MicroRNA-200c restoration reveals a cytokine profile to enhance M1 macrophage polarization in breast cancer

Autor: Michelle M. Williams, Jessica L. Christenson, Kathleen I. O’Neill, Sabrina A. Hafeez, Claire L. Ihle, Nicole S. Spoelstra, Jill E. Slansky, Jennifer K. Richer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: npj Breast Cancer, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2374-4677
DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00273-1
Popis: Abstract Many immune suppressive mechanisms utilized by triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) are regulated by oncogenic epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). How TNBC EMT impacts innate immune cells is not fully understood. To determine how TNBC suppresses antitumor macrophages, we used microRNA-200c (miR-200c), a powerful repressor of EMT, to drive mesenchymal-like mouse mammary carcinoma and human TNBC cells toward a more epithelial state. MiR-200c restoration significantly decreased growth of mouse mammary carcinoma Met-1 cells in culture and in vivo. Cytokine profiling of Met-1 and human BT549 cells revealed that miR-200c upregulated cytokines, such as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), promoted M1 antitumor macrophage polarization. Cytokines upregulated by miR-200c correlated with an epithelial gene signature and M1 macrophage polarization in BC patients and predicted a more favorable overall survival for TNBC patients. Our findings demonstrate that immunogenic cytokines (e.g., GM-CSF) are suppressed in aggressive TNBC, warranting further investigation of cytokine-based therapies to limit disease recurrence.
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