Targeting glutamine metabolism enhances tumor specific immunity by modulating suppressive myeloid cells
Oh M, Sun I, Zhao L, Leone R, Sun I, Xu W, Collins S, Tam A, Blosser R, Patel C, Englert J, Arwood M, Wen J, Chan-Li Y, Tenora L, Majer P, Rais R, Slusher B, Horton M, Powell J. Targeting glutamine metabolism enhances tumor specific immunity by modulating suppressive myeloid cells. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 3865-3884. PMID: 32324593, PMCID: PMC7324212, DOI: 10.1172/jci131859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsTumor-associated macrophagesRecruitment of MDSCsGlutamine metabolismMyeloid cellsTumor growthTumor microenvironmentSuppressive myeloid cellsSuppressive immune cellsTumor-specific immunityMyeloid-derived cellsActivation-induced cell deathDevelopment of metastasesImmunogenic cell deathCell deathAntitumor immunityKynurenine levelsSuppressor cellsIDO expressionSpecific immunityImmune cellsTumor glutamine metabolismImmune evasionInflammatory macrophagesSmall molecule inhibitors