期刊
ONCOIMMUNOLOGY
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2021.2024941
关键词
Efferocytosis; osteosarcoma; MerTK; PD-L1; M2 polarization; immune tolerance
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY18H160015, LY20H160025]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81872181, 81702662]
In osteosarcoma, efferocytosis promotes tumor progression by increasing PD-L1 expression and M2 polarization of macrophages, which is mediated by MerTK receptor and regulated through the p38/STAT3 pathway. Inhibition of efferocytosis suppresses tumor growth and enhances the cytotoxic function of CD8(+) T cells.
The poor progress of immunotherapy on osteosarcoma patients requires deeper delineation of immune tolerance mechanisms in the osteosarcoma microenvironment and a new therapeutic strategy. Clearance of apoptotic cells by phagocytes, a process termed efferocytosis, is ubiquitous in tumors and mediates the suppression of innate immune inflammatory response. Considering the massive infiltrated macrophages in osteosarcoma, efferocytosis probably serves as a potential target, but is rarely studied in osteosarcoma. Here, we verified M2 polarization and PD-L1 expression of macrophages following efferocytosis. Pharmacological inhibition and genetic knockdown were used to explore the underlying pathway. Moreover, tumor progression and immune landscape were evaluated following inhibition of efferocytosis in osteosarcoma model. Our study indicated that efferocytosis promoted PD-L1 expression and M2 polarization of macrophages. Efferocytosis was mediated by MerTK receptor in osteosarcoma and regulated the phenotypes of macrophages through the p38/STAT3 pathway. By establishing the murine osteosarcoma model, we emphasized that inhibition of MerTK suppressed tumor growth and enhanced the T cell cytotoxic function by increasing the infiltration of CD8(+) T cells and decreasing their exhaustion. Our findings demonstrate that MerTK-mediated efferocytosis promotes osteosarcoma progression by enhancing M2 polarization of macrophages and PD-L1-induced immune tolerance, which were regulated through the p38/STAT3 pathway.
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