马家强, 曹春梅, 陈 沁, et al. Detection of ICOS+T cells by multiplex immunohistochemistry in tumor tissue and its clinical significance in hepatocellular carcinoma[J]. China Oncology, 2019, 29(5): 352-361.
马家强, 曹春梅, 陈 沁, et al. Detection of ICOS+T cells by multiplex immunohistochemistry in tumor tissue and its clinical significance in hepatocellular carcinoma[J]. China Oncology, 2019, 29(5): 352-361. DOI: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2019.05.005.
Background and purpose: Inducible costimulator (ICOS) is a member of B7-CD28 immunoglobulin superfamily and expressed on the surface of activated T cells
which plays an important role in T cell activation and effector functions. However
the expression pattern and the significance of ICOS and ICOS
+
T cells in tumor tissue of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are not defined. To this end
the current study was planned to quantitatively detect the expression of ICOS and ICOS
+
T cells in the tumor tissue of HCC patients and evaluate their clinical significance. Methods: Tissue microarrays (TMAs) and multiplex immunohistochemistry (mIHC) were used to detect the expression levels of ICOS
+
cells
ICOS+CD4
+
and ICOS
+
CD8
+
T cells in tumor and paracancerous tissues from HCC patients who received surgical treatment in Zhongshan Hospital
Fudan University from 2006 to 2007 (n=358). The clinical prognosis was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis and COX regression analysis. Results: The densities of infiltrating ICOS
+
and ICOS
+
CD4
+
T cells were significantly higher in tumor tissue than in paracancerous tissue (P0.000 1 and P=0.009 1). By contrast
the density of ICOS
+
CD8
+
T cells was significantly lower in tumor tissue than in paracancerous tissue (P=0.033). Within the tumor tissue
the density of ICOS
+
CD4
+
T cells was significantly higher compared with ICOS
+
CD8
+
T cells (P0.000 1). Moreover
the frequencies of ICOS
+
CD4
+
and ICOS
+
CD8
+
T cells in tumor tissue were significantly higher compared with their counterparts in paracancerous tissue (P0.000 1). Multivariate COX r
egression analysis identified that ICOS
+
cells
ICOS
+
CD4
+
and ICOS
+
CD8
+
T cells were independent favorable prognostic indices for overall survival (OS). Conclusion: Tumor infiltrating ICOS
+
cells are greatly elevated in the tumor tissue of HCC
and their abundance is associated with prolonged OS. Thus
ICOS
+
cells
ICOS
+
CD4
+
and ICOS
+
CD8
+
T cells might be used as novel prognostic immune biomarkers for HCC.