期刊
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 158, 期 2, 页码 186-198出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04003.x
关键词
cancer vaccines; chemotherapy; chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; co-stimulatory molecules; Toll-like receptors
类别
资金
- Ontario Institute of Cancer Research (OICR) [07Nov - 61)]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [MOP-79389]
- Terry Fox Foundation [018005]
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada
- CIHR
- National Institute of Health [CA31845]
- NCIC
P>Cytotoxic chemotherapies do not usually mediate the expression of an immunogenic gene programme in tumours, despite activating many of the signalling pathways employed by highly immunogenic cells. Concomitant use of agents that modulate and complement stress-signalling pathways activated by chemotherapeutic agents may then enhance the immunogenicity of cancer cells, increase their susceptibility to T cell-mediated controls and lead to higher clinical remission rates. Consistent with this hypothesis, the microtubule inhibitor, vincristine, caused chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells to die rapidly, without increasing their immunogenicity. Protein kinase C (PKC) agonists (such as bryostatin) delayed the death of vincristine-treated CLL cells and made them highly immunogenic, with increased stimulatory abilities in mixed lymphocyte responses, production of proinflammatory cytokines, expression of co-stimulatory molecules and activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38 and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) signalling pathways. This phenotype was similar to the result of activating CLL cells through Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which communicate 'danger' signals from infectious pathogens. Use of PKC agonists and microtubule inhibitors to mimic TLR-signalling, and increase the immunogenicity of CLL cells, has implications for the design of chemo-immunotherapeutic strategies.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据