Browse
Submit Data
Databases
API
Help

Dataset Information

22 Views

0 Connections

0 Citations

0 Reanalyses

0 Downloads

Omics score: 0

Group-2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote HCC Progression Through CXCL2-Neutrophil-Induced Immunosuppression.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Due to their inherent characteristics, the function of group-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) varies in a context-dependent manner. ILC2s are involved in certain liver diseases; however, their involvement in HCC is unknown. In the present study, we assessed the role of an HCC-derived ILC2 population in tumor progression.

Approach and results

Through FACS and single-cell RNA sequencing, we discovered that ILC2s were highly enriched in human HCC and correlated significantly with tumor recurrence and worse progression-free survival as well as overall survival in patients. Mass cytometry identified a subset of HCC-derived ILC2s that had lost the expression of killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G, member 1 (KLRG1). Distinct from their circulating counterparts, these hepatic ILC2s highly expressed CD69 and an array of tissue resident-related genes. Furthermore, reduction of E-cadherin in tumor cells caused the loss of KLRG1 expression in ILC2s, leading to their increased proliferation and subsequent accumulation in HCC sites. The KLRG1^- ILC2 subset showed elevated production of chemotaxis factors, including C-X-C motif chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand (CXCL)-2 and CXCL8, which in turn recruited neutrophils to form an immunosuppressive microenvironment, leading to tumor progression. Accordingly, restoring KLRG1 in ILC2s, inhibiting CXCL2 in ILC2s, or depleting neutrophils inhibited tumor progression in a murine HCC model.

Conclusions

We identified HCC-associated ILC2s as an immune regulatory cell type that promotes tumor development, suggesting that targeting these ILC2s might lead to new treatments for HCC.

SUBMITTER: Xu X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8597094 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Json Xml

Similar Datasets

Group-2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression via CXCL2-Neutrophil Induced Immunosuppression

Project description:We report a tissue-derived KLRG1-ILC2s highly expressing CD69 in HCC, which are distinguished from circulating ones from portal vein and peripheral blood. Relief of KLRG1 inhibitory signaling, the HCC-induced ILC2s tend to shape an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment through CXCL2/neutrophil axis. Furthermore, the abundance of ILC2s in HCC correlated with the recurrence and progression free survival (PFS) of HCC patients indicated ILC2s being an emerging target for HCC immunotherapy.

2021-11-24 | GSE151895 | GEO

Group-2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression via CXCL2-Neutrophil Induced Immunosuppression

Project description:Group-2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression via CXCL2-Neutrophil Induced Immunosuppression

| PRJNA637600 | ENA

Hypoxia-reprogrammed regulatory group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer.

Project description:BackgroundPreviously, we uncovered a patient subgroup with highly malignant pancreatic cancer with serum markers CEA+/CA125+/CA19-9 ≥ 1000 U/mL (triple-positive, TP). However, the underlying immunosuppressive mechanism in the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) of this subgroup is still unknown.MethodsHuman tissues were analyzed by flow cytometry, mass cytometry, and immunofluorescence staining. Mouse pancreatic ILC2s were expanded in vivo and used for RNA sequencing, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), and chemotaxis assays.FindingsThrough microarray data, we identified the accumulation of the hypoxia-induced factor-1α (HIF-1α) pathway in these TP patients. Via flow and mass cytometry, we discovered that a special subset of ILC2s were highly infiltrated in TP patients. Under the hypoxia microenvironment, ILC2s were found undergo a transition to a IL10+ regulatory phenotype, we named ILCregs which was correlated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) progression. Further, neoadjuvant chemotherapy could ameliorate hypoxic tumor microenvironments so that significantly reverse the regulatory phenotype of ILCregs. Moreover, most tumor ILC2 were CD103-, which indicated its circulatory origin. The expression of Ccr2 was significantly upregulated on mouse ILCregs, and these cells selectively migrated to CCL2.InterpretationOur results indicate that the hypoxia microenvironment creates an immunosuppressive TIME by inducing ILCregs from a population of circulating group 2 ILCs in TP PDAC patients.FundingThis study was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U21A20374, 82173091, and 81701630).

| S-EPMC9117270 | biostudies-literature

Hypoxia-reprogrammed regulatory group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer

Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

2022-05-25 | GSE196812 | GEO

Hypoxia-reprogrammed regulatory group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer [ILC2]

Project description:ILC2 cells from mice cultured with or without hypoxia for indicated time period were analysed

2022-05-25 | GSE196811 | GEO

Hypoxia-reprogrammed regulatory group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer [HMC-1]

Project description:Humans mast cell line-1 (HMC-1) cultured with or without hypoxia for indicated time period were analysed

2022-05-25 | GSE196810 | GEO

Adipose-Resident Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells Promote Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance.

