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Suzuki H, Iwamoto H, Tanaka T, Sakaue T, Imamura Y, Masuda A, Nakamura T, Koga H, Hoshida Y, Kawaguchi T. Fibroblast growth factor inhibition by molecular-targeted agents mitigates immunosuppressive tissue microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatol Int 2024; 18:610-622. [PMID: 37864726 PMCID: PMC11014819 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-023-10603-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Combination immunotherapy refers to the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and molecular-targeted agents (MTA), which have recently been approved for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Owing to its relatively low antitumor effect (up to 30%), sequential therapy following ICIs treatment is required in patients with HCC. This study aimed to determine the impact of MTAs on the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME). METHODS We established immune syngeneic orthotopic HCC mouse models using Hep-55.1C and Hep-53.4, and treated them with MTAs (lenvatinib, sorafenib, regorafenib, cabozantinib, and DC101 as anti-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 antibodies, and AZD4547 as a fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)-1/2/3/4 inhibitor) for 2 weeks. Subsequently, alterations in the TIME caused by MTAs were evaluated using immunohistochemistry (antibodies for CD3, CD8, Foxp3, Granzyme B, Arginase-1, NK1.1, F4/80, CD11c, PD-1, and PD-L1). We conducted RNA-seq analysis using lenvatinib- and AZD4547-treated tumors. To confirm the clinical relevance of these findings, we analyzed the transcriptome data of human HCC cells (MHCC-97H) treated with various concentrations of lenvatinib for 24 h using RNA-seq data from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. RESULTS The number of Foxp3- and F4/80-positive cells in the TIME was decreased in many MTAs. Cabozantinib increased the numbers in NK1.1-, Granzyme B, and CD11c-positive cells. Lenvatinib and AZD4547 increased the number of CD8, Granzyme B, and PD-L1-positive cells. Gene ontology enrichment analysis revealed that lipid metabolism-related genes were downregulated by lenvatinib and AZD4547. In total, 161 genes downregulated by FGFR inhibition in rodent models overlapped with those downregulated by lenvatinib in human HCC cells. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we showed that cabozantinib activated the innate immune system, and lenvatinib and AZD4547, which commonly inhibit FGFR signaling, altered TIME to a hot immune state by downregulating lipid metabolism-related genes. These findings support the therapeutic use of combination immunotherapies.
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- Hiroyuki Suzuki
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
- Iwamoto Internal Medicine Clinic, Kitakyushu, 802-0832, Japan.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
- Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
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Mouri A, Kaira K, Yamaguchi O, Hashimoto K, Miura Y, Shiono A, Kawasaki T, Kobayashi K, Imai H, Kagamu H. Clinical significance of antinuclear antibody as prognostic marker for first-line pembrolizumab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Int J Clin Oncol 2024; 29:124-133. [PMID: 38160406 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-023-02445-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between antinuclear antibody (ANA) and the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade remains controversial. Here, we investigated the prognostic significance of ANA titer in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving pembrolizumab monotherapy as the first-line treatment, compared with that of platinum-based chemotherapy with PD-1 blockade. METHODS Our clinical data based on the ANA titer (1:80) were retrospectively reviewed for patients with advanced NSCLC, who were treated with first-line pembrolizumab monotherapy and platinum-based chemotherapy with PD-1 blockade. Immunohistochemical staining for tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes such as CD4, CD8 and Foxp3 was performed. RESULTS Among 106 patients treated with pembrolizumab, 19 (17.9%) tested high for ANA. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly better in patients with high ANA than in those with low ANA, and high ANA was identified as an independent prognostic predictor, particularly in the subgroup with programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) ≥ 50%. However, no statistically significant difference in PFS and OS based on the ANA titer was observed in 59 patients treated with combinational chemotherapy and immunotherapy. High numbers of intratumoral Foxp3 and stromal CD8 were significantly associated with low ANA. CONCLUSIONS Assessment of preexisting ANA titers was useful to prognose PD-1 blockade as a first-line setting, particularly for the PD-L1 ≥ 50% subgroup, but not in the case of combined immunotherapy and chemotherapy.
