Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) play a detrimental role in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In-depth analysis of TAM characteristics and interactions with stromal cells, such as cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF), could provide important biological and therapeutic insights. Here we identify at the single-cell level a monocyte-derived-STAB1+TREM2high lipid-associated macrophage (LAM) subpopulation with immune suppressive capacities that is expanded in patients resistant to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Genetic depletion of this LAM subset in mice suppressed TNBC tumor growth. Flow cytometry and bulk-RNA sequencing data demonstrated that co-culture with TNBC-derived CAFs led to reprogramming of blood monocytes towards immune suppressive STAB1+TREM2high LAMs, which inhibit T cell activation and proliferation. Cell-to-cell interaction modeling and assays in vitro demonstrated the role of the inflammatory CXCL12-CXCR4 axis in CAF-myeloid cell crosstalk and recruitment of monocytes in tumor sites. Altogether, these data suggest an inflammation model whereby monocytes recruited to the tumor via the CAF-driven CXCL12-CXCR4 axis acquire pro-tumorigenic LAM capacities to support an immunosuppressive microenvironment.

Lipid-associated macrophages are induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts and mediate immune suppression in breast cancer / Timperi, Eleonora; Gueguen, Paul; Molgora, Martina; Magagna, Ilaria; Kieffer, Yann; Lopez-Lastra, Silvia; Sirven, Philemon; Baudrin, Laura G; Baulande, Sylvain; Nicolas, Andre; Champenois, Gabriel; Meseure, Dider; Vincent-Salomon, Anne; Tardivon, Anne; Laas, Enora; Soumelis, Vassili; Colonna, Marco; Mechta-Grigoriou, Fatima; Amigorena, Sebastian; Romano, Emanuela. - In: CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 0008-5472. - (2022). [10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-1427]

Lipid-associated macrophages are induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts and mediate immune suppression in breast cancer

Timperi, Eleonora
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2022

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Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) play a detrimental role in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In-depth analysis of TAM characteristics and interactions with stromal cells, such as cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF), could provide important biological and therapeutic insights. Here we identify at the single-cell level a monocyte-derived-STAB1+TREM2high lipid-associated macrophage (LAM) subpopulation with immune suppressive capacities that is expanded in patients resistant to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Genetic depletion of this LAM subset in mice suppressed TNBC tumor growth. Flow cytometry and bulk-RNA sequencing data demonstrated that co-culture with TNBC-derived CAFs led to reprogramming of blood monocytes towards immune suppressive STAB1+TREM2high LAMs, which inhibit T cell activation and proliferation. Cell-to-cell interaction modeling and assays in vitro demonstrated the role of the inflammatory CXCL12-CXCR4 axis in CAF-myeloid cell crosstalk and recruitment of monocytes in tumor sites. Altogether, these data suggest an inflammation model whereby monocytes recruited to the tumor via the CAF-driven CXCL12-CXCR4 axis acquire pro-tumorigenic LAM capacities to support an immunosuppressive microenvironment.
2022
single-cell RNA sequencing, macrophages, lipid-associated macrophages, cancer-associated fibroblasts, triple-negative breast cancer 56
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Lipid-associated macrophages are induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts and mediate immune suppression in breast cancer / Timperi, Eleonora; Gueguen, Paul; Molgora, Martina; Magagna, Ilaria; Kieffer, Yann; Lopez-Lastra, Silvia; Sirven, Philemon; Baudrin, Laura G; Baulande, Sylvain; Nicolas, Andre; Champenois, Gabriel; Meseure, Dider; Vincent-Salomon, Anne; Tardivon, Anne; Laas, Enora; Soumelis, Vassili; Colonna, Marco; Mechta-Grigoriou, Fatima; Amigorena, Sebastian; Romano, Emanuela. - In: CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 0008-5472. - (2022). [10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-1427]
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