PMID- 32470491 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210112 LR - 20211204 IS - 1872-7980 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3835 (Linking) VI - 487 DP - 2020 Sep 1 TI - Hypoxia: Turning vessels into vassals of cancer immunotolerance. PG - 74-84 LID - S0304-3835(20)30269-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.05.015 [doi] AB - Hypoxia is a universal feature of solid cancers caused by a mismatch between cellular oxygen supply and consumption. To meet the increased demand for oxygen, hypoxic cancer cells (CCs) induce a multifaceted process known as angiogenesis, wherein new vessels are formed by the sprouting of pre-existing ones. In addition to providing oxygen for growth and an exit route for dissemination, angiogenic vessels and factors are co-opted by CCs to enable the generation of an immunotolerant, hypoxic tumor microenvironment, leading to therapeutic failure and mortality. In this review, we discuss how hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), and the unfolded protein response (UPR) control angiogenic factors serving both vascular and immunomodulatory functions in the tumor microenvironment. Possible therapeutic strategies, wherein targeting oxygen sensing might enhance anti-angiogenic and immunologically-mediated anti-cancer responses, are suggested. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Schito, Luana AU - Schito L AD - UCD School of Medicine and UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 C7X2, Ireland. Electronic address: luana.schito@ucd.ie. FAU - Rey, Sergio AU - Rey S AD - UCD School of Medicine and UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 C7X2, Ireland. Electronic address: sergio.rey@ucd.ie. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20200526 PL - Ireland TA - Cancer Lett JT - Cancer letters JID - 7600053 RN - 0 (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics MH - Blood Vessels/growth & development/pathology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics MH - Gene Regulatory Networks/genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/*genetics MH - Neoplasms/*genetics/immunology/pathology MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic/genetics/immunology/pathology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*genetics MH - Tumor Hypoxia/genetics/immunology MH - Tumor Microenvironment/*genetics/immunology MH - Unfolded Protein Response/*genetics/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Angiogenesis OT - Cancer OT - HIF OT - Hypoxia OT - Hypoxia-inducible factors OT - Immunotherapy OT - Oxygen sensing OT - Targeted therapy OT - Tumor microenvironment OT - UPR OT - mTOR COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that no conflicts of interest exist. EDAT- 2020/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/13 06:00 CRDT- 2020/05/30 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3835(20)30269-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.05.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Lett. 2020 Sep 1;487:74-84. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.05.015. Epub 2020 May 26.