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ArticleScientific reports2023

Dysfunctional TLR1 reduces the therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy by attenuating HMGB1-mediated antitumor immunity in locally advanced colorectal cancer.

Kevin Chih-Yang Huang, Tao-Wei Ke, Jia-Yi Chen, Wei-Ze Hong, Shu-Fen Chiang, Chia-Ying Lai, Tsung-Wei Chen, Pei-Chen Yang, Liang-Chi Chen, Ji-An Liang and 2 more

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Kevin Chih-Yang HuangDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID 0000-0002-0266-3233
Tao-Wei KeDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.
Jia-Yi ChenDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.
Wei-Ze HongDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.
Shu-Fen ChiangLab of Precision Medicine, Feng-Yuan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, 42055, Taiwan, ROC.
Chia-Ying LaiDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.
Tsung-Wei ChenDepartment of Pathology, Asia University Hospital, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan, ROC.
Pei-Chen YangProton Therapy and Science Center, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.
Liang-Chi ChenDepartment of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC.
Ji-An LiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
William Tzu-Liang ChenDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC. wtchen@mail.cmuh.org.tw.
K S Clifford ChaoProton Therapy and Science Center, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, ROC. d94032@mail.cmuh.org.tw.ORCID 0000-0002-7162-2566
China Medical University · TWAsia University · TWMinistry of Health and Welfare · TW

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Abstract

Regional lymph node metastasis is an important predictor for survival outcome and an indicator for postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer. Even with advances in adjuvant chemotherapeutic regimens, 5-year distant metastasis and survival rates are still unsatisfactory. Here, we evaluate the clinical significance of polymorphisms in receptors for HMGB1, which is the hallmark of chemotherapy-induced immunogenic cell death, in patients with stage II-III colon carcinoma (COAD). We found that high cytosolic HMGB1 is elicited in stage III COAD patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy. Patients with the TLR1-N248S polymorphism (rs4833095), which causes loss-of-function in HMGB1-mediated TLR1-TLR2 signaling, may influence the therapeutic efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy, leading to a high risk of distant metastasis within 5 years [HR = 1.694, 95% CI = 1.063-2.698, p = 0.027], suggesting that TLR1-N248S is an independent prognostic factor for locally advanced colon carcinoma patients. We found that defective TLR1 impaired TLR1/2 signaling during dendritic cell (DC) maturation for the antitumor immune response under immunogenic chemotherapy oxaliplatin (OXP) treatment. Defective TLR1 on DCs impaired their maturation ability by HMGB1 and reduced the secretion of IFNγ from T cells to eradicate tumor cells in vitro. Moreover, systemic inhibition of TLR1/2 dramatically reduced the tumor-infiltrating immune cells by OXP treatment, leading to poor therapeutic response to OXP. In contrast, administration of a TLR1/2 agonist synergistically increased the benefit of OXP treatment and triggered a high density of tumor-infiltrating immune cells. We also observed that fewer tumor-infiltrating cytotoxic T lymphocytes were located within the tumor microenvironment in patients bearing the TLR1-N248S polymorphism. Overall, our results suggest that dysfunctional TLR1 may reduce the therapeutic response to adjuvant chemotherapy by impairing HMGB1-mediated DC maturation and attenuating the antitumor immune response in locally advanced colon carcinoma patients.

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CarcinomaColonic NeoplasmsHMGB1 ProteinHumansOxaliplatinToll-Like Receptor 1Tumor MicroenvironmentHMGB1 ProteinOxaliplatinToll-Like Receptor 1

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