期刊
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.774440
关键词
Platycodon grandiflorum; systems pharmacology; CD8(+) T cells; tumor microenvironment; VEGF-A-VEGFR2
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81803960]
It has been discovered that Platycodon grandiflorum (PG) can reduce the expression of PD-1 on the surface of CD8(+) T cells, exerting anti-tumor effects in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PG has the potential to modulate T cells and suppress tumors. By reducing the secretion of VEGF-A regulated by the level of P-STAT3 in tumor cells, PG regulates the expression of PD-1 on the surface of CD8(+) T cells.
In the tumor microenvironment (TME), the activation of programmed death-1 (PD-1)-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) pathway is one of the main signals of immune escape and tumor deterioration. Clinically, the application of monoclonal antibodies slows down the progression of various malignancies and prolongs the survival of patients effectively. However, these treatments result in serious immune-related adverse events (irAEs) owning to systemic immune activation. Therefore, to achieve long-term therapeutic effects and low side effects, it is necessary to find drugs inhibiting the local PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway of the TME. Here, we discovered that Platycodon grandiflorum (PG), a medicine and food homology herb, reduced the expression of PD-1 on the surface of CD8(+) T cells to exert antitumor effects in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Firstly, by combining systems pharmacology strategies and clinical data analysis, we found that PG has the potential to immunomodulate T cells and suppress tumors. Secondly, in vivo and in vitro experiments have confirmed the antitumor effect of the combination of Platycodin D and Platycodin D3, which is preferred and representative of the compounds. Mechanistically, PG increased the infiltration and killing activity of CD8(+) T cells, which was related to the decrease of PD-1+ CD8(+) T cells. Furthermore, we confirmed that PG regulated the expression of PD-1 on the surface of CD8(+) T cells via reducing the secretion of VEGF-A regulated by the level of P-STAT3 in tumor cells. Additionally, PG also positively impacted the biological processes downstream of STAT3. Overall, we demonstrated that PG-mediated downregulation of PD-1 on the surface of CD8(+) T cells represents a promising strategy to locally enhance T-cell responses and improve antitumor immunity.
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