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Minz AP, Mohapatra D, Dutta M, Sethi M, Parida D, Mohapatra AP, Mishra S, Kar S, Sasmal PK, Senapati S. Statins abrogate gemcitabine-induced PD-L1 expression in pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts and cancer cells with improved therapeutic outcome. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2023; 72:4261-4278. [PMID: 37926727 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-023-03562-9] [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: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
A combination of chemotherapy with immunotherapy has been proposed to have better clinical outcomes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC). On the other hand, chemotherapeutics is known to have certain unwanted effects on the tumor microenvironment that may mask the expected beneficial effects of immunotherapy. Here, we have investigated the effect of gemcitabine (GEM), on two immune checkpoint proteins (PD-L1 and PD-L2) expression in cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and pancreatic cancer cells (PCCs). Findings of in vitro studies conducted by using in-culture activated mouse pancreatic stellate cells (mPSCs) and human PDAC patients derived CAFs demonstrated that GEM significantly induces PD-L1 and PD-L2 expression in these cells. Moreover, GEM induced phosphorylation of STAT1 and production of multiple known PD-L1-inducing secretory proteins including IFN-γ in CAFs. Upregulation of PD-L1 in PSCs/CAFs upon GEM treatment caused T cell inactivation and apoptosis in vitro. Importantly, Statins suppressed GEM-induced PD-L1 expression both in CAFs and PCCs while abrogating the inactivation of T-cells caused by GEM-treated PSCs/CAFs. Finally, in an immunocompetent syngeneic orthotopic mouse pancreatic tumor model, simvastatin and GEM combination therapy significantly reduced intra-tumor PD-L1 expression and noticeably reduced the overall tumor burden and metastasis incidence. Together, the findings of this study have provided experimental evidence that illustrates potential unwanted side effects of GEM that could hamper the effectiveness of this drug as mono and/or combination therapy. At the same time the findings also suggest use of statins along with GEM will help in overcoming these shortcomings and warrant further clinical investigation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aliva Prity Minz
- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- CV Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
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Jha A, Ahad A, Mishra GP, Sen K, Smita S, Minz AP, Biswas VK, Tripathy A, Senapati S, Gupta B, Acha-Orbea H, Raghav SK. SMRT and NCoR1 fine-tune inflammatory versus tolerogenic balance in dendritic cells by differentially regulating STAT3 signaling. Front Immunol 2022; 13:910705. [PMID: 36238311 PMCID: PMC9552960 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.910705] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Dendritic cell (DC) fine-tunes inflammatory versus tolerogenic responses to protect from immune-pathology. However, the role of co-regulators in maintaining this balance is unexplored. NCoR1-mediated repression of DC immune-tolerance has been recently reported. Here we found that depletion of NCoR1 paralog SMRT (NCoR2) enhanced cDC1 activation and expression of IL-6, IL-12 and IL-23 while concomitantly decreasing IL-10 expression/secretion. Consequently, co-cultured CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells depicted enhanced Th1/Th17 frequency and cytotoxicity, respectively. Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analysis demonstrated differential regulation of IL-10 by SMRT and NCoR1. SMRT depletion represses mTOR-STAT3-IL10 signaling in cDC1 by down-regulating NR4A1. Besides, Nfkbia and Socs3 were down-regulated in Ncor2 (Smrt) depleted cDC1, supporting increased production of inflammatory cytokines. Moreover, studies in mice showed, adoptive transfer of SMRT depleted cDC1 in OVA-DTH induced footpad inflammation led to increased Th1/Th17 and reduced tumor burden after B16 melanoma injection by enhancing oncolytic CD8+ T-cell frequency, respectively. We also depicted decreased Ncor2 expression in Rheumatoid Arthritis, a Th1/Th17 disease.
