Journal: Advanced Science
Article Title: PD‐L1 on Tumor‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induces CD8 + T Cell Terminal Exhaustion and Mediates Anti‐PD‐1 Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
doi: 10.1002/advs.202516348
Figure Lengend Snippet: Differences in the number of tumor‐infiltrating exhausted T cells before and after aPD‐1 treatment in HNSCC. A) UMAP plot illustrating the distribution of tumor‐infiltrating CD8 + T cells from the GSE200996 (n = 25) and GSE195832 (n = 8) datasets, color‐coded by the three broad cell groups (C1, C2, and C3). The plot shows a comparison of pretreatment and posttreatment samples, highlighting the expression levels of key markers, such as GZMK , CXCL13 , TIM3 , CTLA4 , LAYN , and MKI67 , in CD8 + T cells. B) Comparison of the proportions of three distinct clusters of CD8 + T cells between pretreatment and posttreatment samples. C) Schematic diagram illustrating the mouse subcutaneous transplantation tumor model of HNSCC treated with IgG as a control or aPD‐1 treatment on days 6, 8, 10, and 12 after tumor implantation (n = 4 per group). Created in https://BioRender.com . D) Tumor growth curves of the mice in different treatment groups; the arrows represent the time points of drug administration. E) Proportion of tumor‐infiltrating CD8 + T‐cell subsets in mice in different treatment groups. F) Flow cytometry analyzing the infiltration ratios of PD‐1 + TCF‐1 − CD8 + T (Tex term ) cells, PD‐1 + TCF‐1 + CD8 + T (Tex prog ) cells, and PD‐1 + CD8 + T cells in response to IgG or aPD‐1 treatment. The data are presented as the mean ± SEM. ns, not significant, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, two‐tailed Student's t test. Pre, pretreatment; Post, posttreatment; Tex term cells, terminally exhausted T cells; Tex prog cells, precursor exhausted T cells; prolif, proliferation; aPD‐1, anti‐PD‐1; i.p., intraperitoneal injection; FCM, flow cytometry.
Article Snippet: For in vivo antibody treatment, the mice received intraperitoneal injections of either 200 μg of the IgG1 isotype control (BioXCell, #BE0083) or aPD‐1 antibodies (BioXCell, #BE0146) every three days for two weeks.
Techniques: Comparison, Expressing, Transplantation Assay, Control, Tumor Implantation, Flow Cytometry, Two Tailed Test, Injection