[PDF][PDF] Innate immune training of granulopoiesis promotes anti-tumor activity

L Kalafati, I Kourtzelis, J Schulte-Schrepping, X Li… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
L Kalafati, I Kourtzelis, J Schulte-Schrepping, X Li, A Hatzioannou, T Grinenko, E Hagag…
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Trained innate immunity, induced via modulation of mature myeloid cells or their bone
marrow progenitors, mediates sustained increased responsiveness to secondary
challenges. Here, we investigated whether anti-tumor immunity can be enhanced through
induction of trained immunity. Pre-treatment of mice with β-glucan, a fungal-derived
prototypical agonist of trained immunity, resulted in diminished tumor growth. The anti-tumor
effect of β-glucan-induced trained immunity was associated with transcriptomic and …
Summary
Trained innate immunity, induced via modulation of mature myeloid cells or their bone marrow progenitors, mediates sustained increased responsiveness to secondary challenges. Here, we investigated whether anti-tumor immunity can be enhanced through induction of trained immunity. Pre-treatment of mice with β-glucan, a fungal-derived prototypical agonist of trained immunity, resulted in diminished tumor growth. The anti-tumor effect of β-glucan-induced trained immunity was associated with transcriptomic and epigenetic rewiring of granulopoiesis and neutrophil reprogramming toward an anti-tumor phenotype; this process required type I interferon signaling irrespective of adaptive immunity in the host. Adoptive transfer of neutrophils from β-glucan-trained mice to naive recipients suppressed tumor growth in the latter in a ROS-dependent manner. Moreover, the anti-tumor effect of β-glucan-induced trained granulopoiesis was transmissible by bone marrow transplantation to recipient naive mice. Our findings identify a novel and therapeutically relevant anti-tumor facet of trained immunity involving appropriate rewiring of granulopoiesis.
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