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  1. Article ; Online: Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma: current status and prospectives.

    Shen, Ke-Yu / Zhu, Ying / Xie, Sun-Zhe / Qin, Lun-Xiu

    Journal of hematology & oncology

    2024  Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 25

    Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major health concern worldwide, with limited therapeutic options and poor prognosis. In recent years, immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have made great progress in the systemic treatment of ... ...

    Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major health concern worldwide, with limited therapeutic options and poor prognosis. In recent years, immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have made great progress in the systemic treatment of HCC. The combination treatments based on ICIs have been the major trend in this area. Recently, dual immune checkpoint blockade with durvalumab plus tremelimumab has also emerged as an effective treatment for advanced HCC. However, the majority of HCC patients obtain limited benefits. Understanding the immunological rationale and exploring novel ways to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy has drawn much attention. In this review, we summarize the latest progress in this area, the ongoing clinical trials of immune-based combination therapies, as well as novel immunotherapy strategies such as chimeric antigen receptor T cells, personalized neoantigen vaccines, oncolytic viruses, and bispecific antibodies.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/therapy ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/immunology ; Liver Neoplasms/therapy ; Liver Neoplasms/immunology ; Tumor Microenvironment/immunology ; Immunotherapy/methods ; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Cancer Vaccines/therapeutic use ; Animals
    Chemical Substances Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ; Cancer Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Review ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2429631-4
    ISSN 1756-8722 ; 1756-8722
    ISSN (online) 1756-8722
    ISSN 1756-8722
    DOI 10.1186/s13045-024-01549-2
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  2. Article ; Online: Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals a Distinct Neutrophil Extracellular Trap-Associated Regulatory Pattern.

    Shen, Xiao-Tian / Xie, Sun-Zhe / Xu, Jing / Yang, Lu-Yu / Qin, Lun-Xiu

    Frontiers in immunology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 798022

    Abstract: Background: Neutrophils form extracellular net-like structures called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Emerging evidence has shown that cancer can induce NET formation; however, it is not fully understood how NETs influence cancer biology, and no ... ...

    Abstract Background: Neutrophils form extracellular net-like structures called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Emerging evidence has shown that cancer can induce NET formation; however, it is not fully understood how NETs influence cancer biology, and no consensus has been reached on their pro- or antitumor effects. A comprehensive analysis of the global NET-associated gene regulatory network is currently unavailable and is urgently needed.
    Methods: We systematically explored and discussed NET enrichment, NET-associated gene regulatory patterns, and the prognostic implications of NETs in approximately 8,000 patients across 22 major human cancer types. We identified NET-associated regulatory gene sets that we then screened for NET-associated regulatory patterns that might affect patient survival. We functionally annotated the NET-associated regulatory patterns to compare the biological differences between NET-related survival subgroups.
    Results: A gene set variation analysis (GSVA) based on 23 major component genes was used to calculate a metric called the NET score. We found that the NET score was closely associated with many important cancer hallmarks, particularly inflammatory responses and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-induced metastasis. Higher NET scores were related to poor immunotherapy response. Survival analysis revealed that NETs had diverse prognostic impacts among various cancer types. The NET-associated regulatory patterns linked to shorter or longer cancer patient survival were distinct from each other. Functional analysis revealed that more of the NET-associated regulatory genes linked to poor cancer survival were associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and pan-cancerous risk factors. SPP1 was found to be highly expressed and correlated with NET formation in cancers with poor survival. We also found that the co-upregulation of NET formation and SPP1 expression was closely linked to increased EMT and poor survival, that SPP1 influenced NET-induced malignant capacity, and that SPP1 overproduction induced a robust formation of metastatic-promoting NETs.
    Conclusion: NETs were common across cancers but displayed a diverse regulatory pattern and outcome readouts in different cancer types. SPP1 is potentially the key to NET-related poor outcomes.
    MeSH term(s) Extracellular Traps/metabolism ; Humans ; Immunotherapy ; Neoplasms/pathology ; Neutrophils/metabolism ; Prognosis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-31
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606827-8
    ISSN 1664-3224 ; 1664-3224
    ISSN (online) 1664-3224
    ISSN 1664-3224
    DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.798022
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  3. Article ; Online: Acetyl-CoA metabolic accumulation promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis via enhancing CXCL1-dependent infiltration of tumor-associated neutrophils.

