期刊
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 117-123出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.02.027
关键词
Dendritic cells; Transforming growth factor beta; Programmed death ligand-1; Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3; T cell anergy; Cytotoxicity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30973543, 81173075, 81330081]
- Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [KJ2012A160]
The effects of TGF-beta on dendritic cells (DCs) in the tumor microenvironment are not well-understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of TGF-beta on the induction of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression in DCs and the underlying mechanism, and we further investigated the influence of the DCs with PD-L1 expression altered by TGF-beta on T-cell immunity. We determined that TGF-beta increased the expression of PD-L1 and signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (STAT3) in DCs in both a time- and dose-dependent manner, and the expression of PD-L1 was decreased significantly after STAT3 blockade. In addition, TGF-beta-treated DCs induced the apoptosis of T cells and increased the percentage of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs). Furthermore, the cytotoxicity of T cells against mice hepatocellular carcinoma cells (Hepa) was obviously suppressed. These results suggest that PD-L1 may play an important role in TGF-beta-induced immune dysfunction, which finally results in a failure in the anti-tumor responses, and the TGF-beta-STAT3-PD-L1 signaling pathway may contribute to novel therapeutic targets for the tumor based on DCs. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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