PMID- 23363816 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130930 LR - 20211021 IS - 1557-3265 (Electronic) IS - 1078-0432 (Print) IS - 1078-0432 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Feb 15 TI - SHP2 is overexpressed and inhibits pSTAT1-mediated APM component expression, T-cell attracting chemokine secretion, and CTL recognition in head and neck cancer cells. PG - 798-808 LID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1517 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I antigen processing machinery (APM) component downregulation permits escape of malignant cells from recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and correlates with poor prognosis in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Activated STAT1 (pSTAT1) is necessary for APM component expression in HNC cells. We investigated whether an overexpressed phosphatase was responsible for basal suppression of pSTAT1 and subsequent APM component-mediated immune escape in HNC cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Immunohistochemical staining and reverse transcription PCR of paired HNC tumors was performed for the phosphatases src homology domain-containing phosphatase (SHP)-1 and SHP2. Depletion of phosphatase activity in HNC and STAT1(-/-) tumor cells was achieved by siRNA knockdown. HLA class I-restricted, tumor antigen-specific CTL were used in IFN-gamma ELISPOT assays against HNC cells. Chemokine secretion was measured after SHP2 depletion in HNC cells. RESULTS: SHP2, but not SHP1, was significantly upregulated in HNC tissues. In HNC cells, SHP2 depletion significantly upregulated expression of pSTAT1 and HLA class I APM components. Overexpression of SHP2 in nonmalignant keratinocytes inhibited IFN-gamma-mediated STAT1 phosphorylation, and SHP2 depletion in STAT1(-/-) tumor cells did not significantly induce IFN-gamma-mediated APM component expression, verifying STAT1 dependence of SHP2 activity. SHP2 depletion induced recognition of HNC cells by HLA class I-restricted CTL and secretion of inflammatory, T-cell attracting chemokines, RANTES and IP10. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest for the first time an important role for SHP2 in APM-mediated escape of HNC cells from CTL recognition. Targeting SHP2 could enhance T-cell-based cancer immunotherapy. CI - (c)2012 AACR. FAU - Leibowitz, Michael S AU - Leibowitz MS AD - Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. FAU - Srivastava, Raghvendra M AU - Srivastava RM FAU - Andrade Filho, Pedro A AU - Andrade Filho PA FAU - Egloff, Ann Marie AU - Egloff AM FAU - Wang, Lin AU - Wang L FAU - Seethala, Raja R AU - Seethala RR FAU - Ferrone, Soldano AU - Ferrone S FAU - Ferris, Robert L AU - Ferris RL LA - eng GR - R01 DE019727/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA110249/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA110249/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA097190/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA097190/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA047904/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - DE019727/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130130 PL - United States TA - Clin Cancer Res JT - Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research JID - 9502500 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (STAT1 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (STAT1 protein, human) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11) SB - IM MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Down-Regulation MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - HLA Antigens/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Head and Neck Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/genetics/metabolism MH - Keratinocytes MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering MH - STAT1 Transcription Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism PMC - PMC3578140 MID - NIHMS431366 EDAT- 2013/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/01 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/15 CRDT- 2013/02/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1078-0432.CCR-12-1517 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1517 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Feb 15;19(4):798-808. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1517. Epub 2013 Jan 30.