TY - JOUR
T1 - Tumor-Infiltrating regulatory dendritic cells inhibit CD8+ T cell function via L-Arginine metabolism
AU - Norian, Lyse A.
AU - Rodriguez, Paulo C.
AU - O'Mara, Leigh A.
AU - Zabaleta, Jovanny
AU - Ochoa, Augusto C.
AU - Cella, Marina
AU - Allen, Paul M.
PY - 2009/4/1
Y1 - 2009/4/1
N2 - Dendritic cells (DC) have a critical effect on the outcome of adaptive immune responses against growing tumors. Whereas it is generally assumed that the presence of phenotypically mature DCs should promote protective antitumor immunity, evidence to the contrary does exist. We describe here a novel mechanism by which tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (TIDC) actively contribute to the suppression of protective CDS+T-cell-based antitumor immunity. Using the BALB/NeuT model of spontaneously arising mammary carcinoma, we found that canonical MHC Il7CDllb7CDllch,gh TIDCs act as regulatory DCs to suppress CDS+ T-cell function, resulting in diminished T-cell-based antitumor immunity in vivo. Stimulation of naive T cells with regulatory TIDCs resulted in an altered cell fate program characterized by minimal T-cell expansion, impaired IFN7 production, and anergy. Suppression by regulatory TIDCs overcame stimulatory signals provided by standard DCs, occurred in the absence of cognate interactions with T cells, and was mediated primarily by arginase metabolism of L-arginine. Immunosuppressive TIDCs were found in every murine tumor type examined and were phenotypically distinct from tumor-infiltrating CDllclntlow/CDllb+/Gr-l+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Thus, within the tumor microenvi-ronment, MHC H+ TIDCs can function as potent suppressors of CD8+ T-cell immunity.
AB - Dendritic cells (DC) have a critical effect on the outcome of adaptive immune responses against growing tumors. Whereas it is generally assumed that the presence of phenotypically mature DCs should promote protective antitumor immunity, evidence to the contrary does exist. We describe here a novel mechanism by which tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (TIDC) actively contribute to the suppression of protective CDS+T-cell-based antitumor immunity. Using the BALB/NeuT model of spontaneously arising mammary carcinoma, we found that canonical MHC Il7CDllb7CDllch,gh TIDCs act as regulatory DCs to suppress CDS+ T-cell function, resulting in diminished T-cell-based antitumor immunity in vivo. Stimulation of naive T cells with regulatory TIDCs resulted in an altered cell fate program characterized by minimal T-cell expansion, impaired IFN7 production, and anergy. Suppression by regulatory TIDCs overcame stimulatory signals provided by standard DCs, occurred in the absence of cognate interactions with T cells, and was mediated primarily by arginase metabolism of L-arginine. Immunosuppressive TIDCs were found in every murine tumor type examined and were phenotypically distinct from tumor-infiltrating CDllclntlow/CDllb+/Gr-l+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Thus, within the tumor microenvi-ronment, MHC H+ TIDCs can function as potent suppressors of CD8+ T-cell immunity.
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U2 - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-2826
DO - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-2826
M3 - Article
C2 - 19293186
AN - SCOPUS:66149118659
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 69
SP - 3086
EP - 3094
JO - Cancer research
JF - Cancer research
IS - 7
ER -