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Heterogeneity of macrophage infiltration and therapeutic response in lung carcinoma revealed by 3d organ imaging

Published inNature Communications, vol. 8, 14293
Publication date2017
Abstract

Involvement of the immune system in tumour progression is at the forefront of cancer research. Analysis of the tumour immune microenvironment has yielded a wealth of information on tumour biology, and alterations in some immune subtypes, such as tumour-associated macrophages (TAM), can be strong prognostic indicators. Here, we use optical tissue clearing and a TAM-targeting injectable fluorescent nanoparticle (NP) to examine three-dimensional TAM composition, tumour-to-tumour heterogeneity, response to colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R) blockade and nanoparticle-based drug delivery in murine pulmonary carcinoma. The method allows for rapid tumour volume assessment and spatial information on TAM infiltration at the cellular level in entire lungs. This method reveals that TAM density was heterogeneous across tumours in the same animal, overall TAM density is different among separate pulmonary tumour models, nanotherapeutic drug delivery correlated with TAM heterogeneity, and successful response to CSF-1R blockade is characterized by enhanced TAM penetration throughout and within tumours.

Keywords
  • Aminopyridines/pharmacology/therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma
  • Lewis Lung/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy/immunology/pathology
  • Cell Line
  • Tumor
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging
  • Three-Dimensional/methods
  • Lung/diagnostic imaging/pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy/immunology/pathology
  • Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/immunology/metabolism
  • Macrophages/drug effects/immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice
  • Inbred C57BL
  • Microscopy
  • Confocal/methods
  • Microscopy
  • Fluorescence/methods
  • Nanoparticles/administration & dosage/chemistry
  • Perfusion/methods
  • Pyrroles/pharmacology/therapeutic use
  • RAW 264.7 Cells
  • Receptors
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/immunology/metabolism
  • Signal Transduction/drug effects
  • Tomography
  • X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Burden/drug effects/immunology
  • Tumor Microenvironment/drug effects/immunology
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Affiliation Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
CUCCARESE, Michael F et al. Heterogeneity of macrophage infiltration and therapeutic response in lung carcinoma revealed by 3d organ imaging. In: Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, p. 14293. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14293
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ISSN of the journal2041-1723
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