Project description:Molecular mechanisms of the cancer cells-macrophages interactions growing in vitro conditions as a co-culture. The five canine mammary cancer cell lines were cultured with monocytes sorted from the canine blood for 72hrs. Then, the cancer cells and macrophages were sorted and the gene expression analysis was conducted. The control for each co-cultured cell line was the same cell line growing as a single culture, whereas the control for the macrophages growing in a co-culture conditions were macrophages growing as a single culture. Solid tumors are comprised of various cells, like cancer cells, resident stromal cells, migratory hemopoietic cells and so on. These cells regulate tumor growth and metastasis. Macrophages are probably the most important element of the interactions within the tumor microenvironment. However, the molecular mechanism how the tumor environment can educate tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) toward a tumor-promoting phenotype still remains unknown. Moreover, there are no information how the presence of macrophages change the cancer cells phenotype. Exploring the underlying molecular mechanisms of these phenomena was the aim of this study. Solid tumors are comprised of various cells, like cancer cells, resident stromal cells, migratory hemopoietic cells and so on. These cells regulate tumor growth and metastasis. Macrophages are probably the most important element of the interactions within the tumor microenvironment. However, the molecular mechanism how the tumor environment can educate tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) toward a tumor-promoting phenotype still remains unknown. Moreover, there are no information how the presence of macrophages change the cancer cells phenotype. Exploring the underlying molecular mechanisms of these phenomena was the aim of this study. Dye-swap experiment, each cell line growing in the co-culture conditions was compared to the same cell line growing as a single culture, macrophages growing in the co-culture conditions were compared to the macrophages growing as the single culture.

Project description:Background Cell therapy based on macrophages is promising in solid tumors, but effective acquisition of macrophages is a challenge. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-induced macrophages are a good source but are time-consuming and costly. Macrophages derived from somatic cells by reprogramming technologies have the potential to enable the development of cell-based therapies for numerous malignant diseases. Methods The composition of CD45+ myeloid-like cell complex (MCC) was analyzed by flow cytometry and single-cell sequencing. The engraftment capacity of CD45+ MCC was evaluated by two transplantation assays. Regulation of c-myc on MafB was evaluated by ChIP-qPCR and promoter reporter and dual luciferase assays. The phenotype and phagocytosis of induced macrophages were explored by flow cytometry and immunofluorescence. Leukemia, breast cancer, and patient-derived tumor xenograft models were used to explore the anti-tumor function of induced macrophages. Results Here we report on the establishment of a novel methodology allowing for reprogramming fibroblasts into functional macrophages with phagocytic activity by c-Myc overexpression. Fibroblasts with ectopic expression of c-Myc in iPSC medium rapidly generated CD45+ MCC intermediates with engraftment capacity as well as the repopulation of distinct hematopoietic compartments. MCC intermediates were stably maintained in suspension culture and continuously generated functional and highly pure-induced macrophage (iMac) just by M-CSF cytokine stimulation. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of MCC intermediates revealed that c-Myc up-regulates the expression of MafB, a major regulator of macrophage differentiation, to promote macrophage differentiation. Characterization of the iMac activity showed NF-κB signaling activation and a pro-inflammatory phenotype. iMac cells display significantly increased in vivo persistence and inhibition of tumor progression in leukemia, breast cancer, and patient-derived tumor xenograft models. Conclusions Our findings demonstrate that c-Myc alone is enough to reprogram fibroblasts into functional macrophages, supporting that c-Myc reprogramming strategy of fibroblasts could help circumvent long-standing obstacles to gaining “off-the-shelf” macrophages for anti-cancer immunotherapy. Keywords c-Myc, fibroblast, macrophage, immunotherapy, reprogramming

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Characterization of tumor-associated-macrophage of breast cancer patient-derived xenografts

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