PD-L1分子在肺癌细胞株上的表达及其生物学意义

背景与目的目前研究表明,多种人类肿瘤大量表达的PD-L1分子参与了肿瘤免疫逃逸,其机制主要在于肿瘤细胞通过高表达PD-L1分子,与T细胞上的受体PD-1的结合,传递负性调控信号,导致肿瘤抗原特异性T细胞的凋亡和免疫无能。本文着重探讨PD-L1分子在肺癌细胞株上的表达及其对T细胞杀伤效应的调节作用。方法采用常规方法从健康人外周血单个核细胞诱导DCs,并经凋亡肿瘤细胞和激发型CD40单克隆抗体刺激获得成熟DCs,与自体T细胞共育后获得肿瘤特异性CTL细胞;流式细胞术检测肺癌细胞上PD-L1分子的表达;JAM法和单抗阻断实验分析CTL细胞对肺癌细胞株的杀伤效应,ELISA法检测细胞培养上清中IFN-γ的含量。结果经凋亡肿瘤细胞负载的成熟DCs可诱导自体T细胞分化为肿瘤特异性CTL;H1299高表达PD-L1分子(90.3±4.2)%,而A549低表达PD-L1分子(19.4±5.2)%;CTL对A549具有高效特异的杀伤力,而对H1299不能高效杀伤;联合应用PD-L1单抗可促进CTL对H1299的杀伤作用和IFN-γ的分泌(P<0.05)。结论在肺癌细胞株上表达的PD-L1分子,可降低CTL对肺癌细胞的杀伤效应。

The Expression and Biological Significance of PD-L1 on Lung Cancer Cell Lines

Background and objective Tumor-associated PD-L1 expression was recently shown to promote T-cell apoptosis and proposed as a potential mechanism of immune evasion by tumors. On the basis of the ability of tumor-associated PD-L1 to mediate activated T-cell death,it is likely that manipulation of the PD-L1 pathway at defined time points during the development of the T-cell antitumor immune response can enhance the efficacy of T-cell-based immunotherapy. Here,the levels of expression of PD-L1 on lung cancer cel...