Abstract
Tumor cells aberrantly express several T cell inhibitory molecules including members of the B7-H co-regulatory family. Presumably tumor-expressed B7-H1 and B7-H3 confer resistance to elimination by the immune system. In addition, elevated levels of soluble B7-H1 (sB7-H1) has been identified in the sera of cancer patients, including renal carcinoma patients and is associated with increased cancer related death. Here we report that sB7-H1 is produced and released by activated mature dendritic cells (mDC). Immature DC, macrophages, monocytes, or T cells are refractory to releasing sB7-H1. Exposure of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells to mDC-derived sB7-H1 molecules induced apoptosis. These data suggest that the immunobiology of B7-H1 is perhaps more complex than previously thought. sB7-H1 molecules may represent an unanticipated contributing factor to immune homeostasis. That both immune and tumor cells can be sources of sB7-H1 suggests that optimization of co-regulatory blockade immunotherapy for solid malignancies of necessity will require impact of targeting tumor and immune-derived B7-H1 molecules.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 78-82 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Immunology Letters |
Volume | 142 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 29 2012 |
Keywords
- B7-H1
- Coregulatory
- Dendritic cell
- Soluble
- T cell
- Tumor cell
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology