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Accumulation of tolerogenic human 6-sulfo LacNAc dendritic cells in renal cell carcinoma is associated with poor prognosis.
OncoImmunology 4:e1008342 (2015)
Dendritic cells (DCs) essentially contribute to the induction and regulation of innate and adaptive immunity. Based on these important properties, DCs may profoundly influence tumor progression in patients. However, little is known about the role of distinct human DC subsets in primary tumors and their impact on clinical outcome. In the present study, we investigated the characteristics of human 6-sulfo LacNAc (slan) DCs in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). slanDCs have been shown to display various tumor-directed properties and to accumulate in tumor-draining lymph nodes from patients. When evaluating 263 ccRCC and 227 tumor-free tissue samples, we found increased frequencies of slanDCs in ccRCC tissues compared to tumor-free tissues. slanDCs were also detectable in the majority of 24 metastatic lymph nodes and 67 distant metastases from ccRCC patients. Remarkably, a higher density of slanDCs was significantly associated with a reduced progression-free, tumor-specific or overall survival of ccRCC patients. Tumor-infiltrating slanDCs displayed an immature phenotype expressing interleukin-10. ccRCC cells efficiently impaired slanDC-induced T-cell proliferation and programming as well as natural killer (NK) cell activation. In conclusion, these findings indicate that higher slanDC numbers in ccRCC tissues are associated with poor prognosis. The induction of a tolerogenic phenotype in slanDCs leading to an insufficient activation of innate and adaptive antitumor immunity may represent a novel immune escape mechanism of ccRCC. These observations may have implications for the design of therapeutic strategies that harness tumor-directed functional properties of DCs against ccRCC.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Dendritic Cells ; Renal Cell Carcinoma ; T Cells ; Tumor Immunology ; Tumor Microenvironment; Natural-killer-cells; Human Tumors; Antitumor Immunity; T-lymphocytes; Human Blood; Cancer; Responses; Immunotherapy; Cytotoxicity; Activation
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2162-4011
e-ISSN
2162-402X
Journal
OncoImmunology
Quellenangaben
Volume: 4,
Issue: 6,
Article Number: e1008342
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publishing Place
Philadelphia
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Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)