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CXCL13-producing TFH cells link immune suppression and adaptive memory in human breast cancer

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Gu-Trantien, Chunyan, Migliori, Edoardo, Buisseret, Laurence, de Wind, Alexandre, Brohée, Sylvain, Garaud, Soizic, Noël, Grégory, Dang Chi, Vu Luan +6 more·2017·JCI Insight

Abstract

T follicular helper cells (T FH cells) are important regulators of antigen-specific B cell responses. The B cell chemoattractant CXCL13 has recently been linked with T FH cell infiltration and improved survival in human cancer. Although human T FH cells can produce CXCL13, their immune functions are currently unknown. This study presents data from human breast cancer, advocating a role for tumor-infiltrating CXCL13-producing (CXCR5 – ) T FH cells, here named T FH X13 cells, in promoting local memory B cell differentiation. T FH X13 cells potentially trigger tertiary lymphoid structure formation and thereby generate germinal center B cell responses at the tumor site. Follicular DCs are not potent CXCL13 producers in breast tumor tissues. We used the T FH cell markers PD-1 and ICOS to identify distinct effector and regulatory CD4 + T cell subpopulations in breast tumors. T FH X13 cells are an important component of the PD-1 hi ICOS int effector subpopulation and coexpanded with PD-1 int ICOS hi FOXP3 hi Tregs. IL2 deprivation induces CXCL13 expression in vitro with a synergistic effect from TGFβ1, providing insight into T FH X13 cell differentiation in response to Treg accumulation, similar to conventional T FH cell responses. Our data suggest that human T FH X13 cell differentiation may be a key factor in converting Treg-mediated immune suppression to de novo activation of adaptive antitumor humoral responses in the chronic inflammatory breast cancer microenvironment.

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  • A proportion of PD-1++ TILs with a Trm phenotype also express CXCL13, the ligand of CXCR5.

    “A proportion of PD-1++ TILs with a Trm phenotype also express CXCL13, the ligand of CXCR5 [273-275].”

    From Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition) (2021) · cites this paper as [274]

    The Introduction (page not provided) identifies PD-1-high CD4+ breast-cancer TIL that express CXCL13 and calls CXCR5 the CXCL13 receptor. The paper characterizes these cells as TFH-like, but the passages do not establish that the CXCL13-expressing PD-1-high cells have a tissue-resident memory (Trm) phenotype. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Gu-Trantien, C., Migliori, E., Buisseret, L., de Wind, A., Brohée, S., Garaud, S., Noël, G., Dang Chi, V. L., Lodewyckx, J.-N., Naveaux, C., Duvillier, H., Goriely, S., Larsimont, D., & Willard-Gallo, K.
Affiliations
  • Molecular Immunology Unit,
  • Anatomical Pathology,
  • Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory,
  • Hematology, and
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Corresponding author
Willard-Gallo, Karen
Venue
JCI Insight
Published
2017-06-02
Volume
2
Issue
11
ISSN
2379-3708 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2620775812
Cited by
368
References
68
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 3 · 2013: 1
FWCI
11.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • JCI Insight (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
Funders
European Regional Development Fund
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
T follicular helper cells, CXCL13, breast cancer, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, regulatory T cells, tertiary lymphoid structures, germinal center B cells, PD-1, ICOS, follicular dendritic cells, TGF-β1, tumor microenvironment, immunosuppression

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