The dynamic changes of RNA N6-methyl-adenosine (m(6)A) during cancer progression contribute to quick adaption to micro-environmental changes. Here, we profiled the cancer cell m(6)A dynamics in the hypoxic tumor niche and its pathological consequences in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The m(6)A demethylase ALKBH5 was induced in GBM models under hypoxic conditions and was associated with a hypoxic gene signature in GBM patient samples. Depletion or inactivation of ALKBH5 in GBM cells significantly suppressed hypoxia-induced tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) recruitment and immunosuppression in allograft tumors. Expression and secretion of CXCL8/IL8 were significantly suppressed in ALKBH5-deficient tumors. However, ALKBH5 did not regulate CXCL8 m(6)A directly. Instead, hypoxia-induced ALKBH5 erased m(6)A deposition from the lncRNA NEAT1, stabilizing the transcript and facilitating NEAT1-mediated paraspeckle assembly, which led to relocation of the transcriptional repressor SFPQ from the CXCL8 promoter to paraspeckles and, ultimately, upregulation of CXCL8/IL8 expression. Accordingly, ectopic expression of CXCL8 in ALKBH5-deficient GBM cells partially restored TAM recruitment and tumor progression. Together, this study links hypoxia-induced epitranscriptomic changes to the emergence of an immunosuppressive microenvironment facilitating tumor evasion. Significance: Hypoxia induces tumor immune microenvironment remodeling through an ALKBH5-mediated epigenetic and epitranscriptomic mechanism, providing potential immunotherapeutic strategies for treating glioblastoma.
基金:
National Key Research and Development program [2017YFA0504102]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [81772676, 31970579, 82002654, 82072797, 82073138]; Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission [18JCJQJC48200]; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences [157-Z20-04]; Key Research Project of Tianjin Education Commission [2020ZD13]; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M66103713]; Tianjin Medical University Talent Excellence Program
第一作者单位:[1]Tianjin Med Univ Gen Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Tianjin, Peoples R China[2]Tianjin Neurol Inst, Lab Neurooncol, Tianjin, Peoples R China[3]Tianjin Med Univ, Prov & Minist Cosponsored Collaborat Innovat Ctr, Dept Cell Biol,Key Lab Immune Microenvironm & Dis, State Key Lab Expt Hematol,Minist Educ, Tianjin, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[*1]Tianjin Med Univ, Qixiangtai Rd 22, Tianjin 300070, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Dong Feng,Qin Xiaoyang,Wang Baofeng,et al.ALKBH5 Facilitates Hypoxia-Induced Paraspeckle Assembly and IL8 Secretion to Generate an Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment[J].CANCER RESEARCH.2021,81(23):5876-5888.doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-1456.
APA:
Dong, Feng,Qin, Xiaoyang,Wang, Baofeng,Li, Qian,Hu, Jinyang...&Wu, Xudong.(2021).ALKBH5 Facilitates Hypoxia-Induced Paraspeckle Assembly and IL8 Secretion to Generate an Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment.CANCER RESEARCH,81,(23)
MLA:
Dong, Feng,et al."ALKBH5 Facilitates Hypoxia-Induced Paraspeckle Assembly and IL8 Secretion to Generate an Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment".CANCER RESEARCH 81..23(2021):5876-5888