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CORRESPONDENCE Akira Shibuya: ashibuya{at}md.tsukuba.ac.jp OR Kazuko Shibuya: kazukos{at}md.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Several lines of evidence demonstrate that the immune system protects the host against tumor development. CTL and NK cells are major players in cell-mediated immunity to tumors (1, 2). Tumor recognition by and activation of CTL and NK cells are mediated by antigen receptors and a variety of adhesion and costimulatory molecules including CD2, LFA-1 (leukocyte function-associated antigen-1; CD11a/CD18), CD27, 2B4, CD28, ICOS (inducible costimulator), NKG2D, TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand), and others (2, 3). Interactions of these cell surface receptors with their respective ligands expressed on tumors induce cytotoxic activity of CTL and NK cells against tumors (4).
DNAM-1 (CD226) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily and is expressed on the majority of NK cells, T cells, monocytes, and platelets (5–7). DNAM-1 constitutively associates with LFA-1 on NK cells (8). Ligation of LFA-1 with antibodies causes Fyn-dependent phosphorylation of tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic domain of DNAM-1, which are necessary for DNAM-1–dependent NK cell functions (8). DNAM-1 also associates with LFA-1 in activated T cells, for which the protein kinase C–induced serine phosphorylation in the cytoplasmic domain of DNAM-1 is responsible (8), and is involved in an LFA-1–mediated costimulatory signal for naive T cell differentiation and proliferation (9). The poliovirus receptor (PVR) CD155 and its family member CD112 (PRR-2 [PVR-related family 2], also called nectin-2) are ligands for human and mouse DNAM-1 (10–12). Interactions between DNAM-1 on NK cells and T cells and its ligands CD112 and CD155 on tumor cells augment cell-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production (10, 11). Although human CD112 and CD155 are broadly distributed on epithelial and endothelial cells in many tissues (13, 14), they are overexpressed on certain tumors, both nonhematopoietic and hematopoietic, including colorectal carcinomas (15, 16), gastric cancers (16), ovarian cancers (17), neuroblastomas (18), myeloid leukemias (19), and multiple myeloma (20), suggesting that DNAM-1 ligand expression might be induced by tumorigenesis and, thus, stimulates CTL and NK cells. However, it remains uncertain whether DNAM-1 is involved in immune surveillance of tumors in vivo. We therefore generated KO mice lacking the Cd226 (DNAM-1) gene and investigated the in vivo role of DNAM-1 in tumor immunity.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Mouse DNAM-1 mediates cytotoxic activity of CTL and NK cells
Previous studies demonstrated that the addition of human DNAM-1–neutralizing antibodies to in vitro cytotoxicity assays inhibited CTL or NK cell–mediated lysis of several tumor cell lines expressing DNAM-1 ligands (5, 10, 11), suggesting that human DNAM-1 is involved in CTL and NK cell–mediated cytotoxicity. However, the role of DNAM-1 in cytotoxicity of mouse CTL and NK cells has not been investigated. To address this issue, we generated mice lacking the Cd226 (DNAM-1) gene in the BALB/c background (DNAM-1 KO mice; Fig. S1, available at http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/full/jem.20081611/DC1). Naive DNAM-1–deficient mice showed a normal composition of lymphocyte populations in the spleen, BM, and LN (Fig. S2 and not depicted), suggesting that the disruption of Cd226 did not affect lymphocyte differentiation. We then examined the expression of DNAM-1 ligands CD155 and CD112 in mouse tumor cell lines EL-4 (H-2b), RL male-1 (H-2d), and BW5147 (H-2k). These cell lines expressed comparable amounts of CD155 (Fig. 1 A). In contrast, CD112 was expressed on RMA transfectant expressing CD112 (RMA-CD112) but was barely detected on the other tumor cells (Fig. 1 A). We next generated CTL by coculture of spleen cells from WT and DNAM-1–deficient BALB/c mice (H-2d) with the RMA cell line (H-2b) and then purified CD8+ T cells by sorting. Because RMA cells did not express DNAM-1 ligands (Fig. 1 A) and the population of CD8+ T cells after the culture was comparable between WT and KO spleen cells (not depicted), DNAM-1 deficiency did not affect the induction of DNAM-1–deficient CTL cells. The purified WT and DNAM-1–deficient CD8+ T cells specifically killed EL-4 tumor cells as well as RMA transfectant expressing CD115 (RMA-CD155), but not RL male-1 or BW5147 (H-2k) target cells, suggesting that both CTL were H-2b specific (Fig. 1 B). However, DNAM-1–deficient CTL were significantly less cytotoxic to RMA-CD155 and EL-4 than were the WT CTL cells (Fig. 1 B).
