Classical Hodgkin lymphoma cells may promote an IL-17-enriched microenvironment
Anno:
2019
Tipologia prodotto:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Lingua:
Inglese
Referee:
No
Nome rivista:
Leukemia and Lymphoma
ISSN Rivista:
1042-8194
Intervallo pagine:
1-11
Parole chiave:
CD30; Interleukin 17; T helper lymphocytes; classical Hodgkin lymphoma; microenvironment
Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
In classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), the significance of the interplay between Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells (HRS) and reactive T cells remains poorly defined. By immunohistochemistry on bioptic cHL specimens, we found that HRS and surrounding T lymphocytes stained positive for IL-17 in 40% of cases. IL-17 was detectable in a similar proportion of patients' sera and correlated with disease burden. Supernatants of KM-H2 and HDLM-2 cHL cell lines guided preferential chemotaxis of CCR6(+) T lymphocytes. Coculture of cHL cell lines with PBMC promoted the enrichment of Th17 lymphocytes and Foxp3(+)/IL-17(+) cells, whereas T regulatory cells slightly decreased. Soluble CD30 downmodulated membrane CD30 expression on T cells and contributed to their polarization shift by stimulating IL-17 production and reducing IFN-gamma synthesis. Thus, HRS and a number of reactive CD4(+) T cells, attracted by tumor-secreted chemokines, produce an IL-17 tumor-shaped inflammatory milieu in a cHL subset.