Increased IFNγ+ T Cells Are Responsible for the Clinical Responses of Low-Dose DNA-Demethylating Agent Decitabine Antitumor Therapy
Increased IFNγ+ T Cells Are Responsible for the Clinical Responses of Low-Dose DNA-Demethylating Agent Decitabine Antitumor Therapy
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增加的 IFN gamma( ) T 细胞是低剂量 DNA 去甲基化剂地西他滨抗肿瘤治疗临床反应的原因
DOI:
10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-1201
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发表时间:
2017-10-15
影响因子:
11.5
通讯作者:
Han, Weidong
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作者:
Li, Xiang;Zhang, Yan;Han, Weidong
Purpose: Low-dose DNA-demethylating agent decitabine therapy is effective in a subgroup of cancer patients. It remains largely elusive for the biomarker to predict therapeutic response and the underlying antitumor mechanisms, especially the impact on host antitumor immunity. ExperimentalDesign: The influence of low-dose decitabine on T cells was detected both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, a test cohort and a validation cohort of advanced solid tumor patients with low-dose decitabine-based treatment were involved. The activation, proliferation, polarization, and cytolysis capacity of CD3(+)T cells were analyzed by FACS and CCK8 assay. KaplanMeier and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis were performed to investigate the prognostic value of enhanced T-cell activity following decitabine epigenetic therapy.Results: Low-dose decitabine therapy enhanced the activation and proliferation of human IFN gamma(+) T cells, promoted Th1 polarization and activity of cytotoxic T cells both in vivo and in vitro, which in turn inhibited cancer progression and augmented the clinical effects of patients. In clinical trials, increased IFN gamma T+ cells and increased T-cell cytotoxicity predicted improved therapeutic responses and survival in the test cohort and validation cohort.Conclusions: We find that low-dose decitabine therapy promotes antitumor T-cell responses by promoting T-cell proliferation and the increased IFN gamma(+) T cells may act as a potential prognostic biomarker for the response to decitabine- based antitumor therapy. (C)2017 AACR.