2025-04-07 中国科学院(CAS)
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- https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/life/202504/t20250403_909270.shtml
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1535610825001163?via%3Dihub
がん細胞由来のアルギニンが腫瘍関連マクロファージにおけるポリアミン生合成を促進し、免疫回避を促進する Cancer cell-derived arginine fuels polyamine biosynthesis in tumor-associated macrophages to promote immune evasion
Yinghua Zhu, Ziwei Zhou, Xin Du, Xiaorong Lin, Zhi-Mei Liang, Si Chen, Yiwei Sun, Yue Wang, Zhenkun Na, Zhiyong Wu, Jiaxin Zhong, Beinan Han, Xiangping Zhu, Wenkui Fu, Hongde Li, Man-Li Luo, Hai Hu
Cancer Cell Available online: 3 April 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2025.03.015
Graphical abstract
Highlights
- Breast cancer cell-derived arginine fuels polyamine synthesis in TAMs
- Spermine promotes TAM polarization via p53/TDG-mediated DNA demethylation
- TDG-mediated PPARG upregulation is required for pro-tumor polarization of TAMs
- Cancer cell-macrophage metabolic interplay dictates the overall impact of arginine
Summary
Arginine metabolism reshapes the tumor microenvironment (TME) into a pro-tumor niche through complex metabolic cross-feeding among various cell types. However, the key intercellular metabolic communication that mediates the collective effects of arginine metabolism within the TME remains unclear. Here, we reveal that the metabolic interplay between cancer cells and macrophages plays a dominant role in arginine-driven breast cancer progression. Within the TME, breast cancer cells serve as the primary source of arginine, which induces a pro-tumor polarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), thereby suppressing the anti-tumor activity of CD8+ T cells. Notably, this cancer cell-macrophage interaction overrides the arginine-mediated enhancement of CD8+ T cell anti-tumor activity. Mechanistically, polyamines derived from arginine metabolism enhance pro-tumor TAM polarization via thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG)-mediated DNA demethylation, regulated by p53 signaling. Importantly, targeting the arginine-polyamine-TDG axis between cancer cells and macrophages significantly suppresses breast cancer growth, highlighting its therapeutic potential.