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DNAM-1–deficient mice showed impaired clearance of CD155-expressing tumor cells
We next investigated the role of DNAM-1 in tumor clearance in vivo. WT or DNAM-1–deficient mice were injected i.p. with a 1:1 mixture of CFSE-labeled RMA-S and RMA-S–CD155 cells. At 12 h, tumor cells were harvested from the peritoneal cavity and analyzed for the ratio of cell numbers by flow cytometry. We recovered significantly fewer RMA-S–CD155 cells than RMA-S cells from WT mice than from DNAM-1–deficient mice (Fig. 1 D). Considering the short time interval, NK cells, rather than CTL, might be involved in the clearance of RMA-S–CD155 cells. These results suggest that DNAM-1 plays an important role in the clearance of tumors expressing CD155 in vivo.
DNAM-1–deficient mice showed higher mortality after transplantation of Meth A cells
We previously demonstrated that although RMA tumor cells grew in syngeneic mice, RMA-CD155 or RMA-CD112 cells were rejected by CD8+ T cells and NK cells, suggesting that DNAM-1 was involved in the rejection (16). To provide formal evidence for the role of DNAM-1 in protecting against DNAM-1 ligand-expressing tumors in vivo, we transplanted Meth A tumors that expressed CD155, but not CD112, into WT and DNAM-1–deficient mice (Fig. 2 A). When inoculated with 2 x 105 cells, both groups of mice developed tumors by 3–4 wk after inoculation, and their survival and mortality did not differ (Fig. 2 B). However, when inoculated with 2 x 104 cells, all DNAM-1–deficient mice developed tumors by 20 d after inoculation, but 6 out of 10 WT mice showed no evidence of tumor development and the mortality of WT mice was significantly lower (Fig. 2 C). These results indicate that DNAM-1 was involved in the rejection of the Meth A tumors.
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Recent studies using genetically engineered animals have demonstrated that a variety of immune cells in both the innate and adaptive immune systems are involved in tumor immunoediting of MCA-induced fibrosarcoma (4). Mice lacking cellular components such as
β T cells (23), 
T cells (23, 24), NK cells (25, 26), or NK T cells (25–27) developed higher rates of MCA-induced fibrosarcoma. The development of fibrosarcoma induced by MCA was also enhanced in mice deficient in TRAIL (28) or injected with a neutralizing antibody against TRAIL (29), which is constitutively expressed on liver NK cells and might be involved in NK cell–mediated immunity to fibrosarcoma development. However, activating receptors constitutively expressed on T cells and NK cells in the spleen have not yet been identified. In the present and previous studies, we showed that DNAM-1 was involved in CTL and NK cell–mediated tumor cytolysis in vitro (Fig. 1) and in the rejection of transplanted tumor cell lines (29), suggesting that DNAM-1 was responsible for CTL and/or NK cell–mediated immune surveillance of fibrosarcoma development induced by MCA.
DNAM-1 deficiency enhanced the development of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)–induced papilloma
To examine whether DNAM-1 is involved in immune surveillance of tumors other than MCA-induced fibrosarcoma, we treated WT and DNAM-1–deficient mice with DMBA, a chemical carcinogen that induces papillomas on the skin. One out of five mice in each group developed papillomas by 80 d after treatment with 400 µg DMBA alone, without 12-O-tetradecarnoylphorbol 13-acetate (Fig. 4). The number of DNAM-1–deficient mice with papillomas increased by 100 d and all DNAM-1–deficient mice developed papillomas by 150 d, yet only the one WT mouse developed papillomas (Fig. 4). The mean number of papillomas in DNAM-1–deficient mice was significantly higher than in WT mice (Fig. 4). To further assess the role of DNAM-1 in immune surveillance of DMBA-induced papillomas, we examined the expression of CD155 and CD112 mRNAs in the papillomas by quantitative RT-PCR. We detected both in significant amounts in all eight papillomas developed in DNAM-1–deficient mice (unpublished data). We also detected both in two papillomas developed in the WT mouse, but we could not statistically compare the expressions between groups. Nonetheless, these results indicate that DNAM-1 plays an important role in immune surveillance of DMBA-induced papilloma as well as that of MCA-induced fibrosarcoma.
