The mitochondrial stress signaling tunes immunity from a view of systemic tumor microenvironment and ecosystem
Cheng‐Liang Kuo, Ying‐Chen Lin, Yu Kang Lo, Yuzhi Lu, Ananth Ponneri Babuharisankar, Hui‐Wen Lien, Han-Yu Chou, Alan Yueh‐Luen Lee
Abstract
Mitochondria play important roles in cell fate, calcium signaling, mitophagy, and the signaling through reactive oxygen species (ROS). Recently, mitochondria are considered as a signaling organelle in the cell and communicate with other organelles to constitute the mitochondrial information processing system (MIPS) that transduce input-to-output biological information. The success in immunotherapy, a concept of systemic therapy, has been proved to be dependent on paracrine interactions within the tumor microenvironment (TME) and distant organs including microbiota and immune components. We will adopt a broader view from the concept of TME to tumor micro- and macroenvironment (T M 2 E) or tumor-organ ecosystem (TOE). In this review, we will discuss the role of mitochondrial signaling by mitochondrial ROS, calcium flux, metabolites, mtDNA, vesicle transportation, and mitochondria-derived peptide in the TME and TOE, in particular immune regulation and effective cancer immunotherapy.