[PDF][PDF] Cancer metastasis is accelerated through immunosuppression during Snail-induced EMT of cancer cells

C Kudo-Saito, H Shirako, T Takeuchi, Y Kawakami - Cancer cell, 2009 - cell.com
C Kudo-Saito, H Shirako, T Takeuchi, Y Kawakami
Cancer cell, 2009cell.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key step toward cancer metastasis, and Snail
is a major transcription factor governing EMT. Here, we demonstrate that Snail-induced EMT
accelerates cancer metastasis through not only enhanced invasion but also induction of
immunosuppression. Murine and human melanoma cells with typical EMT features after
snail transduction induced regulatory T cells and impaired dendritic cells in vitro and in vivo
partly through TSP1 production. Although Snail+ melanoma did not respond to …
Summary
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key step toward cancer metastasis, and Snail is a major transcription factor governing EMT. Here, we demonstrate that Snail-induced EMT accelerates cancer metastasis through not only enhanced invasion but also induction of immunosuppression. Murine and human melanoma cells with typical EMT features after snail transduction induced regulatory T cells and impaired dendritic cells in vitro and in vivo partly through TSP1 production. Although Snail+ melanoma did not respond to immunotherapy, intratumoral injection with snail-specific siRNA or anti-TSP1 monoclonal antibody significantly inhibited tumor growth and metastasis following increase of tumor-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and systemic immune responses. These results suggest that inhibition of Snail-induced EMT could simultaneously suppress both tumor metastasis and immunosuppression in cancer patients.
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