Treg cell by tumor-associated macrophage ROS and inflammatory signaling through T-cell NF-κB c-Rel drives pathogenesis of lung adenocarcinomas
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT: Treg cell by tumor-associated macrophage ROS and inflammatory signaling through T-cell NF-κB c-Rel drives pathogenesis of lung adenocarcinomas
Project description:IKKα, one subunit of the IKK complex composed of IKKα, IKKβ, and IKKγ (NEMO), is essential for canonical and noncanonical NF-κB pathways involved in the development of lymphoid organs, leukocytes, immunity, and epithelial organs. Deletions of the CHUK locus that encodes IKKα significantly reduce survival for both KRAS-mutation lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) patients and mice, but the question of whether IKKα regulates immune responses remains unanswered. Here, we show that tumor-IKKα reduction elicits an immunosuppressive tumor-microenvironment associated with macrophage and Treg cell induction, which are maintained through elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cytokines important for macrophage and Treg cell development in human and mouse lung ADCs. Enhanced macrophage-ROS and inflammatory cytokine signaling, mediated by tumor-cell IKKα reduction, enforces Treg cell differentiation via a ROS/TNFα/TNFR2/c-Rel pathway in CD4 T-cells. The blockage of each crucial step, including ROS, macrophages, Treg cells, and TNFα/c-Rel, impairs lung ADC development. To explore the molecular mechanism, we performed ChIP-Seq to check some important immunoregulatory genes including TNF, IL-23A CSF1, and CCL22 were regulated transcriptionally by IKKα. Therefore, IKKα serves as a specific surveillant that suppresses immunosuppressive responses and antagonizes lung carcinogenesis in humans and mice.
Project description:The outcome of cancer and autoimmunity is dictated by the recruitment and effector functions of CD4+ conventional T cells (Tconv cells). The NF-kappaB (NF-κB) family of transcription factors is implicated in different aspects of Tconv cell biology, but the cell-autonomous roles of NF-κB subunits are elusive. Here, we explored the contributions of canonical RelA and c-Rel subunits to Tconv function in health and disease. We found that RelA, rather than c-Rel, shaped the transcriptome of mouse and human Tconv cells at steady-state and was required for Tconv polarization toward the TH17 lineage in vitro. RelA-deficient mice were fully protected against neuro-inflammation in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), because of defective transition to a pathogenic TH17 gene expression program. In contrast, Tconv-restricted ablation of c-Rel, but not RelA, impaired their function in the microenvironment of transplanted tumors, resulting in enhanced cancer burden. c-Rel in Tconv cells was required for the response to PD-1-blockade therapy, and a c-Rel-dependent gene signature was correlated with better response and prognosis in anti-PD-1-treated patients. Our data demonstrate a division of labor between different subunits of the NF-κB pathway, paving the way for subunit-targeted immunotherapies.
Project description:The outcome of cancer and autoimmunity is dictated by the recruitment and effector functions of CD4+ conventional T cells (Tconv cells). The NF-kappaB (NF-κB) family of transcription factors is implicated in different aspects of Tconv cell biology, but the cell-autonomous roles of NF-κB subunits are elusive. Here, we explored the contributions of canonical RelA and c-Rel subunits to Tconv function in health and disease. We found that RelA, rather than c-Rel, shaped the transcriptome of mouse and human Tconv cells at steady-state and was required for Tconv polarization toward the TH17 lineage in vitro. RelA-deficient mice were fully protected against neuro-inflammation in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), because of defective transition to a pathogenic TH17 gene expression program. In contrast, Tconv-restricted ablation of c-Rel, but not RelA, impaired their function in the microenvironment of transplanted tumors, resulting in enhanced cancer burden. c-Rel in Tconv cells was required for the response to PD-1-blockade therapy, and a c-Rel-dependent gene signature was correlated with better response and prognosis in anti-PD-1-treated patients. Our data demonstrate a division of labor between different subunits of the NF-κB pathway, paving the way for subunit-targeted immunotherapies.
Project description:The outcome of cancer and autoimmunity is dictated by the recruitment and effector functions of CD4+ conventional T cells (Tconv cells). The NF-kappaB (NF-κB) family of transcription factors is implicated in different aspects of Tconv cell biology, but the cell-autonomous roles of NF-κB subunits are elusive. Here, we explored the contributions of canonical RelA and c-Rel subunits to Tconv function in health and disease. We found that RelA, rather than c-Rel, shaped the transcriptome of mouse and human Tconv cells at steady-state and was required for Tconv polarization toward the TH17 lineage in vitro. RelA-deficient mice were fully protected against neuro-inflammation in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), because of defective transition to a pathogenic TH17 gene expression program. In contrast, Tconv-restricted ablation of c-Rel, but not RelA, impaired their function in the microenvironment of transplanted tumors, resulting in enhanced cancer burden. c-Rel in Tconv cells was required for the response to PD-1-blockade therapy, and a c-Rel-dependent gene signature was correlated with better response and prognosis in anti-PD-1-treated patients. Our data demonstrate a division of labor between different subunits of the NF-κB pathway, paving the way for subunit-targeted immunotherapies.
