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Yang R, Li R, Niu X, Zhao Y, Yan L, Tian S, Zhu Y, Qiu J, Wang X. Gemcitabine, capecitabine, and tislelizumab in recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma following prior anti-PD-1 therapy failure: A retrospective study. Oral Oncol 2024; 158:106981. [PMID: 39142147 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 08/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of low-dose gemcitabine and metronomic capecitabine in combination with tislelizumab for patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (RM-NPC) who have previously received other anti-PD-1 therapies. METHODS This retrospective, observational study included patients with RM-NPC who had prior treatment with anti-PD-1 therapy and subsequently received tislelizumab along with low-dose gemcitabine and metronomic capecitabine between March 2019 and August 2023. Progression-free survival (PFS) was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS Among 25 eligible patients, 8 (20%) achieved a complete response (CR). The objective response rate (ORR) was 68%, and the disease control rate (DCR) was 80%. The 1-year PFS rate was 78%. All patients experienced treatment-related adverse events, which were all grade 1 or 2. CONCLUSION The combination of tislelizumab with low-dose gemcitabine and metronomic capecitabine demonstrated promising antitumor effectiveness in RM-NPC patients who had failed previous anti-PD-1 therapy, with a manageable safety profile.
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- Rui Yang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, HuaDong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Menche C, Schuhwerk H, Armstark I, Gupta P, Fuchs K, van Roey R, Mosa MH, Hartebrodt A, Hajjaj Y, Clavel Ezquerra A, Selvaraju MK, Geppert CI, Bärthel S, Saur D, Greten FR, Brabletz S, Blumenthal DB, Weigert A, Brabletz T, Farin HF, Stemmler MP. ZEB1-mediated fibroblast polarization controls inflammation and sensitivity to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:3406-3431. [PMID: 38937629 PMCID: PMC11315988 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00186-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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The EMT-transcription factor ZEB1 is heterogeneously expressed in tumor cells and in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in colorectal cancer (CRC). While ZEB1 in tumor cells regulates metastasis and therapy resistance, its role in CAFs is largely unknown. Combining fibroblast-specific Zeb1 deletion with immunocompetent mouse models of CRC, we observe that inflammation-driven tumorigenesis is accelerated, whereas invasion and metastasis in sporadic cancers are reduced. Single-cell transcriptomics, histological characterization, and in vitro modeling reveal a crucial role of ZEB1 in CAF polarization, promoting myofibroblastic features by restricting inflammatory activation. Zeb1 deficiency impairs collagen deposition and CAF barrier function but increases NFκB-mediated cytokine production, jointly promoting lymphocyte recruitment and immune checkpoint activation. Strikingly, the Zeb1-deficient CAF repertoire sensitizes to immune checkpoint inhibition, offering a therapeutic opportunity of targeting ZEB1 in CAFs and its usage as a prognostic biomarker. Collectively, we demonstrate that ZEB1-dependent plasticity of CAFs suppresses anti-tumor immunity and promotes metastasis.
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- Constantin Menche
- Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Core Unit for Bioinformatics, Data Integration and Analysis, Center for Medical Information and Communication Technology, University Hospital Erlangen, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Biomedical Network Science Lab, Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Core Unit for Bioinformatics, Data Integration and Analysis, Center for Medical Information and Communication Technology, University Hospital Erlangen, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Translational Cancer Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
- Chair of Translational Cancer Research and Institute of Experimental Cancer Therapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Center for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Translational Cancer Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
- Chair of Translational Cancer Research and Institute of Experimental Cancer Therapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Center for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- German Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Biomedical Network Science Lab, Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry I, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
- German Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center for Molecular Medicine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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Boos D, Chuang TD, Abbasi A, Luzzi A, Khorram O. The immune landscape of uterine fibroids as determined by mass cytometry. F&S SCIENCE 2024; 5:272-282. [PMID: 38925276 PMCID: PMC11404535 DOI: 10.1016/j.xfss.2024.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To study the differences in immune cell profiles in uterine fibroids (Fibs) and matched myometrium (Myo). DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Laboratory study. PATIENT(S) The study included tissue that was collected from 10 pairs of Fib and matched Myo from women, not on hormonal medications, undergoing hysterectomy and myomectomy. INTERVENTION(S) None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Differences in immune cell and cytokine composition between Fib and matched Myo. RESULT(S) The mass cytometry analysis indicated that Fibs had a significantly higher number of natural killer (NK) cells, total macrophages, M2 macrophages, and conventional dendritic cells when compared with matched Myo from the same patient. In contrast, Fibs had significantly fewer CD3 and CD4 T cells when compared with Myo. The mass cytometry analysis results did not show any significant difference in the number of resting mast cells. Immunoflurorescent and immunohistochemical imaging confirmed the cytometry by time of flight results, showing a significantly higher number of NK cells, tryptase-positive mast cells indicative of mast cell activation, total macrophages, and M2 cells in Fibs and a significantly lower number of CD3 and CD4 T cells. The cytokine assay revealed significantly increased levels of human interferon α2, interleukin (IL)-1α, and platelet-derived growth factor AA and significantly lower levels of macrophage colony-stimulating factor and IL-1 receptor antagonist in Fib. CONCLUSION(S) Our results show significant differences in immune cell populations and cytokine levels between Fib and Myo. These differences could account for the increased inflammation in fib and a potential mechanism by which these tumors evade the immune system. These findings provide a foundation for further studies exploring the role of immune cells in Fib development.
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- Drake Boos
- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, California
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, California
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, California
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, California
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, California; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, California.
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Zhang H, Shi Y, Lin C, He C, Wang S, Li Q, Sun Y, Li M. Overcoming cancer risk in inflammatory bowel disease: new insights into preventive strategies and pathogenesis mechanisms including interactions of immune cells, cancer signaling pathways, and gut microbiota. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1338918. [PMID: 38288125 PMCID: PMC10822953 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1338918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), characterized primarily by gastrointestinal inflammation, predominantly manifests as Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). It is acknowledged that Inflammation plays a significant role in cancer development and patients with IBD have an increased risk of various cancers. The progression from inflammation to carcinogenesis in IBD is a result of the interplay between immune cells, gut microbiota, and carcinogenic signaling pathways in epithelial cells. Long-term chronic inflammation can lead to the accumulation of mutations in epithelial cells and the abnormal activation of carcinogenic signaling pathways. Furthermore, Immune cells play a pivotal role in both the acute and chronic phases of IBD, contributing to the transformation from inflammation to tumorigenesis. And patients with IBD frequently exhibit dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiome. Disruption of the gut microbiota and subsequent immune dysregulation are central to the pathogenesis of both IBD and colitis associated colorectal cancer (CAC). The proactive management of inflammation combined with regular endoscopic and tumor screenings represents the most direct and effective strategy to prevent the IBD-associated cancer.
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- Haonan Zhang
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Research Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Research Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Research Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Research Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Research Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Whiteside SK, Grant FM, Alvisi G, Clarke J, Tang L, Imianowski CJ, Zhang B, Evans AC, Wesolowski AJ, Conti AG, Yang J, Lauder SN, Clement M, Humphreys IR, Dooley J, Burton O, Liston A, Alloisio M, Voulaz E, Langhorne J, Okkenhaug K, Lugli E, Roychoudhuri R. Acquisition of suppressive function by conventional T cells limits antitumor immunity upon T reg depletion. Sci Immunol 2023; 8:eabo5558. [PMID: 38100544 PMCID: PMC7615475 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abo5558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Regulatory T (Treg) cells contribute to immune homeostasis but suppress immune responses to cancer. Strategies to disrupt Treg cell-mediated cancer immunosuppression have been met with limited clinical success, but the underlying mechanisms for treatment failure are poorly understood. By modeling Treg cell-targeted immunotherapy in mice, we find that CD4+ Foxp3- conventional T (Tconv) cells acquire suppressive function upon depletion of Foxp3+ Treg cells, limiting therapeutic efficacy. Foxp3- Tconv cells within tumors adopt a Treg cell-like transcriptional profile upon ablation of Treg cells and acquire the ability to suppress T cell activation and proliferation ex vivo. Suppressive activity is enriched among CD4+ Tconv cells marked by expression of C-C motif receptor 8 (CCR8), which are found in mouse and human tumors. Upon Treg cell depletion, CCR8+ Tconv cells undergo systemic and intratumoral activation and expansion, and mediate IL-10-dependent suppression of antitumor immunity. Consequently, conditional deletion of Il10 within T cells augments antitumor immunity upon Treg cell depletion in mice, and antibody blockade of IL-10 signaling synergizes with Treg cell depletion to overcome treatment resistance. These findings reveal a secondary layer of immunosuppression by Tconv cells released upon therapeutic Treg cell depletion and suggest that broader consideration of suppressive function within the T cell lineage is required for development of effective Treg cell-targeted therapies.
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- Sarah K Whiteside
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Immunology Programme, Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 3AT, UK
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- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity/System Immunity University Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity/System Immunity University Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity/System Immunity University Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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Lin CH, Wu CJ, Cho S, Patkar R, Huth WJ, Lin LL, Chen MC, Israelsson E, Betts J, Niedzielska M, Patel SA, Duong HG, Gerner RR, Hsu CY, Catley M, Maciewicz RA, Chu H, Raffatellu M, Chang JT, Lu LF. Selective IL-27 production by intestinal regulatory T cells permits gut-specific regulation of T H17 cell immunity. Nat Immunol 2023; 24:2108-2120. [PMID: 37932457 PMCID: PMC11058069 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01667-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are instrumental in establishing immunological tolerance. However, the precise effector mechanisms by which Treg cells control a specific type of immune response in a given tissue remains unresolved. By simultaneously studying Treg cells from different tissue origins under systemic autoimmunity, in the present study we show that interleukin (IL)-27 is specifically produced by intestinal Treg cells to regulate helper T17 cell (TH17 cell) immunity. Selectively increased intestinal TH17 cell responses in mice with Treg cell-specific IL-27 ablation led to exacerbated intestinal inflammation and colitis-associated cancer, but also helped protect against enteric bacterial infection. Furthermore, single-cell transcriptomic analysis has identified a CD83+CD62Llo Treg cell subset that is distinct from previously characterized intestinal Treg cell populations as the main IL-27 producers. Collectively, our study uncovers a new Treg cell suppression mechanism crucial for controlling a specific type of immune response in a particular tissue and provides further mechanistic insights into tissue-specific Treg cell-mediated immune regulation.
