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Falcinelli M, Al-Hity G, Baron S, Mampay M, Allen MC, Samuels M, Jones W, Cilibrasi C, Flaherty RL, Giamas G, Thaker PH, Flint MS. Propranolol reduces IFN-γ driven PD-L1 immunosuppression and improves anti-tumour immunity in ovarian cancer. Brain Behav Immun 2023; 110:1-12. [PMID: 36796704 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The immune system plays an important role in controlling epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). EOC is considered to be a "cold tumour," a tumour that has not triggered a strong response by the immune system. However, tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and the expression of programmed cell death ligand (PD-L1) are used as prognostic indicators in EOC. Immunotherapy such as PD-(L)1 inhibitors have shown limited benefit in EOC. Since the immune system is affected by behavioural stress and the beta-adrenergic signalling pathway, this study aimed to explore the impact of propranolol (PRO), a beta-blocker, on anti-tumour immunity in both in vitro and in vivo EOC models. Noradrenaline (NA), an adrenergic agonist, did not directly regulate PD-L1 expression but PD-L1 was significantly upregulated by IFN-γ in EOC cell lines. IFN-γ also increased PD-L1 on extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by ID8 cells. PRO significantly decreased IFN-γ levels in primary immune cells activated ex vivo and showed increased viability of the CD8+ cell population in an EV-immune cell co-incubation. In addition, PRO reverted PD-L1 upregulation and significantly decreased IL-10 levels in an immune-cancer cell co-culture. Chronic behavioural stress increased metastasis in mice while PRO monotherapy and the combo of PRO and PD-(L)1 inhibitor significantly decreased stress-induced metastasis. The combined therapy also reduced tumour weight compared to the cancer control group and induced anti-tumour T-cell responses with significant CD8 expression in tumour tissues. In conclusion, PRO showed a modulation of the cancer immune response by decreasing IFN-γ production and, in turn, IFN-γ-mediated PD-L1 overexpression. The combined therapy of PRO and PD-(L)1 inhibitor decreased metastasis and improved anti-tumour immunity offering a promising new therapy.
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- M Falcinelli
- University of Brighton, School of Pharmacy & Biosciences, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
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- University of Brighton, School of Pharmacy & Biosciences, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
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- University of Brighton, School of Pharmacy & Biosciences, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
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- University of Brighton, School of Pharmacy & Biosciences, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
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- University of Brighton, School of Pharmacy & Biosciences, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
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- University of Sussex, Department for Biochemistry and Biomedicine, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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- University of Sussex, Department for Biochemistry and Biomedicine, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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- University of Sussex, Department for Biochemistry and Biomedicine, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, SW3 6JG London, UK
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- University of Sussex, Department for Biochemistry and Biomedicine, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, United States
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- University of Brighton, School of Pharmacy & Biosciences, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK.
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Market M, Tennakoon G, Auer RC. Postoperative Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction: The Prime Suspect in the Case of Metastasis Following Curative Cancer Surgery. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111378. [PMID: 34768810 PMCID: PMC8583911 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Revised: 10/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Surgical resection is the foundation for the curative treatment of solid tumors. However, metastatic recurrence due to the difficulty in eradicating micrometastases remain a feared outcome. Paradoxically, despite the beneficial effects of surgical removal of the primary tumor, the physiological stress resulting from surgical trauma serves to promote cancer recurrence and metastasis. The postoperative environment suppresses critical anti-tumor immune effector cells, including Natural Killer (NK) cells. The literature suggests that NK cells are critical mediators in the formation of metastases immediately following surgery. The following review will highlight the mechanisms that promote the formation of micrometastases by directly or indirectly inducing NK cell suppression following surgery. These include tissue hypoxia, neuroendocrine activation, hypercoagulation, the pro-inflammatory phase, and the anti-inflammatory phase. Perioperative therapeutic strategies designed to prevent or reverse NK cell dysfunction will also be examined for their potential to improve cancer outcomes by preventing surgery-induced metastases.
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- Marisa Market
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1G 8M5, Canada; (M.M.); (G.T.)
- The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1G 4E3, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1G 8M5, Canada; (M.M.); (G.T.)
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- The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1G 4E3, Canada
- Department of General Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-613-722-7000
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Wiranata S, Anjani IAW, Wulandari PA, Indrakusuma AABP, Sadeva IGKA, Wisnawa ADF, Fajar JK, Prabawa IPY, Adiputra PAT, Sudarsa IW, Lestari AAW, Wihandani DM, Supadmanaba IGP. The Risk of Antihypertensive Drug among Breast Cancer Patient: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2021.6841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUNDS: Breast cancer or breast carcinoma is the most common type of malignancy in women globally. According to the previous studies that indicate the usage of antihypertensive drugs may become a risk factor of cancer (beta-blockers [BBs], calcium channel blockers [CCBs], and diuretics). Both angiotensin-converting enzymes inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), on the other hand, have been associated to an increased or decreased risk of breast cancer.
AIM: To compare each type of antihypertensive medicines as a risk factor for breast cancer, we did a systematic review and meta-analysis of current evidence.
METHODS: We utilized the terms “antihypertensive”, “anti-hypertensive”, “anti-hypertensive medications”, “breast cancer”, “risk”, “case control”, and “cohort” in PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar databases.
RESULTS: Our data calculation found that the risk of antihypertensive drugs was significantly different in overall analysis (odds ratio [OR] = 0.59, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.42–0.83, p = 0.003). Five studies with 39.503 breast cancer patients and 372.037 controls were included in the ARBs user sub-group. Our results found significant different of antihypertensive drugs among breast cancer patient (OR = 1.47, 95% CI = 1.02–2.11 p = 0.04). Our data calculation also confirmed no significant different in antihypertensive drugs among breast cancer patient (OR = 1.07, 95% CI = 0.99–1.16, p = 0.09) in diuretics user, (OR = 1.08, 95% CI = 0.99–1.18, p = 0.08) in CCBs user, (OR = 1.11, 95% CI = 0.98–1.26, p = 0.09) in BBs user, and (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 0.64–2.50, p = 0.50) in ACEIs user.
