JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2024
·Vol. 22
·期 1
·1-19
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IF 10.6
Xie Shenxia,Shi Wei,Duan Siliang,Huang Xianing,Liu Aiqun,Hou Xiaoqiong,Lin Xuandong,Zhong Dani,Sun Shuyang,Ding Ziqiang,Yang Xiaomei,Chen Xiaoyuan,Lu Xiaoling
Background T cell-based immunotherapies are facing great challenges in the recruitment and activation of tumor-specific T cells against solid tumors. Among which, utilizing nanobody (Nb) or nanobodies (Nbs) to construct T cell engager has emerged as a more practical potential for enhancing the anti-tumor effectiveness of T cells. Here, we designed a new Nb-guided multifunctional T cell engager (Nb-MuTE) that not only recruited effector T cells into the tumor tissues, but also efficiently activated T cells anti-tumor immunity when synergies with photothermal effect. Results The Nb-MuTE, which was constructed based on an indocyanine green (ICG)-containing liposome with surface conjugation of CD105 and CD3 Nbs, and showed excellent targetability to both tumor and T cells, following enhancement of activation, proliferation and cytokine secretion of tumor-specific T cells. Notably, the immunological anti-tumor functions of Nb-MuTE-mediated T cells were further enhanced by the ICG-induced photothermal effect in vitro and in vivo. Conclusions Such a new platform Nb-MuTE provides a practical and “all-in-one” strategy to potentiate T cell responses for the treatment of solid tumor in clinic.
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免疫治疗
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癌症生物学
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纳米技术
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药学
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JOURNAL OF LIPOSOME RESEARCH
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2021
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IF 3.648
Gang Wang,Yu Yang,Du Yi,Lu Yuan,Pei-Hao Yin,Xu Ke,Wang Jun-Jie,Min-Fang Tao
This study aimed to develop polymer Eudragit S100 for preparing pH-responsive liposomes-loaded betulinic acid (pH-BA-LP) to improve the therapeutic index of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. BA-loaded liposomes were coated with Eudragit S100 by a thin film dispersion and easily scalable pH-driven method. The prepared liposomes were evaluated for size, surface morphology, entrapment efficiency, stability, in vitro drug release, and antitumor activity. In particular, pH-BA-LP showed advantages such as lower size (<100 nm), encapsulation efficiency of 90%, high stability, and stably cumulative release. By detecting the antitumor effects of pH-BA-LP in vivo, it showed that the tumor proliferation and cell migration were significantly inhibited in colorectal cancer. The pH-BA-LP also inhibited tumor growth via the regulation of Akt/TLR-mediated signalling and significantly down-regulated the expression of NFAT1 and NFAT4 proteins. It was found that pH-BA-LP can increase NK cells and CD3+ cells in tumor tissues, and the proportion of CD8+ cells in CD3+ cells was also increased, which proved that pH-BA-LP can play an antitumor effect by enhancing the autoimmunity level in tumor-bearing mice. The positive infiltration rates of CD8 and CD68 were increased and CD163 was relatively decreased by using pH-BA-LP, which proved that pH-BA-LP can regulate the immune infiltration levels in tumor-bearing mice. Therefore, the present work provides an effective method to prepare pH-responsive polymer-coated liposomes for colonic delivery with biologically active compounds.
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药学
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肿瘤学
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药理学
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免疫学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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IF 7.7
Yaozhong Lv,Yajun Yang,Ying Chen,Dongfan Wang,Yipeng Lei,Mingyue Pan,Zhenzhong Wang,Wei Xiao,Yujie Dai
In order to investigate the structural characteristics and immunomodulatory effects of Poria cocos polysaccharides , a water-soluble homogeneous polysaccharide (PCP-2) was isolated by water extraction and alcohol precipitation and further purified by Cellulose DEAE-52 and Sephacryl S-100HR column chromatography . PCP-2 is a heteropolysaccharide composed of glucose, galactose , mannose , and fucose in a molar ratio of 42.0: 35.0: 13.9: 9.1. It exhibits a narrow molecular weight distribution at 2.35 kDa with a branching degree of 37.1 %. The main chain types of PCP-2 include 1,3- β -D-Glc and 1,6- β -D-Glc as the backbone glucans and 1,6- α -D-Gal as the backbone heterogalactan. In vitro experiments demonstrate that PCP-2 directly stimulate RAW264.7 cell proliferation and secretion of inflammatory factors such as NO and TNF- α . In cyclophosphamide (CTX)-induced mice, it promotes the development of thymus and spleen immune organs, elevates the blood levels of IgG, IgA, IgM and CD3 + CD4 + T cells , increases the intestinal villus height/ crypt depth ratio and improves gut barrier dysfunctions. These findings suggest that PCP-2 is a natural fungal polysaccharide with broad spectrum of immunoenhancing effects, which can significantly ameliorate the immunocompromised state.
