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- Title
Activated neutrophils polarize protumorigenic interleukin‐17A‐producing T helper subsets through TNF‐α‐B7‐H2‐dependent pathway in human gastric cancer.
- Authors
Shan, Zhi‐guo; Chen, Jun; Liu, Jin‐shan; Zhang, Jin‐yu; Wang, Ting‐ting; Teng, Yong‐sheng; Mao, Fang‐yuan; Cheng, Ping; Zou, Quan‐ming; Zhou, Wei‐ying; Peng, Liu‐sheng; Zhao, Yong‐liang; Zhuang, Yuan
- Abstract
Rationale: Neutrophils constitute massive cellular constituents in inflammatory human gastric cancer (GC) tissues, but their roles in pathogenesis of inflammatory T helper (Th) subsets are still unknown. Methods: Flow cytometry analysis and immunohistochemistry were used to analyze the responses and phenotypes of neutrophils in different samples from 51 patients with GC. Kaplan‐Meier plots and Multivariate analysis for the survival of patients were used by log‐rank tests and Cox proportional hazards models. Neutrophils and CD4+ T cells were purified and cultured for ex vivo, in vitro and in vivo regulation and function assays. Results: GC patients exhibited increased tumoral neutrophil infiltration with GC progression and poor patient prognosis. Intratumoral neutrophils accumulated in GC tumors via CXCL6/CXCL8‐CXCR1‐mediated chemotaxis, and expressed activated molecule CD54 and co‐signaling molecule B7‐H2. Neutrophils induced by tumors strongly expressed CD54 and B7‐H2 in both dose‐ and time‐dependent manners, and a close correlation was obtained between the expressions of CD54 and B7‐H2 on intratumoral neutrophils. Tumor‐derived tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) promoted neutrophil activation and neutrophil B7‐H2 expression through ERK‐NF‐κB pathway, and a significant correlation was found between the levels of TNF‐α and CD54+ or B7‐H2+ neutrophils in tumor tissues. Tumor‐infiltrating and tumor‐conditioned neutrophils effectively induced IL‐17A‐producing Th subset polarization through a B7‐H2‐dependent manner ex vivo and these polarized IL‐17A‐producing Th cells exerted protumorigenic roles by promoting GC tumor cell proliferation via inflammatory molecule IL‐17A in vitro, which promoted the progression of human GC in vivo; these effects could be reversed when IL‐17A is blocked. Moreover, increased B7‐H2+ neutrophils and IL‐17A in tumors were closely related to advanced GC progression and predicted poor patient survival. Conclusion: We illuminate novel underlying mechanisms that TNF‐α‐activated neutrophils link B7‐H2 to protumorigenic IL‐17A‐producing Th subset polarization in human GC. Blocking this pathological TNF‐α‐B7‐H2‐IL‐17A pathway may be useful therapeutic strategies for treating GC.
- Subjects
INTERLEUKIN-9; STOMACH cancer; NEUTROPHILS; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; T helper cells; CHEMOTAXIS
- Publication
Clinical & Translational Medicine, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
2001-1326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ctm2.484