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- Atsuto Mouri
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, International Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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Frei AL, McGuigan A, Sinha RRAK, Jabbar F, Gneo L, Tomasevic T, Harkin A, Iveson T, Saunders MP, Oien KA, Maka N, Pezzella F, Campo L, Browne M, Glaire M, Kildal W, Danielsen HE, Hay J, Edwards J, Sansom O, Kelly C, Tomlinson I, Kerr R, Kerr D, Domingo E, Church DN, Koelzer VH. Multiplex analysis of intratumoural immune infiltrate and prognosis in patients with stage II-III colorectal cancer from the SCOT and QUASAR 2 trials: a retrospective analysis. Lancet Oncol 2024; 25:198-211. [PMID: 38301689 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(23)00560-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Tumour-infiltrating CD8+ cytotoxic T cells confer favourable prognosis in colorectal cancer. The added prognostic value of other infiltrating immune cells is unclear and so we sought to investigate their prognostic value in two large clinical trial cohorts. METHODS We used multiplex immunofluorescent staining of tissue microarrays to assess the densities of CD8+, CD20+, FoxP3+, and CD68+ cells in the intraepithelial and intrastromal compartments from tumour samples of patients with stage II-III colorectal cancer from the SCOT trial (ISRCTN59757862), which examined 3 months versus 6 months of adjuvant oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy, and from the QUASAR 2 trial (ISRCTN45133151), which compared adjuvant capecitabine with or without bevacizumab. Both trials included patients aged 18 years or older with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1. Immune marker predictors were analysed by multiple regression, and the prognostic and predictive values of markers for colorectal cancer recurrence-free interval by Cox regression were assessed using the SCOT cohort for discovery and QUASAR 2 cohort for validation. FINDINGS After exclusion of cases without tissue microarrays and with technical failures, and following quality control, we included 2340 cases from the SCOT trial and 1069 from the QUASAR 2 trial in our analysis. Univariable analysis of associations with recurrence-free interval in cases from the SCOT trial showed a strong prognostic value of intraepithelial CD8 (CD8IE) as a continuous variable (hazard ratio [HR] for 75th vs 25th percentile [75vs25] 0·73 [95% CI 0·68-0·79], p=2·5 × 10-16), and of intrastromal FoxP3 (FoxP3IS; 0·71 [0·64-0·78], p=1·5 × 10-13) but not as strongly in the epithelium (FoxP3IE; 0·89 [0·84-0·96], p=1·5 × 10-4). Associations of other markers with recurrence-free interval were moderate. CD8IE and FoxP3IS retained independent prognostic value in bivariable and multivariable analysis, and, compared with either marker alone, a composite marker including both markers (CD8IE-FoxP3IS) was superior when assessed as a continuous variable (adjusted [a]HR75 vs 25 0·70 [95% CI 0·63-0·78], p=5·1 × 10-11) and when categorised into low, intermediate, and high density groups using previously published cutpoints (aHR for intermediate vs high 1·68 [95% CI 1·29-2·20], p=1·3 × 10-4; low vs high 2·58 [1·91-3·49], p=7·9 × 10-10), with performance similar to the gold-standard Immunoscore. The prognostic value of CD8IE-FoxP3IS was confirmed in cases from the QUASAR 2 trial, both as a continuous variable (aHR75 vs 25 0·84 [95% CI 0·73-0·96], p=0·012) and as a categorical variable for low versus high density (aHR 1·80 [95% CI 1·17-2·75], p=0·0071) but not for intermediate versus high (1·30 [0·89-1·88], p=0·17). INTERPRETATION Combined evaluation of CD8IE and FoxP3IS could help to refine risk stratification in colorectal cancer. Investigation of FoxP3IS cells as an immunotherapy target in colorectal cancer might be merited. FUNDING Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Cancer Research UK, Swedish Cancer Society, Roche, and Promedica Foundation.
