenvironment. There is indirect evidence based on in vitro experiments that tumor-infiltrating T cells in human malignancies are suppressed by such factors. Still, direct evidence of the influence of individual inhibitory factors on immune cells in human cancer in vivo is lacking. To address this question, we used Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) as a model because histopathological characteristics of HL are thought to be due mostly to the effects of a wide variety of cytokines, including TGFβ or membrane-bound receptors such as PD-1 that are suspected to contribute to immune evasion of tumor cells. Using a genome-wide transcriptional approach, we established specific RNA fingerprints of TGFβ and PD-1 signaling in human T cells in vitro. Applying these specific fingerprints, we directly demonstrate that CD4+ T cells in HL—but not in follicular lymphoma (FL)—are under the inhibitory influence of both TGFβ and PD-1 in vivo. This approach can be easily generalized to provide direct evidence of the impact of any given soluble or cell-bound factor on any cell type within diseased tissue.
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- Jens M Chemnitz
- Molecular Tumor Biology and Tumor Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
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Sauce D, Almeida JR, Larsen M, Haro L, Autran B, Freeman GJ, Appay V. PD-1 expression on human CD8 T cells depends on both state of differentiation and activation status. AIDS 2007; 21:2005-13. [PMID: 17885290 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3282eee548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN PD-1 expression on HIV-specific CD8 T cells was recently reported to reflect functional exhaustion, resulting in uncontrolled HIV-1 replication. Assessing PD-1 expression on T cells may be highly relevant in T-cell immunology and vaccine monitoring. However, this requires us to gain further insights into the significance of PD-1 expression on CD8 T cells in humans. METHODS We performed a detailed analysis of PD-1 expression pattern on various CD8 T cell subsets from healthy or HIV infected donors. RESULTS PD-1 expression has two facets in vivo. On the one hand, it is linked to T-cell differentiation: PD-1 is up-regulated on early/intermediate differentiated subsets, which include HIV and Epstein-Barr virus-specific CD8 T-cell populations, but is down-regulated during late stages of differentiation. On the other hand, it is linked to T-cell activation: on PD-1 positive cells, PD-1 over-expression occurs along with the up-regulation of activation markers such as CD38 or HLA-DR. CONCLUSIONS PD-1 expression on CD8 T cells, including those specific for HIV, can be related both to their differentiation stage and their activation status. It is important to consider these findings when assessing the expression of PD-1 on T cells.
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- Delphine Sauce
- Cellular Immunology laboratory, INSERM U543, Avenir Group, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France
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Kaufmann DE, Kavanagh DG, Pereyra F, Zaunders JJ, Mackey EW, Miura T, Palmer S, Brockman M, Rathod A, Piechocka-Trocha A, Baker B, Zhu B, Le Gall S, Waring MT, Ahern R, Moss K, Kelleher AD, Coffin JM, Freeman GJ, Rosenberg ES, Walker BD. Upregulation of CTLA-4 by HIV-specific CD4+ T cells correlates with disease progression and defines a reversible immune dysfunction. Nat Immunol 2007; 8:1246-54. [PMID: 17906628 DOI: 10.1038/ni1515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 417] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In progressive viral infection, antiviral T cell function is impaired by poorly understood mechanisms. Here we report that the inhibitory immunoregulatory receptor CTLA-4 was selectively upregulated in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific CD4(+) T cells but not CD8(+) T cells in all categories of HIV-infected subjects evaluated, with the exception of rare people able to control viremia in the absence of antiretroviral therapy. CTLA-4 expression correlated positively with disease progression and negatively with the capacity of CD4(+) T cells to produce interleukin 2 in response to viral antigen. Most HIV-specific CD4(+) T cells coexpressed CTLA-4 and another inhibitory immunoregulatory receptor, PD-1. In vitro blockade of CTLA-4 augmented HIV-specific CD4(+) T cell function. These data, indicating a reversible immunoregulatory pathway selectively associated with CD4(+) T cell dysfunction, provide a potential target for immunotherapy in HIV-infected patients.
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- Daniel E Kaufmann
- Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Willenbrock K, Bräuninger A, Hansmann ML. Frequent occurrence of B-cell lymphomas in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and proliferation of Epstein-Barr virus-infected cells in early cases. Br J Haematol 2007; 138:733-9. [PMID: 17672882 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06725.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Secondary lymphomas occurring in the setting of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT) are considered to be rare. Their occurrence has been attributed to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferations. A previous study detected a dysregulated hypermutation process in B-cells of AILT. The present study aimed at estimating the frequency of B-cell lymphomas in AILT. By studying the expression of EBV and activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) as an indicator of hypermutating cells, we assessed whether B-cell lymphoproliferations in AILT were strictly associated with EBV and whether hypermutation might contribute to lymphomagenesis. Among 161 cases of AILT, diagnosed between 1996 and 2005 at the lymph node registry, Frankfurt, Germany, 19 cases were detected that also had B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and two cases had classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). EBV was detected in tumour cells of 7/18 NHL and both HL, suggesting that factors other than EBV contribute to lymphomagenesis. AID was expressed in AILT in large cells disseminated in the tissue, implying that the process of somatic hypermutation is ongoing in AILT, although the GC architecture is disrupted. This might be relevant in the development of secondary lymphomas.
