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PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
Volume 240, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108300
Keywords
Nucleoside; Adenosine; Transporter; Receptor; Drug; Immunosuppression; Signaling
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- National Institutes of Health
- [R01GM143217]
- [R03CA262490]
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Adenosine compartmentalization plays a significant role in suppressing immune cell function in the tumor microenvironment. Nucleoside transporters, responsible for the localization and translocation of adenosine, are crucial for adenosine disposition. Targeting nucleoside transporters could potentially attenuate the accumulation of immunosuppressive adenosine in solid tumors.
Adenosine compartmentalization has a profound impact on immune cell function by regulating adenosine localization and, therefore, extracellular signaling capabilities, which suppresses immune cell function in the tumor microenvironment. Nucleoside transporters, responsible for the translocation and cellular compartmentalization of hydrophilic adenosine, represent an understudied yet crucial component of adenosine disposition in the tumor microenvironment. In this review article, we will summarize what is known regarding nucleoside transporter's function within the purinome in relation to currently devised points of intervention (i.e., ectonucleotidases, adenosine receptors) for cancer immunotherapy, alterations in nucleoside transporter expression reported in cancer, and potential avenues for targeting of nucleoside transporters for the desired modulation of adenosine compartmentalization and action. Further, we put forward that nucleoside transporters are an unexplored therapeutic opportunity, and modulation of nucleoside transport processes could attenuate the pathogenic buildup of immunosuppressive adenosine in solid tumors, particularly those enriched with nucleoside transport proteins. (c) 2022 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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