Peng Yi-Man, Luo Xiang-Meng, Chen Jing-Yao
State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2023 May;54(3):505-509. doi: 10.12182/20230560502.
The tumor microenvironment (TME), the environment of tumorigenesis and tumor progression, incorporates multiple types of cells and non-cellular components. TME plays an important role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Due to the abnormal proliferation of tumors, the TME has a unique chemophysiology environment and complex metabolic patterns, which subsequently affects the role of immune cells. Understanding the metabolic patterns of TME can help us develop immunotherapy regimens that target TME. Microbial metabolism and lipid metabolism, the key metabolic processes of TME, have emerged as important foci of research. The metabolites released by the microbiome and the reprogramming of cellular lipid metabolism affect the subsistence of tumor and immune cells. In this review, we summarized the composition and metabolic characteristics of TME and discussed the latest research progress in microbial metabolism and lipid metabolism in TME. We also provided an update on relevant metabolic regulatory targets and immunotherapy strategies, stressing that identifying highly effective therapeutic targets, in spite of the apparent difficulty, is what future research should be focused on.
肿瘤微环境(TME)是肿瘤发生和进展的环境,包含多种类型的细胞和非细胞成分。TME在肿瘤发生和进展中起着重要作用。由于肿瘤的异常增殖,TME具有独特的化学物理环境和复杂的代谢模式,这随后会影响免疫细胞的作用。了解TME的代谢模式有助于我们开发针对TME的免疫治疗方案。微生物代谢和脂质代谢是TME的关键代谢过程,已成为重要的研究焦点。微生物群释放的代谢产物和细胞脂质代谢的重编程会影响肿瘤细胞和免疫细胞的生存。在本综述中,我们总结了TME的组成和代谢特征,并讨论了TME中微生物代谢和脂质代谢的最新研究进展。我们还提供了相关代谢调节靶点和免疫治疗策略的最新信息,强调尽管存在明显困难,但确定高效治疗靶点是未来研究应关注的重点。