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MESH Headings
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Cell Proliferation
- Clone Cells
- Cytidine Deaminase/analysis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/analysis
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/enzymology
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/pathology
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/enzymology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/virology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/enzymology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/virology
- Neprilysin/analysis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
- RNA, Viral/analysis
- Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
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- Klaus Willenbrock
- Senckenbergisches Institut für Pathologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Ortonne N, Dupuis J, Plonquet A, Martin N, Copie-Bergman C, Bagot M, Delfau-Larue MH, Gaulier A, Haioun C, Wechsler J, Gaulard P. Characterization of CXCL13+ Neoplastic T Cells in Cutaneous Lesions of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma (AITL). Am J Surg Pathol 2007; 31:1068-76. [PMID: 17592274 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0b013e31802df4ef] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Skin manifestations of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) are frequent, sometimes as first manifestations of the disease. In the absence of a specific marker for neoplastic cells, diagnosis of AITL in skin biopsies is often difficult. CD10 and CXCL13 have been recently recognized as characteristic markers of AITL, but have not been yet investigated in the skin. We analyzed 15 skin biopsies from 8 patients with AITL having skin manifestations and compared them to 14 skin biopsies from patients with various cutaneous lymphocytic infiltrates. A few CD10 lymphocytes were found in only 2 samples of the AITL group, the identification of which was hampered by the presence of a dermal CD10 cell population with dendritic features. By contrast, CXCL13 lymphoid cells were identified in most AITL cutaneous biopsies (n=12, 80%), whereas, absent in all samples from control cases. Among 12 biopsies with CXCL13 cells, cutaneous involvement by AITL was suspected in only 5 on the basis of light microscopy and classic immunophenotyping. In another case, a diagnosis of cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma had been proposed. In conclusion, this study shows that neoplastic AITL CXCL13 T cells localize in the skin and that accurate diagnosis of AITL lesions can be done in skin specimens using CXCL13 immunostaining on paraffin-embedded tissues.
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- Nicolas Ortonne
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Henri Mondor, Albert Chenevier, Department of Pathology Inserm U617 Argenteuil, France.
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma—A Neoplasm of Germinal Center T-helper Cell. Adv Anat Pathol 2007. [DOI: 10.1097/pap.0b013e318050498c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Velu V, Kannanganat S, Ibegbu C, Chennareddi L, Villinger F, Freeman GJ, Ahmed R, Amara RR. Elevated expression levels of inhibitory receptor programmed death 1 on simian immunodeficiency virus-specific CD8 T cells during chronic infection but not after vaccination. J Virol 2007; 81:5819-28. [PMID: 17376899 PMCID: PMC1900286 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00024-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Here, we study the temporal expression of the inhibitory receptor programmed death 1 (PD-1) on simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag-specific T cells following pathogenic SIV infection or following vaccination with a DNA/modified vaccinia virus Ankara (DNA/MVA) vaccine and simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) challenge in macaques. Following infection, the majority (>95%) of Gag-specific CD8 T cells expressed PD-1, and the level of PD-1 expression per cell increased over time. The level of PD-1 expression in lymph nodes and rectal mucosal tissue, the major sites of virus replication, was higher compared to blood. In vitro blockade of PD-1 resulted in enhanced proliferation of SIV-specific CD8 as well as CD4 T cells. In contrast, following vaccination, the majority of peak effector Gag-specific CD8 T cells expressed low levels of PD-1, and these levels decreased further as the cells differentiated into memory cells. In addition, following SHIV challenge of these vaccinated macaques, the level of PD-1 expression on Gag-specific CD8 T cells correlated positively with plasma viremia. These results demonstrate that SIV-specific CD8 T cells express PD-1 after exposure to antigen but downregulate expression under conditions of antigen clearance and enhance expression under conditions of antigen persistence. They also demonstrate that the level of PD-1 expression per cell rather than the presence or absence of expression plays an important role in regulating CD8 T-cell dysfunction in pathogenic SIV infection. In addition, they demonstrate that similar to HIV infection, the PD-1:PD-1 ligand inhibitory pathway is operational in pathogenic SIV infection, and the macaque/SIV model would be ideal to test the safety and therapeutic benefit of blocking this pathway in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/biosynthesis
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chronic Disease
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Macaca mulatta
- Receptors, Immunologic/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- SAIDS Vaccines/administration & dosage
- SAIDS Vaccines/immunology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/pathology
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/immunology
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- Vijayakumar Velu
- Vaccine Research Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
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de Leval L, Rickman DS, Thielen C, Reynies AD, Huang YL, Delsol G, Lamant L, Leroy K, Brière J, Molina T, Berger F, Gisselbrecht C, Xerri L, Gaulard P. The gene expression profile of nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma demonstrates a molecular link between angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and follicular helper T (TFH) cells. Blood 2007; 109:4952-63. [PMID: 17284527 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-10-055145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 427] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The molecular alterations underlying the pathogenesis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified (PTCL-u) are largely unknown. In order to characterize the ontogeny and molecular differences between both entities, a series of AITLs (n = 18) and PTCLs-u (n = 16) was analyzed using gene expression profiling. Unsupervised clustering correlated with the pathological classification and with CD30 expression in PTCL-u. The molecular profile of AITLs was characterized by a strong microenvironment imprint (overexpression of B-cell- and follicular dendritic cell-related genes, chemokines, and genes related to extracellular matrix and vascular biology), and overexpression of several genes characteristic of normal follicular helper T (T(FH)) cells (CXCL13, BCL6, PDCD1, CD40L, NFATC1). By gene set enrichment analysis, the AITL molecular signature was significantly enriched in published T(FH)-specific genes. The enrichment was higher for sorted AITL cells than for tissue samples. Overexpression of several T(FH) genes was validated by immunohistochemistry in AITLs. A few cases with molecular T(FH)-like features were identified among CD30(-) PTCLs-u. Our findings strongly support that T(FH) cells represent the normal counterpart of AITL, and suggest that the AITL spectrum may be wider than suspected, as a subset of CD30(-) PTCLs-u may derive from or be related to AITL.
