Re-education of tumor-associated macrophages by CXCR2 blockade drives senescence and tumor inhibition in advanced prostate cancer
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Project description:Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) represent a major component of the tumor microenvironment that supports tumorigenesis. Here we found that prostate tumors are strongly infiltrated by TAMs expressing the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CXCR2). Pharmacological blockade of the CXCR2 receptor by a selective antagonist promoted the re-education of TAMs towards a pro-inflammatory phenotype. In vitro gene expression profiling revealed that CXCL2 promotes a pro-tumorigenic (M2-like) functional state in macrophages.
2019-06-03 | GSE125273 | GEO
Project description:Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) represent a major component of the tumor microenvironment that supports tumorigenesis. Here we found that prostate tumors are strongly infiltrated by TAMs expressing the C-X-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CXCR2). Pharmacological blockade of the CXCR2 receptor by a selective antagonist promoted the re-education of TAMs towards a pro-inflammatory phenotype. Strikingly, CXCR2 knockout monocytes infused in Ptenpc-/-; Trp53pc-/- mice preferentially differentiatied in TNFα-releasing pro-inflammatory macrophages leading to senescence induction and tumor inhibition. Moreover, tumor cells harboring PTEN deletion were more sensitive to TNFα-induced senescence, when compared to PTEN WT tumors, due to increased levels of TNFR1. Our results identify TAMs as a target in prostate cancer therapy and describe a novel therapeutic strategy based on CXCR2 blockade to harness the anti-tumorigenic potential of macrophages against this disease.
2019-12-10 | GSE124058 | GEO
Project description:Re-education of tumor-associated macrophages by CXCR2 blockade drives senescence and tumor inhibition in advanced prostate cancer
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Project description:Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) represent a major component of the tumor microenvironment supporting tumorigenesis. TAMs re-education has been proposed as a strategy to promote tumor inhibition. However, whether this approach may work in prostate cancer is unknown. Here we find that Pten-null prostate tumors are strongly infiltrated by TAMs expressing C-X-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CXCR2), and activation of this receptor through CXCL2 polarizes macrophages toward an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Notably, pharmacological blockade of CXCR2 receptor by a selective antagonist promoted the re-education of TAMs toward a pro-inflammatory phenotype. Strikingly, CXCR2 knockout monocytes infused in Ptenpc-/-; Trp53pc-/- mice differentiated in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?)-releasing pro-inflammatory macrophages, leading to senescence and tumor inhibition. Mechanistically, PTEN-deficient tumor cells are vulnerable to TNF-?-induced senescence, because of an increase of TNFR1. Our results identify TAMs as targets in prostate cancer and describe a therapeutic strategy based on CXCR2 blockade to harness anti-tumorigenic potential of macrophages against this disease.
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Project description:Macrophages in the tumor microenvironment have a significant impact on tumor progression. Depending on the signaling environment in the tumor, macrophages can either support or constrain tumor growth and metastasis. It is therefore of therapeutic interest to identify the tumor-derived factors that control macrophage education. With this aim, we correlated the expression of ADAM proteases, which are key mediators of cell-cell signaling, to the expression of pro-tumorigenic macrophage markers in human cancer cohorts. We identified ADAM17, a sheddase upregulated in many cancer types, as a protein of interest. Depletion of ADAM17 in cancer cell lines reduced the expression of several pro-tumorigenic markers in neighboring macrophages in vitro as well as in mouse tumor models. Accordingly, ADAM17-/- educated macrophages demonstrated a reduced ability to induce cancer cell invasion. Using quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomics, we identified HB-EGF, shed by ADAM17 in the cancer cells, as the implicated molecular mediator of macrophage education. Additionally, RNA-seq and ELISA experiments revealed that ADAM17-dependent HB-EGF release induces the expression and secretion of CXCL chemokines in macrophages, which in turn stimulates cancer cell invasion. In conclusion, we provide evidence that ADAM17 mediates a paracrine HB-EGF-chemokine feedback loop, whereby cancer cells hijack macrophages to promote tumor progression.
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Project description:Purpose: CXCR2 was transfected into 32D clone 3 cells simulating the granulocyte and macrophage progenitor cells(GMPs) to confirm the role of CXCR2 in the differentiation of GMPs to macrophage and dendritic cell progenitor cells
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