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Angiotensin II Drives the Production of Tumor-Promoting Macrophages

Published inImmunity, vol. 38, no. 2, p. 296-308
Publication date2013-02-21
First online date2013-01-17
Abstract

Macrophages frequently infiltrate tumors and can enhance cancer growth, yet the origins of the macrophage response are not well understood. Here we address molecular mechanisms of macrophage production in a conditional mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma. We report that overproduction of the peptide hormone Angiotensin II (AngII) in tumor-bearing mice amplifies self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and macrophage progenitors. The process occurred in the spleen but not the bone marrow, and was independent of hemodynamic changes. The effects of AngII required direct hormone ligation on HSCs, depended on S1P(1) signaling, and allowed the extramedullary tissue to supply new tumor-associated macrophages throughout cancer progression. Conversely, blocking AngII production prevented cancer-induced HSC and macrophage progenitor amplification and thus restrained the macrophage response at its source. These findings indicate that AngII acts upstream of a potent macrophage amplification program and that tumors can remotely exploit the hormone's pathway to stimulate cancer-promoting immunity.

Keywords
  • Adenocarcinoma / genetics
  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung
  • Angiotensin II / genetics
  • Angiotensin II / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Cell Communication
  • Cell Movement
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Gene Expression
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / genetics
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lysophospholipids / metabolism
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Macrophages / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Signal Transduction
  • Sphingosine / analogs & derivatives
  • Sphingosine / metabolism
  • Spleen / metabolism
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Tumor Burden
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Funding
  • NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK043351]
  • NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI084880]
  • NCI NIH HHS [U54 CA126515]
  • NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS070835]
  • NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL095612]
Citation (ISO format)
CORTEZ-RETAMOZO, Virna et al. Angiotensin II Drives the Production of Tumor-Promoting Macrophages. In: Immunity, 2013, vol. 38, n° 2, p. 296–308. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.10.015
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Journal ISSN1074-7613
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