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Regulatory T Cells in an Endogenous Mouse Lymphoma Recognize Specific Antigen Peptides and Contribute to Immune Escape.
Ahmetlić, Fatima Riedel, Tanja Hömberg, Nadine Bauer, Vera Trautwein, Nico Geishauser, Albert Sparwasser, Tim Stevanović, Stefan Röcken, Martin Mocikat, Ralph
Ahmetlić, Fatima
Riedel, Tanja
Hömberg, Nadine
Bauer, Vera
Trautwein, Nico
Geishauser, Albert
Sparwasser, Tim
Stevanović, Stefan
Röcken, Martin
Mocikat, Ralph
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2019-03-20
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Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) sustain immune homeostasis and may contribute to immune escape in malignant disease. As a prerequisite for developing immunologic approaches in cancer therapy, it is necessary to understand the ontogeny and the antigenic specificities of tumor-infiltrating Tregs. We addressed this question by using a λ-MYC transgenic mouse model of endogenously arising B-cell lymphoma, which mirrors key features of human Burkitt lymphoma. We show that Foxp3+ Tregs suppress antitumor responses in endogenous lymphoma. Ablation of Foxp3+ Tregs significantly delayed tumor development. The ratio of Treg to effector T cells was elevated in growing tumors, which could be ascribed to differential proliferation. The Tregs detected were mainly natural Tregs that apparently recognized self-antigens. We identified MHC class II-restricted nonmutated self-epitopes, which were more prevalent in lymphoma than in normal B cells and could be recognized by Tregs. These epitopes were derived from proteins that are associated with cellular processes related to malignancy and may be overexpressed in the tumor.
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Cancer Immunol Res. 2019 Apr;7(4):600-608. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0419. Epub 2019 Mar 20.
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