PD-L1

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CD274
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Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases CD274 , B7-H, B7H1, PD-L1, PDCD1L1, PDCD1LG1, PDL1, CD274 molecule, Programmed cell death ligand 1, hPD-L1
External IDs OMIM: 605402 MGI: 1926446 HomoloGene: 8560 GeneCards: CD274
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001314029
NM_001267706
NM_014143

NM_021893

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001254635
NP_001300958
NP_054862

NP_068693

Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 5.45 – 5.47 Mb Chr 19: 29.34 – 29.37 Mb
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Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) also known as cluster of differentiation 274 (CD274) or B7 homolog 1 (B7-H1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CD274 gene. [5]

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a 40kDa type 1 transmembrane protein that has been speculated to play a major role in suppressing the adaptive arm of immune systems during particular events such as pregnancy, tissue allografts, autoimmune disease and other disease states such as hepatitis. Normally the adaptive immune system reacts to antigens that are associated with immune system activation by exogenous or endogenous danger signals. In turn, clonal expansion of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and/or CD4+ helper cells is propagated. The binding of PD-L1 to the inhibitory checkpoint molecule PD-1 transmits an inhibitory signal based on interaction with phosphatases (SHP-1 or SHP-2) via Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Switch Motif (ITSM). [6] This reduces the proliferation of antigen-specific T-cells in lymph nodes, while simultaneously reducing apoptosis in regulatory T cells (anti-inflammatory, suppressive T cells) – further mediated by a lower regulation of the gene Bcl-2.[ citation needed ]

History

PD-L1 also known as B7-H1 was characterized at the Mayo Clinic in 1999 as an immune regulatory molecule. [7] At that time, it was concluded that B7-H1 helps tumor cells evade anti-tumor immunity. [8] In 2003, B7-H1 was shown to be expressed on myeloid cells as checkpoint protein and was proposed as potential target in cancer immunotherapy in human clinic. [9]

Binding

Binding interactions B7 family ligands and CD28 family receptors.JPG
Binding interactions

PD-L1 binds to its receptor, PD-1, found on activated T cells, B cells, and myeloid cells, to modulate activation or inhibition. The affinity between PD-L1 and PD-1, as defined by the dissociation constant Kd, is 770 nM. PD-L1 also has an appreciable affinity for the costimulatory molecule CD80 (B7-1), but not CD86 (B7-2). [10] CD80's affinity for PD-L1, 1.4 µM, is intermediate between its affinity for CD28 and CTLA-4 (4.0 µM and 400 nM, respectively). The related molecule PD-L2 has no such affinity for CD80 or CD86, but shares PD-1 as a receptor (with a stronger Kd of 140 nM). Said et al. showed that PD-1, up-regulated on activated CD4 T-cells, can bind to PD-L1 expressed on monocytes and induces IL-10 production by the latter. [11]

Signaling

Engagement of PD-L1 with its receptor PD-1 on T cells delivers a signal that inhibits TCR-mediated activation of IL-2 production and T cell proliferation. The mechanism involves inhibition of ZAP70 phosphorylation and its association with CD3ζ. [12] PD-1 signaling attenuates PKC-θ activation loop phosphorylation (resulting from TCR signaling), necessary for the activation of transcription factors NF-κB and AP-1, and for production of IL-2. PD-L1 binding to PD-1 also contributes to ligand-induced TCR down-modulation during antigen presentation to naive T cells, by inducing the up-regulation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase CBL-b. [13]

Regulation

By interferons

Upon IFN-γ stimulation, PD-L1 is expressed on T cells, NK cells, macrophages, myeloid DCs, B cells, epithelial cells, and vascular endothelial cells. [14] The PD-L1 gene promoter region has a response element to IRF-1, the interferon regulatory factor. [15] Type I interferons can also upregulate PD-L1 on murine hepatocytes, monocytes, DCs, and tumor cells. [16]

On macrophages and monocytes

PD-L1 is notably expressed on macrophages. In the mouse, it has been shown that classically activated macrophages (induced by type I helper T cells or a combination of LPS and interferon-gamma) greatly upregulate PD-L1. [17] Alternatively, macrophages activated by IL-4 (alternative macrophages), slightly upregulate PD-L1, while greatly upregulating PD-L2. It has been shown by STAT1-deficient knock-out mice that STAT1 is mostly responsible for upregulation of PD-L1 on macrophages by LPS or interferon-gamma, but is not at all responsible for its constitutive expression before activation in these mice. It was also shown that PD-L1 is constituvely expressed on mouse Ly6Clo nonclassical monocytes in steady state. [18]

Role of microRNAs

Resting human cholangiocytes express PD-L1 mRNA, but not the protein, due to translational suppression by microRNA miR-513. [19] Upon treatment with interferon-gamma, miR-513 was down-regulated, thereby lifting suppression of PD-L1 protein. In this way, interferon-gamma can induce PD-L1 protein expression by inhibiting gene-mediated suppression of mRNA translation. Whereas the Epstein-Barr viral (EBV) latent membrane protein-1 (LMP1) is a known potent inducer of PD-L1, the EBV miRNA miR-BamH1 fragment H rightward open reading frame 1 (BHRF1) 2-5p has been shown to regulate LMP1 induced PD-L1 expression. [20]

Epigenetic regulation

PD-L1 promoter DNA methylation may predict survival in some cancers after surgery. [21]

Clinical significance

Cancer

Micrograph showing a PD-L1 positive lung adenocarcinoma. PD-L1 immunostain. PD-L1 positive lung adenocarcinoma -- high mag.jpg
Micrograph showing a PD-L1 positive lung adenocarcinoma. PD-L1 immunostain.