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- Chia-Hao Lin
- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy, and Vaccines, Chiba University, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy, and Vaccines, Chiba University, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Hidalgo-García L, Ruiz-Malagon AJ, Huertas F, Rodríguez-Sojo MJ, Molina-Tijeras JA, Diez-Echave P, Becerra P, Mirón B, Morón R, Rodríguez-Nogales A, Gálvez J, Rodríguez-Cabezas ME, Anderson P. Administration of intestinal mesenchymal stromal cells reduces colitis-associated cancer in C57BL/6J mice modulating the immune response and gut dysbiosis. Pharmacol Res 2023; 195:106891. [PMID: 37586618 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a higher risk of developing colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC) with poor prognosis. IBD etiology remains undefined but involves environmental factors, genetic predisposition, microbiota imbalance (dysbiosis) and mucosal immune defects. Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) injections have shown good efficacy in reducing intestinal inflammation in animal and human studies. However, their effect on tumor growth in CAC and their capacity to restore gut dysbiosis are not clear. METHODS The outcome of systemic administrations of in vitro expanded human intestinal MSCs (iMSCs) on tumor growth in vivo was evaluated using the AOM/DSS model of CAC in C57BL/6J mice. Innate and adaptive immune responses in blood, mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) and colonic tissue were analyzed by flow cytometry. Intestinal microbiota composition was evaluated by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. RESULTS iMSCs significantly inhibited colitis and intestinal tumor development, reducing IL-6 and COX-2 expression, and IL-6/STAT3 and PI3K/Akt signaling. iMSCs decreased colonic immune cell infiltration, and partly restored intestinal monocyte homing and differentiation. iMSC administration increased the numbers of Tregs and IFN-γ+CD8+ T cells in the MLNs while decreasing the IL-4+Th2 response. It also ameliorated intestinal dysbiosis in CAC mice, increasing diversity and Bacillota/Bacteroidota ratio, as well as Akkermansia abundance, while reducing Alistipes and Turicibacter, genera associated with inflammation. CONCLUSION Administration of iMSCs protects against CAC, ameliorating colitis and partially reverting intestinal dysbiosis, supporting the use of MSCs for the treatment of IBD.
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- Laura Hidalgo-García
- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; Servicio Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red para Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBER-EHD), School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; Servicio de Análisis Clínicos e Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular e Inmunología III, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain
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Wang Y, He C, Xin S, Liu X, Zhang S, Qiao B, Shang H, Gao L, Xu J. A Deep View of the Biological Property of Interleukin-33 and Its Dysfunction in the Gut. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13504. [PMID: 37686309 PMCID: PMC10487440 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Intestinal diseases have always posed a serious threat to human health, with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) being one of them. IBD is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The "alarm" cytokine IL-33, which is intimately associated with Th2 immunity, is a highly potent inflammatory factor that is considered to have dual functions-operating as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and a transcriptional regulator. IL-33 has been shown to play a crucial role in both the onset and development of IBD. Therefore, this review focuses on the pathogenesis of IBD, the major receptor cell types, and the activities of IL-33 in innate and adaptive immunity, as well as its underlying mechanisms and conflicting conclusions in IBD. We have also summarized different medicines targeted to IL-33-associated diseases. Furthermore, we have emphasized the role of IL-33 in gastrointestinal cancer and parasitic infections, giving novel prospective therapeutic utility in the future application of IL-33.
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- Yi Wang
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (Y.W.); (S.Z.); (B.Q.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (C.H.); (S.X.); (X.L.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (C.H.); (S.X.); (X.L.)
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (C.H.); (S.X.); (X.L.)
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (Y.W.); (S.Z.); (B.Q.)
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (Y.W.); (S.Z.); (B.Q.)
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- Experimental Center for Morphological Research Platform, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China;
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- Department of Intelligent Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (C.H.); (S.X.); (X.L.)
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Lin CH, Wu CJ, Cho S, Patkar R, Lin LL, Chen MC, Israelsson E, Betts J, Niedzielska M, Patel SA, Duong HG, Gerner RR, Hsu CY, Catley M, Maciewicz RA, Chu H, Raffatellu M, Chang JT, Lu LF. Selective IL-27 production by intestinal regulatory T cells permits gut-specific regulation of Th17 immunity. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.20.529261. [PMID: 36865314 PMCID: PMC9980002 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.20.529261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
Abstract
Regulatory T (Treg) cells are instrumental in establishing immunological tolerance. However, the precise effector mechanisms by which Treg cells control a specific type of immune response in a given tissue remains unresolved. By simultaneously studying Treg cells from different tissue origins under systemic autoimmunity, here we show that IL-27 is specifically produced by intestinal Treg cells to regulate Th17 immunity. Selectively increased intestinal Th17 responses in mice with Treg cell-specific IL-27 ablation led to exacerbated intestinal inflammation and colitis-associated cancer, but also helped protect against enteric bacterial infection. Furthermore, single-cell transcriptomic analysis has identified a CD83+TCF1+ Treg cell subset that is distinct from previously characterized intestinal Treg cell populations as the main IL-27 producers. Collectively, our study uncovers a novel Treg cell suppression mechanism crucial for controlling a specific type of immune response in a particular tissue, and provides further mechanistic insights into tissue-specific Treg cell-mediated immune regulation.
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- Chia-Hao Lin
- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
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- Bioscience, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bioscience, Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bioscience, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Chiba University-UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy, and Vaccines (CU-UCSD cMAV), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Chiba University-UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy, and Vaccines (CU-UCSD cMAV), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California , CA, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sun L, Zhang Y, Cai J, Rimal B, Rocha ER, Coleman JP, Zhang C, Nichols RG, Luo Y, Kim B, Chen Y, Krausz KW, Harris CC, Patterson AD, Zhang Z, Takahashi S, Gonzalez FJ. Bile salt hydrolase in non-enterotoxigenic Bacteroides potentiates colorectal cancer. Nat Commun 2023; 14:755. [PMID: 36765047 PMCID: PMC9918522 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36089-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Bile salt hydrolase (BSH) in Bacteroides is considered a potential drug target for obesity-related metabolic diseases, but its involvement in colon tumorigenesis has not been explored. BSH-expressing Bacteroides is found at high abundance in the stools of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with overweight and in the feces of a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced CRC mouse model. Colonization of B. fragilis 638R, a strain with low BSH activity, overexpressing a recombinant bsh gene from B. fragilis NCTC9343 strain, results in increased unconjugated bile acids in the colon and accelerated progression of CRC under HFD treatment. In the presence of high BSH activity, the resultant elevation of unconjugated deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid activates the G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor, resulting in increased β-catenin-regulated chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 28 (CCL28) expression in colon tumors. Activation of the β-catenin/CCL28 axis leads to elevated intra-tumoral immunosuppressive CD25+FOXP3+ Treg cells. Blockade of the β-catenin/CCL28 axis releases the immunosuppression to enhance the intra-tumoral anti-tumor response, which decreases CRC progression under HFD treatment. Pharmacological inhibition of BSH reduces HFD-accelerated CRC progression, coincident with suppression of the β-catenin/CCL28 pathway. These findings provide insights into the pro-carcinogenetic role of Bacteroides in obesity-related CRC progression and characterize BSH as a potential target for CRC prevention and treatment.
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- Lulu Sun
- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cancer Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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- Department of General Surgery, Cancer Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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The Gut Microbiota Metabolite Urolithin B Prevents Colorectal Carcinogenesis by Remodeling Microbiota and PD-L1/HLA-B. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2023; 2023:6480848. [PMID: 36778211 PMCID: PMC9908333 DOI: 10.1155/2023/6480848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Colorectal cancer has risen to the third occurring cancer in the world. Fluorouracil (5-Fu), oxaliplatin, and cisplatin are the most effective chemotherapeutic agents for clinical chemotherapy. Nevertheless, due to chemotherapeutic drug resistance, the survival rate of patients with CRC remains very low. In this study, we used the inflammation-induced or mutation-family-inherited murine CRC models to study the anticancer and immunotherapy effects of urolithin B (UB), the final metabolite of polyphenols in the gastrointestinal tract. The label-free proteomics analysis and the gene ontology (GO) classifications were used to test and analyze the proteins affected by UB. And 16S rDNA sequencing and flow cytometry were utilized to uncover gut microbiome composition and immune defense improved by UB administration. The results indicated that urolithin B prevents colorectal carcinogenesis by remodeling gut microbial and tumor immune microenvironments, such as HLA-B, NK cells, regulatory T cells, and γδ TCR cells, and decreasing the PD-L1. The combination of urolithin B with first-line therapeutic drugs improved the colorectal intestinal hematochezia by shaping gut microbiota, providing a strategy for the treatment of immunotherapy treatment for CRC treatments. UB combined with anti-PD-1 antibody could inhibit the growth of colon cancer. Urolithin B may thus contribute to anticancer treatments and provide a high immune response microenvironment for CRC patients' further immunotherapy.
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Andrade-Meza A, Arias-Romero LE, Armas-López L, Ávila-Moreno F, Chirino YI, Delgado-Buenrostro NL, García-Castillo V, Gutiérrez-Cirlos EB, Juárez-Avelar I, Leon-Cabrera S, Mendoza-Rodríguez MG, Olguín JE, Perez-Lopez A, Pérez-Plasencia C, Reyes JL, Sánchez-Pérez Y, Terrazas LI, Vaca-Paniagua F, Villamar-Cruz O, Rodríguez-Sosa M. Mexican Colorectal Cancer Research Consortium (MEX-CCRC): Etiology, Diagnosis/Prognosis, and Innovative Therapies. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032115. [PMID: 36768437 PMCID: PMC9917340 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
In 2013, recognizing that Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of death by cancer worldwide and that it was a neglected disease increasing rapidly in Mexico, the community of researchers at the Biomedicine Research Unit of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) established an intramural consortium that involves a multidisciplinary group of researchers, technicians, and postgraduate students to contribute to the understanding of this pathology in Mexico. This article is about the work developed by the Mexican Colorectal Cancer Research Consortium (MEX-CCRC): how the Consortium was created, its members, and its short- and long-term goals. Moreover, it is a narrative of the accomplishments of this project. Finally, we reflect on possible strategies against CRC in Mexico and contrast all the data presented with another international strategy to prevent and treat CRC. We believe that the Consortium's characteristics must be maintained to initiate a national strategy, and the reported data could be useful to establish future collaborations with other countries in Latin America and the world.