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- Anja L Frei
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Life Science Zurich Graduate School, PhD Program in Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Glasgow Clinical Trials Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Glasgow Tissue Research Facility, University of Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Glasgow Tissue Research Facility, University of Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Nuffield Division of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Nuffield Division of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Glasgow Tissue Research Facility, University of Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK; Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Glasgow and Edinburgh, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Glasgow Clinical Trials Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Division of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Glasgow and Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Zickert A, Janković MR, Malmström V, Chemin K, Gunnarsson I. Occurrence and localization of FOXP3 + cells in kidney biopsies in lupus nephritis and ANCA-associated vasculitis. Clin Rheumatol 2023; 42:2889-2895. [PMID: 37368057 PMCID: PMC10497686 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-023-06676-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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The study aims to increase the understanding regarding the role of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in lupus nephritis (LN) and ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) by comparing their localization in renal tissue and changes following immunosuppressive therapy. Kidney biopsies from 12 patients with LN and 7 patients with AAV were examined. Kidney biopsies had been performed both at active disease and following immunosuppressive treatment. Clinical data was collected at both biopsy occasions. Expression of Forkhead Box P 3 (Foxp3) in renal tissue was assessed by immunohistochemistry. An arbitrary scale was used to estimate the number of Foxp3+ cells. In LN, 8/12 (67%) had positive tissue staining for Foxp3 at baseline, most pronounced in inflammatory infiltrates, but also interstitially and in a peri-glomerular pattern. At second biopsies, after immunosuppressive treatment, 4/12 (33%) still had detectable Foxp3+ cells, found in persisting inflammatory infiltrates and some in the interstitium. Patients with a good clinical response to treatment had high grade of Foxp3+ cells in first biopsies. In AAV, only 2/7 (29%) had positive staining for Foxp3 at baseline, in inflammatory infiltrates and to a lesser extent in the interstitium, despite large areas of inflammatory infiltrates in all patients. At follow-up, 2/7 (29%) biopsies were positive for Foxp3. Our data show a higher presence of Foxp3+ cells in renal tissue from LN patients compared to AAV, suggesting that Tregs may be differently involved in the control of inflammatory mechanisms in these diseases. These findings could have further implication for therapeutic approaches aiming at restoring the immunological tolerance. Key Points • Foxp3+-cells are present in larger amount in renal tissue in lupus nephritis vs. ANCA-associated vasculitis. • Our data suggest that Foxp3+ regulatory T cells are involved in the control of inflammatory processes in lupus nephritis.
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- Agneta Zickert
- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
- Rheumatology Unit, S-171 76, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Nephrology, Clinic of Pediatrics, University Clinical Center Nis, Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
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- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
- Rheumatology Unit, S-171 76, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jimeno R, Mouron S, Salgado R, Loi S, Pérez-Mies B, Sánchez-Bayona R, Manso L, Martínez M, Garrido-García A, Serrano-Pardo R, Colomer R, Quintela-Fandino M. Tumor P70S6K hyperactivation is inversely associated with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in triple-negative breast cancer. Clin Transl Oncol 2023; 25:1124-1131. [PMID: 36508123 PMCID: PMC10025236 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-022-03006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by large heterogeneity and relative lack of available targeted therapies. To find therapeutic strategies for distinct patients with TNBC, several approaches have been used for TNBC clustering, including recently immune and phosphoproteomic patterns. Based on 70-kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase (P70S6K)-TNBC clustering, the current study explores the immune profiling in TNBC tumors. METHODS Stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) were evaluated in human TNBC tumor samples. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry staining for CD8, CD4, Foxp3, and CD20 was performed in tissue microarrays (TMA) sections. RESULTS Histological analysis showed decreased sTILs, CD20+ cells, and CD8+/CD4+ ratio in high phosphorylated P70S6K (p-P70S6K) tumors. Moreover, p-P70S6K score was directly correlated with CD4+ and Foxp3+ T cells, while it was inversely correlated with CD8+/CD4+ and CD8+/Foxp3+ ratios. CONCLUSION sTIL infiltration and lymphocyte profiling vary in the context of hyperactivation of P70S6K in TNBC tumors.
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- Rebeca Jimeno
- Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Clinical Research Program, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Clinical Research Program, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Pathology, GZA-ZNA, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Cancer Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRyCIS), Madrid, Spain
- Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit, Clinical Research Program, CNIO, Madrid, Spain.
- Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain.
