Tumour‐derived prostaglandin E2 and transforming growth factor‐β synergize to inhibit plasmacytoid dendritic cell‐derived interferon‐α
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- 6 October 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Immunology
- Vol. 128 (3), 439-450
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03134.x
Abstract
In previous studies we reported that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDC) infiltrating head and neck cancer tissue are functionally impaired, but the molecular basis for the functional deficiency remained unclear. Here we demonstrate that tumour-derived prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) increase interleukin-8 (IL-8) but synergistically inhibit interferon-α (IFN-α) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) production of Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)- and Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9)-stimulated PDC. The inhibitory effect of PGE2 could be mimicked by the induction of cyclic AMP (cAMP) and by inhibitors of cyclooxygenase. The contribution of tumour-derived TGF-β was confirmed by the TGF-β antagonist SB-431542. Suppression of tumour-derived PGE2 and TGF-β restored TLR-induced IFN-α production of PDC. Additionally, PGE2- and TGF-β-treated PDC display a ‘tolerogenic’ phenotype because of a downregulation of CD40 accompanied by an upregulation of CD86. Finally, in TLR-stimulated PDC, PGE2 and TGF-β reduce the CCR7 : CXCR4 ratio, suggesting that PDC are impaired in their ability to migrate to tumour-draining lymph nodes but are retained in stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1)-expressing tissues. Based on these data, cyclooxygenase inhibitors and TGF-β antagonists may improve TLR7- and TLR9-based tumour immunotherapy.Keywords
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