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Mitophagy in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Triggers Adaptive Immunity during Tumorigenesis.


ABSTRACT: In colorectal cancer patients, a high density of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells in tumors is associated with better prognosis. Using a Stat3 loss-of-function approach in two wnt/?-catenin-dependent autochthonous models of sporadic intestinal tumorigenesis, we unravel a complex intracellular process in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) that controls the induction of a CD8+ T cell based adaptive immune response. Elevated mitophagy in IECs causes iron(II)-accumulation in epithelial lysosomes, in turn, triggering lysosomal membrane permeabilization. Subsequent release of proteases into the cytoplasm augments MHC class I presentation and activation of CD8+ T cells via cross-dressing of dendritic cells. Thus, our findings highlight a so-far-unrecognized link between mitochondrial function, lysosomal integrity, and MHC class I presentation in IECs and suggest that therapies triggering mitophagy or inducing LMP in IECs may prove successful in shifting the balance toward anti-tumor immunity in colorectal cancer.

SUBMITTER: Ziegler PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354256 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In colorectal cancer patients, a high density of cytotoxic CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells in tumors is associated with better prognosis. Using a Stat3 loss-of-function approach in two wnt/β-catenin-dependent autochthonous models of sporadic intestinal tumorigenesis, we unravel a complex intracellular process in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) that controls the induction of a CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell based adaptive immune response. Elevated mitophagy in IECs causes iron(II)-accumulation in epithelial l  ...[more]

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