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Title: | Modulation of Acid Sphingomyelinase in Melanoma Reprogrammes the Tumour Immune Microenvironment | Authors: | Assi, Emma Cervia, Davide Bizzozero, Laura Capobianco, Annalisa Pambianco, Sarah Morisi, Federica De Palma, Clara Moscheni, Claudia Pellegrino, Paolo Clementi, Emilio Perrotta, Cristiana |
Journal: | MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION | Issue Date: | 2015 | Abstract: | The inflammatory microenvironment induces tumours to acquire an aggressive and immunosuppressive behaviour. Since acid sphingomyelinase (A-SMase) downregulation in melanoma was shown to determine a malignant phenotype, we aimed here to elucidate the role of A-SMase in the regulation of tumour immunogenic microenvironment using in vivo melanoma models in which A-SMase was either downregulated or maintained at constitutively high levels. We found high levels of inflammatory factors in low A-SMase expressing tumours, which also displayed an immunosuppressive/protumoural microenvironment: high levels of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs), as well as low levels of dendritic cells (DCs). In contrast, the restoration of A-SMase in melanoma cells not only reduced tumour growth and immunosuppression, but also induced a high recruitment at tumour site of effector immune cells with an antitumoural function. Indeed, we observed a poor homing of MDSCs and Tregs and the increased recruitment of CD8(+) and CD4(+) T lymphocytes as well as the infiltration of DCs and CD8(+)/CD44(high) T lymphocytes. This study demonstrates that change of A-SMase expression in cancer cells is sufficient per se to tune in vivo melanoma growth and that A-SMase levels modulate immune cells at tumour site. This may be taken into consideration in the setting of therapeutic strategies. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2067/43501 | ISSN: | 0962-9351 | DOI: | 10.1155/2015/370482 | Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States |
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