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- Atimukta Jha
- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, KA, India
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, KA, India
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Haryana, India
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, KA, India
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, KA, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India
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- Department of Biochemistry Center of Immunity and Infection Lausanne (CIIL), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Immuno-genomics & Systems Biology laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, OR, India
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, KA, India
- *Correspondence: Sunil Kumar Raghav, ;
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Minz AP, Das B, Mohapatra D, Suresh V, Mishra S, Senapati S. Gemcitabine induces polarization of mouse peritoneal macrophages towards M1-like and confers antitumor property by inducing ROS production. Clin Exp Metastasis 2022; 39:783-800. [PMID: 35838814 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-022-10178-3] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In patients with pancreatic cancer (PC), the peritoneal cavity is the second-most common site of metastasis after the liver. Peritoneal macrophages (PMs) have been demonstrated to play a significant role in the peritoneal metastases of different cancers. Gemcitabine (GEM) is known to affect PC-associated immune cells, including macrophages. However, its effect on PMs and its possible clinical implication is yet to be investigated. In this study, mouse-derived PMs were treated with GEM ex vivo to analyze the polarization status. Production of GEM-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species was evaluated using DCFH-DA, DAF-FM, and Griess assay. Antitumor effects of PMs on UN-KC-6141and UN-KPC-961 murine PC cells were evaluated in presence and absence of GEM in vitro. Similarly, effect of GEM on human THP-1 macrophage polarization and its tumoricidal effect was studied in vitro. Furthermore, the effect of GEM-treated PMs on peritoneal metastasis of UN-KC-6141 cells was evaluated in a syngeneic mouse model of PC. GEM upregulated M1 phenotype-associated molecular markers (Tnf-α and Inos) in vitro in PMs obtained from naïve mouse. Moreover, IL-4-induced M2-like PMs reverted to M1-like after GEM treatment. Co-culture of UN-KC-6141 and UN-KPC-961 cancer cells with PMs in the presence of GEM increased apoptosis of these cells, whereas cell death was markedly reduced after N-acetyl-L-cysteine treatment. Corroborating these findings co-culture of GEM-treated human THP-1 macrophages also induced cell death in MIAPaCa-2 cancer cells. GEM-treated PMs injected intraperitoneally along with UN-KC-6141 cells into mice extended survival period, but did not stop disease progression and mortality. Together, GEM induced M1-like polarization of PMs from naive and/or M2-polarized PMs in a ROS-dependent manner. GEM-induced M1-like PMs prompted cytotoxicity in PC cells and delayed disease progression in vivo.
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- Aliva Prity Minz
- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751023, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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Mohapatra D, Das B, Suresh V, Parida D, Minz AP, Nayak U, Mohapatra AP, Swain RK, Senapati S. Correction to: Fluvastatin sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells toward radiation therapy and suppresses radiation- and/or TGF-β-induced tumor-associated fibrosis. J Transl Med 2022; 102:215-216. [PMID: 36775412 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-021-00707-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Debasish Mohapatra
- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India.,Vascular Biology lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.,Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Vascular Biology lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Tumor microenvironment and animal models lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
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Dash P, Minz AP, Senapati S. Possible Autocrine Function of Galectin-3 in Pancreatic Stellate Cells. Gastroenterology 2018; 155:933-934. [PMID: 30092185 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.01.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- Pujarini Dash
- Tumor Microenvironment and Animal Models Lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Animal Models Lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Tumor Microenvironment and Animal Models Lab, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Singh D, Minz AP, Sahoo SK. Nanomedicine-mediated drug targeting of cancer stem cells. Drug Discov Today 2017; 22:952-959. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nayak D, Minz AP, Ashe S, Rauta PR, Kumari M, Chopra P, Nayak B. Synergistic combination of antioxidants, silver nanoparticles and chitosan in a nanoparticle based formulation: Characterization and cytotoxic effect on MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 470:142-152. [PMID: 26939078 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [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: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Chitosan (Cs) is a biocompatible, biodegradable cationic polymer having the ability of targeted drug delivery. Vitamin E and C are not synthesized in our body thus, when encapsulated within a carrier system these vitamins in combination with/alone can be utilized for their anti-cancer potentials. EXPERIMENT The present investigation was conducted to develop a stable nanoparticle based formulation encapsulating antioxidants (Vitamin E, catechol) and silver nanoparticles synthesized from Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (HRS) petal extracts within a chitosan matrix. The prepared nanoformulations were characterized using Field emission scanning electron microscopy (Fe-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). They were further tested for their antioxidant potentials using DPPH assay, hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay, nitric oxide scavenging assay and ferrous antioxidant reducing potential assay. FINDINGS The nanoformulations were found to be highly hemocompatible and showed high encapsulation efficiency up to 76%. They also showed higher antioxidant activity than their base materials. Further, their anti-cancer efficacy was observed against MCF-7 breast cancer cells having IC50 values of 53.36±0.36μg/mL (chitosan-ascorbic acid-glucose), 55.28±0.85μg/mL (chitosan-Vitamin E), 63.72±0.27μg/mL (Chitosan-catechol) and 58.53±0.55μg/mL (chitosan-silver nanoparticles). Thus, the prepared formulations can be therapeutically applied for effective and targeted delivery in breast cancer treatment.
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- Debasis Nayak
- Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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- Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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- Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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- Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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- Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008, India.
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