IL1 Receptor Antagonist Controls Transcriptional Signature of Inflammation in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Inflammation affects tumor immune surveillance and resistance to therapy. Here, we show that production of IL1? in primary breast cancer tumors is linked with advanced disease and originates from tumor-infiltrating CD11c+ myeloid cells. IL1? production is triggered by cancer cell membrane-derived TGF?. Neutralizing TGF? or IL1 receptor prevents breast cancer progression in humanized mouse model. Patients with metastatic HER2- breast cancer display a transcriptional signature of inflammation in the blood leukocytes, which is attenuated after IL1 blockade. When present in primary breast cancer tumors, this signature discriminates patients with poor clinical outcomes in two independent public datasets (TCGA and METABRIC).Significance: IL1? orchestrates tumor-promoting inflammation in breast cancer and can be targeted in patients using an IL1 receptor antagonist. Cancer Res; 78(18); 5243-58. ©2018 AACRSee related commentary by Dinarello, p. 5200.

SUBMITTER: Wu TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391892 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature