Journal
TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101202
Keywords
Lung cancer; Immunogenic cell death; Calreticulin exposure; Oxaliplatin; Macrophages polarization
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- Science and Technology Support Project of Cangzhou City [183302039]
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This study demonstrates that oxaliplatin induces CALR expression and shows a synergistic anti-tumor effect when combined with R848 in lung cancer cells. Furthermore, M1 macrophages exhibit increased phagocytic ability towards OXA-treated LLC cells, and R848 can repolarize M2 macrophages into M1, enhancing their ability to phagocytize OXA-treated LLC cells.
Calreticulin (CALR) exposure is required for most immunogenic cell death (ICD) in the anti-tumor immunity induced by chemotherapeutic agents. The present study aimed to explore the anti-tumor efficacy of the combined administration of oxaliplatin (OXA) and R848 (an agent for macrophage polarization) in lung cancer cells. Flow cytometry and immunostaining assays were performed to evaluate CALR exposure induced by OXA in the murine Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells. The phagocytosis of macrophages was determined using flow cytometry and western blotting assays. The anti-tumor efficacy of the OXA and R848 combination was evaluated using flow cytometry and western blotting in vitro and in vivo. OXA induced CALR exposure on the surface of LLC cells after low dose and short duration of treatment (20 mu M OXA for 24 h). LLC cells pretreated with OXA were more prone to be phagocytized by M1 than M2 macrophages. M2 macrophages repolarized to M1 by R848 in vitro showed enhanced phagocytic ability to OXA-treated LLC cells. Finally, combined administration of OXA and R848 exhibited a synergistic anti-tumor effect than single agent applied in vitro and in vivo. Macrophage polarization from pro-tumor M2 to anti-tumor M1 synergizes with OXA in lung cancer immunotherapy via enhanced tumor cell phagocytosis.
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