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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2025

IL-10RA governor the expression of IDO in the instruction of lymphocyte immunity.

Tzong-Shyuan Tai, Duen-Wei Hsu, Yu-Shao Yang, Ching-Yen Tsai, Jai-Wen Shi, Chien-Hui Wu, Shu-Ching Hsu

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Tzong-Shyuan Tai *Department of Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Duen-Wei Hsu *Department of Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Yu-Shao Yang *National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan.
Ching-Yen TsaiTransgenic Core Facility, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jai-Wen ShiDepartment of Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Chien-Hui WuDepartment of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shu-Ching HsuNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan. mschsu@nhri.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-2803

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National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) IV-110-PP-20, IV-111-PP-016, IV-112-PP-010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) impairs anti-pathogen and anti-tumour immunity. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) modulate immunity via IDO but also suppress IFN-γ. While MSC IDO induction by IFN-γ is established, other drivers in this immunosuppressive setting remain unknown.

methodsHuman bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with IDO or IL-10RA knockdown were co-cultured with healthy donor T cells to assess immunosuppression. PDAC organoid anticancer activity was also tested in these co-cultures.

resultsCo-culturing MSCs with T cells in an IL-10RA-enriched environment enhances IDO expression, resulting in T cell suppression. Moreover, IL-10RA-positive MSCs collected from co-cultures with IL-10 supplementation show increased IDO expression. Conversely, MSCs with IL-10RA knockdown exhibit a significant reduction in IDO RNA and protein expression, as well as STAT3 phosphorylation status, which is a known upstream signalling pathway in IDO gene regulation, in T cell co-cultures. Down-regulation of IL-10RA also inhibits IDO activity in MSCs, resulting in reduced T cell suppression, and enabling the co-cultured T cells to kill PDAC organoids.

conclusionOur research reveals IL-10RA as a pharmacological target in stromal cells for enhancing T cell-mediated PDAC eradication by downregulating IDO via blocked IL-10/IL-10RA signalling in MSCs. This advances IL-10RA interference in the tumour microenvironment (TME) to restore T cell cytotoxicity against cancers.

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Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseInterleukin-10 Receptor alpha SubunitMesenchymal Stem CellsT-LymphocytesCoculture TechniquesHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Signal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-10 Receptor alpha SubunitSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factor

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PMCPMC11723913

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