对STAT3进行中性粒细胞特异性靶向作用可通过细胞毒性CD8 T细胞的扩增来损害肿瘤进展。

Neutrophil-specific targeting of STAT3 impairs tumor progression via the expansion of cytotoxic CD8 T cells.

作者信息

Ozel Irem, Sha Guanyu, Będzińska Agnieszka, Pylaeva Ekaterina, Naumova Yuliia, Thiel Ilona, Antczak Joanna, Squire Anthony, Gunzer Matthias, Zelinskyy Gennadiy, Kürten Cornelius, Lang Stephan, Silvestre-Roig Carlos, Kortylewski Marcin, Granot Zvi, Jablonska Jadwiga

机构信息

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45147, Germany.

Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, 44101, Poland.

出版信息

Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2025 Aug 30;10(1):279. doi: 10.1038/s41392-025-02363-z.

Abstract

Neutrophils have emerged as key players in tumor progression and are often associated with poor prognosis. Despite ongoing efforts to target neutrophil functions in cancer, therapeutic success has been limited. In this study, we addressed the possibility of blocking STAT3 signaling in neutrophils as a targeted therapeutic intervention in cancer. Conditional deletion of Stat3 in a neutrophil-specific manner (Ly6GStat3 mice) significantly impaired tumor growth and metastasis in mice. Neutrophils isolated from these mice exhibited a strong antitumoral phenotype, with increased MHCII, CD80/86 and ICAM-1 expression. Immune profiling of tumors and tumor-draining lymph nodes of these mice revealed significant enrichment of CD8 T cells (granzymeB, perforin and IFN-γ) with strong cytotoxic activity. To further translate these findings to human settings, we blocked STAT3 signaling in cancer patient neutrophils via the small molecule inhibitor LLL12 and assessed its effects on patient-derived tumor explants. In agreement with the in vivo mouse data, we observed the expansion and activation of cytotoxic CD8 T cells in such explants. To test the therapeutic applicability of STAT3 targeting, we utilized myeloid cell-selective STAT3 antisense oligonucleotide (CpG-STAT3ASO) to target neutrophils in vivo in tumor-bearing mice. Consistent with previous results, neutrophil-specific STAT3 knockdown impaired tumor growth and enhanced cytotoxic T cell activity in the tumors and tumor-draining lymph nodes of treated mice. These findings highlight STAT3 signaling as a deleterious pathway supporting the protumoral activity of neutrophils and suggest that neutrophil-targeted STAT3 inhibition is a promising opportunity for cancer immunotherapy, providing novel insights into targeted therapeutic avenues.

摘要

中性粒细胞已成为肿瘤进展的关键因素,且常与预后不良相关。尽管人们不断努力针对癌症中的中性粒细胞功能进行靶向治疗,但治疗成效有限。在本研究中,我们探讨了阻断中性粒细胞中STAT3信号通路作为癌症靶向治疗干预手段的可能性。以中性粒细胞特异性方式(Ly6GStat3小鼠)条件性缺失Stat3,显著损害了小鼠的肿瘤生长和转移。从这些小鼠中分离出的中性粒细胞表现出强大的抗肿瘤表型,MHCII、CD80/86和ICAM-1表达增加。对这些小鼠的肿瘤和肿瘤引流淋巴结进行免疫分析发现,具有强大细胞毒性活性的CD8 T细胞(颗粒酶B、穿孔素和IFN-γ)显著富集。为了将这些发现进一步转化到人类环境中,我们通过小分子抑制剂LLL12阻断癌症患者中性粒细胞中的STAT3信号通路,并评估其对患者来源的肿瘤外植体的影响。与体内小鼠数据一致,我们在这些外植体中观察到细胞毒性CD8 T细胞的扩增和激活。为了测试STAT3靶向治疗的适用性,我们利用髓系细胞选择性STAT3反义寡核苷酸(CpG-STAT3ASO)在荷瘤小鼠体内靶向中性粒细胞。与先前结果一致,中性粒细胞特异性STAT3敲低损害了肿瘤生长,并增强了治疗小鼠肿瘤及肿瘤引流淋巴结中的细胞毒性T细胞活性。这些发现突出了STAT3信号通路是支持中性粒细胞促肿瘤活性的有害途径,并表明靶向中性粒细胞的STAT3抑制是癌症免疫治疗的一个有前景的机会,为靶向治疗途径提供了新的见解。

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