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Loss of Lymphotoxin Alpha-Expressing Memory B Cells Correlates with Metastasis of Human Primary Melanoma
Activated antigen-experienced B cells play an unexpected complex role in anti-tumor immunity in human melanoma patients. However, correlative studies between B cell infiltration and tumor progression are limited by the lack of distinction between functional B cell subtypes. In this study, we examine...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8307480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11071238 |
Sumario: | Activated antigen-experienced B cells play an unexpected complex role in anti-tumor immunity in human melanoma patients. However, correlative studies between B cell infiltration and tumor progression are limited by the lack of distinction between functional B cell subtypes. In this study, we examined a series of 59 primary and metastatic human cutaneous melanoma specimens with B cell infiltration. Using seven-color multiplex immunohistochemistry and automated tissue imaging and analysis, we analyzed the spatiotemporal dynamics of three major antigen-experienced B cell subpopulations expressing lymphotoxin alpha (LTA/TNFSF1) or interleukin-10 (IL-10) outside tertiary lymphoid structures. The expression of both LTA and IL-10 was not restricted to a particular B cell subtype. In primary melanomas, these cells were predominantly found at the invasive tumor-stroma front and, in metastatic melanomas, they were also found in the intratumoral stroma. In primary melanomas, decreased densities of LTA(+) memory-like and, to a lesser extent, activated B cells were associated with metastasis. Compared with metastatic primary tumors, B cell infiltrates in melanoma metastases were enriched in both LTA(+) memory-like and LTA(+) activated B cells, but not in any of the IL-10(+) B cell subpopulations. Melanoma disease progression shows distinct dynamics of functional B cell subpopulations, with the regulation of LTA(+) B cell numbers being more significant than IL-10(+) B cell subpopulations. |
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