Nolan, Emma;
Bridgeman, Victoria Louise;
Ombrato, Luigi;
Karoutas, Adam;
Rabas, Nicolas;
Sewneth, Celine Angeli Natascha;
Vasquez, Marcos;
... Malanchi, Ilaria; + view all
(2022)
Radiation exposure elicits a neutrophil-driven response in healthy lung tissue that enhances metastatic colonization.
Nature Cancer
, 3
(2)
pp. 173-187.
10.1038/s43018-022-00336-7.
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Abstract
Radiotherapy is one of the most effective approaches to achieve tumor control in cancer patients, although healthy tissue injury due to off-target radiation exposure can occur. In this study, we used a model of acute radiation injury to the lung, in the context of cancer metastasis, to understand the biological link between tissue damage and cancer progression. We exposed healthy mouse lung tissue to radiation before the induction of metastasis and observed a strong enhancement of cancer cell growth. We found that locally activated neutrophils were key drivers of the tumor-supportive preconditioning of the lung microenvironment, governed by enhanced regenerative Notch signaling. Importantly, these tissue perturbations endowed arriving cancer cells with an augmented stemness phenotype. By preventing neutrophil-dependent Notch activation, via blocking degranulation, we were able to significantly offset the radiation-enhanced metastases. This work highlights a pro-tumorigenic activity of neutrophils, which is likely linked to their tissue regenerative functions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Radiation exposure elicits a neutrophil-driven response in healthy lung tissue that enhances metastatic colonization |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s43018-022-00336-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-022-00336-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Cancer, Metastasis, Radiotherapy, Tumour immunology |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155748 |
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