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Tissue‐resident macrophages in omentum promote metastatic spread of ovarian cancer
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Experimental and clinical evidence suggests that tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play important roles in cancer progression. Here, we have characterized the ontogeny and function of TAM subsets in a mouse model of metastatic ovarian cancer that is representative for visceral peritoneal metastasis. We show that the omentum is a critical premetastatic niche for development of invasive disease in this model and define a unique subset of CD163+ Tim4+ resident omental macrophages responsible for metastatic spread of ovarian cancer cells. Transcriptomic analysis showed that resident CD163+ Tim4+ omental macrophages were phenotypically distinct and maintained their resident identity during tumor growth. Selective depletion of CD163+ Tim4+ macrophages in omentum using genetic and pharmacological tools prevented tumor progression and metastatic spread of disease. These studies describe a specific role for tissue-resident macrophages in the invasive progression of metastatic ovarian cancer. The molecular pathways of cross-talk between tissue-resident macrophages and disseminated cancer cells may represent new targets to prevent metastasis and disease recurrence.
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![Figure S1. Gating strategy and expression of Tim4 and CD163 on omental macrophages. (A) Gating strategy for the myeloid cell compartment excluding neutrophils. Myeloid cells were gated as Live (forward scatter area [FSC-A] versus Sytox Blue), CD45.2+ (CD45.2 versus SSC-A), CD5−, CD19− (CD5 versus CD19), Linneg(NK1.1, Ly6G), CD11b+ (CD11b versus Lineage), single cells (forward scatter height [FSC-H] versus forward scatter width [FSC-W]), and CD64+ and F4/80+ (F4/80 versus CD64). (B) Expression of CD163 and Tim4 among F4/80+ CD64+ macrophages that are CD169negLyve-1neg (green), CD169int Lyve-1neg (red), or CD169hi Lyve-1pos (blue). Data are representative of two independent experiments.](/paper-figures/6785e9a412e642d591b83972abeea66a/tissueresident-macrophages-in-omentum-promote-metastatic-spread-of-ovarian-figure-5.jpg)









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- Etzerodt, A., Moulin, M., Doktor, T. K., Delfini, M., Mossadegh-Keller, N., Bajenoff, M., Sieweke, M. H., Moestrup, S. K., Auphan-Anezin, N., & Lawrence, T.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INSERM, CIML, Marseille, France 1
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark 4
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark 2
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- Rockefeller University Press
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- 2020-01-17
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- 1540-9538
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF14OC0008781)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-09-MIEN-029-01, ANR-10-BLAN-1302-01)
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (260753)
- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique
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