Laboratório de Biologia das Células Gliais, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rua César Pernetta, 1.766, Cidade Universitária da UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21949-590, Brazil.
Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, 75015, Paris, France.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2023 Jun 14;80(7):179. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04788-7.
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and fatal primary tumor of the central nervous system (CNS) and current treatments have limited success. Chemokine signaling regulates both malignant cells and stromal cells of the tumor microenvironment (TME), constituting a potential therapeutic target against brain cancers. Here, we investigated the C-C chemokine receptor type 7 (CCR7) and the chemokine (C-C-motif) ligand 21 (CCL21) for their expression and function in human GBM and then assessed their therapeutic potential in preclinical mouse GBM models. In GBM patients, CCR7 expression positively associated with a poor survival. CCL21-CCR7 signaling was shown to regulate tumor cell migration and proliferation while also controlling tumor associated microglia/macrophage recruitment and VEGF-A production, thereby controlling vascular dysmorphia. Inhibition of CCL21-CCR7 signaling led to an increased sensitivity to temozolomide-induced tumor cell death. Collectively, our data indicate that drug targeting of CCL21-CCR7 signaling in tumor and TME cells is a therapeutic option against GBM.
胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)是中枢神经系统(CNS)最常见和致命的原发性肿瘤,目前的治疗方法收效甚微。趋化因子信号调节肿瘤微环境(TME)中的恶性细胞和基质细胞,构成了针对脑癌的潜在治疗靶点。在这里,我们研究了 C-C 趋化因子受体 7(CCR7)和趋化因子(C-C 基序)配体 21(CCL21)在人 GBM 中的表达和功能,然后在临床前小鼠 GBM 模型中评估了它们的治疗潜力。在 GBM 患者中,CCR7 的表达与不良预后呈正相关。CCL21-CCR7 信号被证明可以调节肿瘤细胞的迁移和增殖,同时控制肿瘤相关的小胶质细胞/巨噬细胞募集和 VEGF-A 产生,从而控制血管畸形。抑制 CCL21-CCR7 信号会导致对替莫唑胺诱导的肿瘤细胞死亡的敏感性增加。总的来说,我们的数据表明,针对肿瘤和 TME 细胞的 CCL21-CCR7 信号药物靶向是治疗 GBM 的一种治疗选择。