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Single-Cell Secretion Analysis in the Engineered Tumor Microenvironment Reveals Differential Modulation of Macrophage Immune Responses

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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 93, 期 9, 页码 4198-4207

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04604

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21804133, 21874133, 31927802, 82073001, 21974136]
  2. Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS [2018217]
  3. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics [DICP I201908]

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This study introduces a single-cell cytokine secretion analysis platform that integrates three-dimensional cell culture and primary oral squamous cell carcinoma tumor cell co-culture, which allows for the investigation of immune responses of human macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide. The differential modulation effect of the tumor microenvironment on cytokine secretions was observed, with TNF-a secretion attenuated and IL-6 increased. The findings highlight the importance of the cell microenvironment in single-cell analysis and its impact on immune cell responses.
It is increasingly recognized that the cellular microenvironment plays critical roles in regulating the fate and physiology of cells. Despite recent advancements in single-cell analysis technologies, engineering and integration of the microenvironment for single-cell analysis platforms remain limited. Here, we report a single-cell cytokine secretion analysis platform that integrated both the three-dimensional cell culture and the primary oral squamous cell carcinoma tumor cell co-culture to provide both physical and physiological cues for single cells to be analyzed. We apply the platform to investigate the immune responses of human macrophages stimulated with the ligand of toll-like receptor 4 lipopolysaccharide. Notably, we observe the differential modulation effect in cytokine secretions by the tumor microenvironment, in which antitumor cytokine TNF-a secretion was attenuated, and protumor cytokine IL-6 would increase. The differential modulation effect is conserved from cell line-derived macrophages to primary macrophages derived from healthy donors. Immunofluorescence staining further reveals that similar to 50% of macrophage cells could be polarized from M1 to the M2 phenotype within 12 h in the engineered tumor microenvironment. This work demonstrates the significance of the cell microenvironment toward single-cell analysis, which could help to evaluate how immune cells will respond in the complex microenvironment more accurately.

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