Project description:'The REL gene, encoding the NF-κB subunit c-Rel, is frequently amplified in B-cell lymphoma and functions as a tumour promoting transcription factor. Here we report the surprising result that c-rel -/- mice display significantly earlier lymphomagenesis in the c-Myc driven, Eμ-Myc model of B-cell lymphoma. c-Rel loss also led to earlier onset of disease in a separate TCL1-Tg driven lymphoma model. Tumour reimplantation experiments indicated that this is an effect intrinsic to the Eμ-Myc lymphoma cells but, counter-intuitively, c-rel -/- Eμ-Myc lymphoma cells were more sensitive to apoptotic stimuli. To learn more about why loss of c-Rel led to earlier onset of disease, microarray gene expression analysis was performed on B-cells from 4-week old, wild type and c-rel -/- Eμ-Myc mice. Extensive changes in gene expression were not seen at this age but among those transcripts significantly downregulated by the loss of c-Rel was the B-cell tumour suppressor BTB and CNC homology 2 (Bach2). Q-PCR and western blot analysis confirmed loss of Bach2 in c-Rel mutant Eμ-Myc tumours at both 4 weeks and the terminal stages of disease. Moreover Bach2 expression was also downregulated in c-rel -/- TCL1-Tg mice and RelA Thr505Ala mutant Eμ-Myc mice. Analysis of wild type Eμ-Myc mice demonstrated that the population expressing low levels of Bach2 exhibited the earlier onset of lymphoma seen in c-rel-/- mice. Confirming the relevance of these findings to human disease, analysis of ChIP-Seq data revealed that Bach2 is a c-Rel and NF-κB target gene in transformed human B-cells, while treatment of Burkitt''s lymphoma cells with inhibitors of the NF-κB/IKK pathway or deletion of c-Rel or RelA resulted in loss of Bach2 expression. This data reveals a surprising tumour suppressor role for c-Rel in lymphoma development explained by regulation of Bach2 expression, underlining the context dependent complexity of NF-κB signalling in cancer.'
Project description:Pinctada fucata is an important pearl production shellfish in aquaculture. The formation of shells and pearls is a hot research topic in biomineralization, and matrix proteins secreted by the mantle tissues play the key role in this process. However, upstream regulatory mechanisms of transcription factors on the matrix protein genes remain unclear. Previous studies have shown that NF-κB signaling pathway regulated biomineralization process through expression regulation of specific matrix proteins.In this study, we systematically investigated the effect of the NF-κB signaling pathway key factor Pf-Rel and inhibitory protein poI-κB on the biomineralization and shell regeneration process. RNA-seq was conducted based on RNA interference animal model to identify potential regulatory genes by transcription factor Pf-Rel. We extracted total RNA from the whole tissue samples of the pericardium 7 days after dsRNA injection, and named them as the Rel-RNAi group, IκB-RNAi group and control group, respectively. We first calculated the Pearson correlation coefficient between each pair of samples, which reflects the similarity in overall gene expression patterns among the samples. The calculation results showed a high correlation coefficient of 0.954 between the Rel-RNAi group and IκB-RNAi group. We performed Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses on differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from two groups. The top three enriched GO terms for DEGs were: extracellular region, peptidase inhibitor activity and peptidase regulator activity. In addition, immune receptor activity and integrin-mediated signaling pathways terms were significantly enriched. The KEGG Pathway classification showed that a large number of DEGs were classified as signal transduction and immune system terms. Biomineralization is also an important natural immune pathway in shellfish, which suggests that the NF-κB signaling pathway in P. fucata is closely related to natural immunity. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that substantial DEGs were attributed to PI3K-Akt signaling pathway term, which plays a vital role in cell survival
Project description:Single nucleotide polymorphisms and locus amplification link the NF-κB transcription factor c-Rel to human autoimmune diseases and B cell lymphomas, respectively. However, the functional consequences of enhanced c-Rel levels remain enigmatic. Here, we overexpress c- Rel specifically in mouse B cells from BAC-transgenic gene loci and demonstrate that c-Rel protein levels linearly dictate expansion of germinal center (GC) B cells and isotype-switched plasma cells. c-Rel expression in B cells of otherwise c-Rel-deficient mice fully rescues terminal B cell differentiation, underscoring its critical B cell-intrinsic roles. Unexpectedly, in GC B cells transcription-independent regulation produces the highest c-Rel protein levels amongst B cell subsets. In c-Rel overexpressing GC B cells this causes enhanced nuclear translocation, a profoundly altered transcriptional program and increased proliferation. Finally, we provide the first link between c-Rel gain and autoimmunity by showing that c-Rel overexpression in B cells causes autoantibody production and renal immune complex deposition.
Project description:we focused on HFCS and found that HFCS aggravates colitis by altering the intestinal immune microenvironment. Our data demonstrate that short-term consumption of HFCS upregulates the proportion of macrophages in IBD mice but not in healthy mice. HFCS promotes proinflammatory cytokine production through reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling. Our work unveils the important role of macrophages in HFCS-induced exacerbation of colitis and reveals the mechanism of how HFCS immunologically aggravates IBD.
Project description:The expression array data will be merged with Rel-B ChIP-Seq data in HL cell lines. This will show REL-B direct and indirect controlled downstream target genes HL cells were infected with a retrovirus that delivers a specific shRNA sequence to knock down the expression of REL-B
Project description:The expression array data will be merged with Rel-B ChIP-Seq data in HL cell lines. This will show REL-B direct and indirect controlled downstream target genes