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免疫学
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药理学
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生物化学
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真菌学
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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2023
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IF 5.4
Yang Gao,Shi-Qiao Liu,Jia-Long Wang,Han-Ming Cui,Qiu-Yan Zhang,Lei Wang,Yi-Xin Zhang,Jian Li,Yu Dong,Yuan-Hui Hu
Ethnopharmacological relevance Sanhuang Xiexin Decoction (SHXD), consisting of Coptis chinensis Franch., Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Rheum palmatum L. , is t raditionally used for relieving fever, purging fire for removing toxins, eliminating phlegm and haemostasis, eliminating the wetness-evil from the upper warmer, clearing away the heat-evil and expelling superficial evils. Each of the three herbs contained in SHXD has been indicated to have anti-inflammatory effects in vivo , but its effects on rat NK-cell phenotypes remain unexplored, and the comprehensive mechanism of this compound SHXD in curing the inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) remains to be revealed. Aim of the study The study aim was to assess the effect of SHXD on LPS-induced fever and inflammation in a rat model, reduce NLRP3 activation in NK cells expressing specific cell phenotype antibodies and determine the therapeutic value of this approach in vivo . Materials and methods SHXD extract was prepared and analysed by the developed ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) method for the simultaneous detection of 14 compounds. The main peaks were firstly identified on an Orbitrap via high resolution tandem mass spectrometry (MS). Then, the extract was used in the rat model of LPS-induced inflammation and fever for pharmacologically study the effects of drug treatment. Peripheral blood lymphocyte cells were isolated from the animals, including those subjected to the SHXD extract treatment, and the cell phenotype was determined prior to cell culture and after treating the cell cultures with the extract. The phenotypes of cells harvested using CD3, CD4, CD8a, CD81, CD161 and CD86 antibodies were used to verify the enhanced memory of the peripheral blood lymphocytes cells (PBMC) that were induced into nature killer (NK) cells. Results The SHXD extract was prepared, analysed and identified via quality control equipment and was observed to have pharmacological effects that reduced NLRP3 activation and fever in rats. The production of NK cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes was induced by the SHXD extract, which manifested as increased levels of CD4 + , CD8a+, CD81 + , CD161+ and CD86 + cells. The levels of CD3 + cells were significantly different between the model group and the drug-treated or control groups (p < 0.01) with dose independence, while the levels of CD4 + cells were not significantly different between the drug-treated and control groups, with a trend towards lower levels in the model group with dose independence. The levels of CD4 + cells was significantly different between the drug-treated group and the model groups with dose independence (p < 0.05). The levels of CD86 + cells were not significantly different between the drug-treated group and the model and control groups. The levels of CD8a + cells was significantly different between the model group and the drug and control groups (p < 0.05, dose 2.0 μg/ml), with higher levels in the drug-treated group. The levels of CD3 + , CD4 + , CD8a + cells in the drug treated group have dose dependence with SHXD. Conclusions This experiment revealed that SHXD reduced NLRP3 activation in the blood of LPS-treated rats, which occurred through the activation of NK cells that expressed CD3, CD8a and CD161. SHXD may possess anti-inflammatory effect via activacting the one of major pharmacology effcet of NK cells that expressed CD3, CD8a and CD161 phenotypes expression. This result demonstrates that SHXD may possess ability to enhance the memory of peripheral blood lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
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药理学
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免疫学
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分析化学
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中医
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Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry
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2017
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IF 0
Huimin Li,Shasha Li,Yuanrui Wang,Yafeng Li,Qian Qiao
In this article, two novel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been constructed by tuning the metal ions using identical ligand—FDA. Although both of them contain linear trinuclear secondary building unit (SBU) and infinite chain along with SBU, the different metal ions as node can result in the different connection of FDA. As a result, compound I shows 4,4-networks, and compound II contains 3-ring and 4-ring.
