Effective Treatment of Established Bone Metastases Can Be Achieved by Combinatorial Osteoclast Blockade and Depletion of Granulocytic Subsets.
Effective Treatment of Established Bone Metastases Can Be Achieved by Combinatorial Osteoclast Blockade and Depletion of Granulocytic Subsets.
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DOI:
10.1158/2326-6066.cir-21-0232
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发表时间:
2021-12
影响因子:
10.1
通讯作者:
Faccio R
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作者:
Capietto AH;Lee S;Clever D;Eul E;Ellis H;Ma CX;Faccio R
Osteoclast (OC) blockade has been successful in reducing tumor growth in bone in pre-clinical settings, but anti-resorptive drugs, such as zoledronic acid (ZA), fail to improve the overall survival rate of patients with bone metastasis, despite ameliorating skeletal complications. To address this unmet clinical need, we interrogated what other cells modulated tumor growth in bone in addition to OCs. Because myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), heterogeneous populations expressing CD11b, Ly6C, and Ly6G markers, originate in the bone marrow and promote tumor progression, we hypothesized that their accumulation hinders ZA anti-tumor effects. By using a murine model of bone metastasis insensitive to OC blockade, we assessed the anti-tumor effect of MDSC depletion using anti-Gr1 in mice bearing skeletal lung (LLC), melanoma (B16-F10), and mammary (4T1) tumors. Differently from soft tissue tumors, anti-Gr1 did not reduce bone metastases and led to the paradoxical accumulation of bone marrow-resident CD11b+Ly6CintLy6Gint cells that differentiated into OCs when cultured in vitro. Anti-Gr1-mediated depletion of Ly6G+ granulocytic MDSCs combined with ZA-induced OC blockade reduced growth of established skeletal metastases compared to each agent alone. CD15+ granulocytic populations were increased in breast cancer patients with progressive bone disease after anti-resorptive treatment compared to those with stable bone disease. We provide evidence that anti-resorptive therapies fail to reduce bone metastases in the presence of elevated granulocytic populations and that effective treatment of established skeletal metastases requires combinatorial depletion of granulocytes and OC blockade.