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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.713132
Keywords
senescent T cells; polyfunctional T cells; breast cancer; KLRG-1; CD57; cytotoxic CD4+T cells
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- INC-Ministerio de Salud de la Nacio'n Argentina (2015-2017) [PICT 2015-1954, SECYT 2012-2016]
- fellowships from CONICET
- fellowship from Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer AG, EVAR
- CLM are members of the Scientific Career in CONICET
- SiRIC-Curie Program [INCa-DGOS12554]
- LabEx DCBIOL [ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL, ANR-11-LABX-0043]
- Center of Clinical Investigation [CIC IGR-Curie 1428]
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Senescent T cells with inhibitory receptor expression produce more effector cytokines and exhibit higher expression of key proteins, suggesting an active role in immune responses. Transcriptional profiling of senescent CD4(+) T-cells reveals enrichment in genes associated with cytotoxicity and cell exhaustion compared to non-senescent T cells. High expression of certain genes correlates with increased overall survival in breast cancer patients, indicating the potential utility of assessing senescent T cells as a biomarker.
Senescent T cells have been described during aging, chronic infections, and cancer; however, a comprehensive study of the phenotype, function, and transcriptional program of this T cell population in breast cancer (BC) patients is missing. Compared to healthy donors (HDs), BC patients exhibit an accumulation of KLRG-1(+)CD57(+) CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in peripheral blood. These T cells infiltrate tumors and tumor-draining lymph nodes. KLRG-1(+)CD57(+) CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells from BC patients and HDs exhibit features of senescence, and despite their inhibitory receptor expression, they produce more effector cytokines and exhibit higher expression of Perforin, Granzyme B, and CD107a than non-senescent subsets. When compared to blood counterparts, tumor-infiltrating senescent CD4(+) T cells show similar surface phenotype but reduced cytokine production. Transcriptional profiling of senescent CD4(+) T cells from the peripheral blood of BC patients reveals enrichment in genes associated with NK or CD8(+)-mediated cytotoxicity, TCR-mediated stimulation, and cell exhaustion compared to non-senescent T cells. Comparison of the transcriptional profile of senescent CD4(+) T cells from peripheral blood of BC patients with those of HDs highlighted marked similarities but also relevant differences. Senescent CD4(+) T cells from BC patients show enrichment in T-cell signaling, processes involved in DNA replication, p53 pathways, oncogene-induced senescence, among others compared to their counterparts in HDs. High gene expression of CD4, KLRG-1, and B3GAT1 (CD57), which correlates with increased overall survival for BC patients, underscores the usefulness of the evaluation of the frequency of senescent CD4(+) T cells as a biomarker in the follow-up of patients.
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