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Erschienen in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy 2/2018

31.10.2017 | Original Article

Cross-talk between TNF-α and IFN-γ signaling in induction of B7-H1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

verfasst von: Na Li, Jianing Wang, Na Zhang, Mengwei Zhuang, Zhaoyun Zong, Jiahuan Zou, Guosheng Li, Xiaoyan Wang, Huaiyu Zhou, Lining Zhang, Yongyu Shi

Erschienen in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy | Ausgabe 2/2018

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Abstract

Clinical benefit from immunotherapy of B7-H1/PD-1 checkpoint blockade indicates that it is important to understand the regulatory mechanism of B7-H1 expression in cancer cells. As an adaptive response to the endogenous antitumor immunity, B7-H1 expression is up-regulated in HCC cells. B7-H1 expression is induced mainly by IFN-γ released from tumor-infiltrating T cells in HCC. In addition, HCC is a prototype of inflammation-related cancer and TNF-α is a critical component of inflammatory microenvironment of HCC. In the present study, we asked whether TNF-α can promote the expression of B7-H1 induced by IFN-γ in HCC cells. We found that JAK/STAT1/IRF1 was the primary pathway responsible for induction of B7-H1 expression by IFN-γ in human HCC cell lines. TNF-α and IFN-γ synergistically induced the expression of B7-H1 in the HCC cells. Moreover, the mechanism of the synergy was that TNF-α enhanced IFN-γ signaling by upregulating the expression of IFN-γ receptors. Furthermore, B7-H1 expression induced synergistically by TNF-α and IFN-γ in murine HCC cells facilitated tumor growth in vivo. Our findings suggest that TNF-α may enhance the adaptive immune resistance mediated by IFN-γ-induced B7-H1 in HCC cells.
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Metadaten
Titel
Cross-talk between TNF-α and IFN-γ signaling in induction of B7-H1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
verfasst von
Na Li
Jianing Wang
Na Zhang
Mengwei Zhuang
Zhaoyun Zong
Jiahuan Zou
Guosheng Li
Xiaoyan Wang
Huaiyu Zhou
Lining Zhang
Yongyu Shi
Publikationsdatum
31.10.2017
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy / Ausgabe 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0340-7004
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0851
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-017-2086-8

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