CONCLUSIONS: Although, the finding reveal that antihypertensive drugs (diuretics, CCBs, BBs, and ACEIs) in overall are significant for the risk of breast cancer and also found that ARBs have a low potential in the risk of breast cancer.
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Jin YY, Yang WZ, Sun ZY, Wang ZB, Chen J, Wu CT, Yang ZY. NK cells adjuvant therapy shows survival benefits in a gastric mixed signet ring cell carcinoma patient: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e24979. [PMID: 33725867 PMCID: PMC7969222 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000024979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Advanced signet ring cell (SRC) carcinoma has a worse prognosis. Therefore, early diagnosis and prevention is particularly important; SRC tumors have lower R0 resection rate and are thought to be less chemosensitive than non-SRCC. Consequently, a novel postoperative adjuvant treatment is urgently needed to improve clinical outcomes. PATIENT CONCERNS A 41-year-old female with advanced gastric SRC carcinoma was treated with radical gastrectomy and oxaliplatin-based regimen for 6 cycles after surgery. She was suspected of recurrence with the high level of carbohydrate antigen (CA) 72-4. DIAGNOSES The gastroscopy revealed SRC carcinoma of gastric antrum and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in some areas. The diagnosis of postoperative pathology report was gastric cancer with stage III C (T4a, N3a, M0). INTERVENTIONS The level of CA72-4 rapidly increased during the 2 follow-up after the completion of conventional treatment, ex vivo-cultured allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell infusion was offered to prevent recurrence. OUTCOMES Intravenous injections of NK cells combination with surgical treatment and chemotherapy showed therapeutic effects in this patient with possible relapse. The patient remained disease-free 46 months after the infusion of NK cells until the latest follow-up. LESSONS CA72-4 appeared to be the most sensitive and specific marker in the gastric cancer patient, and the high level of CA72-4 may indicate the risk of recurrence. This case report provide rationale for NK cell infusion following the rapid increase of CA72-4 to prevent recurrence.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate/blood
- Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate/immunology
- Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell/immunology
- Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell/therapy
- Combined Modality Therapy/methods
- Female
- Gastrectomy
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/transplantation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Postoperative Care/methods
- Prognosis
- Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Stomach Neoplasms/immunology
- Stomach Neoplasms/pathology
- Stomach Neoplasms/therapy
- Transplantation, Homologous
- Treatment Outcome
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- Yuan-Yuan Jin
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine, Guangzhou
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong
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- North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
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Chen M, Singh AK, Repasky EA. Highlighting the Potential for Chronic Stress to Minimize Therapeutic Responses to Radiotherapy through Increased Immunosuppression and Radiation Resistance. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E3853. [PMID: 33419318 PMCID: PMC7767049 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12123853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Ionizing radiation has been used in the treatment of cancer for more than 100 years. While often very effective, there is still a great effort in place to improve the efficacy of radiation therapy for controlling the progression and recurrence of tumors. Recent research has revealed the close interaction between nerves and tumor progression, especially nerves of the autonomic nervous system that are activated by a variety of stressful stimuli including anxiety, pain, sleep loss or depression, each of which is likely to be increased in cancer patients. A growing literature now points to a negative effect of chronic stressful stimuli in tumor progression. In this review article, we present data on the potential for adrenergic stress to influence the efficacy of radiation and in particular, its potential to influence the anti-tumor immune response, and the frequency of an "abscopal effect" or the shrinkage of tumors which are outside an irradiated field. We conclude that chronic stress can be a major impediment to more effective radiation therapy through mechanisms involving immunosuppression and increased resistance to radiation-induced tumor cell death. Overall, these data highlight the potential value of stress reduction strategies to improve the outcome of radiation therapy. At the same time, objective biomarkers that can accurately and objectively reflect the degree of stress in patients over prolonged periods of time, and whether it is influencing immunosuppression and radiation resistance, are also critically needed.
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- Minhui Chen
- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA;
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA;
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA;
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Harnessing cancer immunotherapy during the unexploited immediate perioperative period. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2020; 17:313-326. [PMID: 32066936 DOI: 10.1038/s41571-019-0319-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The immediate perioperative period (days before and after surgery) is hypothesized to be crucial in determining long-term cancer outcomes: during this short period, numerous factors, including excess stress and inflammatory responses, tumour-cell shedding and pro-angiogenic and/or growth factors, might facilitate the progression of pre-existing micrometastases and the initiation of new metastases, while simultaneously jeopardizing immune control over residual malignant cells. Thus, application of anticancer immunotherapy during this critical time frame could potentially improve patient outcomes. Nevertheless, this strategy has rarely been implemented to date. In this Perspective, we discuss apparent contraindications for the perioperative use of cancer immunotherapy, suggest safe immunotherapeutic and other anti-metastatic approaches during this important time frame and specify desired characteristics of such interventions. These characteristics include a rapid onset of immune activation, avoidance of tumour-promoting effects, no or minimal increase in surgical risk, resilience to stress-related factors and minimal induction of stress responses. Pharmacological control of excess perioperative stress-inflammatory responses has been shown to be clinically feasible and could potentially be combined with immune stimulation to overcome the direct pro-metastatic effects of surgery, prevent immune suppression and enhance immunostimulatory responses. Accordingly, we believe that certain types of immunotherapy, together with interventions to abrogate stress-inflammatory responses, should be evaluated in conjunction with surgery and, for maximal effectiveness, could be initiated before administration of adjuvant therapies. Such strategies might improve the overall success of cancer treatment.