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Cell lines and antibodies.
RMA and EL-4 (31) were H-2b+ T lymphoma cell lines. Meth A, RL male-1, A20, and SP2/0 were H-2d+ fibroblast, T cell, B cell, and myeloma cell lines, respectively. BW5147 was an H-2k+ T lymphoma cell line. Anti-CD8 and -DX5 monoclonal antibodies were purchased from BD. Anti-DNAM-1 (TX42) (16), anti-CD155 (TX56), and anti-CD112 (TX78) antibodies were generated in our laboratory.
Generation of CTL and NK cells.
We cocultured 5 x 106 spleen cells with 106 RMA cells, pretreated with 100 µg/ml mitomycin C, in a 24-well plate for 5 d and then with purified CD8+ T cells by using the IMAG sorting system (BD). DX5+ cells were purified from the spleen by using magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS; Miltenyi Biotec) and cultured in the presence of 200 ng/ml IL-2 for 5 d. Purities of CD8+ and DX5+ cells were >95%, as determined by flow cytometry.
Cytotoxicity assay.
Cytotoxicity assays were performed as described previously (11).
Tumor clearance assay.
WT or DNAM-1–deficient mice were injected i.p. with a 1:1 mixture of CFSE-labeled RMA-S and RMA-S–CD155 cells (106 each). 12 h after injection, tumor cells were harvested from the peritoneal cavities and analyzed by flow cytometry.
Tumor growth assay and survival of mice.
Groups of 5 or 10 WT or DNAM-1–deficient male mice were injected s.c. in the back with transplantable tumor cell lines, with 25 or 400 µg MCA (Sigma-Aldrich) dissolved in 0.1 ml maize oil, or were painted with 400 µg DMBA (Sigma-Aldrich) dissolved in 4 mM of acetone. Mice were examined once or three times a week for tumor size with a caliper square, as previously described (16).
Quantitative RT-PCR.
Total RNA was extracted from fibrosarcomas and naive derma with Isogen reagent (Nippon Gene). For RT, we used 2–5 µg of total RNA in a High-Capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription kit (Applied Biosystems) at a final volume of 20 µl. Real-time PCR analysis of CD155 and CD112d was performed with an ABI 7700 sequence detector (Applied Biosystems) with Platinum SYBR Green qPCR SuperMix-UDG (Invitrogen). The primers were as follows: CD155 forward, 5'-CAACTGGTATGTTGGCCTCA-3' and reverse, 5'-ATTGGTGACTTCGCACACAA-3'; and CD112d forward, 5'-CTCTGTGGATCGAATGGTCA-3' and reverse, 5'-GGCAGCGATAATACCTCCAA-3'. The GAPDH level was measured as an internal control (upper primer, 5'-CTTCACCACCATGGAGAAGGC-3'; and lower primer, 5'-GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGAG-3') to normalize the data. The thermal cycling conditions comprised an initial denaturation step at 95°C for 10 min, followed by 40 cycles at 95°C for 15 s and 60°C for 1 min. Standard curves were generated by using serial dilutions of cDNA from Meth A cells for CD155 and BaF-CD112d cells for CD112d. All values were determined in triplicate.
Statistics.
Statistical analyses were performed by using the unpaired Student's t test.
Online supplemental material.
Fig. S1 shows the construct of DNAM-1 targeting vector, genomic Cd226 analyzed by RT-PCR, the expression of Cd226 mRNA in the tail, and DNAM-1 protein on the spleen cells by staining with FITC-conjugated anti-CD8 and biotin-conjugated anti–DNAM-1 (TX42), followed with PE-conjugated streptavidin in the indicated mice. Fig. S2 shows the lymphocytes population in the thymus and spleen cells derived from WT (n = 5) and DNAM-1–deficient (n = 5) mice. Fig. S3 show the cytotoxicities of Yac-1 by WT and DNM-1–deficient NK cells, as analyzed by 51Cr releases assay. Online supplemental material is available at http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/full/jem.20081611/DC1.
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This research was supported in part by grants provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan and the Program for Promotion of Fundamental Studies in Health Science of the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO).
The authors have no conflicting financial interests.
Submitted: 23 July 2008
Accepted: 27 October 2008
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