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Immunological mechanisms of the antitumor effects of supplemental oxygenation

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Hatfield, Stephen M., Kjaergaard, Jorgen, Lukashev, Dmitriy, Schreiber, Taylor H., Belikoff, Bryan, Abbott, Robert, Sethumadhavan, Shalini, Philbrook, Phaethon +10 more·2015·Science Translational Medicine

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Respiratory hyperoxia stimulates lung tumor regression by promoting T cell infiltration into the tumors and decreasing immunosuppression.

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  • In mouse models, hypoxic zones within tumors lack T cells.

    “In mouse models, hypoxic zones within tumors were shown to lack T cells (37, 38).”

    From HIF inhibitor 32-134D eradicates murine hepatocellular carcinoma in combination with anti-PD1 therapy (2022) · cites this paper as [37]

    The Results section reports markedly fewer CD4 and CD8 T cells in hypoxic tumor areas than in neighboring normoxic areas in mouse models. It does not say those areas lack T cells entirely. No page number is provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Exposing tumor-bearing mice to an ambient O2 concentration of 60% was sufficient to alter the tumor microenvironment from immunosuppression to antitumor immunity.

    “The critical role of intratumoral hypoxia as the stimulus for immunosuppression was also demonstrated by exposing tumor-bearing mice to an ambient O2 concentration of 60%, which was sufficient to alter the tumor microenvironment from immunosuppression to antitumor immunity (37).”
  • In solid tumors, tumor hypoxia and HIF-1α promote the upregulation of adenosine-producing enzymes, such as CD39/CD73, which can dephosphorylate ATP to adenosine.

    “In solid tumors, tumor hypoxia and HIF‐1α promote the upregulation of adenosine‐producing enzymes, such as CD39/CD73, which can dephosphorylate ATP to adenosine.”
  • Increased tumor oxygenation may directly disrupt adenosine-mediated immunosuppression by inhibiting the enzymatic activity of CD39 and CD73 to block adenosine production.

    “Increased tumor oxygenation may directly disrupt adenosine‐mediated immunosuppression by inhibiting the enzymatic activity of CD39 and CD73 to block adenosine production (Figure 6A). 206”
  • High concentrations of oxygen activate the anticancer effects of T cells and NK cells by deactivating the adenosine immunosuppressive microenvironment.

    “High concentrations of oxygen activate the anticancer effects of T cells and NK cells by deactivating the adenosine immunosuppressive microenvironment. 127 , 206 , 408”

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Hatfield, S. M., Kjaergaard, J., Lukashev, D., Schreiber, T. H., Belikoff, B., Abbott, R., Sethumadhavan, S., Philbrook, P., Ko, K., Cannici, R., Thayer, M., Rodig, S., Kutok, J. L., Jackson, E. K., Karger, B., Podack, E. R., Ohta, A., & Sitkovsky, M. V.
Affiliations
  • Northeastern University (US)
  • New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
  • Schreiber, Taylor H.
  • Kutok, Jeffrey L.
  • Sitkovsky, Michail V.
Venue
Science Translational Medicine
Published
2015-03-04
Volume
7
Issue
277
Pages
277ra30-277ra30
ISSN
  • 1946-6234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1946-6242
OpenAlex
W1987534017
Cited by
600
References
53
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 72 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 74 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 21
FWCI
35.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science Translational Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NIH (R01 CA 112561, R01 CA 111985, R21 AT 002788, U19 AI 091693)
  • National Cancer Institute (5PO1CA109094-03)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI096396-01 3, HL109002, DK091190, DK068575, DK079307, CA168628)
  • Bankhead-Coley Postdoctoral Fellowship
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
supplemental oxygen, hyperoxia, tumor microenvironment, tumor hypoxia, extracellular adenosine, adenosine A2A receptor, immunosuppression, CD8+ T cells, regulatory T cells, TGF-beta, natural killer cells, breast cancer metastasis
MeSH terms
Adenosine, Animals, Hypoxia, Antineoplastic Agents, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Immunosuppression Therapy, Killer Cells, Natural, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasms, Oxygen, Remission Induction, Respiration, Hyperoxia, Cell Line, Tumor, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, Tumor Microenvironment

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