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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, we investigated the impact of cigarette smoke on tumor immune surveillance and its consequences to lung tumor burden in a murine lung metastasis model. Cigarette smoke exposure significantly increased the numbers of lung metastases following B16-MO5 melanoma challenge. This effect was reversible; we observed significantly fewer tumor nodules following smoking cessation. Using RAG2(-/-) and RAG2(-/-)gamma(c)(-/-) mice, we provide strong evidence that increased tumor incidence was NK cell dependent. Furthermore, we show that cigarette smoke suppressed NK activation and attenuated NK CTL activity, without apparent effect on activating or inhibitory receptor expression. Finally, activation of NK cells through bone marrow-derived dendritic cells conferred protection against lung metastases in smoke-exposed mice; however, protection was not as efficacious as in sham-exposed mice. To our knowledge, this is the first experimental evidence showing that cigarette smoke impairs NK cell-dependent tumor immune surveillance and that altered immunity is associated with increased tumor burden. Our findings suggest that altered innate immunity may contribute to the increased risk of cancer in smokers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
178
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
936-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Immunologic Surveillance, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Lectins, C-Type, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Smoke, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:17202355-Tobacco
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Cigarette smoke impairs NK cell-dependent tumor immune surveillance.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Centre for Gene Therapeutics, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't