- Endowed Chair of Personalised Precision Medicine, Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Zheng BW, Zheng BY, Niu HQ, Yang YF, Zhu GQ, Li J, Zhang TL, Zou MX. Tumor Growth Rate in Spinal Giant Cell Tumors of Bone and Association With the Immune Microenvironment and Denosumab Treatment Responsiveness: A Multicenter Study. Neurosurgery 2023; 92:524-537. [PMID: 36409294 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Currently, little is known about the prognostic value of tumor growth rate (TGR) in spinal giant cell tumors of bone (GCTB). OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation of TGR with clinicopathological features, immune microenvironment, prognosis, and response to denosumab treatment of spinal GCTB. METHODS A total of 128 patients with spinal GCTB treated at 5 centers from 2011 to 2021 were included. TGR was assessed by 2 independent neuroradiologists using at least 2 preoperative thin-section magnetic resonance imaging scans at a minimum interval of 2 months. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte subtypes for CD3, CD4, CD8, CD20, PD-1, PD-L1, and Foxp3. Then, these parameters were analyzed for their associations with patient outcomes (progression-free survival and overall survival), clinicopathological features, and denosumab treatment responsiveness. RESULTS High TGR predicted both poor progression-free survival and overall survival (both P < .001). In addition, TGR was associated with postoperative neurological dysfunction ( P < .001), Enneking staging ( P = .016), denosumab treatment responsiveness ( P = .035), and the number of CD3 + ( P < .001), PD-1 + ( P = .009), PD-L1 + ( P < .001), and FoxP3 + tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte ( P = .02). Importantly, TGR outperformed the traditional Enneking, Campanacci, and American Joint Committee on Cancer staging systems in predicting the clinical outcomes of spinal GCTB. CONCLUSION These data support the use of TGR as a reliable predictive tool for clinically relevant outcomes and response to denosumab therapy of spinal GCTB, which may be helpful in guiding prognostic risk stratification and therapeutic optimization of patients.
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- Bo-Wen Zheng
- Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
- Musculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics Surgery, General Hospital of the Central Theater Command, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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Meagher NS, Hamilton P, Milne K, Thornton S, Harris B, Weir A, Alsop J, Bisinoto C, Brenton JD, Brooks-Wilson A, Chiu DS, Cushing-Haugen KL, Fereday S, Garsed DW, Gayther SA, Gentry-Maharaj A, Gilks B, Jimenez-Linan M, Kennedy CJ, Le ND, Piskorz AM, Riggan MJ, Shah M, Singh N, Talhouk A, Widschwendter M, Bowtell DDL, Candido Dos Reis FJ, Cook LS, Fortner RT, García MJ, Harris HR, Huntsman DG, Karnezis AN, Köbel M, Menon U, Pharoah PDP, Doherty JA, Anglesio MS, Pike MC, Pearce CL, Friedlander ML, DeFazio A, Nelson BH, Ramus SJ. Profiling the immune landscape in mucinous ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2023; 168:23-31. [PMID: 36368129 PMCID: PMC10374276 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Mucinous ovarian carcinoma (MOC) is a rare histotype of ovarian cancer, with low response rates to standard chemotherapy, and very poor survival for patients diagnosed at advanced stage. There is a limited understanding of the MOC immune landscape, and consequently whether immune checkpoint inhibitors could be considered for a subset of patients. METHODS We performed multicolor immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF) on tissue microarrays in a cohort of 126 MOC patients. Cell densities were calculated in the epithelial and stromal components for tumor-associated macrophages (CD68+/PD-L1+, CD68+/PD-L1-), T cells (CD3+/CD8-, CD3+/CD8+), putative T-regulatory cells (Tregs, FOXP3+), B cells (CD20+/CD79A+), plasma cells (CD20-/CD79a+), and PD-L1+ and PD-1+ cells, and compared these values with clinical factors. Univariate and multivariable Cox Proportional Hazards assessed overall survival. Unsupervised k-means clustering identified patient subsets with common patterns of immune cell infiltration. RESULTS Mean densities of PD1+ cells, PD-L1- macrophages, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and FOXP3+ Tregs were higher in the stroma compared to the epithelium. Tumors from advanced (Stage III/IV) MOC had greater epithelial infiltration of PD-L1- macrophages, and fewer PD-L1+ macrophages compared with Stage I/II cancers (p = 0.004 and p = 0.014 respectively). Patients with high epithelial density of FOXP3+ cells, CD8+/FOXP3+ cells, or PD-L1- macrophages, had poorer survival, and high epithelial CD79a + plasma cells conferred better survival, all upon univariate analysis only. Clustering showed that most MOC (86%) had an immune depleted (cold) phenotype, with only a small proportion (11/76,14%) considered immune inflamed (hot) based on T cell and PD-L1 infiltrates. CONCLUSION In summary, MOCs are mostly immunogenically 'cold', suggesting they may have limited response to current immunotherapies.
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- Nicola S Meagher
- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, University of NSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of NSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, A Joint Venture with Cancer Council New South Wales, Australia.
