Expression of Tim-3 drives naive Treg to an effector-like state with enhanced suppressive activity
Banerjee, H.; Nieves-Rosado, H.; Kulkarni, A.; Murter, B.; Chandran, U. R.; Chang, A.; Szymczak-Workman, A. L.; Vujanovic, L.; Ferris, R. L.; Kane, L. P.
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Regulatory T cells (Treg) are critical mediators of self-tolerance but can also limit effective anti-tumor immunity. We and others previously reported that 40-60% percent of Treg-infiltrating head and neck cancer (HNC) and other tumors highly express Tim-3, compared with about 5% in lymphoid organs. Tumor-infiltrating Tim-3+ Treg also have enhanced suppressive function and display a more effector-like phenotype. Using a novel mouse model with cell type-specific Tim-3 expression, we show here that expression of Tim-3 by Treg is sufficient to drive Treg to a more effector-like phenotype, resulting in enhanced suppressive activity and increased tumor growth. These findings may help to reconcile previous reports that some Tim-3 antibodies enhance T cell responses in vivo, while expression of Tim-3 has a cell-intrinsic ability to enhance TCR signaling and T cell activation. Thus, we propose that Tim-3 regulates anti-tumor immunity at least in part through enhancement of Treg function. To our knowledge, this is the first example in which expression of a single co-stimulatory molecule is sufficient to drive differentiation of Treg in this manner.
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