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- Antonio Andrade-Meza
- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Carrera de Médico Cirujano, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud: Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México 14080, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México 14080, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud: Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud: Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México 14080, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Iztacala (FES-I), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +52-55-5623-1333
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Zekry A, El-Omar EM. A Tale of Two Fibers: A Liver Twist! Gastroenterology 2022; 163:1495-1497. [PMID: 36152891 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- Amany Zekry
- UNSW Microbiome Research Centre, St George & Sutherland Clinical Campuses, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- UNSW Microbiome Research Centre, St George & Sutherland Clinical Campuses, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Wang F, Yang M, Luo W, Zhou Q. Characteristics of tumor microenvironment and novel immunotherapeutic strategies for non-small cell lung cancer. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER CENTER 2022; 2:243-262. [PMID: 39036549 PMCID: PMC11256730 DOI: 10.1016/j.jncc.2022.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment approach of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Monoclonal antibodies against programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and PD-ligand 1 (PD-L1) are widely used in clinical practice, but other antibodies that can circumvent innate and acquired resistance are bound to undergo preclinical and clinical studies. However, tumor cells can develop and facilitate the tolerogenic nature of the tumor microenvironment (TME), resulting in tumor progression. Therefore, the immune escape mechanisms exploited by growing lung cancer involve a fine interplay between all actors in the TME. A better understanding of the molecular biology of lung cancer and the cellular/molecular mechanisms involved in the crosstalk between lung cancer cells and immune cells in the TME could identify novel therapeutic weapons in the old war against lung cancer. This article discusses the role of TME in the progression of lung cancer and pinpoints possible advances and challenges of immunotherapy for NSCLC.
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- Fen Wang
- Department of Oncology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer Translational Research, Cancer Institute, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen-Peking University-Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Jou E, Rodriguez-Rodriguez N, McKenzie ANJ. Emerging roles for IL-25 and IL-33 in colorectal cancer tumorigenesis. Front Immunol 2022; 13:981479. [PMID: 36263033 PMCID: PMC9573978 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.981479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and is largely refractory to current immunotherapeutic interventions. The lack of efficacy of existing cancer immunotherapies in CRC reflects the complex nature of the unique intestinal immune environment, which serves to maintain barrier integrity against pathogens and harmful environmental stimuli while sustaining host-microbe symbiosis during homeostasis. With their expression by barrier epithelial cells, the cytokines interleukin-25 (IL-25) and IL-33 play key roles in intestinal immune responses, and have been associated with inappropriate allergic reactions, autoimmune diseases and cancer pathology. Studies in the past decade have begun to uncover the important roles of IL-25 and IL-33 in shaping the CRC tumour immune microenvironment, where they may promote or inhibit tumorigenesis depending on the specific CRC subtype. Notably, both IL-25 and IL-33 have been shown to act on group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), but can also stimulate an array of other innate and adaptive immune cell types. Though sometimes their functions can overlap they can also produce distinct phenotypes dependent on the differential distribution of their receptor expression. Furthermore, both IL-25 and IL-33 modulate pathways previously known to contribute to CRC tumorigenesis, including angiogenesis, tumour stemness, invasion and metastasis. Here, we review our current understanding of IL-25 and IL-33 in CRC tumorigenesis, with specific focus on dissecting their individual function in the context of distinct subtypes of CRC, and the potential prospects for targeting these pathways in CRC immunotherapy.
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- Eric Jou
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Monteleone G, Maresca C, Colella M, Pacifico T, Congiu D, Troncone E, Marafini I. Targeting IL-34/MCSF-1R Axis in Colon Cancer. Front Immunol 2022; 13:917955. [PMID: 35837402 PMCID: PMC9273844 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.917955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most common neoplasias in the Western world and it is still one of the most deadly cancers worldwide mainly due to the fact that metastatic CRC is not responsive to current pharmacologic treatment. Identification of pathways that sustain CRC cell behaviour could help develop effective therapeutic compounds. A large body of evidence indicates that colon carcinogenesis is a dynamic process in which multiple cell types present in the tumor microenvironment either stimulate or suppress CRC cell growth, survival, and diffusion mainly via the production of cytokines. Interleukin-34 (IL-34), a cytokine initially known for its ability to regulate monocyte/macrophage survival and function, is highly produced in human CRC by both cancer cells and non-tumoral cells. IL-34 function is mainly mediated by interaction with the macrophage colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (MCSF-1R), which is also over-expressed by CRC cells as well as by tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts. IL-34-driven MCSF-1R activation triggers several pro-tumoral functions in the colon. In this article, we review the current understanding of the involvement of IL-34 and its receptor in CRC, with particular attention to the available evidence about the IL-34/MCSF-1R axis-mediated regulation of TAMs and the role of IL-34 and MCSF-1R in promoting cancer resistance to chemotherapy and immunotherapy
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Tumor-Associated Inflammation: The Tumor-Promoting Immunity in the Early Stages of Tumorigenesis. J Immunol Res 2022; 2022:3128933. [PMID: 35733919 PMCID: PMC9208911 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3128933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tumorigenesis is a multistage progressive oncogenic process caused by alterations in the structure and expression level of multiple genes. Normal cells are continuously endowed with new capabilities in this evolution, leading to subsequent tumor formation. Immune cells are the most important components of inflammation, which is closely associated with tumorigenesis. There is a broad consensus in cancer research that inflammation and immune response facilitate tumor progression, infiltration, and metastasis via different mechanisms; however, their protumor effects are equally important in tumorigenesis at earlier stages. Previous studies have demonstrated that during the early stages of tumorigenesis, certain immune cells can promote the formation and proliferation of premalignant cells by inducing DNA damage and repair inhibition, releasing trophic/supporting signals, promoting immune escape, and activating inflammasomes, as well as enhance the characteristics of cancer stem cells. In this review, we focus on the potential mechanisms by which immune cells can promote tumor initiation and promotion in the early stages of tumorigenesis; furthermore, we discuss the interaction of the inflammatory environment and protumor immune cells with premalignant cells and cancer stem cells, as well as the possibility of early intervention in tumor formation by targeting these cellular mechanisms.
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Jou E, Rodriguez-Rodriguez N, Ferreira ACF, Jolin HE, Clark PA, Sawmynaden K, Ko M, Murphy JE, Mannion J, Ward C, Matthews DJ, Buczacki SJA, McKenzie ANJ. An innate IL-25-ILC2-MDSC axis creates a cancer-permissive microenvironment for Apc mutation-driven intestinal tumorigenesis. Sci Immunol 2022; 7:eabn0175. [PMID: 35658010 PMCID: PMC7612821 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abn0175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Interleukin-25 (IL-25) and group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) defend the host against intestinal helminth infection and are associated with inappropriate allergic reactions. IL-33-activated ILC2s were previously found to augment protective tissue-specific pancreatic cancer immunity. Here, we showed that intestinal IL-25-activated ILC2s created an innate cancer-permissive microenvironment. Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with higher tumor IL25 expression had reduced survival and increased IL-25R-expressing tumor-resident ILC2s and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) associated with impaired antitumor responses. Ablation of IL-25 signaling reduced tumors, virtually doubling life expectancy in an Apc mutation-driven model of spontaneous intestinal tumorigenesis. Mechanistically, IL-25 promoted intratumoral ILC2s, which sustained tumor-infiltrating MDSCs to suppress antitumor immunity. Therapeutic antibody-mediated blockade of IL-25 signaling decreased intratumoral ILC2s, MDSCs, and adenoma/adenocarcinoma while increasing antitumor adaptive T cell and interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-mediated immunity. Thus, the roles of innate epithelium-derived cytokines IL-25 and IL-33 as well as ILC2s in cancer cannot be generalized. The protumoral nature of the IL-25-ILC2 axis in CRC highlights this pathway as a potential therapeutic target against CRC.
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- Eric Jou
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0AW United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0AW United Kingdom
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Obata-Ninomiya K, de Jesus Carrion S, Hu A, Ziegler SF. Emerging role for thymic stromal lymphopoietin-responsive regulatory T cells in colorectal cancer progression in humans and mice. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eabl6960. [PMID: 35584230 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abl6960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recruitment of regulatory T cells (Tregs) to tumors is a hallmark of cancer progression. Tumor-derived factors, such as the cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), can influence Treg function in tumors. In our study, we identified a subset of Tregs expressing the receptor for TSLP (TSLPR+ Tregs) that were increased in colorectal tumors in humans and mice and largely absent in adjacent normal colon. This Treg subset was also found in the peripheral blood of patients with colon cancer but not in the peripheral blood of healthy control subjects. Mechanistically, we found that this Treg subset coexpressed the interleukin-33 (IL-33) receptor [suppressor of tumorigenicity 2 (ST2)] and had high programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and cytotoxic lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) expression, regulated in part by the transcription factor Mef2c. Treg-specific deletion of TSLPR, but not ST2, was associated with a reduction in tumor number and size with concomitant increase in TH1 cells in tumors in chemically induced mouse models of colorectal cancer. Therapeutic blockade of TSLP using TSLP-specific monoclonal antibodies effectively inhibited the progression of colorectal tumors in this mouse model. Collectively, these data suggest that TSLP controls the progression of colorectal cancer through regulation of tumor-specific Treg function and represents a potential therapeutic target that requires further investigation.
