Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee.
Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Feb;9(2):200-213. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-20-0312. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
Recruitment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) into the tumor microenvironment (TME) contributes to cancer immune evasion. MDSCs express the chemokine receptor CXCR2, and inhibiting CXCR2 suppresses the recruitment of MDSCs into the tumor and the premetastatic niche. Here, we compared the growth and metastasis of melanoma and breast cancer xenografts in mice exhibiting or not exhibiting targeted deletion of in myeloid cells (CXCR2 vs. CXCR2). Detailed analysis of leukocyte populations in peripheral blood and in tumors from CXCR2 mice revealed that loss of CXCR2 signaling in myeloid cells resulted in reduced intratumoral MDSCs and increased intratumoral CXCL11. The increase in intratumoral CXCL11 was derived in part from tumor-infiltrating B1b cells. The reduction in intratumoral MDSCs coupled with an increase in intratumoral B1b cells expressing CXCL11 resulted in enhanced infiltration and activation of effector CD8 T cells in the TME of CXCR2 mice, accompanied by inhibition of tumor growth in CXCR2 mice compared with CXCR2 littermates. Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with a CXCR2 antagonist (SX-682) also inhibited tumor growth, reduced intratumoral MDSCs, and increased intratumoral B1b cells expressing CXCL11, leading to an increase in activated CD8 T cells in the tumor. Depletion of B220 cells or depletion of CD8 T cells reversed the tumor-inhibitory properties in CXCR2 mice. These data revealed a mechanism by which loss of CXCR2 signaling in myeloid cells modulates antitumor immunity through decreasing MDSCs and enriching CXCL11-producing B1b cells in the TME, which in turn increases CD8 T-cell recruitment and activation in tumors.
髓源抑制细胞(MDSC)向肿瘤微环境(TME)的募集有助于癌症免疫逃逸。MDSC 表达趋化因子受体 CXCR2,抑制 CXCR2 可抑制 MDSC 向肿瘤和前转移龛的募集。在这里,我们比较了在骨髓细胞中靶向缺失 CXCR2(CXCR2 与 CXCR2)的小鼠中黑色素瘤和乳腺癌异种移植物的生长和转移。对 CXCR2 小鼠外周血和肿瘤中白细胞群的详细分析表明,骨髓细胞中 CXCR2 信号的缺失导致肿瘤内 MDSC 减少和肿瘤内 CXCL11 增加。肿瘤内 CXCL11 的增加部分来自肿瘤浸润性 B1b 细胞。肿瘤内 MDSC 的减少加上表达 CXCL11 的肿瘤内 B1b 细胞的增加导致 CXCR2 小鼠的 TME 中效应性 CD8 T 细胞的浸润和激活增强,与 CXCR2 同窝仔相比,CXCR2 小鼠的肿瘤生长受到抑制。用 CXCR2 拮抗剂(SX-682)治疗荷瘤小鼠也抑制肿瘤生长,减少肿瘤内 MDSC,并增加表达 CXCL11 的肿瘤内 B1b 细胞,导致肿瘤中激活的 CD8 T 细胞增加。B220 细胞耗竭或 CD8 T 细胞耗竭逆转了 CXCR2 小鼠的肿瘤抑制特性。这些数据揭示了一种机制,即骨髓细胞中 CXCR2 信号的缺失通过减少 MDSC 并丰富 TME 中产生 CXCL11 的 B1b 细胞来调节抗肿瘤免疫,从而增加肿瘤中 CD8 T 细胞的募集和激活。
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