RRC ID 60965
著者 Nagasaki J, Togashi Y, Sugawara T, Itami M, Yamauchi N, Yuda J, Sugano M, Ohara Y, Minami Y, Nakamae H, Hino M, Takeuchi M, Nishikawa H.
タイトル The critical role of CD4+ T cells in PD-1 blockade against MHC-II-expressing tumors such as classic Hodgkin lymphoma.
ジャーナル Blood Adv
Abstract Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) responds markedly to PD-1 blockade therapy, and the clinical responses are reportedly dependent on expression of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II). This dependence is different from other solid tumors, in which the MHC class I (MHC-I)/CD8+ T-cell axis plays a critical role. In this study, we investigated the role of the MHC-II/CD4+ T-cell axis in the antitumor effect of PD-1 blockade on cHL. In cHL, MHC-I expression was frequently lost, but MHC-II expression was maintained. CD4+ T cells highly infiltrated the tumor microenvironment of MHC-II-expressing cHL, regardless of MHC-I expression status. Consequently, CD4+ T-cell, but not CD8+ T-cell, infiltration was a good prognostic factor in cHL, and PD-1 blockade showed antitumor efficacy against MHC-II-expressing cHL associated with CD4+ T-cell infiltration. Murine lymphoma and solid tumor models revealed the critical role of antitumor effects mediated by CD4+ T cells: an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody exerted antitumor effects on MHC-I-MHC-II+ tumors but not on MHC-I-MHC-II- tumors, in a cytotoxic CD4+ T-cell-dependent manner. Furthermore, LAG-3, which reportedly binds to MHC-II, was highly expressed by tumor-infiltrating CD4+ T cells in MHC-II-expressing tumors. Therefore, the combination of LAG-3 blockade with PD-1 blockade showed a far stronger antitumor immunity compared with either treatment alone. We propose that PD-1 blockade therapies have antitumor effects on MHC-II-expressing tumors such as cHL that are mediated by cytotoxic CD4+ T cells and that LAG-3 could be a candidate for combination therapy with PD-1 blockade.
巻・号 4(17)
ページ 4069-4082
公開日 2020-9-8
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002098
PII S2473-9529(20)31169-1
PMID 32870971
PMC PMC7479950
MeSH Animals CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes Histocompatibility Antigens Class II Hodgkin Disease* / drug therapy Mice Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor Tumor Microenvironment
IF 4.91
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC01346