The Functional and Prognostic Impact of TIGIT Expression on Bone Marrow NK Cells in Core Binding Factor-Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients at Diagnosis

Autor: Dai-Hong Xie, Jun Wang, Kai Sun, Zong-Yan Shi, Ya-Zhe Wang, Yan Chang, Xiao-Ying Yuan, Yan-Rong Liu, Hao Jiang, Qian Jiang, Xiao-Jun Huang, Ya-Zhen Qin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Biomedicines, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 2207 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-9059
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12102207
Popis: Background: The effect of the expression of the newly identified immune checkpoint, T cell immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif domain (TIGIT) on NK cells in core binding factor-acute myeloid leukemia (CBF-AML) remains to be investigated. Methods: Fresh bone marrow samples from a total of 39 newly diagnosed CBF-AML patients and 25 healthy donors (HDs) were collected for testing the phenotype and function state of total NK, CD56bright, and CD56dim NK cell subsets after in vitro stimulation. Results: The frequencies of TIGIT+ cells in total NK, CD56bright, and CD56dim NK cell subsets had no significant difference between patients and HDs. TNF-α and INF-γ levels were uniformly lower in TIGIT+ cells than the corresponding TIGIT− cells in all HDs, whereas those for TIGIT+ to TIGIT− cells in patients were highly heterogenous; TIGIT expression was not related to PFP and GZMB expression in HDs, whereas it was related to higher intracellular PFP and GZMB levels in patients. Patients’ TIGIT+ NK cells displayed lower K562 cell-killing activity than their TIGIT− NK cells. In addition, high frequencies of TIGIT+ cells in total NK and CD56dim NK cells were associated with poor RFS. Conclusions: TIGIT expression affected the diagnostic bone marrow-sited NK cell function and had prognostic significance in CBF-AML patients.
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