Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells in Cutaneous Melanoma.
Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells in Cutaneous Melanoma.
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10.1111/cts.12308
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发表时间:
2015-10
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Agrawal DK
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Nguyen AH;Koenck C;Quirk SK;Lim VM;Mitkov MV;Trowbridge RM;Hunter WJ 3rd;Agrawal DK
The tumor microenvironment plays an important role in the progression of melanoma, the prototypical immunologic cutaneous malignancy. The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM) family of innate immune receptors modulates inflammatory and innate immune signaling. It has been investigated in various neoplastic diseases, but not in melanoma. This study examines the expression of TREM-1 (a pro-inflammatory amplifier) and TREM-2 (an anti-inflammatory modulator and phagocytic promoter) in human cutaneous melanoma and surrounding tissue. Indirect immunofluorescence staining was performed on skin biopsies from 10 melanoma patients and staining intensity was semi-quantitatively scored. Expression of TREM-1 and TREM-2 was higher in keratinocytes than melanoma tissue (TREM-1: p < 0.01; TREM-2: p < 0.01). Whereas TREM-2 was the dominant isoform expressed in normal keratinocytes, TREM-1 expression predominated in melanoma tissue (TREM-1 to TREM-2 ratio: keratinocytes = 0.78; melanoma = 2.08; p <0.01). The increased TREM ratio in melanoma tissue could give rise to a pro-inflammatory and pro-tumor state of the microenvironment. This evidence may be suggestive of a TREM-1/TREM-2 paradigm in which relative levels dictate inflammatory and immune states, rather than absolute expression of one or the other. Further investigation regarding this paradigm is warranted and could carry prognostic or therapeutic value in treatment for melanoma.