Nanoscale engagement and clusterization of Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) in the membrane lipid rafts of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer cells
Ruglioni, M.; Civita, S.; Salvadori, T.; Cristiani, S.; Carnicelli, V.; Barachini, S.; Petrini, I.; Nepita, I.; Castello, M.; Diaspro, A.; Bianchini, P.; Storti, B.; Bizzarri, R.; Fogli, S.; Danesi, R.
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Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) plays a key role in several human tumors, and it has recently become a crucial target for cancer therapy. Yet, its subtle regulatory roles beside the well characterized immunosuppression in PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint are still obscure and should be strictly related to its molecular properties in different cell settings. In this study we targeted the plasma membrane organization of PD-L1 in a Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) cell line by a multiscale fluorescence imaging toolbox that included super-resolution microscopy approaches to reach the nanoscale. Our findings revealed for the first time that PD-L1 is prevalently engaged in the cholesterol-enriched "raft" regions of the cell membrane. Clusterization and engagement in membrane rafts may afford novel targets for the immuno-oncology strategies in the framework of NSCLC and, possibly, other tumor types.
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