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Compensation between CSF1R+ macrophages and Foxp3+ Treg cells drives resistance to tumor immunotherapy
David Gyori, … , Len R. Stephens, Phillip T. Hawkins
David Gyori, … , Len R. Stephens, Phillip T. Hawkins
Published June 7, 2018
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2018;3(11):e120631. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.120631.
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Research Article Immunology Oncology

Compensation between CSF1R+ macrophages and Foxp3+ Treg cells drives resistance to tumor immunotherapy

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Abstract

Redundancy and compensation provide robustness to biological systems but may contribute to therapy resistance. Both tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells promote tumor progression by limiting antitumor immunity. Here we show that genetic ablation of CSF1 in colorectal cancer cells reduces the influx of immunosuppressive CSF1R+ TAMs within tumors. This reduction in CSF1-dependent TAMs resulted in increased CD8+ T cell attack on tumors, but its effect on tumor growth was limited by a compensatory increase in Foxp3+ Treg cells. Similarly, disruption of Treg cell activity through their experimental ablation produced moderate effects on tumor growth and was associated with elevated numbers of CSF1R+ TAMs. Importantly, codepletion of CSF1R+ TAMs and Foxp3+ Treg cells resulted in an increased influx of CD8+ T cells, augmentation of their function, and a synergistic reduction in tumor growth. Further, inhibition of Treg cell activity either through systemic pharmacological blockade of PI3Kδ, or its genetic inactivation within Foxp3+ Treg cells, sensitized previously unresponsive solid tumors to CSF1R+ TAM depletion and enhanced the effect of CSF1R blockade. These findings identify CSF1R+ TAMs and PI3Kδ-driven Foxp3+ Treg cells as the dominant compensatory cellular components of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, with implications for the design of combinatorial immunotherapies.

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David Gyori, Ee Lyn Lim, Francis M. Grant, Dominik Spensberger, Rahul Roychoudhuri, Stephen J. Shuttleworth, Klaus Okkenhaug, Len R. Stephens, Phillip T. Hawkins

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