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- Center for Systems Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Center for Fundamental Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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Chen L, Jiang X, Zhang Q, Li Q, Zhang X, Zhang M, Yu Q, Gao D. How to overcome tumor resistance to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy by immunotherapy modifying the tumor microenvironment in MSS CRC. Clin Immunol 2022; 237:108962. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2022.108962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Interleukin-37 promotes colitis-associated carcinogenesis via SIGIRR-mediated cytotoxic T cells dysfunction. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:19. [PMID: 35046386 PMCID: PMC8770466 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-021-00820-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Interleukin-37b (hereafter called IL-37) was identified as fundamental inhibitor of natural and acquired immunity. The molecular mechanism and function of IL-37 in colorectal cancer (CRC) has been elusive. Here, we found that IL-37 transgenic (IL-37tg) mice were highly susceptible to colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC) and suffered from dramatically increased tumor burdens in colon. Nevertheless, IL-37 is dispensable for intestinal mutagenesis, and CRC cell proliferation, apoptosis, and migration. Notably, IL-37 dampened protective cytotoxic T cell-mediated immunity in CAC and B16-OVA models. CD8+ T cell dysfunction is defined by reduced retention and activation as well as failure to proliferate and produce cytotoxic cytokines in IL-37tg mice, enabling tumor evasion of immune surveillance. The dysfunction led by IL-37 antagonizes IL-18-induced proliferation and effector function of CD8+ T cells, which was dependent on SIGIRR (single immunoglobulin interleukin-1 receptor-related protein). Finally, we observed that IL-37 levels were significantly increased in CRC patients, and positively correlated with serum CRC biomarker CEA levels, but negatively correlated with the CD8+ T cell infiltration in CRC patients. Our findings highlight the role of IL-37 in harnessing antitumor immunity by inactivation of cytotoxic T cells and establish a new defined inhibitory factor IL-37/SIGIRR in cancer-immunity cycle as therapeutic targets in CRC.
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Hose M, Günther A, Naser E, Schumacher F, Schönberger T, Falkenstein J, Papadamakis A, Kleuser B, Becker KA, Gulbins E, Haimovitz-Friedman A, Buer J, Westendorf AM, Hansen W. Cell-intrinsic ceramides determine T cell function during melanoma progression. eLife 2022; 11:83073. [PMID: 36426850 PMCID: PMC9699697 DOI: 10.7554/elife.83073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Acid sphingomyelinase (Asm) and acid ceramidase (Ac) are parts of the sphingolipid metabolism. Asm hydrolyzes sphingomyelin to ceramide, which is further metabolized to sphingosine by Ac. Ceramide generates ceramide-enriched platforms that are involved in receptor clustering within cellular membranes. However, the impact of cell-intrinsic ceramide on T cell function is not well characterized. By using T cell-specific Asm- or Ac-deficient mice, with reduced or elevated ceramide levels in T cells, we identified ceramide to play a crucial role in T cell function in vitro and in vivo. T cell-specific ablation of Asm in Smpd1fl/fl/Cd4cre/+ (Asm/CD4cre) mice resulted in enhanced tumor progression associated with impaired T cell responses, whereas Asah1fl/fl/Cd4cre/+ (Ac/CD4cre) mice showed reduced tumor growth rates and elevated T cell activation compared to the respective controls upon tumor transplantation. Further in vitro analysis revealed that decreased ceramide content supports CD4+ regulatory T cell differentiation and interferes with cytotoxic activity of CD8+ T cells. In contrast, elevated ceramide concentration in CD8+ T cells from Ac/CD4cre mice was associated with enhanced cytotoxic activity. Strikingly, ceramide co-localized with the T cell receptor (TCR) and CD3 in the membrane of stimulated T cells and phosphorylation of TCR signaling molecules was elevated in Ac-deficient T cells. Hence, our results indicate that modulation of ceramide levels, by interfering with the Asm or Ac activity has an effect on T cell differentiation and function and might therefore represent a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of T cell-dependent diseases such as tumorigenesis.
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- Matthias Hose
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
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Frigerio S, Lartey DA, D’Haens GR, Grootjans J. The Role of the Immune System in IBD-Associated Colorectal Cancer: From Pro to Anti-Tumorigenic Mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12739. [PMID: 34884543 PMCID: PMC8657929 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have increased incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). IBD-associated cancer follows a well-characterized sequence of intestinal epithelial changes, in which genetic mutations and molecular aberrations play a key role. IBD-associated cancer develops against a background of chronic inflammation and pro-inflammatory immune cells, and their products contribute to cancer development and progression. In recent years, the effect of the immunosuppressive microenvironment in cancer development and progression has gained more attention, mainly because of the unprecedented anti-tumor effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors in selected groups of patients. Even though IBD-associated cancer develops in the background of chronic inflammation which is associated with activation of endogenous anti-inflammatory or suppressive mechanisms, the potential role of an immunosuppressive microenvironment in these cancers is largely unknown. In this review, we outline the role of the immune system in promoting cancer development in chronic inflammatory diseases such as IBD, with a specific focus on the anti-inflammatory mechanisms and suppressive immune cells that may play a role in IBD-associated tumorigenesis.
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- Sofía Frigerio
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (S.F.); (D.A.L.); (G.R.D.)
- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (S.F.); (D.A.L.); (G.R.D.)
- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (S.F.); (D.A.L.); (G.R.D.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (S.F.); (D.A.L.); (G.R.D.)
- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Chao JL, Korzinkin M, Zhavoronkov A, Ozerov IV, Walker MT, Higgins K, Lingen MW, Izumchenko E, Savage PA. Effector T cell responses unleashed by regulatory T cell ablation exacerbate oral squamous cell carcinoma. Cell Rep Med 2021; 2:100399. [PMID: 34622236 PMCID: PMC8484691 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Immune suppression by CD4+FOXP3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells and tumor infiltration by CD8+ effector T cells represent two major factors impacting response to cancer immunotherapy. Using deconvolution-based transcriptional profiling of human papilloma virus (HPV)-negative oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) and other solid cancers, we demonstrate that the density of Treg cells does not correlate with that of CD8+ T cells in many tumors, revealing polarized clusters enriched for either CD8+ T cells or CD4+ Treg and conventional T cells. In a mouse model of carcinogen-induced OSCC characterized by CD4+ T cell enrichment, late-stage Treg cell ablation triggers increased densities of both CD4+ and CD8+ effector T cells within oral lesions. Notably, this intervention does not induce tumor regression but instead induces rapid emergence of invasive OSCCs via an effector T cell-dependent process. Thus, induction of a T cell-inflamed phenotype via therapeutic manipulation of Treg cells may trigger unexpected tumor-promoting effects in OSCC.
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- Jaime L. Chao
- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Insilico Medicine Hong Kong, Ltd., Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Franzè E, Marafini I, Troncone E, Salvatori S, Monteleone G. Interleukin-34 promotes tumorigenic signals for colon cancer cells. Cell Death Discov 2021; 7:245. [PMID: 34535634 PMCID: PMC8448832 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-021-00636-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most common forms of malignancy in the Western world. Accumulating evidence indicates that colon carcinogenesis is tightly controlled by tumour-associated immune cells and stromal cells, which can either stimulate or suppress CRC cell growth and survival, mainly via the production of cytokines. Interleukin-34 (IL-34), a cytokine known to regulate mainly monocyte/macrophage survival and function, is highly produced within the CRC microenvironment by several cell types, including cancer cells, tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), and regulates the pro-tumoural functions of such cells. In this article, we summarize the available data supporting the multiple effects of IL-34 in human CRC.
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- Eleonora Franzè
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "TOR VERGATA", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "TOR VERGATA", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "TOR VERGATA", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "TOR VERGATA", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "TOR VERGATA", Rome, Italy.
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Zahran AM, El-Badawy O, Kamel LM, Rayan A, Rezk K, Abdel-Rahim MH. Accumulation of Regulatory T Cells in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Can Boost Immune Disruption. Cancer Manag Res 2021; 13:6019-6029. [PMID: 34377021 PMCID: PMC8349183 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s285128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background and Aim The present study was conducted to evaluate the number of Tregs in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), in normal breast parenchyma and in the peripheral blood of these patients and controls, in addition to their correlations with the clinico-pathologic features and the outcomes of TNBC. Methods Thirty adult treatment-naïve women with non-metastatic TNBC were recruited. In addition, 20 ages matched healthy females participated as a control group. Peripheral blood samples were collected from all participants in tubes containing heparin, fresh tumor tissues were also obtained from all patients undergoing surgery, and 20 normal breast tissue samples were obtained from the same patients’ areas adjacent to the safety margins; all these samples were taken for flow cytometric detection of Tregs. Results The mean percentages of CD4+CD25+highT cells and Tregs were higher in TNBC peripheral blood than healthy controls and in malignant tissue than normal tissue. Moreover, the frequencies of tumor-infiltrating CD4+T cells and Tregs were exceeding those in the peripheral blood of cancer patients. Only tumor-infiltrating Tregs have shown increasing levels with the increase in the tumor size and were significantly higher in patients with local recurrences than those without recurrence. In addition, Tregs showed significant inverse relation with DFS and direct relation with the level of the peripheral Tregs. Conclusion The findings of the current study support the possibility that TNBC microenvironment conveys specific characteristics on Tregs distinguishing them from those in normal breast tissue or Tregs in peripheral blood, improving the capabilities of tumor-infiltrating Tregs to enhance tumor growth, local recurrence and reduce the DFS.
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- Asmaa M Zahran
- Department of Clinical Pathology, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Clinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Surgical Oncology Department, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Hansen W, Luppus S, Barthel R, Chang D, Broemstrup J, Zwarg T, Shibata J, Westendorf AM, Buer J, Scherbaum N. Heroin-assisted treatment of heroin-addicted patients normalizes regulatory T cells but does not restore CD4 + T cell proliferation. Addict Biol 2021; 26:e12998. [PMID: 33336491 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Heroin dependence may result in suppression of adaptive immune responses. Previously, we demonstrated an increase in relative numbers of inhibitory CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) and impaired proliferative activity of CD4+ T cells from heroin-addicted patients in contrast to patients in opioid maintenance therapy and healthy controls. However, it remains elusive whether heroin has a direct impact on the CD4+ T cell compartment or whether observed effects result from stressful living conditions. Here, we analyzed the frequencies of Tregs and the proliferation as well as the cytokine production of stimulated CD4+ T cells from heroin-addicted patients with use of illicit heroin, patients in heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), and patients in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT). Relative numbers of CD4+ Tregs were significantly enhanced in patients with illicit heroin abuse compared with patients in HAT or MMT. Notably, CD4+ T cells from patients in HAT and from persons using illicit heroin showed significant reduced proliferation and secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IFN-γ and IL-6 upon stimulation in vitro. From these results, we conclude that structured programs such as HAT and MMT dampen elevated frequencies of Tregs in heroin-addicted patients, whereas chronic heroin administration irrespective of using illicit heroin or receiving HAT has a direct impact on the proliferative activity and cytokine production of CD4+ T cells.
