Tumor-associated macrophages are shaped by intratumoral high potassium via Kir2.1

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The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a unique niche governed by constant crosstalk within and across all intratumoral cellular compartments. In particular, intratumoral high potassium (K+) has shown immune-suppressive potency on T cells. However, as a pan-cancer characteristic associated with local necrosis, the impact of this ionic disturbance on innate immunity is unknown. Here, we reveal that intratumoral high K+ suppresses the anti-tumor capacity of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). We identify the inwardly rectifying K+ channel Kir2.1 as a central modulator of TAM functional polarization in high K+ TME, and its conditional depletion repolarizes TAMs toward an anti-tumor state, sequentially boosting local anti-tumor immunity. Kir2.1 deficiency disturbs the electrochemically dependent glutamine uptake, engendering TAM metabolic reprogramming from oxidative phosphorylation toward glycolysis. Kir2.1 blockade attenuates both murine tumor- and patient-derived xenograft growth. Collectively, our findings reveal Kir2.1 as a determinant and potential therapeutic target for regaining the anti-tumor capacity of TAMs within ionic-imbalanced TME.

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CommentIn: Cell Metab. 2022 Nov 1;34(11):1613-1615. - PMID 36323230

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Cell metabolism - 34(2022), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 1843-1859.e11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Wenyu [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Zhexu [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Tianyi [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Qizhen [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Kaixiang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Weiwei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Chengxuan [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Siqi [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Jiacheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mobai [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Dehang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Qianzhou [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Quanquan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Xiafei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xue [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Junbin [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Kefeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Di [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immunometabolism
Journal Article
Kir2.1
Potassium
Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
RWP5GA015D
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor microenvironment
Tumor-associated macrophage

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Date Completed 04.11.2022

Date Revised 09.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Cell Metab. 2022 Nov 1;34(11):1613-1615. - PMID 36323230

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmet.2022.08.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346206995