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Perioperative changes of inflammation-based biomarker for predicting the prognosis in colorectal cancer patients: a retrospective analysis. GASTROENTEROLOGY REVIEW 2019; 14:258-267. [PMID: 31988672 PMCID: PMC6983758 DOI: 10.5114/pg.2019.90252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Introduction Perioperative inflammatory markers, including the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), are associated with oncological prognosis. However, their changes in colorectal cancer surgery for predicting the prognosis are rarely investigated. Aim To compare perioperative changes to evaluate the prognostic significance of patients’ survival. Material and methods Retrospective clinical data and baseline laboratory parameters of 183 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who underwent curative surgery were collected between January 2007 and January 2013. The clinicopathological characteristics were compared. Statistical analysis was used to identify the predictive changes of perioperative NLR and PLR associated with survival prognosis. Results ROC analysis indicated that perioperative NLR/PLR showed higher predictive accuracy for prognosis, and the optimal cut-off values of pre-NLR, post-NLR, pre-PLR, and post-PLR were 2.94, 4.32, 184.29, and 212.37, respectively. Kaplan-Meier analysis suggested that the four groups stratified by perioperative changes had significantly different recurrence-free survival and overall survival (p < 0.05). Univariate and multivariable analysis revealed that patients with higher cancer stage, lymph node metastasis, and perioperative change of NLR/PLR (HH, LH) had significant association with poor prognosis of RFS and OS (all p < 0.05). Conclusions Perioperative NLR and PLR might be good predictors for prognosis in CRC patients who have undergone curative surgery, which could guide the customised therapeutic strategy. Furthermore, their assessment could contribute to accurately predicting oncologic outcomes and provide an in-depth understanding of the patients, which could guide the operational strategy.
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Panigrahy D, Gartung A, Yang J, Yang H, Gilligan MM, Sulciner ML, Bhasin SS, Bielenberg DR, Chang J, Schmidt BA, Piwowarski J, Fishbein A, Soler-Ferran D, Sparks MA, Staffa SJ, Sukhatme V, Hammock BD, Kieran MW, Huang S, Bhasin M, Serhan CN, Sukhatme VP. Preoperative stimulation of resolution and inflammation blockade eradicates micrometastases. J Clin Invest 2019; 129:2964-2979. [PMID: 31205032 DOI: 10.1172/jci127282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer therapy is a double-edged sword, as surgery and chemotherapy can induce an inflammatory/immunosuppressive injury response that promotes dormancy escape and tumor recurrence. We hypothesized that these events could be altered by early blockade of the inflammatory cascade and/or by accelerating the resolution of inflammation. Preoperative, but not postoperative, administration of the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug ketorolac and/or resolvins, a family of specialized proresolving autacoid mediators, eliminated micrometastases in multiple tumor-resection models, resulting in long-term survival. Ketorolac unleashed anticancer T cell immunity that was augmented by immune checkpoint blockade, negated by adjuvant chemotherapy, and dependent on inhibition of the COX-1/thromboxane A2 (TXA2) pathway. Preoperative stimulation of inflammation resolution via resolvins (RvD2, RvD3, and RvD4) inhibited metastases and induced T cell responses. Ketorolac and resolvins exhibited synergistic antitumor activity and prevented surgery- or chemotherapy-induced dormancy escape. Thus, simultaneously blocking the ensuing proinflammatory response and activating endogenous resolution programs before surgery may eliminate micrometastases and reduce tumor recurrence.
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- Dipak Panigrahy
- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Vascular Biology Research.,Department of Pathology, and.,Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and.,Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Medicine and Center for Affordable Medical Innovation, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Panahi M, Vadgama N, Kuganesan M, Ng FS, Sattler S. Immunopharmacology of Post-Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Medications. J Clin Med 2018; 7:E403. [PMID: 30384415 PMCID: PMC6262592 DOI: 10.3390/jcm7110403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The immune system responds to acute tissue damage after myocardial infarction (MI) and orchestrates healing and recovery of the heart. However, excessive inflammation may lead to additional tissue damage and fibrosis and exacerbate subsequent functional impairment, leading to heart failure. The appreciation of the immune system as a crucial factor after MI has led to a surge of clinical trials investigating the potential benefits of immunomodulatory agents previously used in hyper-inflammatory conditions, such as autoimmune disease. While the major goal of routine post-MI pharmacotherapy is to support heart function by ensuring appropriate blood pressure and cardiac output to meet the demands of the body, several drug classes also affect a range of immunological pathways and modulate the post-MI immune response, which is crucial to take into account when designing future immunomodulatory trials. This review outlines how routine post-MI pharmacotherapy affects the immune response and may thus influence post-MI outcomes and development towards heart failure. Current key drug classes are discussed, including platelet inhibitors, statins, β-blockers, and renin⁻angiotensin⁻aldosterone inhibitors.
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- Mona Panahi
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
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- University College London Medical School, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
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Li L, Li W, Wang C, Yan X, Wang Y, Niu C, Zhang X, Li M, Tian H, Yao C, Jin H, Han F, Xu D, Han W, Li D, Cui J. Adoptive transfer of natural killer cells in combination with chemotherapy improves outcomes of patients with locally advanced colon carcinoma. Cytotherapy 2017; 20:134-148. [PMID: 29056549 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2017.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Despite the availability of multiple treatment strategies, patients with advanced colon carcinoma (CC) have poor prognoses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of natural killer (NK) cell therapy in combination with chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced CC. METHODS We assessed the cytotoxicity of NK cells to CC cells (CCs) and CC stem cells (CSCs) pre-treated with 5-fluorouracil or oxaliplatin in vitro. Then, an open-label cohort study was conducted with locally advanced CC patients who had received radical resection. Patients received either NK cell therapy combined with chemotherapy (NK cell group, 27 patients) or pure chemotherapy (control group, 33 patients). Progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and adverse effects were investigated. RESULTS Chemotherapy sensitized CCs and CSCs to NK cell cytotoxicity through regulation of NK cell-activating/inhibitory receptor ligands. Poorly differentiated CCs were more susceptible to NK cells than well-differentiated ones. In the cohort study, the 5-year PFS and OS rates in the NK cell group were significantly higher than those in the control group (51.1% versus 35%, P= 0.044; 72.5% versus 51.6%, P= 0.037, respectively). Among patients with poorly differentiated carcinomas and low expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-1, the median PFS in the NK cell group versus the control group was 23.5 versus 12.1 months (P= 0.0475) and 33.1 versus 18.5 months (P= 0.045), respectively. No significant adverse reactions were reported. CONCLUSION NK cell therapy in combination with chemotherapy in locally advanced CC prevented recurrence and prolonged survival with acceptable adverse effects, especially for poorly differentiated carcinomas.
