Immunological profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes in primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), breast cancer (BCa), and renal cell cancers (RCC).
Document Type
Abstract
Publication Date
5-2022
Publication Title
AAI Annual Meeting; May 6-10; Portland, OR. 2022
Keywords
oregon; portland; chiles
Abstract
To explore whether the variation in clinical response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) reflects intrinsic characteristics of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), TILs from multiple tumor types were analyzed by multiparameter flow cytometry. Recent work identified CD39+CD103+ double positive (DP) CD8 TIL as tumor-reactive, therefore we assessed this phenotype in primary NSCLC (n=28), BCa (n=23), HNSCC (n=23), and RCC (n=23) specimens. TILs from NSCLC and HNSCC had significantly higher frequencies of DP T cells than BCa and RCC (NSCLC: median=34.2, IQR=15.0-53.8%; HNSCC: median=28.6%, IQR=13.5-44.5%), while TILs from BCa and RCC had low frequencies of DP T cells (BCa: median=2.4%, IQR=1.1-3.9%; RCC: median=4.2%, IQR=1.5-16.6%). Additionally, DP cells in NSCLC and HNSCC were co-expressed immune checkpoint markers PD-1, TIM-3, and LAG-3 at a higher frequency than RCC or BCa (P<0.05). DP CD8 T cells in NSCLC and HNSCC also exhibited increased effector potential (granzyme B+) as compared to BCa and RCC, suggesting functional differences. Expression of the transcription factor Eomesodermin, associated with T cell exhaustion, was higher in effector CD8 T cells from RCC (median=84.5%, IQR=44.9-97.4%) as compared to NSCLC (median=28.7%, IQR=20.7-61.4%), BCa (median=30.1%, IQR=0-50%), and HNSCC (median=40.3%, IQR=20.1-61.2%). Additionally, 4-1BB, an indicator of TCR engagement, trended higher in RCC (mean=8.6%, IQR=1.4-46.7%) as compared to BCa (median=1.9%, IQR=0.4-8.6%). These data highlight the heterogeneity of human TILs isolated from distinct tumor types and provide insight into the basal expression of actionable therapeutic targets.
Clinical Institute
Cancer
Department
Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
Department
Oncology
Recommended Citation
Miller, W; Redmond, William L.; and See full list of authors in comments, "Immunological profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes in primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), breast cancer (BCa), and renal cell cancers (RCC)." (2022). Articles, Abstracts, and Reports. 6122.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/publications/6122
Comments
Miller W, Koguchi Y, Kaufmann JK, Yanamandran N, Redmond WL