Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report

Breast cancer (BC) is most prevalent female malignancy worldwide. Despite advances in BC diagnosis and progress in drug therapy, a series of challenges associated with emergent tumour resistance causing the disease escalation still remain. Immune evasion is among the driving forces of tumour resista...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D. A. Ryabchikov, S. V. Chulkova, F. A. Shamilov, N. V. Chanturiya, S. D. Zheltikov, N. N. Tupitsyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bashkir State Medical University 2021-12-01
Series:Креативная хирургия и онкология
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.surgonco.ru/jour/article/view/637
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850050378188455936
author D. A. Ryabchikov
S. V. Chulkova
F. A. Shamilov
N. V. Chanturiya
S. D. Zheltikov
N. N. Tupitsyn
author_facet D. A. Ryabchikov
S. V. Chulkova
F. A. Shamilov
N. V. Chanturiya
S. D. Zheltikov
N. N. Tupitsyn
author_sort D. A. Ryabchikov
collection DOAJ
description Breast cancer (BC) is most prevalent female malignancy worldwide. Despite advances in BC diagnosis and progress in drug therapy, a series of challenges associated with emergent tumour resistance causing the disease escalation still remain. Immune evasion is among the driving forces of tumour resistance against modern treatments, which promotes world-active research into the mechanisms of tumour—immune interaction.Tumour microenvironment is known to contribute greatly to the nature of this interaction. Immune cells are constitutive of tumour microenvironment as tumour-associated macrophages, myeloid-derived suppressor cells and tumour-infi ltrating lymphocytes. Tumour-infi ltrating lymphocytes are represented by B-, T- and NK-cells, which localisation and subpopulation structure in tumour may possess a prognostic and clinical significance. Th e infi ltration density by certain effector cell types prior to chemotherapy is an important predictor of patient survival. Putting otherwise, the presence of effector lymphocyte subpopulations in tumour defi nes the strength of antitumour immunity and may establish the success of drug treatment.This study analysed the infiltration levels of CD3, CD4, CD20 and CD38 lymphocytes in several molecular BC subtypes. Tumour immunophenotyping was performed in cryosectioning and immunofl uorescence assays with a ZEISS AXIOSKOP microscope, Germany. We analysed 96 luminal BC (37 subtype A (38.5 %), 52 B-Her2-negative subtype (54.2 %), 7 B-Her2-positive subtype (7.3 %)) and non-luminal BC samples (3 HER2+ subtype (14.3 %), 18 triple-negative subtype (85.7 %)). The infiltration and antigen expression patterns have been assessed. Analyses of tumour-infi ltrating subpopulations revealed lower infiltration in luminal BC vs. other subtypes, albeit at no significance.
format Article
id doaj-art-43ec252417d44dcba930f228e3da8e29
institution DOAJ
issn 2076-3093
2307-0501
language English
publishDate 2021-12-01
publisher Bashkir State Medical University
record_format Article
series Креативная хирургия и онкология
spelling doaj-art-43ec252417d44dcba930f228e3da8e292025-08-20T02:53:29ZengBashkir State Medical UniversityКреативная хирургия и онкология2076-30932307-05012021-12-0111432833610.24060/2076-3093-2021-11-4-328-336456Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data ReportD. A. Ryabchikov0S. V. Chulkova1F. A. Shamilov2N. V. Chanturiya3S. D. Zheltikov4N. N. Tupitsyn5N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of OncologyN.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology; I.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityN.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of OncologyN.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology; A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and DentistryN.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology; A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and DentistryN.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of OncologyBreast cancer (BC) is most prevalent female malignancy worldwide. Despite advances in BC diagnosis and progress in drug therapy, a series of challenges associated with emergent tumour resistance causing the disease escalation still remain. Immune evasion is among the driving forces of tumour resistance against modern treatments, which promotes world-active research into the mechanisms of tumour—immune interaction.Tumour microenvironment is known to contribute greatly to the nature of this interaction. Immune cells are constitutive of tumour microenvironment as tumour-associated macrophages, myeloid-derived suppressor cells and tumour-infi ltrating lymphocytes. Tumour-infi ltrating lymphocytes are represented by B-, T- and NK-cells, which localisation and subpopulation structure in tumour may possess a prognostic and clinical significance. Th e infi ltration density by certain effector cell types prior to chemotherapy is an important predictor of patient survival. Putting otherwise, the presence of effector lymphocyte subpopulations in tumour defi nes the strength of antitumour immunity and may establish the success of drug treatment.This study analysed the infiltration levels of CD3, CD4, CD20 and CD38 lymphocytes in several molecular BC subtypes. Tumour immunophenotyping was performed in cryosectioning and immunofl uorescence assays with a ZEISS AXIOSKOP microscope, Germany. We analysed 96 luminal BC (37 subtype A (38.5 %), 52 B-Her2-negative subtype (54.2 %), 7 B-Her2-positive subtype (7.3 %)) and non-luminal BC samples (3 HER2+ subtype (14.3 %), 18 triple-negative subtype (85.7 %)). The infiltration and antigen expression patterns have been assessed. Analyses of tumour-infi ltrating subpopulations revealed lower infiltration in luminal BC vs. other subtypes, albeit at no significance.https://www.surgonco.ru/jour/article/view/637breast cancermolecular subtypestumour-infi ltrating lymphocyteseff ector lymphocytesimmunofl uorescent assayimmunophenotyping
spellingShingle D. A. Ryabchikov
S. V. Chulkova
F. A. Shamilov
N. V. Chanturiya
S. D. Zheltikov
N. N. Tupitsyn
Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report
Креативная хирургия и онкология
breast cancer
molecular subtypes
tumour-infi ltrating lymphocytes
eff ector lymphocytes
immunofl uorescent assay
immunophenotyping
title Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report
title_full Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report
title_fullStr Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report
title_full_unstemmed Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report
title_short Intratumoural Effector Cell Subpopulations in Breast Cancer: a Literature Review and Own Data Report
title_sort intratumoural effector cell subpopulations in breast cancer a literature review and own data report
topic breast cancer
molecular subtypes
tumour-infi ltrating lymphocytes
eff ector lymphocytes
immunofl uorescent assay
immunophenotyping
url https://www.surgonco.ru/jour/article/view/637
work_keys_str_mv AT daryabchikov intratumouraleffectorcellsubpopulationsinbreastcanceraliteraturereviewandowndatareport
AT svchulkova intratumouraleffectorcellsubpopulationsinbreastcanceraliteraturereviewandowndatareport
AT fashamilov intratumouraleffectorcellsubpopulationsinbreastcanceraliteraturereviewandowndatareport
AT nvchanturiya intratumouraleffectorcellsubpopulationsinbreastcanceraliteraturereviewandowndatareport
AT sdzheltikov intratumouraleffectorcellsubpopulationsinbreastcanceraliteraturereviewandowndatareport
AT nntupitsyn intratumouraleffectorcellsubpopulationsinbreastcanceraliteraturereviewandowndatareport