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- Lingyu Li
- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Cancer Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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Sekandarzad MW, van Zundert AAJ, Lirk PB, Doornebal CW, Hollmann MW. Perioperative Anesthesia Care and Tumor Progression. Anesth Analg 2017; 124:1697-1708. [PMID: 27828796 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000001652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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This narrative review discusses the most recent up-to-date findings focused on the currently available "best clinical practice" regarding perioperative anesthesia care bundle factors and their effect on tumor progression. The main objective is to critically appraise the current literature on local anesthetics, regional outcome studies, opioids, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and their ability to decrease recurrence in patients undergoing cancer surgery. A brief discussion of additional topical perioperative factors relevant to the anesthesiologist including volatile and intravenous anesthetics, perioperative stress and anxiety, nutrition, and immune stimulation is included. The results of several recently published systematic reviews looking at the association between cancer recurrences and regional anesthesia have yielded inconclusive data and provide insufficient evidence regarding a definitive benefit of regional anesthesia. Basic science data suggests an anti tumor effect induced by local anesthetics. New refined animal models show that opioids can safely be used for perioperative pain management. Preliminary evidence suggests that NSAIDs should be an essential part of multimodal analgesia. Volatile anesthetics have been shown to increase tumor formation, whereas preclinical and emerging clinical data from propofol indicate tumor protective qualities. The perioperative period in the cancer patient represents a unique environment where surgically mediated stress response leads to immune suppression. Regional anesthesia techniques when indicated in combination with multimodal analgesia that include NSAIDs, opioids, and local anesthetics to prevent the pathophysiologic effects of pain and neuroendocrine stress response should be viewed as an essential part of balanced anesthesia.
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- Mir W Sekandarzad
- From the *Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, The University of Queensland, Herston-Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; and †Division of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care, University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Alvarado A, Faustino-Rocha AI, Colaço B, Oliveira PA. Experimental mammary carcinogenesis - Rat models. Life Sci 2017; 173:116-134. [PMID: 28188729 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mammary cancer is one of the most common cancers, victimizing more than half a million of women worldwide every year. Despite all the studies in this field, the current therapeutic approaches are not effective and have several devastating effects for patients. In this way, the need to better understand the mammary cancer biopathology and find effective therapies led to the development of several rodent models over years. With this review, the authors intended to provide the readers with an overview of the rat models used to study mammary carcinogenesis, with a special emphasis on chemically-induced models.
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- Antonieta Alvarado
- Área de Patología, Decanato de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado", UCLA, Lara, Venezuela; Center for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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- Center for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Center for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Zootechnics, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Center for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal.
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Ashrafi S, Shapouri R, Mahdavi M. Immunological consequences of immunization with tumor lysate vaccine and propranolol as an adjuvant: A study on cytokine profiles in breast tumor microenvironment. Immunol Lett 2017; 181:63-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2016.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2016] [Revised: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Wang T, Li Y, Lu HL, Meng QW, Cai L, Chen XS. β-Adrenergic Receptors : New Target in Breast Cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2016; 16:8031-9. [PMID: 26745035 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.18.8031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preclinical studies have demonstrated that β-adrenergic receptor antagonists could improve the prognosis of breast cancer. However, the conclusions of clinical and pharmacoepidemiological studies have been inconsistent. This review was conducted to re-assess the relationship between beta-adrenoceptor blockers and breast cancer prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The literature was searched from PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Nature (Thompson Reuters) databases through using key terms, such as breast cancer and beta- adrenoceptor blockers. RESULTS Ten publications met the inclusion criteria. Six suggested that receiving beta- adrenoceptor blockers reduced the risk of breast cancer-specific mortality, and three of them had statistical significance (hazard ratio (HR)=0.42; 95% CI=0.18-0.97; p=0.042). Two studies reported that risk of recurrence and distant metastasis (DM) were both significantly reduced. One study demonstrated that the risk of relapse- free survival (RFS) was raised significantly with beta-blockers (BBS) (HR= 0.30; 95% CI=0.10-0.87; p=0.027). One reported longer disease-free interval (Log Rank (LR)=6.658; p=0.011) in BBS users, but there was no significant association between overall survival (OS) and BBS (HR= 0.35; 95% CI=0.12-1.0; p=0.05) in five studies. CONCLUSIONS Through careful consideration, it is suggested that beta-adrenoceptor blockers use may be associated with improved prognosis in breast cancer patients. Nevertheless, larger size studies are needed to further explore the relationship between beta-blocker drug use and breast cancer prognosis.
