PMID- 31244860 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200716 LR - 20200716 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2019 TI - Costimulatory Molecules and Immune Checkpoints Are Differentially Expressed on Different Subsets of Dendritic Cells. PG - 1325 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01325 [doi] LID - 1325 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in initiating and shaping immune responses. The effects of DCs on adaptive immune responses depend partly on functional specialization of distinct DC subsets, and partly on the activation state of DCs, which is largely dictated by environmental signals. Fully activated immunostimulatory DCs express high levels of costimulatory molecules, produce pro-inflammatory cytokines, and stimulate T cell proliferation, whereas tolerogenic DCs express low levels of costimulatory molecules, produce immunomodulatory cytokines and impair T cell proliferation. Relevant to the increasing use of immune checkpoint blockade in cancer treatment, signals generated from inhibitory checkpoint molecules on DC surface may also contribute to the inhibitory properties of tolerogenic DCs. Yet, our knowledge on the expression of inhibitory molecules on human DC subsets is fragmentary. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the expression of three immune checkpoints on peripheral blood DC subsets, in basal conditions and upon exposure to pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory stimuli, by using a flow cytometric panel that allows a direct comparison of the activatory/inhibitory phenotype of DC-lineage and inflammatory DC subsets. We demonstrated that functionally distinct DC subsets are characterized by differential expression of activatory and inhibitory molecules, and that cDC1s in particular are endowed with a unique immune checkpoint repertoire characterized by high TIM-3 expression, scarce PD-L1 expression and lack of ILT2. Notably, this unique cDC1 repertoire was subverted in a group of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes included in the study. Applied to the characterization of DCs in the tumor microenvironment, this panel has the potential to provide valuable information to be used for investigating the role of DC subsets in cancer, guiding DC-targeting treatments, and possibly identifying predictive biomarkers for clinical response to cancer immunotherapy. FAU - Carenza, Claudia AU - Carenza C AD - Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. AD - Lab of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Calcaterra, Francesca AU - Calcaterra F AD - Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. AD - Lab of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Oriolo, Ferdinando AU - Oriolo F AD - Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. AD - Lab of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Di Vito, Clara AU - Di Vito C AD - Lab of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Ubezio, Marta AU - Ubezio M AD - Cancer Center, Humanitas Reserach Hospital, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Della Porta, Matteo Giovanni AU - Della Porta MG AD - Cancer Center, Humanitas Reserach Hospital, Rozzano, Italy. AD - Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Mavilio, Domenico AU - Mavilio D AD - Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. AD - Lab of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy. FAU - Della Bella, Silvia AU - Della Bella S AD - Department of Medical Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. AD - Lab of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190611 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD274 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (HAVCR2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (LILRB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - B7-H1 Antigen/metabolism MH - Cell Lineage/immunology MH - Cytokines/biosynthesis MH - Dendritic Cells/classification/*immunology/metabolism MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry/methods MH - Healthy Volunteers MH - Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1/metabolism MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Myelodysplastic Syndromes/blood/immunology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6579930 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ILT2 OT - PD-L1 OT - TIM-3 OT - conventional cDC1 dendritic cells OT - conventional cDC2 dendritic cells OT - immune checkpoint OT - myelodysplastic syndromes OT - plasmacytoid dendritic cells EDAT- 2019/06/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/17 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2019/06/28 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/06/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01325 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2019 Jun 11;10:1325. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01325. eCollection 2019.