Bile acids regulate MAdCAM-1 expression to link the gut microbiota to cancer immunosurveillance

Oncoimmunology. 2023 Jun 29;12(1):2224672. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2023.2224672. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

In a recent paper in Science, Fidelle et al. unravel a gut immune checkpoint that is subverted by antibiotic treatment. Post-antibiotic dysbiosis of the ileum causes an increase in bile acids that downregulate MAdCAM-1, thereby triggering the exodus of immunosuppressive T cells from gut-associated lymphoid tissues toward tumors.

Keywords: Cancer immunotherapy; Enterocloster; MAdCAM-1; bile acids; gut; immunosuppression; microbiota.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome* / physiology
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Immunologic
  • Neoplasms*
  • T-Lymphocytes

Substances

  • Bile Acids and Salts

Grants and funding

The work was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche [Projets blancs]; Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer Cancéropôle Ile de France Fondation Leducq Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale Institut National Du Cancer Institut Universitaire de France Ligue Contre le Cancer [EL2016.LNCC (VT/PLP)]; European Research Area Network on Cardiovascular Diseases (ERA-CVD, MINOTAUR) Gustave Roussy Odyssea the European Union Horizon 2020 Project Oncobiome Fondation Carrefour Inserm (HTE) the LabEx Immuno-Oncology [ANR-18-IDEX-0001]; the RHU Torino Lumière a donation by Elior Chancelerie des universités de Paris (Legs Poix) Association “Le Cancer du Sein, Parlons-en!” AMMICa US23/CNRS UMS3655 ANR under the frame of E-Rare-2, the ERA-Net for Research on Rare Diseases Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) – Projets blancs the SIRIC Cancer Research and Personalized Medicine (CARPEM) Equipe labelisée LIGUE [EL2016.LNCC (VT/PLP)]; Immunolife [ANR-21-5 RHUS-0017]; the SIRIC Stratified Oncology Cell DNA Repair and Tumor Immune Elimination (SOCRATE) Seerave Foundation.