Regulation of tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) differentiation by NDRG2 expression in breast cancer cellsRegulation of tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) differentiation by NDRG2 expression in breast cancer cells
- Other Titles
- Regulation of tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) differentiation by NDRG2 expression in breast cancer cells
- Authors
- Lee, Soyeon; Lee, Aram; Lim, Jihyun; Lim, Jong-Seok
- Issue Date
- Feb-2022
- Publisher
- Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Keywords
- Breast cancer; Macrophage differentiation; NDRG2; Tumorassociated macrophages; Tumor microenvironment
- Citation
- BMB reports, v.55, no.2, pp 81 - 86
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- BMB reports
- Volume
- 55
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 81
- End Page
- 86
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/145871
- DOI
- 10.5483/bmbrep.2022.55.2.114
- ISSN
- 1976-6696
1976-670X
- Abstract
- Macrophages are a major cellular component of innate immunity and are mainly known to have phagocytic activity. In the tumor microenvironment (TME), they can be differentiated into tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). As the most abundant immune cells in the TME, TAMs promote tumor progression by enhancing angiogenesis, suppressing T cells and increasing immunosuppressive cytokine production. N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) is a tumor suppressor gene, whose expression is downregulated in various cancers. However, the effect of NDRG2 on the differentiation of macrophages into TAMs in breast cancer remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the effect of NDRG2 expression in breast cancer cells on the differentiation of macrophages into TAMs. Compared to tumor cell-conditioned medium (TCCM) from 4T1-mock cells, TCCM from NDRG2-overexpressing 4T1 mouse breast cancer cells did not significantly change the morphology of RAW 264.7 cells. However, TCCM from 4T1-NDRG2 cells reduced the mRNA levels of TAM-related genes, including MR1, IL-10, ARG1 and iNOS, in RAW 264.7 cells. In addition, TCCM from 4T1-NDRG2 cells reduced the expression of TAM-related surface markers, such as CD206, in peritoneal macrophages (PEM). The mRNA expression of TAMrelated genes, including IL-10, YM1, FIZZ1, MR1, ARG1 and iNOS, was also downregulated by TCCM from 4T1-NDRG2 cells. Remarkably, TCCM from 4T1-NDRG2 cells reduced the expression of PD-L1 and Fra-1 as well as the production of GM-CSF, IL-10 and ROS, leading to the attenuation of T cellinhibitory activity of PEM. These data showed that compared with TCCM from 4T1-mock cells, TCCM from 4T1-NDRG2 cells suppressed the TAM differentiation and activation. Collectively, these results suggest that NDRG2 expression in breast cancer may reduce the differentiation of macrophages into TAMs in the TME. [BMB Reports 2022;55(2): 81-86].
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