Demonstration of inflammation-induced cancer and cancer immunoediting during primary tumorigenesis

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 15;105(2):652-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708594105. Epub 2008 Jan 4.

Abstract

Here we report the effects of loss of the Toll-like receptor-associated signaling adaptor myeloid-differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) on tumor induction in two distinct mouse models of carcinogenesis. The 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA)-induced skin papilloma model depends on proinflammatory processes, whereas the 3'-methylcholanthrene (MCA) induction of fibrosarcoma has been used by tumor immunologists to illustrate innate and adaptive immune surveillance of cancer. When exposed to a combination of DMBA/TPA, mice lacking MyD88 formed fewer skin papillomas than genetically matched WT controls treated in a similar manner. Unexpectedly, however, fewer MyD88-/- mice formed sarcomas than WT controls when exposed to MCA. In contrast, MyD88-deficient mice did not show a defective ability to reject highly immunogenic transplanted tumors, including MCA sarcomas. Despite the reported role of TNF in chronic inflammation, TNF-deficient mice were significantly more susceptible to MCA-induced sarcoma than WT mice. Overall, these data not only confirm the key role that MyD88 plays in promoting tumor development but also demonstrate that inflammation-induced carcinogenesis and cancer immunoediting can indeed occur in the same mouse tumor model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Fibrosarcoma / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Immune System / metabolism
  • Inflammation*
  • Male
  • Methylcholanthrene / chemistry
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Models, Biological
  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 / metabolism
  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 / physiology*
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / metabolism

Substances

  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
  • Methylcholanthrene