<p>The post-treatment recurrence after chemoradiotherapy remains a major clinical challenge in cervical cancer, and the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. In this study, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of human cervical cancer tissues before and after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) revealed that cervical cancer tumor cells exhibited enhanced stemness along with upregulated expression of CD24 and MUC16 following CCRT. Meanwhile, tumor-associated macrophages exhibited upregulated expression of Siglec-10 and Siglec-9 after CCRT. Siglec-10<sup>+</sup>/Siglec-9<sup>+</sup> macrophages could interact with CD24<sup>+</sup>/MUC16<sup>+</sup> tumor cells, thereby potentially suppressing their ability to eliminate tumor cells. IL-4 strongly induces PD-L2 expression in Siglec-10<sup>+</sup>/Siglec-9<sup>+</sup>macrophages. Furthermore, these Siglec-10<sup>+</sup>/Siglec-9<sup>+</sup> macrophages inhibited T cell function via PD-L2/PD-1 interactions, thereby facilitating tumor immune evasion. In summary, in cervical cancer following CCRT, CD24<sup>+</sup>/MUC16<sup>+</sup> tumor cells might interact with Siglec-10<sup>+</sup>/Siglec-9<sup>+</sup> macrophages to suppress tumor cell elimination and upregulate PD-L2 expression, thereby promoting T cell dysfunction, tumor immune evasion, disease recurrence, and ultimately poorer patient prognosis.</p> Graphical abstract&#xa0; <p>CCRT-resistant CD24<sup>+</sup>/MUC16<sup>+</sup> tumor cells drive M2-like macrophage polarization, which might subsequently suppress T cell function.</p> <p></p>

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Chemoradiotherapy facilitates siglec-10+/siglec-9+ macrophage-mediated impairment of CD24+/MUC16+ tumor cell elimination and enhances PD-L2 dependent immunosuppression in cervical cancer

  • Wenzhi Kong,
  • Penglin Liu,
  • Jiamin Zhang,
  • Qun Liu,
  • Mengqi Deng,
  • Chunyu Xu,
  • Junqi He,
  • Jinwei Miao

摘要

The post-treatment recurrence after chemoradiotherapy remains a major clinical challenge in cervical cancer, and the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. In this study, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of human cervical cancer tissues before and after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) revealed that cervical cancer tumor cells exhibited enhanced stemness along with upregulated expression of CD24 and MUC16 following CCRT. Meanwhile, tumor-associated macrophages exhibited upregulated expression of Siglec-10 and Siglec-9 after CCRT. Siglec-10+/Siglec-9+ macrophages could interact with CD24+/MUC16+ tumor cells, thereby potentially suppressing their ability to eliminate tumor cells. IL-4 strongly induces PD-L2 expression in Siglec-10+/Siglec-9+macrophages. Furthermore, these Siglec-10+/Siglec-9+ macrophages inhibited T cell function via PD-L2/PD-1 interactions, thereby facilitating tumor immune evasion. In summary, in cervical cancer following CCRT, CD24+/MUC16+ tumor cells might interact with Siglec-10+/Siglec-9+ macrophages to suppress tumor cell elimination and upregulate PD-L2 expression, thereby promoting T cell dysfunction, tumor immune evasion, disease recurrence, and ultimately poorer patient prognosis.

Graphical abstract 

CCRT-resistant CD24+/MUC16+ tumor cells drive M2-like macrophage polarization, which might subsequently suppress T cell function.