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- Ting Wang
- Department of Internal Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Heilongjiang Province, China E-mail : ;
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Chung JF, Yoon CJ, Cheon SA, Seo ES, Park SH, Yang JS, Kim B, Joo MY, Park TJ, Kim KH, Sood AK, Lee SJ. NO-dependent attenuation of TPA-induced immunoinflammatory skin changes in Balb/c mice by pindolol, heptaminol or ATRA, but not by verapamil. Oncotarget 2016; 7:47576-47585. [PMID: 27374093 PMCID: PMC5216962 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Recently a mouse skin carcinogenesis study reported that a β-blocker carvedilol displayed antitumor-properties via antihyperplastic effects. However, the antihyperplastic mechanism is unclear as the β-blocker is characterized with multiple pleiotropic effects including stimulation of endothelial NO release and verapamil-like calcium channel blocking activity. To investigate the nature and the origin of the antihyperplastic effects, we tested topical pretreatment with pindolol, heptaminol, ATRA or verapamil against Balb/c mouse ear skin hyperplasia that was induced by TPA. We found that pindolol, heptaminol or ATRA, but not verapamil, inhibited the TPA-induced immunoinflammatory skin changes in an NO-dependent manner, which included epidermal hyperplasia, skin edema and fibrosis. Furthermore, we also observed NO-dependent alleviation of the TPA-induced NK cell depletion in the ear tissues by heptaminol pretreatment. Together our results suggest that stimulation of NO generation from constitutive synthases may be primarily responsible for the reported antihyperplastic and NK cell-preserving effects of the β-blockers, and that similar effects may be observed in other immunity normalizing compounds that also promote endothelial NO synthesis.
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
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- NanoBio-Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
- Center for Biofluid and Biomimic Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
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- Center for Biofluid and Biomimic Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
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- Clinical Immunology, Laboratory Science Unit, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
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- NanoBio-Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- NanoBio-Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
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- Departments of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
- Center for Biofluid and Biomimic Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
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Chung JF, Lee SJ, Sood AK. Immunological and pleiotropic effects of individual β-blockers and their relevance in cancer therapies. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2016; 25:501-5. [PMID: 26954371 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2016.1164141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Jinhyuk Fred Chung
- a Life Intelligence Group LLC , Houston , TX , USA.,b Synergy Point Co ., The Republic of Korea
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- c Center for Biofluid and Biomimic Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) , Pohang , South Korea
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- d Departments of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine and Cancer Biology , The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , TX , USA
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Zhou L, Li Y, Li X, Chen G, Liang H, Wu Y, Tong J, Ouyang W. Propranolol Attenuates Surgical Stress-Induced Elevation of the Regulatory T Cell Response in Patients Undergoing Radical Mastectomy. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 196:3460-9. [PMID: 26969754 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Surgical stress and inflammatory response induce the release of catecholamines and PGs, which may be key factors in facilitating cancer recurrence through immunosuppression. Animal studies have suggested the efficacy of perioperative blockades of catecholamines and PGs in reducing immunosuppression. In this study, to our knowledge, we present the first report of the effects of perioperative propranolol and/or parecoxib on peripheral regulatory T cells (Tregs) in breast cancer patients. Patients were randomly assigned to control, propranolol, parecoxib, and propranolol plus parecoxib groups. We demonstrated that levels of circulating epinephrine, norepinephrine, and PGE2increased in response to surgery. Meanwhile, peripheral FOXP3 mRNA level and Treg frequencies were elevated on postoperative day 7. Propranolol administration, rather than parecoxib, attenuated such elevation of Tregs, indicating the critical roles for catecholamines in surgery-induced promotion of Tregs. Besides, propranolol plus parecoxib treatment demonstrated no additive or synergistic effects. Furthermore, a study of Treg activity on CD4(+)T cell responses to specific tumor Ags was performed in the control and propranolol groups. Propranolol abrogated the increased Treg activity and accompanying suppression of CD4(+)T cell responses after surgery. Finally, we conducted ex vivo experiments on the effects of varying concentrations of epinephrine and/or propranolol on Treg proliferation over PBMCs from breast cancer patients, to provide further direct evidence strengthening our clinical observations. Epinephrine markedly promoted Treg proliferation, whereas propranolol prevented such enhancement effect. In conclusion, our study highlights beneficial roles for propranolol in inhibiting Treg responses in vivo and in vitro, and demonstrates that propranolol could alleviate surgical stress-induced elevation of Tregs in breast cancer patients.
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- Lei Zhou
- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China;
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China; Medical Central Laboratory, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China;
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China; Seniors Anesthesia and Perioperative Management Research Center, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China; and State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China
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Yoshida T, Kinoshita H, Yoshida K, Mishima T, Yanishi M, Inui H, Komai Y, Sugi M, Inoue T, Murota T, Fukui K, Harada J, Kawa G, Matsuda T. Prognostic impact of perioperative lymphocyte-monocyte ratio in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:10067-74. [PMID: 26819209 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-4874-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Various systemic inflammatory response biomarkers are associated with oncological outcome. We evaluated the superiority of prognostic predictive accuracy between neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), and the prognostic significance of their perioperative change in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy (RC). We retrospectively analyzed 302 patients who had undergone RC in four institutions. Comparison of predictive accuracy between NLR and LMR was performed using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were assessed with the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis. Preoperative and postoperative LMR showed higher predictive accuracy for OS than NLR did (p = 0.034). Applying a cutoff of 3.41, change in perioperative LMR stratified patients into three groups (low, intermediate, and high risk), showing a significant difference in OS and CSS (p < 0.001, each), and pathological outcomes. Multivariable analyses for OS and CSS showed that poor changes in LMR (high risk) were an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio 5.70, 95 % confidence interval 3.49-9.32, p < 0.001; hazard ratio 4.53, 95 % confidence interval 2.63-7.82, p < 0.001; respectively). Perioperative LMR is significantly associated with survival in patients with bladder cancer after RC, and it is possibly superior to NLR as a prognostic factor.
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- Takashi Yoshida
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan.
