<p>CD151 is a broadly expressed four-transmembrane protein (tetraspanin) that interacts with laminin‐binding integrins like integrin alpha 3 (ITGA3). CD151 drives tumor development and expression correlates with poor prognosis in solid cancers, but CD151 has not been studied in B cell malignancies. We investigated CD151 expression on normal human B cells and B cell lymphomas using highly sensitive flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. Expression of CD151 increased during B cell differentiation from naïve to memory B cells to plasma cells. B lymphoma cell lines and human lymphoma biopsy samples expressed higher levels of CD151 compared to normal B cells, but CD151‐deficient lymphomas were identified as well. To investigate the function of CD151 in B cells, CD151‐deficient and stably transduced CD151 expressing B lymphoma cell lines were generated. Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry analysis of CD151 protein complexes identified integrin beta 2 (ITGB2) as new interaction partner in lymphoma cells. Deficiency of CD151 decreased cell surface expression of alpha integrin subunits L (ITGAL) and M (ITGAM), and impaired ICAM-1-mediated cell spreading. Interestingly, B cells and lymphomas did not express ITGA3‐bound CD151 compared to T cells that expressed two different populations of integrin‐bound and integrin‐free CD151. Despite CD151 expression not being related to clinical outcome of patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), CD151 expression was predominantly detected in the activated (ABC) subset of DLBCL. Taken together, we identified a new molecular association of CD151 with ITGB2, and targeting integrin-free CD151 in DLBCL may represent a new target for immunotherapy.</p>

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CD151 interacts with integrin beta 2 in B cell lymphomas

  • Philipp M. Hagemann,
  • Angelique N. Kenyon,
  • Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice,
  • Abbey B. Arp,
  • Eva A. M. Hesius,
  • Michiel van den Brand,
  • Sjoerd J. van Deventer,
  • Daphne de Jong,
  • Blanca Scheijen,
  • Zijun Y. Xu-Monette,
  • Ulrich Brandt,
  • Cornelia G. Spruijt,
  • Michiel Vermeulen,
  • Martin ter Beest,
  • Ken H. Young,
  • Annemiek B. van Spriel

摘要

CD151 is a broadly expressed four-transmembrane protein (tetraspanin) that interacts with laminin‐binding integrins like integrin alpha 3 (ITGA3). CD151 drives tumor development and expression correlates with poor prognosis in solid cancers, but CD151 has not been studied in B cell malignancies. We investigated CD151 expression on normal human B cells and B cell lymphomas using highly sensitive flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. Expression of CD151 increased during B cell differentiation from naïve to memory B cells to plasma cells. B lymphoma cell lines and human lymphoma biopsy samples expressed higher levels of CD151 compared to normal B cells, but CD151‐deficient lymphomas were identified as well. To investigate the function of CD151 in B cells, CD151‐deficient and stably transduced CD151 expressing B lymphoma cell lines were generated. Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry analysis of CD151 protein complexes identified integrin beta 2 (ITGB2) as new interaction partner in lymphoma cells. Deficiency of CD151 decreased cell surface expression of alpha integrin subunits L (ITGAL) and M (ITGAM), and impaired ICAM-1-mediated cell spreading. Interestingly, B cells and lymphomas did not express ITGA3‐bound CD151 compared to T cells that expressed two different populations of integrin‐bound and integrin‐free CD151. Despite CD151 expression not being related to clinical outcome of patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), CD151 expression was predominantly detected in the activated (ABC) subset of DLBCL. Taken together, we identified a new molecular association of CD151 with ITGB2, and targeting integrin-free CD151 in DLBCL may represent a new target for immunotherapy.