Murine tissues harbor signature γδ T cell compartments with profound yet differential impacts on carcinogenesis. Conversely, human tissue-resident γδ cells are less well defined. In the present study, we show that human lung tissues harbor a resident Vδ1 γδ T cell population. Moreover, we demonstrate that Vδ1 T cells with resident memory and effector memory phenotypes were enriched in lung tumors compared with nontumor lung tissues. Intratumoral Vδ1 T cells possessed stem-like features and were skewed toward cytolysis and helper T cell type 1 function, akin to intratumoral natural killer and CD8+ T cells considered beneficial to the patient. Indeed, ongoing remission post-surgery was significantly associated with the numbers of CD45RA−CD27− effector memory Vδ1 T cells in tumors and, most strikingly, with the numbers of CD103+ tissue-resident Vδ1 T cells in nonmalignant lung tissues. Our findings offer basic insights into human body surface immunology that collectively support integrating Vδ1 T cell biology into immunotherapeutic strategies for nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Wu, Y., Biswas, D., Usaite, I., Angelova, M., Boeing, S., Karasaki, T., et al. (2022). A local human Vδ1 T cell population is associated with survival in nonsmall-cell lung cancer. NATURE CANCER, 3(6), 696-709 [10.1038/s43018-022-00376-z].

A local human Vδ1 T cell population is associated with survival in nonsmall-cell lung cancer

Zaccaria S.;
2022

Abstract

Murine tissues harbor signature γδ T cell compartments with profound yet differential impacts on carcinogenesis. Conversely, human tissue-resident γδ cells are less well defined. In the present study, we show that human lung tissues harbor a resident Vδ1 γδ T cell population. Moreover, we demonstrate that Vδ1 T cells with resident memory and effector memory phenotypes were enriched in lung tumors compared with nontumor lung tissues. Intratumoral Vδ1 T cells possessed stem-like features and were skewed toward cytolysis and helper T cell type 1 function, akin to intratumoral natural killer and CD8+ T cells considered beneficial to the patient. Indeed, ongoing remission post-surgery was significantly associated with the numbers of CD45RA−CD27− effector memory Vδ1 T cells in tumors and, most strikingly, with the numbers of CD103+ tissue-resident Vδ1 T cells in nonmalignant lung tissues. Our findings offer basic insights into human body surface immunology that collectively support integrating Vδ1 T cell biology into immunotherapeutic strategies for nonsmall cell lung cancer.
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Animals; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Mice; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; T-Lymphocyte Subsets
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Wu, Y., Biswas, D., Usaite, I., Angelova, M., Boeing, S., Karasaki, T., et al. (2022). A local human Vδ1 T cell population is associated with survival in nonsmall-cell lung cancer. NATURE CANCER, 3(6), 696-709 [10.1038/s43018-022-00376-z].
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