Project description:Retinoic acid signaling regulates monocyte differentiation into dendritic cells or macrophages. We used microarrays to uncover gene expression changes associated with retinoic acid exposure in mouse monocytes. The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major barrier to immunotherapy. Within solid tumors, why monocytes preferentially differentiate into immunosuppressive tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) but not immunostimulatory dendritic cells (DCs) remains unclear. Using multiple murine sarcoma models, we found that the TME induced retinoic acid (RA) production by tumor cells, which polarized intratumoral monocyte differentiation towards TAMs and away from DCs via suppression of DC-promoting transcription factor Irf4. Genetic inhibition of RA production by tumor cells or pharmacologic inhibition of RA signaling within TME increased stimulatory monocyte-derived cells, enhanced T cell-dependent anti-tumor immunity and demonstrated striking synergy with immune checkpoint blockade. Further, RA responsive gene signature in human monocytes correlated with an immunosuppressive TME in multiple human tumors. RA has been long considered as an anti-cancer agent, but our work demonstrates its tumorigenic capability via myeloid-mediated immune suppression and provides proof of concept for targeting this pathway for tumor immunotherapy.
Project description:Analysis of genes induced in DC precursors and in BM cells and monocytes treated with GM-CSF For progenitor arrays, bone marrow progenitors (CMP, GMP, CDP, and pre-cDC) were harvested from WT C57Bl/6 mice. For culture arrays, BM was cultured in the presence of GM-CSF or M-CSF and adherent and non-adherent cells sorted. For monocyte cultures, sorted BM monocytes were treated with GM-CSF for 0, 24 or 48 hours.
Project description:In vitro models to study diseases often involve human primary monocytes which are subjected to a interpersonal variability and short half-life. Bone marrow and iPSC-derived monocytes as an alternative for these in vitro models. However, the similarities and differences of these cells compared to human circulating monocytes has not yet been described. In this study, we compared human primary circulating, bone marrow-derived and iPSC-derived monocytes and macrophages and its functional, epigenomic, transcriptomic and morpholoigcal lanscape.
Project description:In vitro models to study diseases often involve human primary monocytes which are subjected to a interpersonal variability and short half-life. Bone marrow and iPSC-derived monocytes as an alternative for these in vitro models. However, the similarities and differences of these cells compared to human circulating monocytes has not yet been described. In this study, we compared human primary circulating, bone marrow-derived and iPSC-derived monocytes and macrophages and its functional, epigenomic, transcriptomic and morpholoigcal lanscape.
Project description:Two human stromal cell lines, HS-5 and HS-27a, represent functionally distinct components of the bone marrow microenvironment. A third influential component of the microenvironment is resident monocytes and macrophages. The baseline expression profile of normal peripheral blood monocytes was determined and their effect on the gene expression of the stromal cells was investigated in a co-culture sytem. Control RNA for all samples was Stratagene Universal human reference RNA. Keywords: Cell Line Comparison and Culture Comparison
Project description:This experiment focused on studying the impact of myocardial infarction on bone marrow monocytes. Human sternal bone marrow was extracted from the sternum of acute and chronic patients who had undergone myocardial infarction, as well as from control patients, during surgical procedures. The samples underwent Ficoll separation and were subsequently frozen for preservation. On the day of sorting, the samples were thawn, and a total of 3,000 - 20,000 human bone marrow monocytes (Lineage-, CD45+, HLA-DR+) were sorted in 2% BSA in PBS in two biological replicates. scRNA-seq was performed.