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Schlafen 4–expressing myeloid-derived suppressor cells are induced during murine gastric metaplasia
Lin Ding, … , Ramon Ocadiz-Ruiz, Juanita L. Merchant
Lin Ding, … , Ramon Ocadiz-Ruiz, Juanita L. Merchant
Published July 18, 2016
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2016;126(8):2867-2880. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI82529.
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Research Article Oncology

Schlafen 4–expressing myeloid-derived suppressor cells are induced during murine gastric metaplasia

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Abstract

Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection triggers neoplastic transformation of the gastric mucosa in a small subset of patients, but the risk factors that induce progression to gastric metaplasia have not been identified. Prior to cancer development, the oxyntic gastric glands atrophy and are replaced by metaplastic cells in response to chronic gastritis. Previously, we identified schlafen 4 (Slfn4) as a GLI1 target gene and myeloid differentiation factor that correlates with spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) in mice. Here, we tested the hypothesis that migration of SLFN4-expressing cells from the bone marrow to peripheral organs predicts preneoplastic changes in the gastric microenvironment. Lineage tracing in Helicobacter-infected Slfn4 reporter mice revealed that SLFN4+ cells migrated to the stomach, where they exhibited myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) markers and acquired the ability to inhibit T cell proliferation. SLFN4+ MDSCs were not observed in infected GLI1-deficient mice. Overexpression of sonic hedgehog ligand (SHH) in infected WT mice accelerated the appearance of SLFN4+ MDSCs in the gastric corpus. Similarly, in the stomachs of H. pylori–infected patients, the human SLFN4 ortholog SLFN12L colocalized to cells that expressed MDSC surface markers CD15+CD33+HLA-DRlo. Together, these results indicate that SLFN4 marks a GLI1-dependent population of MDSCs that predict a shift in the gastric mucosa to a metaplastic phenotype.

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Lin Ding, Michael M. Hayes, Amanda Photenhauer, Kathryn A. Eaton, Qian Li, Ramon Ocadiz-Ruiz, Juanita L. Merchant

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Figure 1

Bone marrow–derived cells are sufficient to induce SPEM with H. felis.

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Bone marrow–derived cells are sufficient to induce SPEM with H. felis.
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(A) Representative H&E images (n = 6) for each group as indicated with and without bone marrow transplant (BMT) (from Slfn4-CreERT2 Rosa26-LSL-tdTomato [Slfn4-tdT] mice) with and without H. felis infection (Hf). UI, uninfected. Scale bars: 50 μm. (B) Flow analysis of SLFN4-tdT+ or CD11b+ cells versus side scatter (SSC). The percentage of SLFN4+ or CD11b+ cells per mouse is shown in the representative histograms and plotted in the adjacent scatter graphs for n = 6 mice per group over 3 experiments. Horizontal lines represent the median and interquartile range. Significance was determined using Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA with Dunn’s test of multiple comparisons. *P < 0.05.

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