Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2019, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (03): 621-626.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20190325

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Expressions of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells and myeloid dentritic cells in human colorectal cancer and tumor draining lymph node tissues and their significances

WANG Dan1, SONG Ziqi1, LI Yifei2, LI Chun1, DONG Zhiheng1, DONG Ying1, GAI Xiaodong1   

  1. 1. Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Beihua University, Jilin University, Jilin 132013, China;
    2. Department of Orthopaedics, Jilin Central Hospital, Jilin Province, Jilin 132011, China
  • Received:2018-08-21 Published:2019-06-05

Abstract: Objective:To explore the expressions of Foxp3+ Tregs and CD11c+ mDCs in the colorectal cancer (CRC) tissue and their infiltrations in the tumor draining lymph node (TDLN) tissue,and to explore the clinical significances. Methods:Fifty-two samples of surgical resection of the CRC patients were collected. The expressions of Foxp3+ Tregs and CD11c+ mDCs in the specimens of the CRC patients and TDLN tissue were detected by immunohistochemistry, and the relationship between the expression frequencies of Foxp3+ Tregs and CD11c+ mDCs and the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients were discussed. Results:The positive expression frequency of Foxp3+ Tregs in cancer tissue of the CRC patients was higher than that in adjacent normal mucosa tissue(P<0.01); The expression frequency of Foxp3+ Tregs in cancer tissue in the patients with positive lymph node metastasis was higher than that in the patients with negative lymph node metastasis(P<0.01); the expression frequency of Foxp3+ Tregs in the patients in TNM stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ was higher than that in TNM stage Ⅰ+Ⅱ(P<0.01); the positive expression frequency of Foxp3+ Tregs in metastatic TDLN (mTDLN) tissue was higher than that in metastatic free TDLN (mfTDLN) tissue(P<0.01). The positive expression frequency of CD11c+ mDCs in cancer tissue of the CRC patients was higher than that in adjacent normal mucosa tissue(P<0.01); the positive expression frequency of CD11c+ mDCs in the patients with positive lymph node metastasis was lower than that in the patients with negative lymph node metastasis(P<0.01);the positive expression frequency of CD11c+ mDCs in the patients in TNM stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ was lower than that in the patients in TNM stage Ⅰ+Ⅱ(P<0.01); the positive expression frequencies of CD11c+ mDCs in cancer tissue with different depths invasion were significantly different (P<0.05);the positive expression frequency of CD11c+ mDCs in mTDLN tissue was lower than that in mfTDLN tissue (P<0.01).There were no significant correlations between the expressions of Foxp3+ Tregs and CD11c+ mDCs in the CRC and TDLN tissues(P>0.05). Conclusion:The occurrence and development of CRC are related to the changes of Foxp3+ Tregs and CD11c+ mDCs expression frequencies in the local microenvironment of cancer tissue.Foxp3+ Tregs and CD11c+ mDCs play a role in inhibiting the cellular immunity in tumor microenvironment.

Key words: colorectal neoplasms, tumor draining lymph nodes, tumor metastasis, regulatory T cells, myeloid dentritic cells

CLC Number: 

  • R735.35