Login / Signup

Leukaemia exposure alters the transcriptional profile and function of BCR::ABL1 negative macrophages in the bone marrow niche.

Amy DawsonMartha M ZarouBodhayan PrasadJoana Bittencourt-SilvestreDésirée ZerbstEkaterini HimonasYa-Ching HsiehIsabel van LoonGiovanny Rodriguez BlancoAngela IannicielloZsombor KerekesVaidehi KrishnanPuneet AgarwalHassan AlmasoudiLaura McCluskeyLisa E M HopcroftMary T ScottPablo BaqueroKaren M DunnDavid VetrieMhairi CoplandRavi BhatiaSeth B CoffeltSin Tiong OngHelen WheadonSara ZanivanKristina KirschnerG Vignir Helgason
Published in: Nature communications (2024)
Macrophages are fundamental cells of the innate immune system that support normal haematopoiesis and play roles in both anti-cancer immunity and tumour progression. Here we use a chimeric mouse model of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and human bone marrow (BM) derived macrophages to study the impact of the dysregulated BM microenvironment on bystander macrophages. Utilising single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) negative macrophages we reveal unique subpopulations of immature macrophages residing in the CML BM microenvironment. CML exposed macrophages separate from their normal counterparts by reduced expression of the surface marker CD36, which significantly reduces clearance of apoptotic cells. We uncover aberrant production of CML-secreted factors, including the immune modulatory protein lactotransferrin (LTF), that suppresses efferocytosis, phagocytosis, and CD36 surface expression in BM macrophages, indicating that the elevated secretion of LTF is, at least partially responsible for the supressed clearance function of Ph- macrophages.
Keyphrases