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Table 3 Summary of MHC class I molecules expressed/secreted on/by macrophages/tumor associated macrophages, their related ligands on immune cells and the function of their interaction

From: HLA-dependent tumour development: a role for tumour associate macrophages?

MHC (macrophage/TAMs)

RECEPTOR (immune cells)

FUNCTION

References

Membrane HLA-A-B-C

ILT2 on NK cells

- Negative regulation of INFgamma secretion

- Morel E. 2008 [133]

ILT2 on T cells

- Negative regulation of T cell function

- Dietrich J. 2001 [136]

Membrane HLA-A-B

KIR3DL1/2 on NK cells and effector T cells

- Inhibition of cytolitic function

- Anfossi N. 2004 [93]

- Long E.O. 2008 [94]

Membrane HLA-C

KIR2DL1/2/3 on NK cells and effector T cell

- Inhibition of cytolitic function

- Colonna M. 1993 [92]

- Falk C.S. 1995 [132]

Membrane HLA-G1

 

- HLA-G1 is acquired through trogocytosis by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells resulting their temporarily reversion to regulatory T cells

- LeMaoult J. 2007 [143]

Soluble HLA-G5

ILT2 and ILT4 on myeloid APC

- secretion of the cytokine TGF-beta1 that contributes to T cells peripheral tolerance

- McIntire R.H. 2004 [122]

- Turning down myeloid APC activation level

- Jones D.C. 2011 [79]

KIR2DL4 on CD56bright NK cells

- Secretion of pro-angiogenic cytokines and chemokines

- Rajagopalan S. 1999 [147]

- Rajagopalan S. 2012 [96]

CD8 on activated CD8+ T cells and CD8+ NK cells

- Fas/Fas ligand mediated cell death

- Contini P. 2003 [145]

- Puppo F. 2002 [146]

- LeMaoult J. 2004 [144]

Membrane HLA-E

CD94/NKG2A on NK cells and cytotoxic T cells

- Production of immune-suppressive cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-beta1) by NK cells

- Jinushi M. 2004 [148]

- Inhibition of cytolitic function

- Braud V.M. 1998 [46]

- Borrego F. 1998 [102]

  1. MHC class I molecules can be used by TAMs to promote tumor angiogenesis and to dampen immune response against tumor cells both directly inhibiting NK and T cells function and indirectly inducing the secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines.