IL-10 from plasmacytoid dendritic cells promotes angiogenesis in the early stage of endometriosis
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Authors: Suen, Jau-Ling; Chang, Yu; Shiu, Yu-Shiang; Hsu, Chia-Yi; Sharma, Pooja; Chiu, Chien-Chih; Chen, Yi-Ju; Hour, Tzyh-Chyuan; Tsai, Eing-Mei
Abstract
An elevated level of IL-10 has been considered a critical factor for the development of endometriosis; however, its detailed mechanism and causal relationship remain unclear. This study explored the cellular source and angiogenic activity of local IL-10 during the early stage of endometriosis. Using a surgical murine model, we found that localised treatment with exogenous recombinant IL-10 on the day of surgery significantly enhanced endometriotic lesion growth and angiogenesis, whereas blocking local IL-10 activity using mAbs significantly suppressed those effects. Adoptive transfer of Il10(+/+) plasmacytoid dendritic cells into mice significantly enhanced lesion development, whereas Il10(-/-) plasmacytoid dendritic cells significantly inhibited lesion development. Furthermore, in vitro angiogenesis analyses demonstrated that the IL-10 and IL-10 receptor pathway stimulated the migratory and tube formation ability of HUVECs as well as ectopic endometrial mesenchymal stem cells through, at least in part, a VEGF-dependent pathway. We also found that recombinant IL-10 directly stimulated angiogenesis, based on a Matrigel plug assay as well as a zebrafish model. Pathological results from human endometrioma tissues showed the increased infiltration of CD123(+) plasmacytoid dendritic cells and higher percentages of cells that express the IL-10 receptor and CD31 as compared with the corresponding normal counterparts. Taken together, these results show that IL-10 secreted from local plasmacytoid dendritic cells promotes endometriosis development through pathological angiogenesis during the early disease stage. This study provides a scientific basis for a potential therapeutic strategy targeting the IL-10-IL-10 receptor pathway in the endometriotic milieu. (c) 2019 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Microporous scaffolds loaded with immunomodulatory lentivirus to study the contribution of immune cell populations to tumor cell recruitment in vivo
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Authors: Bushnell, Grace G.; Rao, Shreyas S.; Hartfield, Rachel M.; Zhang, Yining; Oakes, Robert S.; Jeruss, Jacqueline S.; Shea, Lonnie D.
Abstract
Metastases are preceded by stochastic formation of a hospitable microenvironment known as the premetastatic niche, which has been difficult to study. Herein, we employ implantable polycaprolactone scaffolds as an engineered premetastatic niche to independently investigate the role of interleukin-10 (IL10), CXCL12, and CCL2 in recruiting immune and tumor cells and impacting breast cancer cell phenotype via lentiviral overexpression. Lentivirus delivered from scaffolds in vivo achieved sustained transgene expression for 56 days. IL10 lentiviral expression, but not CXCL12 or CCL2, significantly decreased tumor cell recruitment to scaffolds in vivo. Delivery of CXCL12 enhanced CD45+ immune cell recruitment to scaffolds while delivery of IL10 reduced immune cell recruitment. CCL2 did not alter immune cell recruitment. Tumor cell phenotype was investigated using conditioned media from immunomodulated scaffolds, with CXCL12 microenvironments reducing proliferation, and IL10 microenvironments enhancing proliferation. Migration was enhanced with CCL2 and reduced with IL10-driven microenvironments. Multiple linear regression identified populations of immune cells associated with tumor cell abundance. CD45+ immune and CD8+ T cells were associated with reduced tumor cell abundance, while CD11b+Gr1+ neutrophils and CD4+ T cells were associated with enhanced tumor cell abundance. Collectively, biomaterial scaffolds provide a tool to probe the formation and function of the premetastatic niche.