衰老的人类成纤维细胞 FasL 表达增加，并损害肿瘤免疫反应

To address this question, we employed a combination cells co-culture models, tumor spheroids and mice bearing tumors immunogenic to human immune cells derived from the same donor.

We found that senescent fibroblasts exert a dual effect by enhancing the recruitment of immune cells into the tumor microenvironment while simultaneously promoting the apoptosis of T and NK cells. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that this apoptosis is primarily due to increased Fas ligand (FasL) expression on the surface of senescent fibroblasts. Increased FasL expression was observed on different human fibroblast cell lines in response to different senescence inducers with a particular robust effect in response to RAS-induced senescence. Deletion of FasL on fibroblasts was sufficient to prevent immune cell death and increase tumor cell killing in mice. DISCUSSION: Our results identified the expression of FasL expression as a novel component of the senescent tumor microenvironment and highlight the importance of evaluating the impact of therapy-induced senescence in humanized models to understand and predict the outcome of cancer treatments.