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- Titel:
Toll-like receptor 3 expressing tumor parenchyma and infiltrating natural killer cells in hepatocellular carcinoma patients.
- Dokumenttyp:
- Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Autor(en):
- Chew, V; Tow, C; Huang, C; Bard-Chapeau, E; Copeland, NG; Jenkins, NA; Weber, A; Lim, KH; Toh, HC; Heikenwalder, M; Ng, IO; Nardin, A; Abastado, JP
- Abstract:
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly aggressive cancer that is linked to chronically dysregulated liver inflammation. However, appropriate immune responses can control HCC progression. Here we investigated the role and underlying mechanism of toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) in HCC.HCC cell death, and natural killer (NK) cell activation and cytotoxicity were assessed in vitro after treatment with the TLR3 ligand poly(I:C). The effect of TLR3 on the tumor parenchyma and infiltrating immune cells was investigated in a spontaneous liver tumor mouse model and a transplanted tumor mouse model (n = 3-9 mice per group). Immunohistochemistry and quantitative polymerase chain reaction were used to analyze tumor samples from 172 HCC patients. Paired t-tests and analysis of variance tests were used to calculate P-values. The relationship between TLR3 expression and survival was determined by the Kaplan-Meier univariate survival analysis and a log-rank test. All statistical tests were two-sided.TLR3 activation increased cell death in the TLR3(+) SNU182 HCC cell line (30.5% vs 8.5%, P = .03) and promoted NK-cell activation (32.6% vs 19.4%, P < .001) and cytotoxicity (relative fourfold increase, P = .03) in vitro. In vivo, poly(I:C) treatment increased intratumoral chemokine expression, NK-cell activation and tumor infiltration, and proliferation of tumor-infiltrating T and NK cells. Proliferation of tumor parenchyma cells was decreased. Also, expression of chemokines or treatment with poly(I:C) decreased tumor growth. TLR3 expression in patient samples correlated with NK-cell activation, NK- and T-cell tumor infiltration, and inversely correlated with tumor parenchyma cell viability. TLR3 expression was also associated with longer survival in HCC patients (hazard ratio of survival = 2.1, 95% confidence interval = 1.3 to 3.4, P = .002).TLR3 is an important modulator of HCC progression and is a potential target for novel immunotherapy.
- Zeitschriftentitel:
- J Natl Cancer Inst
- Jahr:
- 2012
- Band / Volume:
- 104
- Heft / Issue:
- 23
- Seitenangaben Beitrag:
- 1796-807
- Sprache:
- eng
- Volltext / DOI:
- doi:10.1093/jnci/djs436
- PubMed:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197495
- Print-ISSN:
- 0027-8874
- TUM Einrichtung:
- Institut für Virologie
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