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Melanoma-initiating cells exploit M2 macrophage TGFβ and arginase pathway for survival and proliferation
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Abstract
Muly Tham1, Kar Wai Tan1,7, Jo Keeble1, Xiaojie Wang1, Sandra Hubert1, Luke Barron2, Nguan Soon Tan3, Masashi Kato4, Armelle Prevost-Blondel5, Veronique Angeli6 and Jean-Pierre Abastado1,8
1 Singapore Immunology Network, BMSI, A-STAR, Singapore
2 Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
3 School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
4 Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
5 Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR, Paris, France
6 Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
7 Department of Clinical Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
8 Institut de Recherche Internationales Servier, 50 rue Carnot, Suresnes cedex, France
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Keywords: Arginase, Macrophages, TGFβ, Tumor-initiating cell
Received: July 13, 2014 Accepted: September 15, 2014 Published: September 16, 2014
Abstract
M2 macrophages promote tumor growth and metastasis, but their interactions with specific tumor cell populations are poorly characterized. Using a mouse model of spontaneous melanoma, we showed that CD34- but not CD34+ tumor-initiating cells (TICs) depend on M2 macrophages for survival and proliferation. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and macrophage-conditioned media protected CD34- TICs from chemotherapy in vitro. In vivo, while inhibition of CD115 suppressed the macrophage-dependent CD34- TIC population, chemotherapy accelerated its development. The ability of TICs to respond to TAMs was acquired during melanoma progression and immediately preceded a surge in metastatic outgrowth. TAM-derived transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) and polyamines produced via the Arginase pathway were critical for stimulation of TICs and synergized to promote their growth.
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