Membranous and Cytoplasmic Expression of PD-L1 in Ovarian Cancer Cells - PubMed (original) (raw)
doi: 10.1159/000484109. Epub 2017 Oct 20.
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Membranous and Cytoplasmic Expression of PD-L1 in Ovarian Cancer Cells
Qiu-Xia Qu et al. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2017.
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Abstract
Background: Expression of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) on tumor cells represents a powerful immune evasion pathway, but the role of intracellular or cytoplasmic PD-L1 has not been investigated in ovarian cancer cells.
Methods: Flow cytometry (FCM), Real-time PCR (qPCR), immunohistochemistry (IHC) and western blot were used to determine the expression of PD-L1 in ovarian cancer cells. The cytokines detected in the tumor or tumor associated macrophage (TAM) were used to treat cancer cells. PD-L1 blockade and silencing were used to elucidate the functional significance of cancer-related PD-L1 expression.
Results: Based on the results presented, PD-L1 was found variably expressed in the cytoplasm and the cell surface of both HO8910 and SKOV3 cells. TAM or IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 released from TAM stimulated the expression of PD-L1 at the surface of the cancer cells. The IHC results were consistent with the data in vitro showing infiltration of TAM correlated with membranous PD-L1. The increases of PD-L1 at the surface were not due to a shift in the proportion of surface versus intracellular protein, but the contribution of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway activation. As a consequence, inducible membranous PD-L1 expression on SKOV3 inhibited CD8+ T cell function, and cytoplasmic PD-L1 promoted cancer cell growth. Additionally, in mouse models, both PD-L1 and PD-1 mAb resulted in tumor growth inhibition and demonstrated a potential to decrease the number of PD-1+CD8+T cells.
Conclusion: We conclude that TAM induced PD-L1 on the cancer cells represents an immune evasion mechanism. The observations confirm the therapeutic potential of PD-L1/PD-1 mAb to reactivate anti-tumor immunity in ovarian cancer.
Keywords: Ovarian cancer; PD-L1; Tumor-associated macrophage.
© 2017 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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