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  • Title: Increased intratumor Valpha24-positive natural killer T cells: a prognostic factor for primary colorectal carcinomas.
    Author: Tachibana T, Onodera H, Tsuruyama T, Mori A, Nagayama S, Hiai H, Imamura M.
    Journal: Clin Cancer Res; 2005 Oct 15; 11(20):7322-7. PubMed ID: 16243803.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Human invariant natural killer T (NKT) cells are novel, distinct lymphocyte populations with a restricted T-cell receptor repertoire (Valpha24-Vbeta11). They play a pivotal role in immunoregulation and in antitumor activities. This study focused on Valpha24+ NKT cells in colorectal carcinomas and their clinicopathologic significance. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Valpha24+ NKT-cell infiltration immunohistochemistry was studied in a total of 103 colorectal carcinoma cases. The degree of NKT-cell infiltration in tumors was evaluated as low (<7 NKT cells/5 HPF) or high (> or =7 NKT cells/5 HPF). The correlation between the degree of infiltrated Valpha24+ NKT cells and clinicopathologic variables was studied statistically. RESULTS: A small number of Valpha24+ NKT cells were found in the normal colorectal mucosa (2.6 +/- 3.7 cells/5 HPF); however, their number increased remarkably in colorectal carcinomas (15.2 +/- 16.3 cells/5 HPF; P = 0.0003) and a majority showed phenotype of activation. Higher NKT-cell infiltration was more frequent in women than in men (P = 0.034) and correlated with fewer lymph node metastases (P = 0.042). Patients with high NKT-cell infiltration showed higher overall (P = 0.018) as well as disease-free (P = 0.0006) survival rates. Intratumor NKT-cell infiltration was an independent prognostic factor for the overall (P = 0.033) and disease-free (P = 0.0064) survival rates. CONCLUSIONS: Increased infiltration of Valpha24+ NKT cells was observed in colorectal carcinomas. Higher Valpha24+ NKT-cell infiltration in colorectal carcinomas was an independent prognostic factor for favorable prognosis.
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