Project description:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) function to protect epithelial barriers against pathogens and maintain tissue homeostasis in both barrier and non-barrier tissues. Here, utilizing Eomes reporter mice, we identify a subset of adipose group 1 ILC (ILC1) and demonstrate a role for these cells in metabolic disease. Adipose ILC1s were dependent on the transcription factors Nfil3 and T-bet but phenotypically and functionally distinct from adipose mature natural killer (NK) and immature NK cells. Analysis of parabiotic mice revealed that adipose ILC1s maintained long-term tissue residency. Diet-induced obesity drove early production of interleukin (IL)-12 in adipose tissue depots and led to the selective proliferation and accumulation of adipose-resident ILC1s in a manner dependent on the IL-12 receptor and STAT4. ILC1-derived interferon-? was necessary and sufficient to drive proinflammatory macrophage polarization to promote obesity-associated insulin resistance. Thus, adipose-resident ILC1s contribute to obesity-related pathology in response to dysregulated local proinflammatory cytokine production.

| S-EPMC5004886 | biostudies-literature

Activated group 3 innate lymphoid cells promote T-cell-mediated immune responses.

Project description:Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) have emerged as important cellular players in tissue repair and innate immunity. Whether these cells meaningfully regulate adaptive immune responses upon activation has yet to be explored. Here we show that upon IL-1? stimulation, peripheral ILC3s become activated, secrete cytokines, up-regulate surface MHC class II molecules, and express costimulatory molecules. ILC3s can take up latex beads, process protein antigen, and consequently prime CD4(+) T-cell responses in vitro. The cognate interaction of ILC3s and CD4(+) T cells leads to T-cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo, whereas its disruption impairs specific T-cell and T-dependent B-cell responses in vivo. In addition, the ILC3-CD4(+) T-cell interaction is bidirectional and leads to the activation of ILC3s. Taken together, our data reveal a novel activation-dependent function of peripheral ILC3s in eliciting cognate CD4(+) T-cell immune responses.

| S-EPMC4156721 | biostudies-literature

Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote inhibitory synapse development and social behavior.

Project description:The innate immune system plays essential roles in brain synaptic development, and immune dysregulation is implicated in neurodevelopmental diseases. Here we show that a subset of innate lymphocytes (group 2 innate lymphoid cells, ILC2s) is required for cortical inhibitory synapse maturation and adult social behavior. ILC2s expanded in the developing meninges and produced a surge of their canonical cytokine Interleukin-13 (IL-13) between postnatal days 5-15. Loss of ILC2s decreased cortical inhibitory synapse numbers in the postnatal period where as ILC2 transplant was sufficient to increase inhibitory synapse numbers. Deletion of the IL-4/IL-13 receptor (Il4ra) from inhibitory neurons phenocopied the reduction inhibitory synapses. Both ILC2 deficient and neuronal Il4ra deficient animals had similar and selective impairments in adult social behavior. These data define a type 2 immune circuit in early life that shapes adult brain function.

| S-EPMC10055027 | biostudies-literature

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells promote HIV-1-induced group 3 innate lymphoid cell depletion.

Project description:Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) have demonstrated roles in promoting antibacterial immunity, maintaining epithelial barrier function, and supporting tissue repair. ILC3 alterations are associated with chronic inflammation and inflammatory disease; however, the characteristics and relevant regulatory mechanisms of this cell population in HIV-1 infection are poorly understood due in part to a lack of a robust model. Here, we determined that functional human ILC3s develop in lymphoid organs of humanized mice and that persistent HIV-1 infection in this model depletes ILC3s, as observed in chronic HIV-1-infected patients. In HIV-1-infected mice, effective antiretroviral therapy reversed the loss of ILC3s. HIV-1-dependent reduction of ILC3s required plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), IFN-I, and the CD95/FasL pathway, as targeted depletion or blockade of these prevented HIV-1-induced ILC3 depletion in vivo and in vitro, respectively. Finally, we determined that HIV-1 infection induces CD95 expression on ILC3s via a pDC- and IFN-I-dependent mechanism that sensitizes ILC3s to undergo CD95/FasL-mediated apoptosis. We conclude that chronic HIV-1 infection depletes ILC3s through pDC activation, induction of IFN-I, and CD95-mediated apoptosis.

| S-EPMC4588300 | biostudies-literature

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

OmicsDI is an Elixir interoperability service. Learn more ›

Tweets

OmicsDI Databases

PRIDE
PeptideAtlas
MassIVE
JPOST Repository
Physiome Model Repository

EGA
EVA
ENA
LINCS
PAXDB
Cell Collective

MetaboLights
Metabolomics Workbench
MetabolomeExpress
GNPS
BioModels
FAIRDOMHub

ArrayExpress
dbGaP
ExpressionAtlas
GEO
NODE

Information

Databases
Help
API
Contact us
Code on GitHub
Terms of use
Submit Data