Relationship between the expression of programmed death receptor ligand 1 and the regulatory T cell infiltration in non-small cell lung cancer / 中国综合临床

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship between programmed death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) and regulatory T cell(Treg) in non-small cell lung cancer.Methods Seventy-nine patients with non-small cell lung cancer who were treated in Hainan Provincial People's Hospital from December 2013 to December 2015 were selected.The levels of PD-L1 and Treg in cancer tissues and adjacent tissues were detected,observed the relationship with clinical pathological features,and analyzed the correlation of PD-L1 level and Treg infiltration.Results High expression of PD-L1 (53.2％,42/79) and Treg (50.6％,40/79) in cancer tissues were significantly higher than those in adjacent tissues (3.8％ (3/79),5.1％ (4/79)),the difference was significant (x2 =9.761,9.002,P＜0.05).High expression of PD-L1 (87.5％,28/32) and Treg(84.4％,27/32)were significantly higher in stage]Ⅲ and Ⅳ cancer tissues than those in stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ cancer tissues(29.8％(14/47),27.7％ (13/47)),the difference was significant (x2 =8.958,7.274,P ＜ 0.05).High expression of PD-L1 (85.3％,29/34) and Treg (88.2％,30/34) were significantly higher in lymph node metastasis cancer tissues than those in non-lymph node metastasis cancer tissues (28.9％ (13/45),22.2％ (10/45)),the difference was significant(x2=8.146,9.056,P＜0.05).The high level of PD-L1 in cancer tissues was positively correlated with high Treg infiltration (r =0.762,P＜0.05).Conclusion The expression of PD-L1 and Treg in non-small cell lung cancer tissues is related to the lymph node metastasis and stage,and the high expression of PD-L1 is positively correlated with the high infiltration of Treg.