期刊
MELANOMA RESEARCH
卷 24, 期 4, 页码 295-304出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000072
关键词
cytotoxicity; DNAM-1; interferon-gamma production; metastatic melanoma; natural killer cells; NKG2D; NKp46; perforin; STAT-1
资金
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia [III41031, 175056]
Although natural killer (NK) cells play an important antitumor role, melanoma cells may affect their effector functions. In this study, we analyzed the expression of various receptors and effector molecules in NK cells and their subsets in metastatic melanoma (MM) patients compared with healthy controls (HCs). In HC and MM patients, we analyzed NK cell activity using a chromium release assay and the expression of CD107a degranulation marker, activating NKG2D, NKp46, DNAM-1, and inhibitory CD158a and CD158b receptors, IL-12R beta 1, IL-12R beta 2, intracellular interferon (IFN)-gamma, perforin, and STAT-1 in CD3-CD56 + NK cells, and cytotoxic CD3-CD56 dim and immunoregulatory CD3-CD56 bright subsets by flow cytometry. MM patients compared with HC not only had significantly decreased NK cell activity, lower expression of CD107a, and impaired IFN-gamma production but also had decreased expression of activating NKG2D, NKp46, and DNAM-1 receptors, which was followed by lower expression of perforin, STAT-1, and both IL-12R subunits in NK cells. In MM patients only, there was a positive correlation between NKG2D expression and degranulation capacity, as well as IFN-gamma production in NK cells. Analysis of the expression of various parameters of NK cell effector functions between MM patients with different localization of distant metastases showed that patients in the unfavorable M1c subclass had decreased expression of NKG2D and NKp46 on NK cells compared with patients in the M1a + b group. Downregulated NKG2D, NKp46, and DNAM-1 receptors associated with impaired NK cell effector function are important biomarkers of advanced disease with a poor prognosis in melanoma patients. (C) 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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