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A systematic CRISPR screen reveals an IL-20/IL20RA-mediated immune crosstalk to prevent the ovarian cancer metastasis
- Source :
- eLife, Vol 10 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2021.
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Abstract
- Transcoelomic spread of cancer cells across the peritoneal cavity occurs in most initially diagnosed ovarian cancer (OC) patients and accounts for most cancer-related death. However, how OC cells interact with peritoneal stromal cells to evade the immune surveillance remains largely unexplored. Here, through an in vivo genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen, we identified IL20RA, which decreased dramatically in OC patients during peritoneal metastasis, as a key factor preventing the transcoelomic metastasis of OC. Reconstitution of IL20RA in highly metastatic OC cells greatly suppresses the transcoelomic metastasis. OC cells, when disseminate into the peritoneal cavity, greatly induce peritoneum mesothelial cells to express IL-20 and IL-24, which in turn activate the IL20RA downstream signaling in OC cells to produce mature IL-18, eventually resulting in the polarization of macrophages into the M1-like subtype to clear the cancer cells. Thus, we show an IL-20/IL20RA-mediated crosstalk between OC and mesothelial cells that supports a metastasis-repressing immune microenvironment.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2050084X
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- eLife
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.bf776efae9f48a19b49897fb45a9f7a
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66222