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- Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, University of NSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- British Columbia's Gynecological Cancer Research Team (OVCARE), University of British Columbia, BC Cancer, and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Program in Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics and the Cedars Sinai Genomics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Clinical Trials & Methodology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Cancer Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Barts Health National Health Service Trust, London, UK; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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- British Columbia's Gynecological Cancer Research Team (OVCARE), University of British Columbia, BC Cancer, and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Computational Oncology Group, Structural Biology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- Program in Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Molecular Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Clinical Trials & Methodology, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- British Columbia's Gynecological Cancer Research Team (OVCARE), University of British Columbia, BC Cancer, and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Population Health and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, University of NSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Gynaecological Cancer Centre, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, A Joint Venture with Cancer Council New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Cancer Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, University of NSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of NSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Guo L, Wu Z. FOXM1-mediated NUF2 expression confers temozolomide resistance to human glioma cells by regulating autophagy via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Neuropathology 2022; 42:430-446. [PMID: 35701983 DOI: 10.1111/neup.12824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Glioma is the most common malignant tumor in the central nervous system and has a high mortality rate. Temozolomide (TMZ) is a widely used chemotherapeutic drug for glioma. NDC80 kinetochore complex (NUF2) is suggested to play a regulatory role in different cancers, but its specific function and mechanism in glioblastoma TMZ resistance remain unknown. NUF2, assessed by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), was highly expressed in glioma cell lines. TMZ was used to treat cells to establish a TMZ-resistant cell line. The potential functions of NUF2 in glioma were assessed using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assays, colony formation assays, 5-Ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) assays, flow cytometry, Western blotting, and a tumor xenograft model. The results showed that NUF2 knockdown attenuated malignant phenotypes of TMZ-resistant cells and prevented tumor growth. Mechanistically, as luciferase reporter assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) as showed, Fox transcription factor M1 (FOXM1) had binding sites on the NUF2 promoter. Rescue assays demonstrated that FOXM1 upregulation counteracted the inhibitory effects of NUF2 depletion on the malignancies of TMZ-resistant cells. This study demonstrates that FOXM1-activated NUF2 promotes TMZ to human glioma cells by regulating proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy.
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- Liang Guo
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Al-Sayed SE, Abdel-Latif M, Abdel-Haleem HM, El-Shahawy G, Abdel-Tawab H. Therapeutic effects of Hirudo medicinalis extract antigens on modulation of CD4 +CD25 +Foxp3 T cell activity in murine eimeriosis. Vet Parasitol 2022; 309:109772. [PMID: 35917641 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
Abstract
Eimeriosis is a common parasitic disease in the chicken industry. The aim of this study was to assess the protective role of Hirudo extract antigens (HEA) against murine eimeriosis induced by Eimeria papillate. The oocyst output, developmental stages, goblet cells and oxidative stress, were investigated. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect anti-apoptotic Bcl2 marker and the number of both CD4+ and CD25+ cells in jejunal tissue, while ELISA was used to quantify TGF-β, IL-10 and IL-22 in jejunal tissue homogenate. Real-time PCR was also used to detect mRNA expression of mucin 2 (MUC2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), IL-1β, IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-6, and FoxP3. The most effective dose (5 µg/mice) reduced the oocyst output by 82.95 ± 1.02% (P ˂ 0.001). Similarly, the same dose reduced the jejunal developmental stages by 66.67 ± 0.49% (P ˂ 0.001). Furthermore, HEA therapy increased the number of jejunal goblet cells by 12.8 ± 1 (P ˂ 0.001) and the expression of MUC2 by 0.83 ± 0.06 (P ˂ 0.001). In contrast, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-6, iNOS, and IL-1β expression as well as apoptosis were reduced. The number of CD4+ and CD25+ in the jejunal tissue was increased (14.6 ± 1.2 (P ˂ 0.001), 6.84 ± 1 (P ˂ 0.01), respectively) after HEA therapy. The molecular analysis showed an increased expression of intestinal Foxp3 (3.2 ± 0.13 (P ˂ 0.001), while IL-22 was reduced (124 ± 10 (P ˂ 0.001)) versus an increase in TGF-β (250 ± 17 (P ˂ 0.01)) and IL-10 (236 ± 16 (P ˂ 0.001)) after HEA treatment in comparison to the non-treated infected group. With respect to the infected group, HEA reduced lipid peroxidation (LPO) (15.7 ± 1.12 (P ˂ 0.001)) and nitric oxide (NO) (13 ± 1.3 (P ˂ 0.001)) but increased reduced glutathione (GSH) (3.7 ± 0.26 (P ˂ 0.001)). In conclusion, HEA therapy protected against intestinal tissue damage by activation of CD4+CD25+Foxp3 cells which showed anti-inflammatory action. Hence, HEA can be recommended as a therapeutic treatment for eimeriosis.
