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Sexual dimorphism and the role of estrogen in the immune microenvironment of liver metastases

Liver metastases (LM) remain a major cause of cancer-associated death and a clinical challenge. Here we explore a sexual dimorphism observed in the regulation of the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) of LM, wherein the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and regulatory T cells...

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Autores principales: Milette, Simon, Hashimoto, Masakazu, Perrino, Stephanie, Qi, Shu, Chen, Michely, Ham, Boram, Wang, Ni, Istomine, Roman, Lowy, Andrew M., Piccirillo, Ciriaco A., Brodt, Pnina
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31848339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13571-x
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author Milette, Simon
Hashimoto, Masakazu
Perrino, Stephanie
Qi, Shu
Chen, Michely
Ham, Boram
Wang, Ni
Istomine, Roman
Lowy, Andrew M.
Piccirillo, Ciriaco A.
Brodt, Pnina
author_facet Milette, Simon
Hashimoto, Masakazu
Perrino, Stephanie
Qi, Shu
Chen, Michely
Ham, Boram
Wang, Ni
Istomine, Roman
Lowy, Andrew M.
Piccirillo, Ciriaco A.
Brodt, Pnina
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description Liver metastases (LM) remain a major cause of cancer-associated death and a clinical challenge. Here we explore a sexual dimorphism observed in the regulation of the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) of LM, wherein the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and regulatory T cells in colon and lung carcinoma LM is TNFR2-dependent in female, but not in male mice. In ovariectomized mice, a marked reduction is observed in colorectal, lung and pancreatic carcinoma LM that is reversible by estradiol reconstitution. This is associated with reduced liver MDSC accumulation, increased interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and granzyme B production in CD8(+) T cells and reduced TNFR2, IDO2, TDO and Serpin B9 expression levels. Treatment with tamoxifen increases liver cytotoxic T cell accumulation and reduces colon cancer LM. The results identify estrogen as a regulator of a pro-metastatic immune microenvironment in the liver and a potential target in the management of liver metastatic disease.
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spelling pubmed-69177252019-12-19 Sexual dimorphism and the role of estrogen in the immune microenvironment of liver metastases Milette, Simon Hashimoto, Masakazu Perrino, Stephanie Qi, Shu Chen, Michely Ham, Boram Wang, Ni Istomine, Roman Lowy, Andrew M. Piccirillo, Ciriaco A. Brodt, Pnina Nat Commun Article Liver metastases (LM) remain a major cause of cancer-associated death and a clinical challenge. Here we explore a sexual dimorphism observed in the regulation of the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) of LM, wherein the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) and regulatory T cells in colon and lung carcinoma LM is TNFR2-dependent in female, but not in male mice. In ovariectomized mice, a marked reduction is observed in colorectal, lung and pancreatic carcinoma LM that is reversible by estradiol reconstitution. This is associated with reduced liver MDSC accumulation, increased interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and granzyme B production in CD8(+) T cells and reduced TNFR2, IDO2, TDO and Serpin B9 expression levels. Treatment with tamoxifen increases liver cytotoxic T cell accumulation and reduces colon cancer LM. The results identify estrogen as a regulator of a pro-metastatic immune microenvironment in the liver and a potential target in the management of liver metastatic disease. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6917725/ /pubmed/31848339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13571-x Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Hashimoto, Masakazu
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Wang, Ni
Istomine, Roman
Lowy, Andrew M.
Piccirillo, Ciriaco A.
Brodt, Pnina
Sexual dimorphism and the role of estrogen in the immune microenvironment of liver metastases
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title_sort sexual dimorphism and the role of estrogen in the immune microenvironment of liver metastases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31848339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13571-x
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