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Takii Hospital, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Takii Hospital, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Kori Hospital, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Saiseikai Noe Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Saiseikai Noe Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Hirakata Hospital, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1191, Japan
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Wilson JM, Lorimer E, Tyburski MD, Williams CL. β-Adrenergic receptors suppress Rap1B prenylation and promote the metastatic phenotype in breast cancer cells. Cancer Biol Ther 2015; 16:1364-74. [PMID: 26209110 PMCID: PMC4622671 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2015.1070988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A greater understanding of the molecular basis of breast cancer metastasis will lead to identification of novel therapeutic targets and better treatments. Rap1B is a small GTPase that suppresses the metastasis of breast cancer cells by increasing cell-cell adhesion. In breast cancer, a decrease in Rap1B prenylation and subsequent loss of Rap1B at the plasma membrane decreases cell-cell adhesion and increases cell scattering, which promotes the metastatic phenotype. Protein kinase A (PKA) was recently found to phosphorylate Rap1B and inhibit its prenylation. PKA is activated by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) that stimulate Gαs. In this study, we investigated whether the general Gαs activator, cholera toxin, and agonists of the β-adrenergic receptor (βAR), which is a Gαs-coupled GPCR, promote Rap1B phosphorylation and inhibit its prenylation. We show here that cholera toxin and βAR activation phosphorylate Rap1B and inhibit its prenylation and membrane localization, reducing cell-cell adhesion and promoting cell scattering. Furthermore, we report that breast cancer cell migration is decreased by the FDA-approved β-blocker, propranolol. Pharmacological targeting of GPCRs, especially those such as the βAR that are regulated by FDA-approved drugs, to increase cell adhesion and decrease cell scattering could provide a promising therapeutic approach to reduce breast cancer metastasis.
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- Jessica M Wilson
- From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Cancer Center and Cardiovascular Center; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI USA
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- From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Cancer Center and Cardiovascular Center; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI USA
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- From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Cancer Center and Cardiovascular Center; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI USA
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Horowitz M, Neeman E, Sharon E, Ben-Eliyahu S. Exploiting the critical perioperative period to improve long-term cancer outcomes. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2015; 12:213-26. [PMID: 25601442 PMCID: PMC5497123 DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Evidence suggests that the perioperative period and the excision of the primary tumour can promote the development of metastases—the main cause of cancer-related mortality. This Review first presents the assertion that the perioperative timeframe is pivotal in determining long-term cancer outcomes, disproportionally to its short duration (days to weeks). We then analyse the various aspects of surgery, and their consequent paracrine and neuroendocrine responses, which could facilitate the metastatic process by directly affecting malignant tissues, and/or through indirect pathways, such as immunological perturbations. We address the influences of surgery-related anxiety and stress, nutritional status, anaesthetics and analgesics, hypothermia, blood transfusion, tissue damage, and levels of sex hormones, and point at some as probable deleterious factors. Through understanding these processes and reviewing empirical evidence, we provide suggestions for potential new perioperative approaches and interventions aimed at attenuating deleterious processes and ultimately improving treatment outcomes. Specifically, we highlight excess perioperative release of catecholamines and prostaglandins as key deleterious mediators of surgery, and we recommend blockade of these responses during the perioperative period, as well as other low-risk, low-cost interventions. The measures described in this Review could transform the perioperative timeframe from a prominent facilitator of metastatic progression, to a window of opportunity for arresting and/or eliminating residual disease, potentially improving long-term survival rates in patients with cancer.
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- Maya Horowitz
- School of Psychological Sciences, Sharet Building, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, Sharet Building, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach-Tikva 49100, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, Sharet Building, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Innate immune function after breast, lung, and colorectal cancer surgery. J Surg Res 2014; 194:185-93. [PMID: 25475022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2014] [Revised: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The cytotoxic activity and count of natural killer (NK) cells appear to be reduced after surgery; however, it is unknown whether the magnitude of this immune suppression is similar among different types of oncological surgery. In this study, we compared the innate immune function of patients undergoing three different oncological surgeries. METHODS We compared the number and function of NK cells obtained from patients who had undergone mastectomies (n = 17), thoracotomies (n = 21), or liver resections for cancer (n = 22). Cytotoxicity assays were performed to measure the function of NK cells. We also determined the plasma concentrations of interleukins (IL) 2 and 4, interferon-γ, granzyme B, perforin, soluble major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A, and epinephrine, both before and 24 h after surgery. Differences in immunologic parameters were compared preoperatively and postoperatively and by type of surgery. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS The preoperative NK cell count differed statistically (P < 0.006) among all three types of surgeries; however, within surgery postoperative counts and changes compared with baseline did not. The postoperative function of NK cells was similar among types of surgeries, but was significantly reduced compared with preoperative levels (mastectomy P < 0.0001, thoracotomy P = 0.001, and liver resections P = 0.002). We observed a significant increase in the postoperative plasma concentrations of epinephrine, whereas the concentrations of major histocompatibility class I polypeptide-related sequence A and the IL-2 and/or IL-4 ratio remained unchanged before and after surgery. CONCLUSIONS The magnitude of innate immune suppression is similar among different oncological procedures. More studies are needed to better understand this complex phenomenon.
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Gillgrass A, Ashkar A. Stimulating natural killer cells to protect against cancer: recent developments. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2014; 7:367-82. [DOI: 10.1586/eci.10.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Rybojad P, Jabłonka A, Wilczyńska B, Tabarkiewicz J. Surgery decreases number of cells secreting cytotoxic mediators and increases secretion of interleukin 10 in patients with lung cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol 2013; 39:1269-77. [PMID: 23906695 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.07.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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AIMS The phenomenon of immunosuppression induced by surgery is widely described as the adverse impact of surgical interventions on leukocytes' populations and secretion of several cytokines. Best of our knowledge, we present the first report evaluating the effect of surgical treatment on the specific anti-cancer immune response against tumour antigens. METHODS The study included 30 patients operated on for lung cancer. Specific secretion of IFN-γ, Granzyme B, perforines, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-17a was assessed by ELISPOT (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Spot Assay). RESULTS Number of cells secreting IFN-γ, Granzyme B and perforines under the influence of autologous tumour antigens or mitogens was significantly decreased on the first day after surgery. During the postoperative recovery we observed an increase in the number of cells secreting IFN-γ, but on the 7th day it still remained lower than before the operation. On the 28th postoperative day it reached a level which was not significantly higher than before the surgery. On the 1st and 7th postoperative day we discovered a significant increase in IL-10 secretion, in response to autologous tumour antigens. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest an immunosuppressive effect of surgery on the specific and nonspecific immune stimulation. This effect is particularly expressed in relation to Th1-type immunological response which is associated with direct elimination of cancer cells. Another unfavourable observation is elevated secretion of immunosuppressive IL-10 in response to cancer antigens. These phenomena are associated with shorter survival of the patients.
