Re-education of myeloid immune cells to reduce regulatory T cell expansion and impede breast cancer progression
Author:
Gamage Hashni Epa Vidana, Shahoei Sayyed Hamed, Albright Samuel T., Wang Yu, Smith Amanda J., Farmer Rachel, Fink Emma C., Jacquin Elise, Weisser Erin, Bautista Rafael O., Henn Madeline A., Schane Claire P., Nelczyk Adam T., Ma Liqian, Gupta Anasuya Das, Bendre Shruti V., Nguyen Tiffany, Tiwari Srishti, Krawczynska Natalia, He Sisi, Tjoanda Evelyn, Chen HongORCID, Sverdlov Maria, Gann Peter H., Boidot Romain, Vegran Frederique, Fanning Sean W., Apetoh Lionel, Hergenrother Paul J., Nelson Erik R.ORCID
Abstract
AbstractImmune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer therapy but has had limited utility in several solid tumors such as breast cancer, a major cause of cancer-related mortality in women. Therefore, there is considerable interest in alternate strategies to promote an anti-cancer immune response. We demonstrate that NR0B2, a protein involved in cholesterol homeostasis, functions within myeloid immune cells to modulate the NLRP3 inflammasome and reduce the expansion of immune-suppressive regulatory T cells (Treg). Loss of NR0B2 increased mammary tumor growth and metastasis. Small molecule agonists, including one developed here, reduced Tregexpansion, reduced metastatic growth and improved the efficacy of ICB. This work identifies NR0B2 as a target to re-educate myeloid immune cells providing proof-of-principle that this cholesterol-homeostasis axis may have utility in enhancing ICB.Brief SummaryImmune therapy has been disappointing for breast cancer. NR0B2 within myeloid immune cells reduces the expansion of Tregs, a highly immune suppressive subtype historically challenging to target. NR0B2 within myeloid immune cells represses the inflammasome, leading to reduced Tregexpansion and subsequent tumor growth/metastasis. Activation of NR0B2 with small molecule agonists, including one developed herein, attenuates tumor growth and metastasis in murine models of mammary cancer.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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