Malignant T Cell Activation by a Bacillus Species Isolated from Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Lesions
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Malignant T Cell Activation by a Bacillus Species Isolated from Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Lesions
Abstract
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a life-debilitating malignancy of lymphocytes homing to the skin. Although CTCL is thought to arise from a combination of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors, specific triggers are unclear. The skin is colonized by a unique microbiota and is heavily influenced by its interactions. We hypothesized that adaptive immune responses to skin commensals lead to clonal T-cell proliferation and transformation in the appropriate genetic background. We therefore collected lesional and nonlesional skin microbiota from patients with CTCL to study T cell interactions using skin T cell explants and peripheral, skin-homing CD4+ T cells. By various methods, we identified Bacillus safensis in CTCL lesions, a rare human commensal in healthy skin, and showed that it can induce malignant T cell activation and cytokine secretion. Taken together, our data suggest microbial triggers in the skin microbiota of patients with CTCL as potential instigators of tumorigenesis.
Keywords: ASV, amplicon sequence variant; CLA, cutaneous lymphocyte‒associated antigen; CTCL, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; MF, mycosis fungoides; STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; rRNA, ribosomal RNA.
© 2021 The Authors.
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