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01-09-2016 | Original Article

Reduced potency of cytotoxic T lymphocytes from patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes

Authors: Kristoffer Sand, Jakob Theorell, Øystein Bruserud, Yenan T. Bryceson, Astrid Olsnes Kittang

Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy | Issue 9/2016

Abstract

Introduction

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of clonal bone marrow disorders, with dysplasia, cytopenias and increased risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia. A dysregulated immune system precipitates MDS, and to gain insights into the relevance of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) in this process, we examined the frequency and function of CX3CR1- and CD57-positive T lymphocytes from MDS patients.

Materials and methods

Peripheral blood and/or bone marrow samples from 31 MDS patients and 12 healthy controls were examined by flow cytometry. Expression of cytotoxic granule constituents, immunological co-receptors, adhesion molecules and markers of activation were quantified on unstimulated lymphocytes. Degranulation, cytotoxicity and conjugate formation with target cells following co-culture of CTL with target cell lines or autologous bone marrow-derived CD34⁺ cells were quantified by flow cytometry.

Results

CX3CR1 expression was increased in bone marrow from high-risk MDS patients compared to healthy controls. Expression of CD57 and CX3CR1 was closely correlated, identifying a CTL subset with high cytotoxic capacity. In vitro, TCR-induced redirected cytotoxicity was markedly decreased for high-risk MDS patients compared to controls. CTL from MDS patients with the lowest target cell cytotoxicity had reduced expression of adhesion molecules and formed fewer conjugates with target cells.

Discussion

Although phenotypically defined CTL numbers were increased in the bone marrow of MDS patients, we found that CTL from high-risk MDS patients exhibited a lower TCR-induced redirected cytotoxic capacity. Thus, decreased T cell cytotoxicity seems related to reduced adhesion to target cells and may contribute to impaired anti-leukemic immune surveillance in MDS.

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Title: Reduced potency of cytotoxic T lymphocytes from patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Authors: Kristoffer Sand
Jakob Theorell
Øystein Bruserud
Yenan T. Bryceson
Astrid Olsnes Kittang
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy / Issue 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0340-7004
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-016-1865-y

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