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- P Rybojad
- Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Lublin, SPSK 4, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.
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Friebe A, Brünahl C, Karimi K, Schäfer M, Juckel G, Sakic B, Arck P. Effects of complete vagotomy and blockage of cell adhesion molecules on interferon-α induced behavioral changes in mice. Behav Brain Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Barron TI, Sharp L, Visvanathan K. Beta-adrenergic blocking drugs in breast cancer: a perspective review. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2012; 4:113-25. [PMID: 22590485 DOI: 10.1177/1758834012439738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The purpose of this review is to present the preclinical, epidemiological and clinical data relevant to the association between β-blockers and breast cancer progression. Preclinical studies have shown that β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) signalling can inhibit multiple cellular processes involved in breast cancer progression and metastasis, including extracellular matrix invasion, expression of inflammatory and chemotactic cytokines, angiogenesis and tumour immune responses. This has led to the hypothesis that the commonly prescribed class of β-AR antagonist drugs (β-blockers) may favourably impact cancer progression. A number of recent pharmacoepidemiological studies have examined the association between β-blocker exposure and breast cancer progression. The results from these studies have suggested a potential role for targeting the β-AR pathway in breast cancer patients. Larger observational studies are, however, required to confirm these results. Questions regarding the type of β-blocker, predictive biomarkers or tumour characteristics, appropriate treatment paradigms and, most importantly, efficacy must also be answered in randomized clinical studies before β-blockers can be considered a therapeutic option for patients with breast cancer.
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- Thomas I Barron
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Hussain M, Javeed A, Ashraf M, Al-Zaubai N, Stewart A, Mukhtar MM. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, tumour immunity and immunotherapy. Pharmacol Res 2012; 66:7-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Barron TI, Sharp L, Visvanathan K. Beta-adrenergic blocking drugs in breast cancer: a perspective review. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2012. [PMID: 22590485 DOI: 10.1177/1758834012439738,10.1177_1758834012439738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The purpose of this review is to present the preclinical, epidemiological and clinical data relevant to the association between β-blockers and breast cancer progression. Preclinical studies have shown that β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) signalling can inhibit multiple cellular processes involved in breast cancer progression and metastasis, including extracellular matrix invasion, expression of inflammatory and chemotactic cytokines, angiogenesis and tumour immune responses. This has led to the hypothesis that the commonly prescribed class of β-AR antagonist drugs (β-blockers) may favourably impact cancer progression. A number of recent pharmacoepidemiological studies have examined the association between β-blocker exposure and breast cancer progression. The results from these studies have suggested a potential role for targeting the β-AR pathway in breast cancer patients. Larger observational studies are, however, required to confirm these results. Questions regarding the type of β-blocker, predictive biomarkers or tumour characteristics, appropriate treatment paradigms and, most importantly, efficacy must also be answered in randomized clinical studies before β-blockers can be considered a therapeutic option for patients with breast cancer.
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- Thomas I Barron
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Neeman E, Shaashua L, Benish M, Page GG, Zmora O, Ben-Eliyahu S. Stress and skin leukocyte trafficking as a dual-stage process. Brain Behav Immun 2012; 26:267-76. [PMID: 21963875 PMCID: PMC3253878 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2011] [Revised: 09/04/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Stress responses are known to modulate leukocyte trafficking. In the skin, stress was reported both to enhance and reduce skin immunity, and the chronicity of stress exposure was suggested as a key determining factor. We here propose a dual-stage hypothesis, suggesting that stress, of any duration, reduces skin immunity during its course, while its cessation is potentially followed by a period of enhanced skin immunity. To start testing this hypothesis, rats were subcutaneously implanted with sterile surgical sponges for four-hours, during or after exposure to one of several acute stress paradigms, or to a chronic stress paradigm. Our findings, in both males and females, indicate that numbers of sponge-infiltrating leukocytes, and their specific subsets, were reduced during acute or chronic stress, and increased after stress cessation. Studying potential mediating mechanisms of the reduction in leukocyte numbers during acute stress, we found that neither adrenalectomy nor the administration of beta-adrenergic or glucocorticoid antagonists prevented this reduction. Additionally, administration of corticosterone or epinephrine to adrenalectomized rats did not impact skin leukocyte numbers, whereas, in the blood, these treatments did affect numbers of leukocytes and their specific subsets, as was also reported previously. Overall, our findings support the proposed dual-stage hypothesis, which can be evolutionally rationalized and accounts for most of the apparent inconsistencies in the literature regarding stress and skin immunity. Other aspects of the hypothesis should be tested, also using additional methodologies, and its predictions may bear clinical significance in treatment of skin disorders related to hyper- or hypo-immune function.
