PAX5 Haploinsufficiency Induces Low T Cell Infiltration in the Cancer Microenvironment via Reduced Chemokines.

Aim: To investigate the effects of PAXT mutations on tumor immunity.

Background: Loss of function of PAX5 plays a key role in the PAX5 mutation tumor.

Objective: PAX5 haploinsufficiency promoting tumorigenesis is related to immune escape, but there was no report about mechanisms of PAX5 mutation inducing tumor immunological escape.

Methods: We constructed the PAX5 haplodeletion A20 cell lines using gene-editing technology, built allografted A20 tumor models and evaluated the effect of PAX5 haplodeletion on T cells and chemokines in the tumor microenvironment (TME).

Results: Our results from different methods indicated percentages of CD3+ CD4+ T cells and CD3+ CD8+ T cells in TME of PAX5 haplodeletion clones decreased significantly compared with that of PAX5 wild type control. Several chemokines, such as Ccl2, Ccl4, Cxcl9 and Cxcl10, in TME of PAX5.

Conclusion: Our study showed that PAX5 haploinsufficiency induced low T cell infiltration in TME using decreased chemokines.