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ArticleNature communications2024

Aging-induced immune microenvironment remodeling fosters melanoma in male mice via γδ17-Neutrophil-CD8 axis.

Runping Duan, Loujing Jiang, Tianfu Wang, Zhaohuai Li, Xiaoyang Yu, Yuehan Gao, Renbing Jia, Xianqun Fan, Wenru Su

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Runping Duan *State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3679-1660
Loujing Jiang *State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Tianfu Wang *State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Zhaohuai LiState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Xiaoyang YuGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8996-4751
Yuehan GaoState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Renbing JiaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. renbingjia@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6642-7451
Xianqun FanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. fanxq@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9394-3969
Wenru SuState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China. swrth@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0506-6362

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2024T171071National Outstanding Youth Foundation of China 82122016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is associated with increased tumor metastasis and poor prognosis. However, how an aging immune system contributes to the process is unclear. Here, single-cell RNA sequencing reveals that in male mice, aging shifts the lung immune microenvironment towards a premetastatic niche, characterized by an increased proportion of IL-17-expressing γδT (γδ17) and neutrophils. Mechanistically, age-dependent downregulation of the immune trafficking receptor S1pr1 drives the expansion of γδ17. Compared to young mice, expanded γδ17 recruit tumor-promoting neutrophils with lower expression levels of CD62L and higher levels of C-kit and CXCR4. These neutrophils suppress the stemness and tumor-killing functions of CD8+ T cells in aged male mice. Accordingly, antibody-mediated depletion of γδT or neutrophils reduces tumor metastatic foci in aged animals, and the administration of the senolytic agent procyanidin C1 reverses the observed immune-mediated, tumor-promoting effects of aging. Thus, we uncover a γδ17-Neutrophil-CD8 axis that promotes aging-driven tumor metastasis in male mice and provides potential insights for managing metastatic tumors.

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AgingCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesNeutrophilsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell Line, TumorInterleukin-17Intraepithelial LymphocytesMaleMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaInterleukin-17Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta

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PMID39738047
PMCPMC11685811

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