Tumor-Associated Macrophages: The Double-Edged Sword in Cancer Progression

Author:

Chen Jeremy J.W.1,Lin Yi-Chen1,Yao Pei-Li1,Yuan Ang1,Chen Hsang-Yu1,Shun Chia-Tung1,Tsai Meng-Feng1,Chen Chun-Houh1,Yang Pan-Chyr1

Affiliation:

1. From the Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung; Center for Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine; Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei; Department of Forensic Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine; Institute...

Abstract

PurposeInflammation plays a critical role in cancer progression. In this study we investigate the pro-tumorigenic activities and gene expression profiles of lung cancer cells after interaction with macrophages.Materials and MethodsWe measured intratumoral microvessel counts and macrophage density in 41 lung cancer tumor specimens and correlated these with the patients' clinical outcome. The interaction between macrophages and cancer cell lines was assessed using a transwell coculture system. The invasive potential was evaluated by in vitro invasion assay. The matrix-degrading activity was assayed by gelatin zymography. The microarray was applied to a large-scale analysis of the genes involved in the interaction, as well as to monitor the gene expression profiles of lung cancer cells responding to anti-inflammatory drugs in cocultures.ResultsThe macrophage density positively correlated with microvessel counts and negatively correlated with patient relapse-free survival (P < .05). After coculture with macrophages, lung cancer cell lines exhibited higher invasive potentials and matrix-degrading activities. We identified 50 genes by microarray that were upregulated more than two-fold in cancer cells after coculture. Northern blot analyses confirmed some gene expression such as interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and matrix metalloproteinase 9. The two-dimensional hierarchical clustering also demonstrated that the gene expression profiles of lung cancer cells responding to various anti-inflammatory drugs in cocultures are distinct.ConclusionThe interaction of lung cancer cells and macrophages can promote the invasiveness and matrix-degrading activity of cancer cells. Our results also suggest that a great diversity of gene expression occurs in this interaction, which may assist us in understanding the process of cancer metastasis.

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

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