TY - JOUR
T1 - Targeting glycolysis in macrophages confers protection against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
AU - Penny, Hweixian Leong
AU - Sieow, Je Lin
AU - Gun, Sin Yee
AU - Lau, Mai Chan
AU - Lee, Bernett
AU - Tan, Jasmine
AU - Phua, Cindy
AU - Toh, Florida
AU - Nga, Yvonne
AU - Yeap, Wei Hseun
AU - Janela, Baptiste
AU - Kumar, Dilip
AU - Chen, Hao
AU - Yeong, Joe
AU - Kenkel, Justin A.
AU - Pang, Angela
AU - Lim, Diana
AU - Toh, Han Chong
AU - Hon, Tony Lim Kiat
AU - Johnson, Christopher I.
AU - Khameneh, Hanif Javanmard
AU - Mortellaro, Alessandra
AU - Engleman, Edgar G.
AU - Rotzschke, Olaf
AU - Ginhoux, Florent
AU - Abastado, Jean Pierre
AU - Chen, Jinmiao
AU - Wong, Siew Cheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/6/2
Y1 - 2021/6/2
N2 - Inflammation in the tumor microenvironment has been shown to promote disease progression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); however, the role of macrophage metabolism in promoting inflammation is unclear. Using an orthotopic mouse model of PDAC, we demonstrate that macrophages from tumor-bearing mice exhibit elevated glycolysis. Macrophage-specific deletion of Glucose Transporter 1 (GLUT1) significantly reduced tumor burden, which was accompanied by increased Natural Killer and CD8+ T cell activity and suppression of the NLRP3-IL1β inflammasome axis. Administration of mice with a GLUT1-specific inhibitor reduced tumor burden, comparable with gemcitabine, the current standard-of-care. In addition, we observe that intra-tumoral macrophages from human PDAC patients exhibit a pronounced glycolytic signature, which reliably predicts poor survival. Our data support a key role for macrophage metabolism in tumor immunity, which could be exploited to improve patient outcomes.
AB - Inflammation in the tumor microenvironment has been shown to promote disease progression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); however, the role of macrophage metabolism in promoting inflammation is unclear. Using an orthotopic mouse model of PDAC, we demonstrate that macrophages from tumor-bearing mice exhibit elevated glycolysis. Macrophage-specific deletion of Glucose Transporter 1 (GLUT1) significantly reduced tumor burden, which was accompanied by increased Natural Killer and CD8+ T cell activity and suppression of the NLRP3-IL1β inflammasome axis. Administration of mice with a GLUT1-specific inhibitor reduced tumor burden, comparable with gemcitabine, the current standard-of-care. In addition, we observe that intra-tumoral macrophages from human PDAC patients exhibit a pronounced glycolytic signature, which reliably predicts poor survival. Our data support a key role for macrophage metabolism in tumor immunity, which could be exploited to improve patient outcomes.
KW - Glycolysis
KW - Immunometabolism
KW - Macrophage
KW - Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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U2 - 10.3390/ijms22126350
DO - 10.3390/ijms22126350
M3 - Article
C2 - 34198548
AN - SCOPUS:85107759274
SN - 1661-6596
VL - 22
JO - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
IS - 12
M1 - 6350
ER -