Priming of neutrophils toward NETosis promotes tumor growth
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Neutrophils play a major role in cancer biology and both pro- and antitumoral functions of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils have been described. We have shown that tumors, by releasing G-CSF into the bloodstream, prime circulating neutrophils to form neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and we have detected the presence of NETs within the tumor microenvironment. Here, we report, using PAD4-deficient mice with a defect in neutrophil chromatin decondensation and NET formation, that the priming of neutrophils toward NETosis favors tumor growth. Interestingly, in a tumor model that does not release G-CSF and in which neutrophils are not primed for NETosis, PAD4-deficiency did not reduce tumor growth. However, supplying exogenous G-CSF to the wild-type (WT) host promoted intratumoral NETosis and tumor growth. Taken together, our results suggest that the priming of neutrophils for NETosis by the tumor or its environment leads to the accumulation of intratumoral NETs and a growth advantage to the tumor. Our work unveiled a pro-tumoral role for NETs which strengthens their potential as a new target in the fight against cancer.
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- Authors
- Demers, M., Wong, S. L., Martinod, K., Gallant, M., Cabral, J. E., Wang, Y., & Wagner, D. D.
- Affiliations
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wagner, Denisa D.
- Venue
- OncoImmunology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-02-18
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e1134073
- ISSN
- 2162-4011 (ISSN-L)
- 2162-402X
- PMC
- PMC4910712
- OpenAlex
- W2340990804
- Cited by
- 252
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 11.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- OncoImmunology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL102101, R01HL125501)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Keywords
- neutrophil extracellular traps, NETosis, tumor growth, tumor-infiltrating neutrophils, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, PAD4, neutrophil priming, tumor microenvironment, cancer immunotherapy targets
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