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- Title
Role of Tumor Endothelium in CD4<sup>+</sup>CD25<sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cell Infiltration of Human Pancreatic Carcinoma.
- Authors
Nummer, Daniel; Sun-Payer, Elisabeth; Schmitz-Winnenthal, Hubertus; Bonertz, Andreas; Galindo, Luis; Antolovich, Dalibor; Koch, Moritz; Büchler, Markus; Weitz, Jürgen; Schirrmacher, Volker; Beckhove, Philipp
- Abstract
Background Regulatory I (Treg) cells have been detected in human carcinomas and may play a role in preventing the rejection of malignant cells. Methods We quantified Treg cells and the expression of the addressins and the respective ligands that attract them in blood and in human pancreatic tumors and adjacent nonmalignant tissues from 47 patients. The capacity of Treg cells to adhere to and transmigrate through autologous endothelial cells was tested in vitro using spheroid adhesion assays and in vivo using a xenotransplant NOD/SCID model and in the presence and absence of antibodies to addressins. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results More Treg cells infiltrated pancreatic carcinomas than adjacent nonmalignant pancreatic tissues (120 cells per mm² versus 80 cells per mm², difference = 40 cells per mm², 95% confidence interval [Cl] = 21.2 cells per mm² to 52.1 cells per mm² P<.001). In contrast to conventional CD4 T cells, more blood-derived Treg cells adhered to (1.0% versus 5.2%, difference = 4.2%, 95% Cl = 2.7% to 5.6%; P<.001) and transmigrated through (3332 cells versus 4976 cells, difference = 1644 cells, 95% Cl = 708 cells to 2580 cells; P = .008) autologous tumor-derived endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo (458 cells versus 605 cells, difference = 147 cells, 95% Cl = 50.8 to 237.2 cells; P = .04). Tumor-derived endothelial cells expressed higher levels of addressins—including mucosal adressiri cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule—1 (VCAM-1), CD62-E, and CD166—than endothelial cells from normal tissue. Experiments using antibodies to addressins showed that transmigration was mediated by interactions of addressins, including MAdCAM-1, VCAM-1, CD62-E, and CD166 with their respective ligands, β integrin, CD62L, and CD166, which were expressed specifically on Treg cells. Conclusions Tumor-induced expression of addressins on the surface of endothelial cells allows a selective transmigration of Treg cells from peripheral blood to tumor tissues.
- Subjects
ENDOTHELIUM; T cells; LYMPHOCYTES; PANCREATIC cancer; CANCER patients; IMMUNOGLOBULINS
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2007, Vol 99, Issue 15, p1188
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djm064