Environmental stimuli shape microglial plasticity in glioma

  1. Stefano Garofalo
  2. Alessandra Porzia
  3. Fabrizio Mainiero
  4. Silvia Di Angelantonio
  5. Barbara Cortese
  6. Bernadette Basilico
  7. Francesca Pagani
  8. Giorgio Cignitti
  9. Giuseppina Chece
  10. Roberta Maggio
  11. Eve Tremblay
  12. Julie Savage
  13. Kanchan Bisht
  14. Vincenzo Esposito
  15. Giovanni Bernardini
  16. Thomas Seyfried
  17. Jakub Mieczkowski
  18. Karolina Stepniak
  19. Bozena Kaminska
  20. Angela Santoni
  21. Cristina Limatola  Is a corresponding author
  1. IRCCS Neuromed, Italy
  2. Sapienza University, Italy
  3. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
  4. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  5. Université Laval, Canada
  6. Boston College, United States
  7. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Abstract

In glioma, microglia and infiltrating macrophages are exposed to factors that force them to produce cytokines and chemokines, contributing to tumor growth and maintaining a pro-tumorigenic, immunosuppressed microenvironment. We demonstrate that housing glioma-bearing mice in enriched environment (EE) reverts the immunosuppressive phenotype of infiltrating myeloid cells, by modulating inflammatory gene expression. Under these conditions, branching and patrolling activity of myeloid cells is increased, and their phagocytic activity is promoted. Modulation of gene expression depends on interferon-(IFN) g produced by natural killer (NK) cells, disappearing in mice depleted of NK cells or lacking IFN-g, and was mimicked by exogenous interleukin-15 (IL-15). Further, we describe a key role for BDNF produced in the brain of mice housed in EE in mediating the expression of IL-15 in CD11b+ cells. These data define novel mechanisms linking environmental cues to the acquisition of a pro-inflammatory, anti-tumor microenvironment in mouse brain.

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  1. Stefano Garofalo

    IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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  2. Alessandra Porzia

    IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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  3. Fabrizio Mainiero

    Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  4. Silvia Di Angelantonio

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  5. Barbara Cortese

    Institute of Nanotechnology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy
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  6. Bernadette Basilico

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  7. Francesca Pagani

    Center for Life Nanoscience, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome, Italy
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  8. Giorgio Cignitti

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  9. Giuseppina Chece

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  10. Roberta Maggio

    Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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  11. Eve Tremblay

    Département de médecine moléculaire, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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  12. Julie Savage

    Département de médecine moléculaire, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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  13. Kanchan Bisht

    Département de médecine moléculaire, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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  14. Vincenzo Esposito

    IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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  15. Giovanni Bernardini

    IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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  16. Thomas Seyfried

    Biology department, Boston College, Boston, United States
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  17. Jakub Mieczkowski

    Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  18. Karolina Stepniak

    Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  19. Bozena Kaminska

    Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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  20. Angela Santoni

    IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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  21. Cristina Limatola

    IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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    cristina.limatola@uniroma1.it
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Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC2015 IG16699)

  • Cristina Limatola

Ministero Istruzione Università Ricerca (PRIN 2015)

  • Cristina Limatola

CRCHU (Starting Grant)

  • Eve Tremblay

European Commission (Euronanomed2: Nanoglio)

  • Angela Santoni

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC2014 IG16014)

  • Angela Santoni

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The protocol was approved by the Ministry of Health of Italy in accordance with the guidelines on the ethical use of animals from the EC council directive of September 22, 2010 (2010/63/EU).

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© 2017, Garofalo et al.

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  1. Stefano Garofalo
  2. Alessandra Porzia
  3. Fabrizio Mainiero
  4. Silvia Di Angelantonio
  5. Barbara Cortese
  6. Bernadette Basilico
  7. Francesca Pagani
  8. Giorgio Cignitti
  9. Giuseppina Chece
  10. Roberta Maggio
  11. Eve Tremblay
  12. Julie Savage
  13. Kanchan Bisht
  14. Vincenzo Esposito
  15. Giovanni Bernardini
  16. Thomas Seyfried
  17. Jakub Mieczkowski
  18. Karolina Stepniak
  19. Bozena Kaminska
  20. Angela Santoni
  21. Cristina Limatola
(2017)
Environmental stimuli shape microglial plasticity in glioma
eLife 6:e33415.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.33415

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