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Papillary renal cell carcinoma-derived chemerin, IL-8, and CXCL16 promote monocyte recruitment and differentiation into foam-cell macrophages

Krawczyk, Krzysztof M. LU orcid ; Nilsson, Helén LU ; Allaoui, Roni LU ; Lindgren, David LU ; Arvidsson, Michael ; Leandersson, Karin LU orcid and Johansson, Martin E. LU (2017) In Laboratory Investigation 97(11). p.1296-1305
Abstract

Papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) is the second most common type of renal cell carcinoma. The only curative treatment available for pRCC is radical surgery. If the disease becomes widespread, neither chemo- nor radiotherapy will have therapeutic effect, hence further research on pRCC is of utmost importance. Histologically, pRCC is characterized by a papillary growth pattern with focal aggregation of macrophages of the foam cell phenotype. In other forms of cancer, a clear role for tumor-associated macrophages during cancer growth and progression has been shown. Although the presence of foamy macrophages is a histological hallmark of pRCC tumors, little is known regarding their role in pRCC biology. In order to study the interaction... (More)

Papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) is the second most common type of renal cell carcinoma. The only curative treatment available for pRCC is radical surgery. If the disease becomes widespread, neither chemo- nor radiotherapy will have therapeutic effect, hence further research on pRCC is of utmost importance. Histologically, pRCC is characterized by a papillary growth pattern with focal aggregation of macrophages of the foam cell phenotype. In other forms of cancer, a clear role for tumor-associated macrophages during cancer growth and progression has been shown. Although the presence of foamy macrophages is a histological hallmark of pRCC tumors, little is known regarding their role in pRCC biology. In order to study the interaction between pRCC tumor and myeloid cells, we established primary cultures from pRCC tissue. We show that human pRCC cells secrete the chemokines IL-8, CXCL16, and chemerin, and that these factors attract primary human monocytes in vitro. RNAseq data from The Cancer Genome Atlas confirmed a high expression of these factors in pRCC tissue. Conditioned medium from pRCC cultures induced a shift in human monocytes toward the M2 macrophage phenotype. In extended cultures, these macrophages became enlarged and loaded with lipids, adopting the foam cell morphology found in pRCC tissue. These results show for the first time that pRCC primary tumor cells secrete factors that attract and differentiate monocytes into anti-inflammatory tumor-associated macrophages with foam cell histology.

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renal cell carcinoma, IL-8, cancer micorenviroment, CXCL16
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Laboratory Investigation
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Nature Publishing Group
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0023-6837
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10.1038/labinvest.2017.78
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  author       = {{Krawczyk, Krzysztof M. and Nilsson, Helén and Allaoui, Roni and Lindgren, David and Arvidsson, Michael and Leandersson, Karin and Johansson, Martin E.}},
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  title        = {{Papillary renal cell carcinoma-derived chemerin, IL-8, and CXCL16 promote monocyte recruitment and differentiation into foam-cell macrophages}},
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