Immunosuppression by monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with pancreatic ductal carcinoma is orchestrated by STAT3.


Journal

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer
ISSN: 2051-1426
Titre abrégé: J Immunother Cancer
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620585

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 09 2019
Historique:
received: 12 06 2019
accepted: 05 09 2019
entrez: 20 9 2019
pubmed: 20 9 2019
medline: 4 8 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly devastating disease with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 8%. New evidence indicates that PDAC cells release pro-inflammatory metabolites that induce a marked alteration of normal hematopoiesis, favoring the expansion and accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). We report here that PDAC patients show increased levels of both circulating and tumor-infiltrating MDSC-like cells. The frequency of MDSC subsets in the peripheral blood was determined by flow cytometry in three independent cohorts of PDAC patients (total analyzed patients, n = 117). Frequency of circulating MDSCs was correlated with overall survival of PDAC patients. We also analyzed the frequency of tumor-infiltrating MDSC and the immune landscape in fresh biopsies. Purified myeloid cell subsets were tested in vitro for their T-cell suppressive capacity. Correlation with clinical data revealed that MDSC frequency was significantly associated with a shorter patients' overall survival and metastatic disease. However, the immunosuppressive activity of purified MDSCs was detectable only in some patients and mainly limited to the monocytic subset. A transcriptome analysis of the immunosuppressive M-MDSCs highlighted a distinct gene signature in which STAT3 was crucial for monocyte re-programming. Suppressive M-MDSCs can be characterized as circulating STAT3/arginase1-expressing CD14 MDSC analysis aids in defining the immune landscape of PDAC patients for a more appropriate diagnosis, stratification and treatment.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly devastating disease with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 8%. New evidence indicates that PDAC cells release pro-inflammatory metabolites that induce a marked alteration of normal hematopoiesis, favoring the expansion and accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). We report here that PDAC patients show increased levels of both circulating and tumor-infiltrating MDSC-like cells.
METHODS
The frequency of MDSC subsets in the peripheral blood was determined by flow cytometry in three independent cohorts of PDAC patients (total analyzed patients, n = 117). Frequency of circulating MDSCs was correlated with overall survival of PDAC patients. We also analyzed the frequency of tumor-infiltrating MDSC and the immune landscape in fresh biopsies. Purified myeloid cell subsets were tested in vitro for their T-cell suppressive capacity.
RESULTS
Correlation with clinical data revealed that MDSC frequency was significantly associated with a shorter patients' overall survival and metastatic disease. However, the immunosuppressive activity of purified MDSCs was detectable only in some patients and mainly limited to the monocytic subset. A transcriptome analysis of the immunosuppressive M-MDSCs highlighted a distinct gene signature in which STAT3 was crucial for monocyte re-programming. Suppressive M-MDSCs can be characterized as circulating STAT3/arginase1-expressing CD14
CONCLUSION
MDSC analysis aids in defining the immune landscape of PDAC patients for a more appropriate diagnosis, stratification and treatment.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31533831
doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0734-6
pii: 10.1186/s40425-019-0734-6
pmc: PMC6751612
doi:

Substances chimiques

CD14 protein, human 0
Lipopolysaccharide Receptors 0
STAT3 Transcription Factor 0
STAT3 protein, human 0
ARG1 protein, human EC 3.5.3.1
Arginase EC 3.5.3.1

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

255

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Auteurs

Rosalinda Trovato (R)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Alessandra Fiore (A)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Present Address: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.

Sara Sartori (S)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Stefania Canè (S)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Rosalba Giugno (R)

Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Luciano Cascione (L)

Institute of Oncology Research, Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Salvatore Paiella (S)

General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Roberto Salvia (R)

General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Francesco De Sanctis (F)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Ornella Poffe (O)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Cristina Anselmi (C)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Francesca Hofer (F)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Silvia Sartoris (S)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Geny Piro (G)

Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Carmine Carbone (C)

Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Vincenzo Corbo (V)

Department of Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
ARC-Net Centre for Applied Research on Cancer, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Rita Lawlor (R)

ARC-Net Centre for Applied Research on Cancer, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Samantha Solito (S)

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Section of Oncology and Immunology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Present Address: Centro Piattaforme Tecnologiche (CPT), University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Laura Pinton (L)

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Section of Oncology and Immunology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Susanna Mandruzzato (S)

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Section of Oncology and Immunology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy.

Claudio Bassi (C)

General and Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Aldo Scarpa (A)

Department of Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
ARC-Net Centre for Applied Research on Cancer, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Vincenzo Bronte (V)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. vincenzo.bronte@univr.it.

Stefano Ugel (S)

University Hospital and Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

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