PD-L1 is shown to be highly expressed in a variety of malignancies, particularly lung cancer. In order to anticipate the effectiveness of gene therapy or systemic immunotherapy in blocking the PD-1 and PD-L1 checkpoints, PD-L1 might be employed as a prognostic marker and a target for anti-cancer immunity. [22] i.e. upregulation of PD-L1 may allow cancers to evade the host immune system. For example, an analysis of 196 tumor specimens from patients with renal cell carcinoma found that high tumor expression of PD-L1 was associated with increased tumor aggressiveness and a 4.5-fold increased risk of death. [23]

Many PD-L1 inhibitors are in development as immuno-oncology therapies and are showing good results in clinical trials. [24] Clinically available examples include durvalumab, atezolizumab and avelumab. [25] In normal tissue, feedback between transcription factors like STAT3 and NF-κB restricts the immune response to protect host tissue and limit inflammation. In cancer, loss of feedback restriction between transcription factors can lead to increased local PD-L1 expression, which could limit the effectiveness of systemic treatment with agents targeting PD-L1. [26] CAR-T [27] and NK cells [28] targeting PD-L1 are being evaluated for treating cancer. pSTAT-1 and PDL-1 expressions also strongly correlate in prostate cancer. [29]

Upregulation of PD-L1 on immune cells (especially myeloid cells) can also lead to formation of an immunosuppressive environment in a highly localized manner that also allow the cancer cells to proliferate. [30]

PD-L1 analysis in TNBC is essential for selecting patients eligible for immunotherapy. Inter-observer and intra-observer agreement among the pathologists were found to be substantial. Cases around the 1% cut-off value are specifically challenging. [31]

Listeria monocytogenes

In a mouse model of intracellular infection, L. monocytogenes induced PD-L1 protein expression in T cells, NK cells, and macrophages. PD-L1 blockade (using blocking antibodies) resulted in increased mortality for infected mice. Blockade reduced TNFα and nitric oxide production by macrophages, reduced granzyme B production by NK cells, and decreased proliferation of L. monocytogenes antigen-specific CD8 T cells (but not CD4 T cells). [32] This evidence suggests that PD-L1 acts as a positive costimulatory molecule in intracellular infection.

Autoimmunity

PD-1/PD-L1 interaction is thought to play a role in preventing destructive autoimmunity, especially during inflammatory conditions. The best example is in the stomach, where PD-1 expression protects the gastrin expressing G-cells from the immune system during Helicobacter pylori-provoked inflammation. [33] But also a variety of pre-clinical studies support the notion that the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction is implicated in autoimmunity. NOD mice, an animal model for autoimmunity that exhibit a susceptibility to spontaneous development of type I diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, have been shown to develop precipitated onset of diabetes from blockade of PD-1 or PD-L1 (but not PD-L2). [34]

In humans, PD-L1 was found to have altered expression in pediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Studying isolated PBMC from healthy children, immature myeloid dendritic cells and monocytes expressed little PD-L1 at initial isolation, but spontaneously up-regulated PD-L1 by 24 hours. In contrast, both mDC and monocytes from patients with active SLE failed to upregulate PD-L1 over a 5-day time course, expressing this protein only during disease remissions. [35] This may be one mechanism whereby peripheral tolerance is lost in SLE.

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Macrophage</span> Type of white blood cell

Macrophages are a type of white blood cell of the innate immune system that engulf and digest pathogens, such as cancer cells, microbes, cellular debris, and foreign substances, which do not have proteins that are specific to healthy body cells on their surface. This process is called phagocytosis, which acts to defend the host against infection and injury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natural killer cell</span> Type of cytotoxic lymphocyte

Natural killer cells, also known as NK cells or large granular lymphocytes (LGL), are a type of cytotoxic lymphocyte critical to the innate immune system that belong to the rapidly expanding family of known innate lymphoid cells (ILC) and represent 5–20% of all circulating lymphocytes in humans. The role of NK cells is analogous to that of cytotoxic T cells in the vertebrate adaptive immune response. NK cells provide rapid responses to virus-infected cell and other intracellular pathogens acting at around 3 days after infection, and respond to tumor formation. Typically, immune cells detect the antigen presented on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on infected cell surfaces, triggering cytokine release, causing the death of the infected cell by lysis or apoptosis. NK cells are unique, however, as they have the ability to recognize and kill stressed cells in the absence of antibodies and MHC, allowing for a much faster immune reaction. They were named "natural killers" because of the notion that they do not require activation to kill cells that are missing "self" markers of MHC class I. This role is especially important because harmful cells that are missing MHC I markers cannot be detected and destroyed by other immune cells, such as T lymphocyte cells.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antigen-presenting cell</span> Cell that displays antigen bound by MHC proteins on its surface

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interferon gamma</span> InterPro Family

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CD80</span> Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CXCL9</span> Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Programmed cell death protein 1</span> Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ICOSLG</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">PDCD1LG2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">HAVCR2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MARCO</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tumor microenvironment</span> Surroundings of tumors including nearby cells and blood vessels

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Immune checkpoint</span> Regulators of the immune system

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