The M1/M2 spectrum and plasticity of malignant pleural effusion-macrophage in advanced lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE)-macrophage (Mφ) of lung cancer patients within unique M1/M2 spectrum showed plasticity in M1-M2 transition. The M1/M2 features of MPE-Mφ and their significance to patient outcomes need to be clarified; furthermore, whether M1-repolarization could benefit treatment remains unclear.

METHODS: Total 147 stage-IV lung adenocarcinoma patients undergoing MPE drainage were enrolled for profiling and validation of their M1/M2 spectrum. In addition, the MPE-Mφ signature on overall patient survival was analyzed. The impact of the M1-polarization strategy of patient-derived MPE-Mφ on anti-cancer activity was examined.

RESULTS: We found that MPE-Mφ expressed both traditional M1 (HLA-DRA) and M2 (CD163) markers and showed a wide range of M1/M2 spectrum. Most of the MPE-Mφ displayed diverse PD-L1 expression patterns, while the low PD-L1 expression group was correlated with higher levels of IL-10. Among these markers, we identified a novel two-gene MPE-Mφ signature, IL-1β and TGF-β1, representing the M1/M2 tendency, which showed a strong predictive power in patient outcomes in our MPE-Mφ patient cohort (N = 60, p = 0.013) and The Cancer Genome Atlas Lung Adenocarcinoma dataset (N = 478, p < 0.0001). Significantly, β-glucan worked synergistically with IFN-γ to reverse the risk signature by repolarizing the MPE-Mφ toward the M1 pattern, enhancing anti-cancer activity.

CONCLUSIONS: We identified MPE-Mφ on the M1/M2 spectrum and plasticity and described a two-gene M1/M2 signature that could predict the outcome of late-stage lung cancer patients. In addition, we found that "re-education" of these MPE-Mφ toward anti-cancer M1 macrophages using clinically applicable strategies may overcome tumor immune escape and benefit anti-cancer therapies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

Enthalten in:

Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII - 70(2021), 5 vom: 02. Mai, Seite 1435-1450

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Ming-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chih-An [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Tzu-Hang [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Hsiang-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Su, Sheng-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Chin-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Gee-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ker-Chau [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Chao-Chi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huei-Wen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Interleukin-1beta
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Macrophages
Malignant pleural effusion
Transforming Growth Factor beta1

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Date Completed 04.05.2021

Date Revised 30.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00262-020-02781-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317428098