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Therapeutic anti-glioma effect of the combined action of PCSK inhibitor with the anti-tumoral factors secreted by Poly (I:C)-stimulated macrophages.

ABSTRACT: Macrophages plasticity is a key feature in cancer progression. Neoplastic cells can alter their immune functions and orient them into a pro-tumoral phenotype. In this context, we developed a new therapeutic strategy to switch macrophages phenotype and reactivate their anti-tumoral functions. We showed a dual activity of a proprotein convertases inhibitor as anti-glioma drug and anti-tumoral macrophages' reactivation drug. Proprotein convertases are proteases that cleave proteins into functional proteins. Several of their substrates are involved in tumorigenesis and immunosuppression. We combine here proprotein convertases inhibitor with Poly (I:C), a TLR3 ligand, to increase the anti-tumoral activity of macrophages. With mass spectrometry-based proteomics, system biology, combined with biological assays, we established that a stimulation of macrophages with Poly (I:C) increased their secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and anti-tumoral factors. 3D invasion assay showed the efficacy of these anti-tumoral factors against mixed glioma cells and macrophages spheroids. Besides, immunofluorescence and proliferation assays showed an additive effect of the proprotein convertases inhibitor and the anti-tumoral factors secreted by Poly (I:C)-treated macrophages on both anti-glioma activity and macrophages anti-tumoral orientation directly in tumor microenvironment, leading to an innovative glioma therapy.

SUBMITTER: Rose M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761570 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:The aim of the current study was to investigate the response of in vitro differentiated trout macrophages, a primary cell culture system widely used in fish immunology research, to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and to the analog viral ds(RNA) Poly I:C. To that end we have used a salmonid-specific microarray platform enriched with immune-related genes. The results clearly suggest that the molecular mechanisms involved in the response of macrophages to LPS and Poly (I:C) are specific in some signaling pathways related to cell communication, signal transduction and kinase cascades. Nevertheless, macrophages stimulated with bacterial or viral PAMPs also activate common transcription factors. Trout macrophages were isolated using the protocol previously described Head kidneys were dissected, placed in sterile 100 Âµm nylon mesh cell-strainers and homogenized in the presence of DMEM (PAA Laboratories) containing high glucose, 10% heat inactivated FCS (PAA Laboratories) and Primocin antibiotic (100 Âµg/ml, Invivogen). The homogenates were plated on 60 mm poly-D-lysine (Sigma) treated cell culture Petri plates, 3 ml per plate. The cultures were kept in an incubator at 16 Âº C and 5% CO2. Non-adhering cells were removed after 24 hours and new medium was added, then adherent cells were incubated for another 4 days. After 5 total days of culture, medium was removed and test cells were stimulated adding fresh medium containing 10 Âµg/ml of LPS from E. coli (serotype 026:B6, Sigma) or 10 Âµg/ml of Poly (I:C) (Invivogen), whereas medium free of stimulant was added in control plates. All culture plates were incubated for 12h. Six independent experiments (six different fish) were performed for each condition. Total RNA was extracted from the cultures using 1 ml of Tri Reagent (Sigma), following the manufacturerâ??s instructions and quantity and integrity was analyzed by Experion RNA StdSens Analysis Kit (Bio-Rad). The design of the microarray posses 1818 genes printed in six replicates each, including random clones from common and subtracted cDNA libraries which were compared with known vertebrate proteins using blastx. The platform was enriched in immune-related genes.

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Therapeutic anti-glioma effect of the combined action of PCSK inhibitor with the anti-tumoral factors secreted by Poly (I:C)-stimulated macrophages.

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