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- Shrouk E Al-Sayed
- Division of Parasitology, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt.
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- Division of Immunity, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
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- Division of Parasitology, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
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- Division of Parasitology, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
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- Division of Parasitology, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
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Bolte C, Ustiyan V, Ren X, Dunn AW, Pradhan A, Wang G, Kolesnichenko OA, Deng Z, Zhang Y, Shi D, Greenberg JM, Jobe AH, Kalin TV, Kalinichenko VV. Nanoparticle Delivery of Proangiogenic Transcription Factors into the Neonatal Circulation Inhibits Alveolar Simplification Caused by Hyperoxia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 202:100-111. [PMID: 32240596 PMCID: PMC7328311 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201906-1232oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Rationale: Advances in neonatal critical care have greatly improved the survival of preterm infants, but the long-term complications of prematurity, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), cause mortality and morbidity later in life. Although VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) improves lung structure and function in rodent BPD models, severe side effects of VEGF therapy prevent its use in patients with BPD.Objectives: To test whether nanoparticle delivery of proangiogenic transcription factor FOXM1 (forkhead box M1) or FOXF1 (forkhead box F1), both downstream targets of VEGF, can improve lung structure and function after neonatal hyperoxic injury.Methods: Newborn mice were exposed to 75% O2 for the first 7 days of life before being returned to a room air environment. On Postnatal Day 2, polyethylenimine-(5) myristic acid/polyethylene glycol-oleic acid/cholesterol nanoparticles containing nonintegrating expression plasmids with Foxm1 or Foxf1 cDNAs were injected intravenously. The effects of the nanoparticles on lung structure and function were evaluated using confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and the flexiVent small-animal ventilator.Measurements and Main Results: The nanoparticles efficiently targeted endothelial cells and myofibroblasts in the alveolar region. Nanoparticle delivery of either FOXM1 or FOXF1 did not protect endothelial cells from apoptosis caused by hyperoxia but increased endothelial proliferation and lung angiogenesis after the injury. FOXM1 and FOXF1 improved elastin fiber organization, decreased alveolar simplification, and preserved lung function in mice reaching adulthood.Conclusions: Nanoparticle delivery of FOXM1 or FOXF1 stimulates lung angiogenesis and alveolarization during recovery from neonatal hyperoxic injury. Delivery of proangiogenic transcription factors has promise as a therapy for BPD in preterm infants.
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- Craig Bolte
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, and
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, and
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, and
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Center for Lung Regenerative Medicine
- Division of Pulmonary Biology, and
- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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Maiese K. Novel Treatment Strategies for the Nervous System: Circadian Clock Genes, Non-coding RNAs, and Forkhead Transcription Factors. Curr Neurovasc Res 2018; 15:81-91. [PMID: 29557749 PMCID: PMC6021214 DOI: 10.2174/1567202615666180319151244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND With the global increase in lifespan expectancy, neurodegenerative disorders continue to affect an ever-increasing number of individuals throughout the world. New treatment strategies for neurodegenerative diseases are desperately required given the lack of current treatment modalities. METHODS Here, we examine novel strategies for neurodegenerative disorders that include circadian clock genes, non-coding Ribonucleic Acids (RNAs), and the mammalian forkhead transcription factors of the O class (FoxOs). RESULTS Circadian clock genes, non-coding RNAs, and FoxOs offer exciting prospects to potentially limit or remove the significant disability and death associated with neurodegenerative disorders. Each of these pathways has an intimate relationship with the programmed death pathways of autophagy and apoptosis and share a common link to the silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) (SIRT1) and the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). Circadian clock genes are necessary to modulate autophagy, limit cognitive loss, and prevent neuronal injury. Non-coding RNAs can control neuronal stem cell development and neuronal differentiation and offer protection against vascular disease such as atherosclerosis. FoxOs provide exciting prospects to block neuronal apoptotic death and to activate pathways of autophagy to remove toxic accumulations in neurons that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders. CONCLUSION Continued work with circadian clock genes, non-coding RNAs, and FoxOs can offer new prospects and hope for the development of vital strategies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. These innovative investigative avenues have the potential to significantly limit disability and death from these devastating disorders.
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- Kenneth Maiese
- Cellular and Molecular Signaling, Newark, New Jersey 07101
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