Type I collagen deletion in α SMA + myofibroblasts enhances immune suppression and accelerates progression of pancreatic cancer
Type I collagen deletion in α SMA + myofibroblasts enhances immune suppression and accelerates progression of pancreatic cancer
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2021
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Yang Chen;Jiha Kim;Sujuan Yang;Huamin Wang;Chang-Jiun Wu;H. Sugimoto;Valerie S. LeBleu;R. Kalluri-R.-Kal
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Yang Chen;Jiha Kim;Sujuan Yang;Huamin Wang;Chang-Jiun Wu;H. Sugimoto;Valerie S. LeBleu;R. Kalluri-R.-Kal
SUMMARY Stromal desmoplastic reaction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) involves significant accumulation of type I collagen (Col1). However, the precise molecular and mechanistic contribution of Col1 in PDAC progression remains unknown. Activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs)/ α SMA + myofibroblasts are major contributors of Col1 in the PDAC stroma. We employ a dual-recombinase genetic mouse model of spontaneous PDAC to delete Col1 specifically in myofibroblasts. This results in significant reduction of total stromal Col1 content and accelerates the emergence of PanINs and PDAC, decreasing overall survival. Mechanistic studies suggest that Col1 deletion leads to Cxcl5 upregulation in cancer cells via SOX9. Increase in Cxcl5 is associated with recruitment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), and suppression of CD8 + T cells, which can be attenuated by combined suppression of CXCR2 and CCR2 with restrained PDAC progression. Taken together, our results unravel the fundamental role of myofibroblast-derived Col1 in regulating tumor immunity and restraining PDAC progression. Graphical Abstract and and W. PDAC sections and approvals : H.W. Single-cell RNA-seq analysis: S.Y. and Y.C. Resources: R.K. Supervision: Y.C., H.W., S.Y., V.S.L., and R.K. Validation: Y.C. Writing - draft: Y.C. and R.K. J.K., S.Y., H.W., C.-J. typesetting, Chen et al. identify that the deletion of type I collagen (Col1) in α SMA + myofibroblasts using dual-recombinase mouse models decreases stromal Col1 content and accelerates progression of pancreatic cancer. Col1 deletion promotes the recruitment of CD206 + F4/80 + ARG1 + myeloid derived suppressor cells, which can be attenuated by combined inhibition of CXCR2 and CCR2. of genes encoding cancer cell-derived ECM proteins. Col1 deletion in myofibroblasts is associated with increased number of MDSCs, which specifically express high levels of CD206, F4/80, argninase-1, CCL2, and interleukin-18, and likely contribute to the immunosuppressive microenvironment in PDAC. These MDSCs can further suppress T and B lymphocyte function via arginase-1 and CD206. Mechanistic studies indicate that the increased CD206 + F4/80 + Arg1 + MDSC recruitment could result from the decreased stromal Col1 content, which subsequently induces the SOX9-regulated expression of Cxcl5 in cancer cells. Our study clearly suggests that Col1 made by fibroblasts can functionally impact immune profile of PDAC and suppression of CD206 + F4/80 + Arg1 + MDSC recruitment can restrain PDAC progression. into potential Chi-square χ 2 analyses were performed comparing the case distribution of AJCC tumor stages and tumor differentiation status among TCGA PDAC cohort and/or MDACC PDAC cohort. The expression levels of indicated genes among TCGA PDAC cohort samples were based on the RNA Seq V2 RSEM data. TCGA data were downloaded from cBioPortal For the survival analysis based on IL18 expression, patients with available OS data and RNA-seq data (n = 177) were stratified into IL18-high (n = 90) and IL18-low (n = 87) groups based on the median IL18 expression level. Similarly, for the survival analysis based on CXCL6 (the human homolog of mouse Cxcl5) expression, patients (n = 177) were stratified into CXCL6-high (n = 90) and CXCL6-low (n = 87) groups based on the median CXCL6 expression level. Kaplan-Meier plots were drawn for survival analysis and the log rank Mantel-Cox test was used to evaluate statistical differences. Data met the assumptions of each statistical test, where variance was not equal (determined by an F-test) Welch’s correction for unequal variances was applied. A P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Error bars represented standard error of the mean (S.E.M.) when multiple visual fields were averaged to produce a single value for each which was then averaged again to represent the mean bar for the group in each