Leukemic cell-secreted interleukin-9 suppresses cytotoxic T cell-mediated killing in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


Journal

Cell death & disease
ISSN: 2041-4889
Titre abrégé: Cell Death Dis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101524092

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 16 05 2023
accepted: 01 02 2024
revised: 19 12 2023
medline: 16 2 2024
pubmed: 16 2 2024
entrez: 15 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a central role in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), contributing to disease progression and chemoresistance. Leukemic cells shape the TME into a pro-survival and immunosuppressive niche through contact-dependent and contact-independent interactions with the cellular components of the TME. Immune synapse (IS) formation is defective in CLL. Here we asked whether soluble factors released by CLL cells contribute to their protection from cytotoxic T cell (CTL)-mediated killing by interfering with this process. We found that healthy CTLs cultured in media conditioned by leukemic cells from CLL patients or Eμ-TCL1 mice upregulate the exhaustion marker PD-1 and become unable to form functional ISs and kill target cells. These defects were more pronounced when media were conditioned by leukemic cells lacking p66Shc, a proapoptotic adapter whose deficiency has been implicated in disease aggressiveness both in CLL and in the Eμ-TCL1 mouse model. Multiplex ELISA assays showed that leukemic cells from Eμ-TCL1 mice secrete abnormally elevated amounts of CCL22, CCL24, IL-9 and IL-10, which are further upregulated in the absence of p66Shc. Among these, IL-9 and IL-10 were also overexpressed in leukemic cells from CLL patients, where they inversely correlated with residual p66Shc. Using neutralizing antibodies or the recombinant cytokines we show that IL-9, but not IL-10, mediates both the enhancement in PD-1 expression and the suppression of effector functions in healthy CTLs. Our results demonstrate that IL-9 secreted by leukemic cells negatively modulates the anti-tumor immune abilities of CTLs, highlighting a new suppressive mechanism and a novel potential therapeutical target in CLL.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38360867
doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-06528-6
pii: 10.1038/s41419-024-06528-6
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

144

Subventions

Organisme : Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
ID : IG-20148
Organisme : Regione Toscana (Tuscany Region)
ID : Precise-CLL

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Gioia Boncompagni (G)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Vanessa Tatangelo (V)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Ludovica Lopresti (L)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Cristina Ulivieri (C)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Nagaja Capitani (N)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Carmela Tangredi (C)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Francesca Finetti (F)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Giuseppe Marotta (G)

Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Unit, University Hospital, Siena, Italy.

Federica Frezzato (F)

Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy.

Andrea Visentin (A)

Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy.

Sara Ciofini (S)

Department of Medical Science, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Alessandro Gozzetti (A)

Department of Medical Science, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Monica Bocchia (M)

Department of Medical Science, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Diego Calzada-Fraile (D)

Immunology Unit from Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Instituto de investigación Sanitaria La Princesa (IIS-IP), Madrid, Spain.
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029, Madrid, Spain.

Noa B Martin Cofreces (NB)

Immunology Unit from Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Instituto de investigación Sanitaria La Princesa (IIS-IP), Madrid, Spain.
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain.

Livio Trentin (L)

Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy.

Laura Patrussi (L)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. patrussi2@unisi.it.

Cosima T Baldari (CT)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. cosima.baldari@unisi.it.

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