Osteoblasts remotely supply lung tumors with cancer-promoting SiglecFhigh neutrophils

Camilla Engblom, Christina Pfirschke, Rapolas Zilionis, Janaina Da Silva Martins, Stijn A. Bos, Gabriel Courties, Steffen Rickelt, Nicolas Severe, Ninib Baryawno, Julien Faget, Virginia Savova, David Zemmour, Jaclyn Kline, Marie Siwicki, Christopher Garris, Ferdinando Pucci, Hsin Wei Liao, Yi Jang Lin, Andita Newton, Omar K. YaghiYoshiko Iwamoto, Benoit Tricot, Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz, Matthias Nahrendorf, Virna Cortez-Retamozo, Etienne Meylan, Richard O. Hynes, Marie Demay, Allon Klein, Miriam A. Bredella, David T. Scadden, Ralph Weissleder, Mikael J. Pittet

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Abstract

Bone marrow–derived myeloid cells can accumulate within tumors and foster cancer outgrowth. Local immune-neoplastic interactions have been intensively investigated, but the contribution of the systemic host environment to tumor growth remains poorly understood. Here, we show in mice and cancer patients (n = 70) that lung adenocarcinomas increase bone stromal activity in the absence of bone metastasis. Animal studies reveal that the cancer-induced bone phenotype involves bone-resident osteocalcin-expressing (Ocn+) osteoblastic cells. These cells promote cancer by remotely supplying a distinct subset of tumor-infiltrating SiglecFhigh neutrophils, which exhibit cancer-promoting properties. Experimentally reducing Ocn+ cell numbers suppresses the neutrophil response and lung tumor outgrowth. These observations posit osteoblasts as remote regulators of lung cancer and identify SiglecFhigh neutrophils as myeloid cell effectors of the osteoblast-driven protumoral response.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbereaal5081
JournalScience
Volume358
Issue number6367
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2017
Externally publishedYes

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