Surface CD52, CD84, and PTGER2 mark mature PMN-MDSCs from cancer patients and G-CSF-treated donors

Francesca Pettinella, Barbara Mariotti, Chiara Lattanzi, Kirsten Bruderek, Marta Donini, Sara Costa, Olivia Marini, Giulia Iannoto, Sara Gasperini, Elena Caveggion, Monica Castellucci, Federica Calzetti, Francisco Bianchetto-Aguilera, Elisa Gardiman, Matteo Giani, Stefano Dusi, Maurizio Cantini, Aurora Vassanelli, Denise Pavone, Michele MilellaSara Pilotto, Pamela Biondani, Benedikt Höing, Marie Carolin Schleupner, Timon Hussain, Boris Hadaschik, Cordelia Kaspar, Carlo Visco, Cristina Tecchio, Leo Koenderman, Flavia Bazzoni, Nicola Tamassia, Sven Brandau, Marco A. Cassatella*, Patrizia Scapini*

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Abstract

Precise molecular characterization of circulating polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) is hampered by their mixed composition of mature and immature cells and lack of specific markers. Here, we focus on mature CD66b+CD10+CD16+CD11b+ PMN-MDSCs (mPMN-MDSCs) from either cancer patients or healthy donors receiving G-CSF for stem cell mobilization (GDs). By RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments, we report the identification of a distinct gene signature shared by the different mPMN-MDSC populations under investigation, also validated in mPMN-MDSCs from GDs and tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) by single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) experiments. Analysis of such a gene signature uncovers a specific transcriptional program associated with mPMN-MDSC differentiation and allows us to identify that, in patients with either solid or hematologic tumors and in GDs, CD52, CD84, and prostaglandin E receptor 2 (PTGER2) represent potential mPMN-MDSC-associated markers. Altogether, our findings indicate that mature PMN-MDSCs distinctively undergo specific reprogramming during differentiation and lay the groundwork for selective immunomonitoring, and eventually targeting, of mature PMN-MDSCs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101380
JournalCell Reports Medicine
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Feb 2024

Keywords

  • biomarkers
  • cancer patients
  • G-CSF
  • neutrophils
  • PMN-MDSCs

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