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Endothelial cell-derived Apelin inhibits tumor growth by altering immune cell localization

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93619-5

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  1. Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) [21cm0106508h0006, 21gm5010002s1105]
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [20H05698, 21K15486]
  3. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20H05698, 21K15486] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The Apelin/APJ signaling pathway plays a role in regulating tumor growth by inducing vascular maturation and enhancing anti-tumor immunity. Lack of Apelin leads to increased tumor growth, while treatment with [Pyr(1)]Apelin-13 inhibits tumor growth.EC-derived Apelin may regulate tumor formation in an autocrine manner by expressing APJ, and Apelin induces chemokine CCL8 expression in ECs. These findings suggest that Apelin acts as a tumor suppressor by enhancing the infiltration of CD8(+) T cells into tumors and inhibiting tumor growth.
The Apelin/APJ signalling pathway, involved in multiple physiological and pathological processes, has been attracting increasing interest recently. In our previous study, Apelin overexpression in colon26 tumor cells suppressed tumor growth by inducing vascular maturation. Here, we found that MC38 and LLC tumor growth were greater in the absence of Apelin than in wild-type (WT) mice, suggesting that Apelin acts as a tumor suppressor. Consistent with this, treating WT mice with [Pyr(1)]Apelin-13 inhibited tumor growth. In MC38 tumors, only endothelial cells (ECs) strongly express APJ, a cognate receptor for Apelin, indicating that EC-derived Apelin might regulate tumor formation in an autocrine manner. Comparing with WT mice, larger numbers of vessels with narrower diameters were observed in tumors of Apelin knockout mice and lack of Apelin enhanced tumor hypoxia. Investigating immune cells in the tumor revealed that [Pyr(1)]Apelin-13 infusion induced the accumulation of CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cells in central areas. Moreover, RNA-sequencing analysis showed that Apelin induces chemokine CCL8 expression in ECs. Thus, enhancing anti-tumor immunity might be one of the mechanisms by which Apelin is involved in tumor growth. Our result indicated that increased CCL8 expression might induce CD8(+) T cells infiltration into tumor and tumor inhibition.

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