Lung adenocarcinoma‐related TNF‐α‐dependent inflammation upregulates MHC‐II on alveolar type II cells through CXCR‐2 to contribute to Treg expansion

Autor: Can Wang, Xiuqing Wang, Mei Zhao, Ping Lv, Ningfei Guo, Lingxiao Xing, Haitao Shen, Bowei Liu, Xianghong Zhang, Xiaojing Han, Xiaoyi Liu, Yue Wen, Athena M. Soulika, Lifei Kang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The FASEB Journal. 34:12197-12213
ISSN: 1530-6860
0892-6638
DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000166rr
Popis: MHC-II on alveolar type-II (AT-II) cells is associated with immune tolerance in an inflammatory microenvironment. Recently, we found TNF-α upregulated MHC-II in AT-II in vitro. In this study, we explored whether TNF-α-mediated inflammation upregulates MHC-II on AT-II cells to trigger Treg expansion in inflammation-driven lung adenocarcinoma (IDLA). Using urethane-induced mice IDLA model, we found that IDLA cells mainly arise from AT-II cells, which are the major source of MHC-II. Blocking urethane-induced inflammation by TNF-α neutralization inhibited tumorigenesis and reversed MHC-II upregulation on tumor cells of AT-II cellular origin in IDLA. MHC-II-dependent AT-II cells were isolated from IDLA-induced Treg expansion. In human LA samples, we found high expression of MHC-II in tumor cells of AT-II cellular origin, which was correlated with increased Foxp3+ T cells infiltration as well as CXCR-2 expression. CXCR-2 and MHC-II colocalization was observed in inflamed lung tissue and IDLA cells of AT-II cellular origin. Furthermore, at the pro-IDLA inflammatory stage, TNF-α-neutralization or CXCR-2 deficiency inhibited the upregulation of MHC-II on AT-II cells in inflamed lung tissue. Thus, tumor cells of AT-II cellular origin contribute to Treg expansion in an MHC-II-dependent manner in TNF-α-mediated IDLA. At the pro-tumor inflammatory stage, TNF-α-dependent lung inflammation plays an important role in MHC-II upregulation on AT-II cells.
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