Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin inhibits CD8+ T cell-mediated killing of cancer cells in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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作者
Blumel, Edda [1 ]
Munir Ahmad, Shamaila [2 ]
Nastasi, Claudia [1 ]
Willerslev-Olsen, Andreas [1 ]
Gluud, Maria [1 ]
Fredholm, Simon [1 ]
Hu, Tengpeng [1 ]
Surewaard, Bas G. J. [3 ]
Lindahl, Lise M. [4 ]
Fogh, Hanne [5 ]
Koralov, Sergei B. [6 ]
Gjerdrum, Lise Mette Rahbek [7 ]
Clark, Rachael A. [8 ]
Iversen, Lars [4 ]
Krejsgaard, Thorbjorn [1 ]
Bonefeld, Charlotte Menne [1 ]
Geisler, Carsten [1 ]
Becker, Jurgen C. [9 ,10 ]
Woetmann, Anders [1 ]
Andersen, Mads Hald [2 ]
Buus, Terkild Brink [1 ]
Odum, Niels [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Copenhagen, Dept Immunol & Microbiol, Skin Immunol Res Ctr, LEO Fdn, Maersk Tower 07-12-70,Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
[2] Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Herlev Hosp, Dept Hematol & Oncol, Ctr Canc Immune Therapy CCIT, Herlev, Denmark
[3] Univ Calgary, Snyder Inst Chron Dis, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Calgary, AB, Canada
[4] Aarhus Univ Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Aarhus, Denmark
[5] Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Copenhagen, Denmark
[6] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, New York, NY USA
[7] Zealand Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Roskilde, Denmark
[8] Harvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[9] Univ Hosp Essen, German Canc Consortium DKTK, Translat Skin Canc Res, Essen, Germany
[10] Deutsch Krebsforschungszentrum DKFZ, Essen, Germany
关键词
Alpha-toxin; Staphylococcus aureus; CTCL; CD8(+) T cells; cytotoxicity;
D O I
10.1080/2162402X.2020.1751561
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Staphylococcus aureus and its toxins have been linked to disease progression and mortality in advanced stages of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). CD8(+) T cells play a crucial role in anti-cancer responses and high CD8(+) T cell numbers in tumor lesions are associated with a favorable prognosis in CTCL. Here, we show that CD8(+) T cells from both healthy donors and Sezary syndrome patients are highly susceptible to cell death induced by Staphylococcal alpha-toxin, whereas malignant T cells are not. Importantly, alphatoxin almost completely blocks cytotoxic killing of CTCL tumor cells by peptide-specific CD8(+) T cells, leading to their escape from induced cell death and continued proliferation. These findings suggest that alpha-toxin may favor the persistence of malignant CTCL cells in vivo by inhibiting CD8(+) T cell cytotoxicity. Thus, we propose a novel mechanism by which colonization with Staphylococcus aureus may contribute to cancer immune evasion and disease progression in CTCL.
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