Hypoxia increases melanoma-associated fibroblasts immunosuppressive potential and inhibitory effect on T cell-mediated cytotoxicity
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and hypoxia are central players in the complex process of tumor cellstroma interaction and are involved in the alteration of the anti-tumor immune response by impacting both cancer and immune cell populations. However, even if their independent immunomodulatory properties are now well documented, whether the interaction between these two components of the tumor microenvironment can affect CAFs ability to alter the anti-tumor immune response is still poorly defined. In this study, we provide evidence that hypoxia increases melanoma-associated fibroblasts expression and/or secretion of several immunosuppressive factors (including TGF-β, IL6, IL10, VEGF and PD-L1). Moreover, we demonstrate that hypoxic CAF secretome exerts a more profound effect on T cellmediated cytotoxicity than its normoxic counterpart. Together, our data suggest that the crosstalk between hypoxia and CAFs is probably an important determinant in the complex immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
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Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
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