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Glucose metabolism characteristics and TLR8-mediated metabolic control of CD4+ Treg cells in ovarian cancer cells microenvironment.


ABSTRACT: Immunotherapy is expected to become the most promising new treatment for ovarian cancer owing to its immunogenicity. However, immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment is a major obstacle to the efficacy of tumor therapy. Studies have found different metabolism ways of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the cancer environment may be related to the immunosuppression and Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) can reverse the suppression function of Tregs. But it is still unclear that if the TLR8-mediated function reversal is associated with the change of glucose metabolism of Tregs. It was found that the positive expression rates of Glut1, HIF-1?, and Ki67 in CD4+ Treg cells of OC were significantly higher than that in benign ovarian tumor and HC, and also significantly higher than that in CD4+ Teffs of OC. What's more, compared with CD4+ Teff group, CD4+ Tregs highly expressed seven genes and three proteins related to glucose metabolism and had higher levels of glucose uptake and glycolysis. After activating TLR8 signal of CD4+ Tregs, the proliferation level of naive CD4+ T cells was higher than that of the control group. At the same time, the expression levels of eight genes and five proteins related to glucose metabolism in CD4+ Treg cells with TLR8 activated were decreased and levels of glucose uptake and glycolysis were also lower. Furthermore, TLR8 signaling also downregulated the mTOR pathway in CD4+ Tregs. CD4+ Tregs pretreated with 2-deoxy-d-Glucose (2-DG) and galloflavin also attenuated the inhibition of Teffs proliferation. Although CD4+ Tregs pretreated with 2-DG and galloflavin before activating TLR8 signal had no significant difference compared with the group only treated with inhibitors, which suggested TLR8-mediated reversal of CD4+ Treg cells inhibitory function in ovarian cancer cells co-cultured microenvironment had a causal relationship with glucose metabolism.

SUBMITTER: Xu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7790820 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Glucose metabolism characteristics and TLR8-mediated metabolic control of CD4<sup>+</sup> Treg cells in ovarian cancer cells microenvironment.

Xu Rui R   Wu Ming M   Liu Shuna S   Shang Wenwen W   Li Rong R   Xu Juan J   Huang Lei L   Wang Fang F  

Cell death & disease 20210107 1


Immunotherapy is expected to become the most promising new treatment for ovarian cancer owing to its immunogenicity. However, immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment is a major obstacle to the efficacy of tumor therapy. Studies have found different metabolism ways of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the cancer environment may be related to the immunosuppression and Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) can reverse the suppression function of Tregs. But it is still unclear that if the TLR8-mediated fu  ...[more]

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