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- Wiebke Hansen
- Institute of Medical Microbiology University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Addiction Research Group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy LVR‐Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Addiction Research Group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy LVR‐Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Addiction Research Group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy LVR‐Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Substitution Outpatient Clinic Health Department of the City of Cologne Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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- Addiction Research Group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy LVR‐Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany
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Pastille E, Faßnacht T, Adamczyk A, Ngo Thi Phuong N, Buer J, Westendorf AM. Inhibition of TLR4 Signaling Impedes Tumor Growth in Colitis-Associated Colon Cancer. Front Immunol 2021; 12:669747. [PMID: 34025672 PMCID: PMC8138317 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.669747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Patients suffering from ulcerative colitis are at increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Although the exact underlying mechanisms of inflammation-associated carcinogenesis remain unknown, the intestinal microbiota as well as pathogenic bacteria are discussed as contributors to inflammation and colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC). In the present study, we analyzed the impact of TLR4, the receptor for Gram-negative bacteria derived lipopolysaccharides, on intestinal inflammation and tumorigenesis in a murine model of CAC. During the inflammatory phases of CAC development, we observed a strong upregulation of Tlr4 expression in colonic tissues. Blocking of TLR4 signaling by a small-molecule-specific inhibitor during the inflammatory phases of CAC strongly diminished the development and progression of colonic tumors, which was accompanied by decreased numbers of infiltrating macrophages and reduced colonic pro-inflammatory cytokine levels compared to CAC control mice. Interestingly, inhibiting bacterial signaling by antibiotic treatment during the inflammatory phases of CAC also protected mice from severe intestinal inflammation and almost completely prevented tumor growth. Nevertheless, application of antibiotics involved rapid and severe body weight loss and might have unwanted side effects. Our results indicate that bacterial activation of TLR4 on innate immune cells in the colon triggers inflammation and promotes tumor growth. Thus, the inhibition of the TLR4 signaling during intestinal inflammation might be a novel approach to impede CAC development.
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Satuman S, Sari DS, Rachmi E, Tanggo EH, Notobroto HB, Sudiana K, Mubarika S, Rantam FA, Soemarno S, Warsito EB. The Effect of Acute and Chronic Infection-Induced by AvrA Protein of Salmonella typhimurium on Radical Oxygen Species, Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog, and Cellular Homolog Expression During the Development of Colon Cancer. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2021.4945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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AIM. The aim of the study was to analyze Avra's effector in inducing cancer stem cells into colon cancer through increased radical oxygen species (ROS), PTEN expression and c-myC as markers of tumorigenesis in mice model of the colorectal cancer infected with S. typhimurium.
METHODS. The study used balb c mice induced once a week by 10 mg / mL / day of AOM for 1-week and 12-week treatment period. Isolation of S. typhimurium specific protein had been carried out before being induced to mice in intraperitoneal manner in the amount of 40 mL / 50 mL. Propagation of S. typhimurium ATCC bacteria with MacConkey media and isolation of S. typhimurium protein were administered. The sample was divided into 4 groups, positive control group (group that was only exposed to azoxymethane (AOM), group exposed to both AOM and AvrA (AOM + AvrA), and group exposed to both AOM and S. typhimurium (AOM + S. typhimurium). Blood flow cytometry and soft tissue sampling for IHC and data analysis were then conducted.
RESULTS. The results of the study showed that there was an increase in the expression of ROS, PTEN and c-Myc. Increased ROS expression was found in the 12-week treatment period group and it was known that such increase was due to AOM + S. typhimurium (45.78 ± 2.93) induction compared to AOM, AOM + AvrA and control (p <0.05). PTEN and C-myc expression increased at the 12th week compared to the negative control.
CONCLUSION. Inflammation is the triggering factor for colorectal cancer, in which the expression of ROS, PTEN and c-Myc as the colorectal cancer markers increases in both the acute and chronic phases.
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Leite CA, Mota JM, de Lima KA, Wanderley CW, Nascimento LA, Ferreira MD, Silva CMS, Colon DF, Sakita JY, Kannen V, Viacava PR, Begnami MD, Lima-Junior RCP, Cordeiro de Lima VC, Alves-Filho JC, Cunha FQ, Ribeiro RA. Paradoxical interaction between cancer and long-term postsepsis disorder: impairment of de novo carcinogenesis versus favoring the growth of established tumors. J Immunother Cancer 2021; 8:jitc-2019-000129. [PMID: 32376720 PMCID: PMC7223471 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Previous data have reported that the growth of established tumors may be facilitated by postsepsis disorder through changes in the microenvironment and immune dysfunction. However, the influence of postsepsis disorder in initial carcinogenesis remains elusive. Methods In the present work, the effect of postsepsis on inflammation-induced early carcinogenesis was evaluated in an experimental model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC). We also analyzed the frequency and role of intestinal T regulatory cells (Treg) in CAC carcinogenesis. Results The colitis grade and the tumor development rate were evaluated postmortem or in vivo through serial colonoscopies. Sepsis-surviving mice (SSM) presented with a lower colonic DNA damage, polyp incidence, reduced tumor load, and milder colitis than their sham-operated counterparts. Ablating Treg led to restoration of the ability to develop colitis and tumor polyps in the SSM, in a similar fashion to that in the sham-operated mice. On the other hand, the growth of subcutaneously inoculated MC38luc colorectal cancer cells or previously established chemical CAC tumors was increased in SSM. Conclusion Our results provide evidence that postsepsis disorder has a dual effect in cancer development, inhibiting inflammation-induced early carcinogenesis in a Treg-dependent manner, while increasing the growth of previously established tumors.
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- Caio Abner Leite
- A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases (CRID), University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.,Cancer Institute of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Toxicology, Bromatology, and Clinical Analysis, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Toxicology, Bromatology, and Clinical Analysis, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases (CRID), University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil .,Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Cancer Institute of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil.,Federal University of Ceara, Faculty of Medicine, Fortaleza, Brazil
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Adamczyk A, Pastille E, Kehrmann J, Vu VP, Geffers R, Wasmer MH, Kasper S, Schuler M, Lange CM, Muggli B, Rau TT, Klein D, Hansen W, Krebs P, Buer J, Westendorf AM. GPR15 Facilitates Recruitment of Regulatory T Cells to Promote Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Res 2021; 81:2970-2982. [PMID: 33727229 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-20-2133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies worldwide. Despite considerable progress in early detection and treatment, there is still an unmet need for novel antitumor therapies, particularly in advanced colorectal cancer. Regulatory T cells (Treg) are increased in the peripheral blood and tumor tissue of patients with colorectal cancer. Recently, transient ablation of tumor-associated Tregs was shown to foster CD8+ T-cell-mediated antitumoral immunity in murine colorectal cancer models. However, before considering therapies on targeting Tregs in patients with cancer, detailed knowledge of the phenotype and features of tumor-associated Tregs is indispensable. Here, we demonstrate in a murine model of inflammation-induced colorectal cancer that tumor-associated Tregs are mainly of thymic origin and equipped with a specific set of molecules strongly associated with enhanced migratory properties. Particularly, a dense infiltration of Tregs in mouse and human colorectal cancer lesions correlated with increased expression of the orphan chemoattractant receptor GPR15 on these cells. Comprehensive gene expression analysis revealed that tumor-associated GPR15+ Tregs have a Th17-like phenotype, thereby producing IL17 and TNFα. Gpr15 deficiency repressed Treg infiltration in colorectal cancer, which paved the way for enhanced antitumoral CD8+ T-cell immunity and reduced tumorigenesis. In conclusion, GPR15 represents a promising novel target for modifying T-cell-mediated antitumoral immunity in colorectal cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: The G protein-coupled receptor 15, an unconventional chemokine receptor, directs Tregs into the colon, thereby modifying the tumor microenvironment and promoting intestinal tumorigenesis.See related commentary by Chakraborty and Zappasodi, p. 2817.
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- Alexandra Adamczyk
- Infection Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Infection Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Infection Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Genome Analytics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute for Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Infection Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Infection Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Infection Immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Chang CM, Lam HYP, Hsu HJ, Jiang SJ. Interleukin-10: A double-edged sword in breast cancer. Tzu Chi Med J 2021; 33:203-211. [PMID: 34386356 PMCID: PMC8323643 DOI: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_162_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Breast cancer (BC) is a frequently diagnosed cancer among women worldwide. Currently, BC can be divided into different subgroups according to the presence of the following hormone receptors: estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. Each of these subgroups has different treatment strategies. However, the presence of new metastatic lesions and patient deterioration suggest resistance to a given treatment. Various lines of evidence had shown that cytokines are one of the important mediators of tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and treatment resistance. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an immunoregulatory cytokine, and acts as a poor prognostic marker in many cancers. The anti-inflammatory IL-10 blocks certain effects of inflammatory cytokines. It also antagonizes the co-stimulatory molecules on the antigen-presenting cells. Here, we review the current knowledge on the function and molecular mechanism of IL-10, and recent findings on how IL-10 contributes to the progression of BC.
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- Chun-Ming Chang
- Department of General Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.,Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.,Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.,Department of Life Sciences, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Churov A, Zhulai G. Targeting adenosine and regulatory T cells in cancer immunotherapy. Hum Immunol 2021; 82:270-278. [PMID: 33610376 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2020.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Immunosuppressive activity of regulatory T cells (Tregs) is one of the mechanisms promoting carcinogenesis. Intratumoral Tregs have some phenotypic and functional traits that lower the efficiency of antitumor immune response, which makes them a good target for immunotherapy. Several approaches to cancer immunotherapy are being developed along this vector: deletion of tumor-infiltrating Tregs, inhibition of their homing to the tumor microenvironment, and functional downregulation of Tregs. Studies of the past decade have demonstrated the role of Tregs and ectonucleotidases CD39 and CD73 in the generation of immunosuppressive extracellular adenosine. Pharmacological targeting of CD39 and CD73 can restrain the activity of suppressor cells and promote the efficiency of cancer therapy. Here we review the latest data on issues regarding the role of extracellular adenosine and its receptors in antitumor immune response, adenosine generation mechanisms involving Tregs and the membrane proteins CD39 and CD73. Innovative approaches to antitumor immunotherapy and clinical studies of Treg targeting and application of anti-CD39/CD73 antibodies, adenosine receptor antagonists, and small-molecule inhibitors of ectonucleotidase activity are explored.
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- Alexey Churov
- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation.
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- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation
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Van Damme H, Dombrecht B, Kiss M, Roose H, Allen E, Van Overmeire E, Kancheva D, Martens L, Murgaski A, Bardet PMR, Blancke G, Jans M, Bolli E, Martins MS, Elkrim Y, Dooley J, Boon L, Schwarze JK, Tacke F, Movahedi K, Vandamme N, Neyns B, Ocak S, Scheyltjens I, Vereecke L, Nana FA, Merchiers P, Laoui D, Van Ginderachter JA. Therapeutic depletion of CCR8 + tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells elicits antitumor immunity and synergizes with anti-PD-1 therapy. J Immunother Cancer 2021; 9:e001749. [PMID: 33589525 PMCID: PMC7887378 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Modulation and depletion strategies of regulatory T cells (Tregs) constitute valid approaches in antitumor immunotherapy but suffer from severe adverse effects due to their lack of selectivity for the tumor-infiltrating (ti-)Treg population, indicating the need for a ti-Treg specific biomarker. METHODS We employed single-cell RNA-sequencing in a mouse model of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) to obtain a comprehensive overview of the tumor-infiltrating T-cell compartment, with a focus on ti-Treg subpopulations. These findings were validated by flow cytometric analysis of both mouse (LLC-OVA, MC38 and B16-OVA) and human (NSCLC and melanoma) tumor samples. We generated two CCR8-specific nanobodies (Nbs) that recognize distinct epitopes on the CCR8 extracellular domain. These Nbs were formulated as tetravalent Nb-Fc fusion proteins for optimal CCR8 binding and blocking, containing either an antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)-deficient or an ADCC-prone Fc region. The therapeutic use of these Nb-Fc fusion proteins was evaluated, either as monotherapy or as combination therapy with anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (anti-PD-1), in both the LLC-OVA and MC38 mouse models. RESULTS We were able to discern two ti-Treg populations, one of which is characterized by the unique expression of Ccr8 in conjunction with Treg activation markers. Ccr8 is also expressed by dysfunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but the CCR8 protein was only prominent on the highly activated and strongly T-cell suppressive ti-Treg subpopulation of mouse and human tumors, with no major CCR8-positivity found on peripheral Tregs. CCR8 expression resulted from TCR-mediated Treg triggering in an NF-κB-dependent fashion, but was not essential for the recruitment, activation nor suppressive capacity of these cells. While treatment of tumor-bearing mice with a blocking ADCC-deficient Nb-Fc did not influence tumor growth, ADCC-prone Nb-Fc elicited antitumor immunity and reduced tumor growth in synergy with anti-PD-1 therapy. Importantly, ADCC-prone Nb-Fc specifically depleted ti-Tregs in a natural killer (NK) cell-dependent fashion without affecting peripheral Tregs. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, our findings highlight the efficacy and safety of targeting CCR8 for the depletion of tumor-promoting ti-Tregs in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/pharmacology
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/genetics
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/immunology
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Databases, Genetic
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Lung Neoplasms/genetics
- Lung Neoplasms/immunology
- Lung Neoplasms/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/metabolism
- Melanoma, Experimental/genetics
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/metabolism
- Melanoma, Experimental/therapy
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Phenotype
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/metabolism
- RNA-Seq
- Receptors, CCR8/deficiency
- Receptors, CCR8/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/immunology
- Skin Neoplasms/metabolism
- Skin Neoplasms/therapy
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
- Mice
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- Helena Van Damme
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Host-Microbiota-Interaction Lab (HMI), VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Host-Microbiota-Interaction Lab (HMI), VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Polpharma Biologics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine III, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Data Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Oncology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL et Dermatologie (PNEU), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Division of Pneumology, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Host-Microbiota-Interaction Lab (HMI), VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Division of Pneumology, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Namur, Belgium
- Division of Pneumology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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Choi YW, Kim YH, Oh SY, Suh KW, Kim Y, Lee G, Yoon JE, Park SS, Lee Y, Park YJ, Kim HS, Park SH, Kim J, Park TJ. Senescent Tumor Cells Build a Cytokine Shield in Colorectal Cancer. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2002497. [PMID: 33643790 PMCID: PMC7887594 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202002497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Cellular senescence can either support or inhibit cancer progression. Here, it is shown that intratumoral infiltration of CD8+ T cells is negatively associated with the proportion of senescent tumor cells in colorectal cancer (CRC). Gene expression analysis reveals increased expression of C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) and colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF1) in senescent tumor cells. Senescent tumor cells inhibit CD8+ T cell infiltration by secreting a high concentration of CXCL12, which induces a loss of CXCR4 in T cells that result in impaired directional migration. CSF1 from senescent tumor cells enhance monocyte differentiation into M2 macrophages, which inhibit CD8+ T cell activation. Neutralization of CXCL12/CSF1 increases the effect of anti-PD1 antibody in allograft tumors. Furthermore, inhibition of CXCL12 from senescent tumor cells enhances T cell infiltration and results in reducing the number and size of tumors in azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced CRC. These findings suggest senescent tumor cells generate a cytokine barrier protecting nonsenescent tumor cells from immune attack and provide a new target for overcoming the immunotherapy resistance of CRC.
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- Yong Won Choi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Hematology–OncologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Inflamm‐Aging Translational Research CenterAjou University Medical CenterSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of SurgeryAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of SurgeryAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Inflamm‐Aging Translational Research CenterAjou University Medical CenterSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Hematology–OncologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Molecular MedicineInha University School of MedicineIncheon22212Korea
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- Department of PathologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Inflamm‐Aging Translational Research CenterAjou University Medical CenterSuwon16499Korea
- Department of PathologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAjou University School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
- Inflamm‐Aging Translational Research CenterAjou University Medical CenterSuwon16499Korea
- Department of Biomedical SciencesAjou University Graduate School of MedicineSuwon16499Korea
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Interleukin-33 signaling exacerbates experimental infectious colitis by enhancing gut permeability and inhibiting protective Th17 immunity. Mucosal Immunol 2021; 14:923-936. [PMID: 33654214 PMCID: PMC8221996 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-021-00386-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A wide range of microbial pathogens is capable of entering the gastrointestinal tract, causing infectious diarrhea and colitis. A finely tuned balance between different cytokines is necessary to eradicate the microbial threat and to avoid infection complications. The current study identified IL-33 as a critical regulator of the immune response to the enteric pathogen Citrobacter rodentium. We observed that deficiency of the IL-33 signaling pathway attenuates bacterial-induced colitis. Conversely, boosting this pathway strongly aggravates the inflammatory response and makes the mice prone to systemic infection. Mechanistically, IL-33 mediates its detrimental effect by enhancing gut permeability and by limiting the induction of protective T helper 17 cells at the site of infection, thus impairing host defense mechanisms against the enteric pathogen. Importantly, IL-33-treated infected mice supplemented with IL-17A are able to resist the otherwise strong systemic spreading of the pathogen. These findings reveal a novel IL-33/IL-17A crosstalk that controls the pathogenesis of Citrobacter rodentium-driven infectious colitis. Manipulating the dynamics of cytokines may offer new therapeutic strategies to treat specific intestinal infections.
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Zeng G, Jin L, Ying Q, Chen H, Thembinkosi MC, Yang C, Zhao J, Ji H, Lin S, Peng R, Zhang M, Sun D. Regulatory T Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy: Basic Research Outcomes and Clinical Directions. Cancer Manag Res 2020; 12:10411-10421. [PMID: 33116895 PMCID: PMC7586057 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s265828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cancer immunotherapy is a promising approach that has recently gained its importance in treating cancer. Despite various approaches of immunotherapies being used to target cancer cells, they are either not effective against all types of cancer or for all patients. Although efforts are being made to improve the cancer immunotherapy in all possible ways, one important hindrance that lowers the immune response to kill cancer cells is the infiltration of Regulatory T (Treg) cells into the tumor cells, favoring tumor progression, on one hand, and inhibiting the activation of T cells to respond to cancer cells, on the other hand. Therefore, new anti-cancer drugs and vaccines fail to show promising results against cancer. This is due to the infiltration of Treg cells into the tumor region and suppression of anti-cancer activity. Thus, regardless of various types of immunotherapies being practiced, understanding the mechanisms of how Treg cells favor tumor progression and inhibition of anti-cancer activity is worthwhile. Therefore, the review highlights the importance of Tregs cells and how depletion of Treg cells can pave the way to an effective immunotherapy by activating the immune responses against cancer.
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- Guoming Zeng
- Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China.,China Metallurgical Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Chongqing 400044, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China.,Biomedical Collaborative Innovation Center of Zhejiang Province & Engineering Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Pharmaceutical Development of Growth Factors, Biomedical Collaborative Innovation Center of Wenzhou, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, People's Republic of China
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Uribe-Herranz M, Rafail S, Beghi S, Gil-de-Gómez L, Verginadis I, Bittinger K, Pustylnikov S, Pierini S, Perales-Linares R, Blair IA, Mesaros CA, Snyder NW, Bushman F, Koumenis C, Facciabene A. Gut microbiota modulate dendritic cell antigen presentation and radiotherapy-induced antitumor immune response. J Clin Invest 2020; 130:466-479. [PMID: 31815742 DOI: 10.1172/jci124332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Alterations in gut microbiota impact the pathophysiology of several diseases, including cancer. Radiotherapy (RT), an established curative and palliative cancer treatment, exerts potent immune modulatory effects, inducing tumor-associated antigen (TAA) cross-priming with antitumor CD8+ T cell elicitation and abscopal effects. We tested whether the gut microbiota modulates antitumor immune response following RT distal to the gut. Vancomycin, an antibiotic that acts mainly on gram-positive bacteria and is restricted to the gut, potentiated the RT-induced antitumor immune response and tumor growth inhibition. This synergy was dependent on TAA cross presentation to cytolytic CD8+ T cells and on IFN-γ. Notably, butyrate, a metabolite produced by the vancomycin-depleted gut bacteria, abrogated the vancomycin effect. In conclusion, depletion of vancomycin-sensitive bacteria enhances the antitumor activity of RT, which has important clinical ramifications.
