Affiliation:
1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Abstract
Inflammatory signaling networks between tumor cells and immune cells contribute to the development of malignant pleural effusion (MPE). B cells have been found in MPE; however, little is known about their roles there. In the present study, by using mouse MPE models, we noted that although the total B cells in MPE were decreased as compared with the corresponding blood and spleen, the percentage of activated naïve B cells expressing higher levels of CD80, CD86, myosin heavy chain-II, CD44, CD69, and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) molecules were increased in wild-type mouse MPE. Compared with wild-type mice, decreased T helper (TH)1 cells and increased TH17 cells were present in B cell-deficient mouse MPE, which paralleled to the reduced MPE volume and longer survival time. Adoptive transfer of activated naïve B cells into B cell-deficient mice was able to increase TH1 cells and decrease TH17 cells in MPE and shorten the survival of mice bearing MPE. Furthermore, we demonstrated that activated naïve B cells inhibited TH17-cell expansion via the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway and promoted naïve CD4+ T-cell differentiation into TH1/TH17 cells through secreting IL-27/IL-6 independent of the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway. Collectively, our data uncovered a mechanism by which naïve B cells promote MPE formation by regulating TH1/TH17 cell responses, making these B cells an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in the fight against cancer.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals's Mission plan
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Cell Biology,Physiology (medical),Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Physiology
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