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- Elad Neeman
- Neuroimmunology Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Neuroimmunology Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Neuroimmunology Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Sheba Medical Center, 52621 Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Neuroimmunology Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Yan J, Wang ZY, Yang HZ, Liu HZ, Mi S, Lv XX, Fu XM, Yan HM, Zhang XW, Zhan QM, Hu ZW. Timing is critical for an effective anti-metastatic immunotherapy: the decisive role of IFNγ/STAT1-mediated activation of autophagy. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24705. [PMID: 21931823 PMCID: PMC3172290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Immunotherapy is often recommended as an adjuvant treatment to reduce the chance of cancer recurrence or metastasis. Interestingly, timing is very important for a successful immunotherapy against metastasis, although the precise mechanism is still unknown. Methods and Findings Using a mouse model of melanoma metastasis induced by intravenous injection of B16-F10 cells, we investigated the mechanism responsible for the diverse efficacy of the prophylactic or therapeutic TLR4 and TLR9 agonist complex against metastasis. We found that the activation of TLR4 and TLR9 prevented, but did not reverse, metastasis because the potency of this combination was neither sufficient to overcome the tumor cell-educated immune tolerance nor to induce efficacious autophagy in tumor cells. The prophylactic application of the complex promoted antimetastatic immunity, leading to the autophagy-associated death of melanoma cells via IFNγ/STAT1 activation and attenuated tumor metastasis. IFNγ neutralization reversed the prophylactic benefit induced by the complex by suppressing STAT1 activation and attenuating autophagy in mice. However, the therapeutic application of the complex did not suppress metastasis because the complex could not reverse tumor cell-induced STAT3 activation and neither activate IFNγ/STAT1 signaling and autophagy. Suppressing STAT3 activation with the JAK/STAT antagonist AG490 restored the antimetastatic effect of the TLR4/9 agonist complex. Activation of autophagy after tumor inoculation by using rapamycin, with or without the TLR4/9 agonist complex, could suppress metastasis. Conclusion and Significance Our studies suggest that activation of IFNγ/STAT1 signaling and induction of autophagy are critical for an efficacious anti-metastatic immunotherapy and that autophagy activators may overcome the timing barrier for immunotherapy against metastasis.
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- Jun Yan
- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute and Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Immunology and Pharmacology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Costanzo ES, Sood AK, Lutgendorf SK. Biobehavioral influences on cancer progression. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2011; 31:109-32. [PMID: 21094927 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2010.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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This review focuses on the contributions of stress-related behavioral factors to cancer growth and metastasis and the biobehavioral mechanisms underlying these relationships. Behavioral factors that are important in modulation of the stress response and the pivotal role of neuroendocrine regulation in the downstream alteration of physiologic pathways relevant to cancer control, including the cellular immune response, inflammation, and tumor angiogenesis, invasion, and cell signaling pathways are described. Consequences for cancer progression and metastasis, as well as quality of life, are delineated. Behavioral and pharmacologic interventions with the potential to alter these biobehavioral pathways for patients with cancer are discussed.
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- Erin S Costanzo
- Department of Psychiatry, Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6001 Research Park Boulevard, Madison, WI 53719, USA.
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Do stress responses promote leukemia progression? An animal study suggesting a role for epinephrine and prostaglandin-E2 through reduced NK activity. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19246. [PMID: 21559428 PMCID: PMC3084788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In leukemia patients, stress and anxiety were suggested to predict poorer prognosis. Oncological patients experience ample physiological and psychological stress, potentially leading to increased secretion of stress factors, including epinephrine, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins. Here we tested whether environmental stress and these stress factors impact survival of leukemia-challenged rats, and studied mediating mechanisms. F344 rats were administered with a miniscule dose of 60 CRNK-16 leukemia cells, and were subjected to intermittent forced swim stress or to administration of physiologically relevant doses of epinephrine, prostaglandin-E2 or corticosterone. Stress and each stress factor, and/or their combinations, doubled mortality rates when acutely applied simultaneously with, or two or six days after tumor challenge. Acute administration of the β-adrenergic blocker nadolol diminished the effects of environmental stress, without affecting baseline survival rates. Prolonged β-adrenergic blockade or COX inhibition (using etodolac) also increased baseline survival rates, possibly by blocking tumor-related or normal levels of catecholamines and prostaglandins. Searching for mediating mechanisms, we found that each of the stress factors transiently suppressed NK activity against CRNK-16 and YAC-1 lines on a per NK basis. In contrast, the direct effects of stress factors on CRNK-16 proliferation, vitality, and VEGF secretion could not explain or even contradicted the in vivo survival findings. Overall, it seems that environmental stress, epinephrine, and prostaglandins promote leukemia progression in rats, potentially through suppressing cell mediated immunity. Thus, patients with hematological malignancies, which often exhibit diminished NK activity, may benefit from extended β-blockade and COX inhibition.
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Benish M, Ben-Eliyahu S. Surgery as a double-edged sword: a clinically feasible approach to overcome the metastasis-promoting effects of surgery by blunting stress and prostaglandin responses. Cancers (Basel) 2010; 2:1929-51. [PMID: 24281210 PMCID: PMC3840453 DOI: 10.3390/cancers2041929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2010] [Revised: 11/14/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Surgery remains an essential therapeutic approach for most solid malignancies, including breast cancer. However, surgery also constitutes a risk factor for promotion of pre-existing micrometastases and the initiation of new metastases through several mechanisms, including the release of prostaglandins and stress hormones (e.g., catecholamines and glucocorticoids). However, the perioperative period also presents an opportunity for cell mediated immunity (CMI) and other mechanisms to eradicate or control minimal residual disease, provided that the deleterious effects of surgery are minimized. Here, we discuss the key role of endogenous stress hormones and prostaglandins in promoting the metastatic process through their direct impact on malignant cells, and through their deleterious impact on anti-cancer CMI. We further discuss the effects of anesthetic techniques, the extent of surgery, pain alleviation, and timing within the menstrual cycle with respect to their impact on tumor recurrence and physiological stress responses. Last, we suggest an attractive perioperative drug regimen, based on a combination of a cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor and a β-adrenergic blocker, which we found effective in attenuating immune suppression and the metastasis-promoting effects of surgery in several tumor models. This regimen is clinically applicable, and could potentially promote disease free survival in patients operated for breast and other types of cancer.
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- Marganit Benish
- Neuroimmunology Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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