Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Article Title: Tumor-infiltrated double-negative regulatory T cells predict outcome of T cell-based immunotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102096
Figure Lengend Snippet: Transcriptional characterization and developmental trajectory of CD3 + CD8 − CD4 − (DN) TILs (A) Heatmap showing the expression levels of genes encoding NK cell markers, Treg-related molecules, immune checkpoint proteins, cytokines, and (DN) T cell-related markers among CD8 + , CD4 + , and (DN) TIL clusters. (B) Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showing significant upregulation of TGF-β (left) and IL-10 (right) signaling pathways in (DN) TILs compared with other TIL subsets. (C) Violin plot showing the expression of a regulatory T cell signature across (DN) TIL, CD4 + TIL, and CD8 + TIL clusters. A dashed line indicates the median of the signature score of the (DN) TIL cluster. Median and interquartile were shown in the boxplots. Non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine the significance. (D) Representative overlap histogram for the expression of IL-10, TGF-β, IKZF2, FOXP3, and CTLA4 among (DN) TILs, CD4 + TILs, and CD8 + TILs determined by flow cytometry. (E) Developmental trajectory of 16,978 (DN) T cells from tumor tissues and peripheral blood of naive treated NPC patients ( n = 10) inferred by Monocle 2 and CytoTRACE algorithm. Solid and dotted lines denote distinct cell fates based on expression profiles, with colors indicating the origin of (DN) T cells, pseudo-time, and CytoTRACE score (GEO: GSE162025 ). (F) Dot plot showing the correlation between (DN) TIL signature scores of TMEs in this study and each state of (DN) T cells (GEO: GSE162025 ; PB, Cell Fate_1, and Cell Fate_2). The sizes and colors of the circles represent the strength of the relationship, assessed using Spearman’s correlation test. PB, peripheral blood. (G) Representative overlap histogram for the expression of IL-10, TGF-β, IKZF2, FOXP3, and CTLA4 in the (DN) T cells from TIL infusion products, peripheral blood of NPC patients, or healthy donors determined by flow cytometry. See also and .
Article Snippet: To evaluate the suppression mechanism of DN TILs, neutralizing antibodies targeting TGF-β (5 μg/mL; Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd, CHB215) and IL-10 (5 μg/mL; Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd, CHA915) were added, along with a Fas-FasL signaling antagonist (10 μM; MedChemExpress, HY- P10102 ) and GITR inhibitor (20 nM; KKL Med Inc., KM2426) at an effector-to-target (E:T) ratio of 1:1.
Techniques: Expressing, Protein-Protein interactions, Flow Cytometry