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- Mireia Uribe-Herranz
- Department of Radiation Oncology and.,Ovarian Cancer Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Ovarian Cancer Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and.,Ovarian Cancer Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and.,Ovarian Cancer Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Olguín JE, Medina-Andrade I, Rodríguez T, Rodríguez-Sosa M, Terrazas LI. Relevance of Regulatory T Cells during Colorectal Cancer Development. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E1888. [PMID: 32674255 PMCID: PMC7409056 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12071888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the study of own and foreign human factors favoring the development of different types of cancer, including genetic and environmental ones. However, the fact that the immune response plays a fundamental role in the development of immunity and susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC) is much stronger. Among the many cell populations of the immune system that participate in restricting or favoring CRC development, regulatory T cells (Treg) play a major role in orchestrating immunomodulation during CRC. In this review, we established concrete evidence supporting the fact that Treg cells have an important role in the promotion of tumor development during CRC, mediating an increasing suppressive capacity which controls the effector immune response, and generating protection for tumors. Furthermore, Treg cells go through a process called "phenotypic plasticity", where they co-express transcription factors that promote an inflammatory profile. We reunited evidence that describes the interaction between the different effector populations of the immune response and its modulation by Treg cells adapted to the tumor microenvironment, including the mechanisms used by Treg cells to suppress the protective immune response, as well as the different subpopulations of Treg cells participating in tumor progression, generating susceptibility during CRC development. Finally, we discussed whether Treg cells might or might not be a therapeutic target for an effective reduction in the morbidity and mortality caused by CRC.
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- Jonadab E. Olguín
- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud, Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico; (J.E.O.); (I.M.-A.); (T.R.); (M.R.-S.)
- Unidad de Biomedicina, FES Iztacala, UNAM, Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud, Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico; (J.E.O.); (I.M.-A.); (T.R.); (M.R.-S.)
- Unidad de Biomedicina, FES Iztacala, UNAM, Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud, Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico; (J.E.O.); (I.M.-A.); (T.R.); (M.R.-S.)
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- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud, Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico; (J.E.O.); (I.M.-A.); (T.R.); (M.R.-S.)
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- Laboratorio Nacional en Salud, Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico; (J.E.O.); (I.M.-A.); (T.R.); (M.R.-S.)
- Unidad de Biomedicina, FES Iztacala, UNAM, Av. De los Barrios # 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico
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Liedtke K, Alter C, Günther A, Hövelmeyer N, Klopfleisch R, Naumann R, Wunderlich FT, Buer J, Westendorf AM, Hansen W. Endogenous CD83 Expression in CD4 + Conventional T Cells Controls Inflammatory Immune Responses. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2020; 204:3217-3226. [PMID: 32341061 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The glycoprotein CD83 is known to be expressed by different immune cells including activated CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) and CD4+Foxp3- conventional T cells. However, the physiological function of endogenous CD83 in CD4+ T cell subsets is still unclear. In this study, we have generated a new CD83flox mouse line on BALB/c background, allowing for specific ablation of CD83 in T cells upon breeding with CD4-cre mice. Tregs from CD83flox/flox/CD4-cretg/wt mice had similar suppressive activity as Tregs from CD83flox/flox/CD4-crewt/wt wild-type littermates, suggesting that endogenous CD83 expression is dispensable for the inhibitory capacity of Tregs. However, CD83-deficient CD4+ conventional T cells showed elevated proliferation and IFN-γ secretion as well as an enhanced capacity to differentiate into Th1 cells and Th17 cells upon stimulation in vitro. T cell-specific ablation of CD83 expression resulted in aggravated contact hypersensitivity reaction accompanied by enhanced CD4+ T cell activation. Moreover, adoptive transfer of CD4+CD45RBhigh T cells from CD83flox/flox/CD4-cretg /wt mice into Rag2-deficient mice elicited more severe colitis associated with increased serum concentrations of IL-12 and elevated CD40 expression on CD11c+ dendritic cells (DCs). Strikingly, DCs from BALB/c mice cocultured with CD83-deficient CD4+ conventional T cells showed enhanced CD40 expression and IL-12 secretion compared with DCs cocultured with CD4+ conventional T cells from CD83flox/flox/CD4-crewt/wt wild-type mice. In summary, these results indicate that endogenous CD83 expression in CD4+ conventional T cells plays a crucial role in controlling CD4+ T cell responses, at least in part, by regulating the activity of CD11c+ DCs.
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- Katarina Liedtke
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Free University of Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Transgenic Core Facility, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; and
- Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany;
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David P, Drabczyk-Pluta M, Pastille E, Knuschke T, Werner T, Honke N, Megger DA, Akhmetzyanova I, Shaabani N, Eyking-Singer A, Cario E, Kershaw O, Gruber AD, Tenbusch M, Dietze KK, Trilling M, Liu J, Schadendorf D, Streeck H, Lang KS, Xie Y, Zimmer L, Sitek B, Paschen A, Westendorf AM, Dittmer U, Zelinskyy G. Combination immunotherapy with anti-PD-L1 antibody and depletion of regulatory T cells during acute viral infections results in improved virus control but lethal immunopathology. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008340. [PMID: 32226027 PMCID: PMC7105110 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Combination immunotherapy (CIT) is currently applied as a treatment for different cancers and is proposed as a cure strategy for chronic viral infections. Whether such therapies are efficient during an acute infection remains elusive. To address this, inhibitory receptors were blocked and regulatory T cells depleted in acutely Friend retrovirus-infected mice. CIT resulted in a dramatic expansion of cytotoxic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and a subsequent reduction in viral loads. Despite limited viral replication, mice developed fatal immunopathology after CIT. The pathology was most severe in the gastrointestinal tract and was mediated by granzyme B producing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. A similar post-CIT pathology during acute Influenza virus infection of mice was observed, which could be prevented by vaccination. Melanoma patients who developed immune-related adverse events under immune checkpoint CIT also presented with expanded granzyme-expressing CD4+ and CD8+ T cell populations. Our data suggest that acute infections may induce immunopathology in patients treated with CIT, and that effective measures for infection prevention should be applied.
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- Paul David
- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hiller Research Center Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital of Tonji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for HIV Research, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Key Lab of Molecular Virology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Ji L, Qian W, Gui L, Ji Z, Yin P, Lin GN, Wang Y, Ma B, Gao WQ. Blockade of β-Catenin-Induced CCL28 Suppresses Gastric Cancer Progression via Inhibition of Treg Cell Infiltration. Cancer Res 2020; 80:2004-2016. [PMID: 32156780 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-3074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dysregulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is frequently observed in human gastric cancer. Elucidation of the tumor immune microenvironment is essential for understanding tumorigenesis and for the development of immunotherapeutic strategies. However, it remains unclear how β-catenin signaling regulates the tumor immune microenvironment in the stomach. Here, we identify CCL28 as a direct transcriptional target gene of β-catenin/T-cell factor (TCF). Protein levels of β-catenin and CCL28 positively correlated in human gastric adenocarcinoma. β-Catenin-activated CCL28 recruited regulatory T (Treg) cells in a transwell migration assay. In a clinically relevant mouse gastric cancer model established by Helicobacter (H.) felis infection and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) treatment, inhibition of β-catenin/TCF activity by a pharmacologic inhibitor iCRT14 suppressed CCL28 expression and Treg cell infiltration in the stomach. Moreover, an anti-CCL28 antibody attenuated Treg cell infiltration and tumor progression in H. felis/MNU mouse models. Diphtheria toxin-induced Treg cell ablation restrained gastric cancer progression in H. felis/MNU-treated DEREG (Foxp3-DTR) mice, clarifying the tumor-promoting role of Treg cells. Thus, the β-catenin-CCL28-Treg cell axis may serve as an important mechanism for immunosuppression of the stomach tumor microenvironment. Our findings reveal an immunoregulatory role of β-catenin signaling in stomach tumors and highlight the therapeutic potential of CCL28 blockade for the treatment of gastric cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings demonstrate an immunosuppressive role of tumor-intrinsic β-catenin signaling and the therapeutic potential of CCL28 blockade in gastric cancer.
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- Lu Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. .,Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. .,Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Begka C, Pattaroni C, Mooser C, Nancey S, McCoy KD, Velin D, Maillard MH. Toll-Interacting Protein Regulates Immune Cell Infiltration and Promotes Colitis-Associated Cancer. iScience 2020; 23:100891. [PMID: 32114379 PMCID: PMC7049660 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.100891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 08/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Expression of Toll-interacting protein (Tollip), a potent TLR modulator, decreases in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), whereas Tollip−/− mice are susceptible to colitis. Tollip expression was shown to be reduced in sporadic adenoma . In contrast, we found variable Tollip expression in patients with colitis-associated adenomas. In Tollip−/− mice challenged to develop colitis-associated cancer (CAC), tumor formation was significantly reduced owing to decreased mucosal proliferative and apoptotic indexes. This protection was associated with blunt inflammatory responses without significant changes in microbial composition. mRNA expression of Cd62l and Ccr5 homing receptors was reduced in colons of untreated Tollip−/− mice, whereas CD62L+ CD8+ T cells accumulated in the periphery. In Tollip-deficient adenomas Ctla-4 mRNA expression and tumor-infiltrating CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cell (Treg) were decreased. Our data show that protection from CAC in Tollip-deficient mice is associated with defects in lymphocyte accumulation and composition in colitis-associated adenomas. Tollip protects from colitis but promotes colitis-associated cancer onset Tollip-deficient tumors demonstrate decreased cell turnover and inflammation Tollip ablation favors naive CD8+ T cell accumulation in peripheral lymphoid organs Regulatory T cell accumulation is aberrant in Tollip-deficient tumors
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- Christina Begka
- Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV-Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Service of Pneumology, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Chemin de Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 35, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, CHU, Lyon, France
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- Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 35, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV-Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV-Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; Crohn and Colitis Center, Gastroentérologie Beaulieu SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Kehrmann J, Effenberg L, Wilk C, Schoemer D, Ngo Thi Phuong N, Adamczyk A, Pastille E, Scholtysik R, Klein-Hitpass L, Klopfleisch R, Westendorf AM, Buer J. Depletion of Foxp3 + regulatory T cells is accompanied by an increase in the relative abundance of Firmicutes in the murine gut microbiome. Immunology 2019; 159:344-353. [PMID: 31755554 PMCID: PMC7011623 DOI: 10.1111/imm.13158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A reciprocal interaction exists between the gut microbiota and the immune system. Regulatory T (Treg) cells are important for controlling immune responses and for maintaining the intestinal homeostasis but their precise influence on the gut microbiota is unclear. We studied the effects of Treg cell depletion on inflammation of the intestinal mucosa and analysed the gut microbiota before and after depletion of Treg cells using the DEpletion of REGulatory T cells (DEREG) mouse model. DNA was extracted from stool samples of DEREG mice and wild‐type littermates at different time‐points before and after diphtheria toxin application to deplete Treg cells in DEREG mice. The V3/V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was used for studying the gut microbiota with Illumina MiSeq paired ends sequencing. Multidimensional scaling separated the majority of gut microbiota samples from late time‐points after Treg cell depletion in DEREG mice from samples of early time‐points before Treg cell depletion in these mice and from gut microbiota samples of wild‐type mice. Treg cell depletion in DEREG mice was accompanied by an increase in the relative abundance of the phylum Firmicutes and by intestinal inflammation in DEREG mice 20 days after Treg cell depletion, indicating that Treg cells influence the gut microbiota composition. In addition, the variables cage, breeding and experiment number were associated with differences in the gut microbiota composition and these variables should be respected in murine studies.
