CXCR5 and ICOS expression identifies a CD8 T-cell subset with TFH features in Hodgkin lymphomas
CXCR5 and ICOS expression identifies a CD8 T-cell subset with TFH features in Hodgkin lymphomas
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DOI:
10.1182/bloodadvances.2018017244
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发表时间:
2018-08-14
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影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Olive, Daniel
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作者:
Le, Kieu-Suong;Ame-Thomas, Patricia;Olive, Daniel
A better characterization of T-cell subsets in the microenvironment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) would help to develop immunotherapies. Using multicolor flow cytometry, we identified in 6 of 43 cHL tissue samples a previously unrecognized subset of CD8 T cells coexpressing CXCR5 and inducible T-cell costimulator (ICOS) molecules (CD8(CXCR5+ICOS+)). These cells shared phenotypic features with follicular helper T (T-FH) cells including low CCR7 expression together with high expression of B-cell lymphoma-6, programmed cell death 1, B and T lymphocyte attenuator, CD200, and OX40. They had deficient cytotoxicity, low interferon-y secretion, and common functional properties with intratumoral CD4(+ )T(FH) cells, such as production of interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-21, CXCL13, and capacity to sustain B cells. Gene profiling analysis showed a significant similarity between the signatures of CD8(CXCR5+ICOS+) T cells and CD4(+) T(FH )cells. Benign lymphadenitis tissues (n = 8) were devoid of CD8(CXCR5+ICOS+) cells. Among the 35 B-cell lymphoma tissues analyzed, including follicular lymphomas (n = 13), diffuse large cell lymphomas (n = 12), marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs; n = 3), mantle cell lymphomas (n = 3), and chronic lymphocytic leukemias (n = 4), only 1 MZL sample contained CD8(CXCR5+ICOS+) cells. Lymphoma tumors with CD8(CXCR5+ICOS+) cells shared common histopathological features including residual germinal centers, and contained high amounts of activated CD8(CXCR5-ICOS+) cells. These data demonstrate a CD8 T-cell differentiation pathway leading to the acquisition of some T-FH similarities. They suggest a particular immunoediting process with global CD8 activation acting mainly, but not exclusively, in HL tumors.