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脂質シグナリングは,腫瘍におけるTreg細胞の機能的特化を強制する
Seon Ah Lim1, Jun Wei1, Thanh-Long M Nguyen1
1Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Nature
|February 25, 2021
まとめ
ステロール調節要素結合タンパク質 (SREBPs) を標的として,調節性T細胞における脂質合成を阻害すると,抗腫瘍免疫が生じます. このアプローチは癌の免疫療法を強化し 自己免疫的な問題を引き起こすことなく 新しい治療戦略を提供します
科学分野:
- 免疫学
- 癌 生物学
- メタボリックシグナル
背景:
- 調節性T (Treg) 細胞は免疫耐性には不可欠ですが,腫瘍の微小環境内で免疫抑制を促進します.
- がんにおけるTreg細胞を標的とするには,その機能を制御する文脈特有のメカニズムを理解する必要があります.
- ステロール調節要素結合タンパク質 (SREBPs) は,脂質合成と代謝シグナル伝達の主要な調節物質である.
研究 の 目的:
- 腫瘍内Treg細胞機能におけるSREBP依存の脂質合成と代謝シグナル伝達の役割を調査する.
- トレグ細胞におけるSREBP活性抑制が抗腫瘍免疫反応とがん免疫療法を強化できるかどうかを判断する.
- SREBP信号がTreg細胞機能とPD-1発現を調整する分子メカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- 腫瘍内Treg細胞におけるSREBP活性の分析
- Treg細胞におけるSREBP分裂活性化タンパク質 (SCAP) の遺伝的消去.
- 腫瘍の成長,抗腫瘍免疫反応,インターフェロン・ガンマ産生,PD-1発現の評価
- 脂肪酸合成酵素 (FASN) とメバロナート代謝経路の調査
- フォスファディチリノシトール3キナーゼ (PI3K) の活性化の分析
主要な成果:
- 腫瘍内Tレグ細胞では,SREBPの活性が上昇する.
- トレグ細胞におけるSCAPの除去は腫瘍の成長を抑制し,PD-1標的免疫療法を強化した.
- SCAPの消去により,インターフェロン・ガンマの産生が増加し,Treg細胞の機能が低下した.
- Tレグ細胞のPI3K活性化に障害があるSREBPシグナル伝達またはPD-1シグナル伝達を阻害する.
- FASNによる脂肪酸合成はTreg細胞の成熟と腫瘍の成長に寄与する.
結論:
- 代謝の再プログラム,特にSREBP主導の脂質合成は,腫瘍におけるTreg細胞の特異的機能を決定する.
- トレグ細胞におけるSREBPシグナル伝達をターゲットにすることは,自己免疫性毒性なしに抗腫瘍免疫を強化するがん治療の有望な戦略です.
- SREBPの活性,脂質代謝,免疫チェックポイントシグナリングの相互作用を理解することは,治療介入のための新しい道を提供します.
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