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- Jan Kehrmann
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology (Cancer Research), University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Biochip Laboratory, Institute for Cell Biology-Tumour Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Leystra AA, Clapper ML. Gut Microbiota Influences Experimental Outcomes in Mouse Models of Colorectal Cancer. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10110900. [PMID: 31703321 PMCID: PMC6895921 DOI: 10.3390/genes10110900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Mouse models are a valuable resource for use throughout the development and testing of new therapeutic strategies for CRC. Tumorigenesis and response to therapy in humans and mouse models alike are influenced by the microbial communities that colonize the gut. Differences in the composition of the gut microbiota can confound experimental findings and reduce the replicability and translatability of the resulting data. Despite this, the contribution of resident microbiota to preclinical tumor models is often underappreciated. This review does the following: (1) summarizes evidence that the gut microbiota influence CRC disease phenotypes; (2) outlines factors that can influence the composition of the gut microbiota; and (3) provides strategies that can be incorporated into the experimental design, to account for the influence of the microbiota on intestinal phenotypes in mouse models of CRC. Through careful experimental design and documentation, mouse models can continue to rapidly advance efforts to prevent and treat colon cancer.
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Wang R, Feng W, Wang H, Wang L, Yang X, Yang F, Zhang Y, Liu X, Zhang D, Ren Q, Feng X, Zheng G. Blocking migration of regulatory T cells to leukemic hematopoietic microenvironment delays disease progression in mouse leukemia model. Cancer Lett 2019; 469:151-161. [PMID: 31669202 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Blocking the migration of regulatory T cells (Tregs) to the tumor microenvironment is a promising strategy for tumor immunotherapy. Treg accumulation in the leukemic hematopoietic microenvironment (LHME) has adverse impacts on patient outcomes. The mechanism and effective methods of disrupting Treg accumulation in the LHME have not been well established. Here, we studied the distribution and characteristics of Tregs in the LHME, investigated the effects of Treg ablation on leukemia progression, explored the mechanisms leading to Treg accumulation, and studied whether blocking Treg migration to the LHME delayed leukemia progression in MLL-AF9-induced mouse acute myeloid leukemia (AML) models using wildtype (WT) and Foxp3DTR/GFP mice. Increased accumulation of more activated Tregs was detected in the LHME. Inducible Treg ablation prolonged the survival of AML mice by promoting the antileukemic effects of CD8+ T cells. Furthermore, both local expansion and migration accounted for Treg accumulation in the LHME. Moreover, blocking the CCL3-CCR1/CCR5 and CXCL12-CXCR4 axes inhibited Treg accumulation in the LHME and delayed leukemia progression. Our findings provide laboratory evidence for a potential leukemia immunotherapy by blocking the migration of Tregs.
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- Rong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, 300020, China.
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Tuscano JM, Maverakis E, Groshen S, Tsao-Wei D, Luxardi G, Merleev AA, Beaven A, DiPersio JF, Popplewell L, Chen R, Kirschbaum M, Schroeder MA, Newman EM. A Phase I Study of the Combination of Rituximab and Ipilimumab in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:7004-7013. [PMID: 31481504 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-0438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Based on the potential for ipilimumab (I) to augment T-cell activation, we hypothesize that ipilimumab would augment the efficacy of rituximab (R) in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) CD20+non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). This phase I study aimed to identify a recommended phase 2 dose, document toxicities, and preliminarily assess efficacy and potential predictive biomarkers. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-three patients with R/R CD20+B-cell lymphoma received R at 375 mg/m2weekly for 4 weeks and I at 3 mg/kg on day 1 and every 3 weeks for four doses. Responding patients went on to maintenance with each agent given every 12 weeks. To facilitate correlative analysis, the expansion phase randomized patients to simultaneous R+I versus R with I delayed 2 weeks. RESULTS Toxicity was manageable; no dose-limiting toxicity was observed at the doses studied. When considering the entire cohort, efficacy was modest, with an objective response rate (ORR) of 24% and median progression-free survival (PFS) of 2.6 months. However, in follicular lymphoma patients, the ORR was 58% with a median PFS of 5.6 months. The randomized comparison of R with R+I demonstrated that R+I resulted in more effective B-cell depletion (BCD). Both B-cell depletion and the ratio of CD45RA-regulatory T cell (Treg) to Treg were associated with response at all time points. CONCLUSIONS The combination of R+I has manageable toxicity and encouraging efficacy in R/R follicular lymphoma. The ratio of CD45RA-Tregs to total Tregs, and peripheral BCD should be studied further as potential predictors of response.
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- Joseph M Tuscano
- UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California. .,Veterans Administration Northern California Healthcare System, Sacramento, California
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- Biostatistics Core, University of Southern California/Norris Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Biostatistics Core, University of Southern California/Norris Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
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- University of North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
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- Division of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medical Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
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Tanaka A, Sakaguchi S. Targeting Treg cells in cancer immunotherapy. Eur J Immunol 2019; 49:1140-1146. [PMID: 31257581 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Foxp3-expressing regulatory T (Treg) cells, which are indispensable for preventing autoimmunity, also suppress effective tumor immunity. Treg cells abundantly infiltrate into tumor tissues, which is often associated with poor prognosis in cancer patients. Removal of Treg cells enhances anti-tumor immune responses but may also elicit autoimmunity. A key issue in devising Treg-targeting cancer immunotherapy is, therefore, how to specifically deplete Treg cells infiltrating into tumor tissues without affecting tumor-reactive effector T cells, while suppressing autoimmunity. This can be achieved by differentially controlling Treg and effector T cells by various ways. In this review, we discuss how tumor-infiltrating Foxp3+ Treg cells hamper effective anti-tumor immune responses especially in tumor tissues and how they can be specifically targeted for augmenting tumor immunity but not autoimmunity.
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- Atsushi Tanaka
- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.,Department of Frontier Research in Tumor Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Xi Z, Jing L, Le-Ni K, Zhu L, Ze-Wen D, Hui Y, Ming-Rong X, Guang-Dong L. Evaluation of PTEN and CD4+FOXP3+ T cell expressions as diagnostic and predictive factors in endometrial cancer: A case control study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e16345. [PMID: 31348233 PMCID: PMC6709148 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000016345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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To evaluate the potential role of Pten and CD4FOXP3 T cells in prognosis from endometrial cancer.Tissue samples and clinical data were collected from 200 patients with endometrial cancer and 100 control patients with benign uterine diseases. The expressions of Pten and CD4FOXP3 T cells were quantified by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. After surgery, all patients were followed up for an average of 56.3 months. Surgical effects were evaluated based on the patients' symptoms and signs. A two-sided P value < .05 was considered significant.Pten diminished and CD4FOXP3 T cells significantly accumulated with the progression of endometial cancer, in comparison to the controls. Moreover, Pten expression was negatively correlated with the count of CD4FOXP3 T cells. Pten and CD4FOXP3 T cells were correlated with clinical characteristics, including tumor stage, differentiation and associated with patients' disease-free survival.Limited data were available between the expressions of Pten and CD4FOXP3 T cells in patients with endometrial cancer. Our study findings suggested that the expressions of Pten and CD4FOXP3 T cells might become possible biomarkers for the diagnosis and prediction in endometrial cancer.
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- Zeng Xi
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan
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- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
- National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu
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Meiners J, Palmieri V, Klopfleisch R, Ebel JF, Japtok L, Schumacher F, Yusuf AM, Becker KA, Zöller J, Hose M, Kleuser B, Hermann DM, Kolesnick RN, Buer J, Hansen W, Westendorf AM. Intestinal Acid Sphingomyelinase Protects From Severe Pathogen-Driven Colitis. Front Immunol 2019; 10:1386. [PMID: 31275322 PMCID: PMC6594205 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are emerging as a global problem with increased evidence and prevalence in numerous countries. A dysregulated sphingolipid metabolism occurs in patients with ulcerative colitis and is discussed to contribute to its pathogenesis. In the present study, we determined the impact of acid sphingomyelinase (Asm), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin to ceramide, on the course of Citrobacter (C.) rodentium-driven colitis. C. rodentium is an enteric pathogen and induces colonic inflammation very similar to the pathology in patients with ulcerative colitis. We found that mice with Asm deficiency or Asm inhibition were strongly susceptible to C. rodentium infection. These mice showed increased levels of C. rodentium in the feces and were prone to bacterial spreading to the systemic organs. In addition, mice lacking Asm activity showed an uncontrolled inflammatory Th1 and Th17 response, which was accompanied by a stronger colonic pathology compared to infected wild type mice. These findings identified Asm as an essential regulator of mucosal immunity to the enteric pathogen C. rodentium.
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- Jana Meiners
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.,Department of Molecular Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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