    Pan, Jun-Jie / Xie, Sun-Zhe / Zheng, Xin / Xu, Jian-Feng / Xu, Hao / Yin, Rui-Qi / Luo, Yun-Ling / Shen, Li / Chen, Zheng-Ru / Chen, Yi-Ran / Yu, Shi-Zhe / Lu, Lu / Zhu, Wen-Wei / Lu, Ming / Qin, Lun-Xiu

    Cancer letters

    2024  Volume 592, Page(s) 216903

    Abstract: High levels of acetyl-CoA are considered a key metabolic feature of metastatic cancers. However, the impacts of acetyl-CoA metabolic accumulation on cancer microenvironment remodeling are poorly understood. In this study, using human hepatocellular ... ...

    Abstract High levels of acetyl-CoA are considered a key metabolic feature of metastatic cancers. However, the impacts of acetyl-CoA metabolic accumulation on cancer microenvironment remodeling are poorly understood. In this study, using human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues and orthotopic xenograft models, we found a close association between high acetyl-CoA levels in HCCs, increased infiltration of tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) in the cancer microenvironment and HCC metastasis. Cytokine microarray and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) revealed the crucial role of the chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1(CXCL1). Mechanistically, acetyl-CoA accumulation induces H3 acetylation-dependent upregulation of CXCL1 gene expression. CXCL1 recruits TANs, leads to neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) formation and promotes HCC metastasis. Collectively, our work linked the accumulation of acetyl-CoA in HCC cells and TANs infiltration, and revealed that the CXCL1-CXC receptor 2 (CXCR2)-TANs-NETs axis is a potential target for HCCs with high acetyl-CoA levels.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-24
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 195674-7
    ISSN 1872-7980 ; 0304-3835
    ISSN (online) 1872-7980
    ISSN 0304-3835
    DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216903
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  4. Article: Cirrhotic-extracellular matrix attenuates aPD-1 treatment response by initiating immunosuppressive neutrophil extracellular traps formation in hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Shen, Xiao-Tian / Xie, Sun-Zhe / Zheng, Xin / Zou, Tian-Tian / Hu, Bei-Yuan / Xu, Jing / Liu, Lu / Xu, Yun-Feng / Wang, Xu-Feng / Wang, Hao / Wang, Shun / Zhu, Le / Yu, Kang-Kang / Zhu, Wen-Wei / Lu, Lu / Zhang, Ju-Bo / Chen, Jin-Hong / Dong, Qiong-Zhu / Yang, Lu-Yu /
    Qin, Lun-Xiu

    Experimental hematology & oncology

    2024  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 20

    Abstract: Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely associatedwith chronic liver diseases, particularly liver cirrhosis, which has an altered extracellular matrix (ECM) composition. The influence and its mechanism of the cirrhotic-ECM on the response ... ...

    Abstract Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely associatedwith chronic liver diseases, particularly liver cirrhosis, which has an altered extracellular matrix (ECM) composition. The influence and its mechanism of the cirrhotic-ECM on the response of HCC to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) remains less clarified.
    Methods: In silico, proteomic and pathological assessment of alteration of cirrhotic-ECM were applied in clinical cohort. Multiple pre-clinical models with ECM manipulation were used to evaluate cirrhotic-ECM's effect on ICI treatment. In silico, flow cytometry and IHC were applied to explore how cirrhotic-ECM affect HCC microenvironment. In vitro and in vivo experiments were carried out to identify the mechanism of how cirrhotic-ECM undermined ICI treatment.
    Results: We defined "a pro-tumor cirrhotic-ECM" which was featured as the up-regulation of collagen type 1 (Col1). Cirrhotic-ECM/Col1 was closely related to impaired T cell function and limited anti PD-1 (aPD-1) response of HCC patients from the TCGA pan cancer cohort and the authors' institution, as well as in multiple pre-clinical models. Mechanically, cirrhotic-ECM/Col1 orchestrated an immunosuppressive microenvironment (TME) by triggering Col1-DDR1-NFκB-CXCL8 axis, which initiated neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) formation to shield HCC cells from attacking T cells and impede approaching T cells. Nilotinib, an inhibitor of DDR1, reversed the neutrophils/NETs dominant TME and efficiently enhanced the response of HCC to aPD-1.
    Conclusions: Cirrhotic-ECM modulated a NETs enriched TME in HCC, produced an immune suppressive TME and weakened ICI efficiency. Col1 receptor DDR1 could be a potential target synergically used with ICI to overcome ECM mediated ICI resistance. These provide a mechanical insight and novel strategy to overcome the ICI resistance of HCC.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2669066-4
    ISSN 2162-3619
    ISSN 2162-3619
    DOI 10.1186/s40164-024-00476-9
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