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- Laurence de Leval
- Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Sart-Tilman, Tour de Pathologie +1, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Radziewicz H, Ibegbu CC, Fernandez ML, Workowski KA, Obideen K, Wehbi M, Hanson HL, Steinberg JP, Masopust D, Wherry EJ, Altman JD, Rouse BT, Freeman GJ, Ahmed R, Grakoui A. Liver-infiltrating lymphocytes in chronic human hepatitis C virus infection display an exhausted phenotype with high levels of PD-1 and low levels of CD127 expression. J Virol 2006; 81:2545-53. [PMID: 17182670 PMCID: PMC1865979 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02021-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The majority of people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) fail to generate or maintain a T-cell response effective for viral clearance. Evidence from murine chronic viral infections shows that expression of the coinhibitory molecule PD-1 predicts CD8+ antiviral T-cell exhaustion and may contribute to inadequate pathogen control. To investigate whether human CD8+ T cells express PD-1 and demonstrate a dysfunctional phenotype during chronic HCV infection, peripheral and intrahepatic HCV-specific CD8+ T cells were examined. We found that in chronic HCV infection, peripheral HCV-specific T cells express high levels of PD-1 and that blockade of the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction led to an enhanced proliferative capacity. Importantly, intrahepatic HCV-specific T cells, in contrast to those in the periphery, express not only high levels of PD-1 but also decreased interleukin-7 receptor alpha (CD127), an exhausted phenotype that was HCV antigen specific and compartmentalized to the liver, the site of viral replication.
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- Henry Radziewicz
- Emory University School of Medicine, 954 Gatewood Road N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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Day CL, Kaufmann DE, Kiepiela P, Brown JA, Moodley ES, Reddy S, Mackey EW, Miller JD, Leslie AJ, DePierres C, Mncube Z, Duraiswamy J, Zhu B, Eichbaum Q, Altfeld M, Wherry EJ, Coovadia HM, Goulder PJR, Klenerman P, Ahmed R, Freeman GJ, Walker BD. PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression. Nature 2006; 443:350-4. [PMID: 16921384 DOI: 10.1038/nature05115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2091] [Impact Index Per Article: 116.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Accepted: 07/28/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Functional impairment of T cells is characteristic of many chronic mouse and human viral infections. The inhibitory receptor programmed death 1 (PD-1; also known as PDCD1), a negative regulator of activated T cells, is markedly upregulated on the surface of exhausted virus-specific CD8 T cells in mice. Blockade of this pathway using antibodies against the PD ligand 1 (PD-L1, also known as CD274) restores CD8 T-cell function and reduces viral load. To investigate the role of PD-1 in a chronic human viral infection, we examined PD-1 expression on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific CD8 T cells in 71 clade-C-infected people who were naive to anti-HIV treatments, using ten major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I tetramers specific for frequently targeted epitopes. Here we report that PD-1 is significantly upregulated on these cells, and expression correlates with impaired HIV-specific CD8 T-cell function as well as predictors of disease progression: positively with plasma viral load and inversely with CD4 T-cell count. PD-1 expression on CD4 T cells likewise showed a positive correlation with viral load and an inverse correlation with CD4 T-cell count, and blockade of the pathway augmented HIV-specific CD4 and CD8 T-cell function. These data indicate that the immunoregulatory PD-1/PD-L1 pathway is operative during a persistent viral infection in humans, and define a reversible defect in HIV-specific T-cell function. Moreover, this pathway of reversible T-cell impairment provides a potential target for enhancing the function of exhausted T cells in chronic HIV infection.
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- Cheryl L Day
- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban 4013, South Africa
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