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Biomaterials Advances
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2022
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IF 0
Zhiwei Li,Jiaqi Bu,Xinyu Zhu,Hao Zhou,Kaiqun Ren,Paul K. Chu,Limin Li,Xiang Hu,Xiaofeng Ding
Programmed cell death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1)/PD-1 signaling has been exploited to design inhibitors that deliver promising clinical outcome albeit with limited efficacy. Herein, we prepare graphene oxide (GO)-PEI-PEG with low cytotoxicity and long stability and GO-PEI-PEG delivers PD-L1 siRNAs to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells by the endocytosis-lysosome pathway. The functional GO-PEI-PEG/PD-L1 siRNAs decrease PD-L1 and PD-1 abundance, increase pro-inflammation cytokine IFN-γ and TNF-α release, and improve the proliferation activity of Jurkat T cells. Since GO-PEI-PEG targets the mouse liver effectively, the intrahepatic tumors in C57BL/6 mice are treated with GO-PEI-PEG/Pd-l1 siRNAs via the tail vein, resulting in shrinkage of the HCC tumors and boosting the anti-tumor efficacy in combination with oral sorafenib. A single treatment improves the total CD3 + and cytotoxic CD8 + T cell infiltration in the HCC tumor tissues and even spleen and upregulates the expression of Perforin, Gzmb, Ifng, Il-1b and Tnfa in the tumors after the combined treatment. Both the single and combined treatments enhance reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, and improved HCC ferroptosis. The results suggest that GO-PEI-PEG delivered PD-L1 siRNAs combined with oral sorafenib can activate the adaptive immunity and tumor ferroptosis and reveal an effective therapy to treat advanced HCC patients.
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肿瘤学
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分子生物学
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免疫学
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药理学
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2022
·Vol. 52
·期 1
·147-158
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IF 4.569
Linming Li,Ming Zhang,Dianlong Jia,Zhifang Liu,Ning Zhang,Bin Sun,Zhengping Wang,Min Liu,Qingpeng Wang
To develop new chemotherapeutics with anti-metastasis properties, a series of multi-specific niflumic acid (NFA) platinum(IV) complexes with DNA damage, inflammation inhibition, immunity activation, and angiogenesis suppression mechanisms were designed, synthesized and evaluated as novel antitumor agents. The dual NFA platinum(IV) complex with a cisplatin core showed promising antitumor activities both in vitro and in vivo with lower toxicity than platinum(II) drugs and displayed attractive anti-metastasis performance. It caused serious DNA damage and further elevated the expression of γ-H2AX. Furthermore, it promoted apoptosis by activating the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway and autophagy of tumor cells. Moreover, immune response in tumors was significantly improved by increasing CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T infiltrating cells. Subsequently, the pathway ERK/HIF-1α/VEGFA associated with angiogenesis was suppressed by the reduced inflammation and elevated immune response, and the density of microvessels marked by CD34 was significantly reduced in tumors. Accordingly, the multi-specific NFA platinum(IV) complexes have great potential to be developed as novel anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic drugs.
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肿瘤学
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药理学
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分子生物学
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免疫学
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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 6.8
Yan Chen,Ming Zhang,Yanqin He,Suying Li,Shuaiqi Feng,Zhifang Liu,Ning Zhang,Meifeng Liu,Qingpeng Wang
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical process for cancer progression, which is crucial in inhibiting the immunity in tumors and further boosting tumor metastasis. The suppression of EMT represents a promising strategy for inhibiting metastatic tumors. Herein, a series of new canadine platinum(IV) conjugates with potent antiproliferative and antimetastatic activities were developed, which activated by suppressing EMT and provoking immune response in tumors besides causing DNA injury. The complexes could covalently conjugate to DNA and induce mitochondria-mediated apoptosis via Bcl-2/Bax/caspase3 signaling. The EMT process was remarkably inhibited by suppressing the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, reversing the inflammatory tumor microenvironment, and inhibiting the HIF-1α pathway, which further resulted in the inhibited angiogenesis in tumors. Moreover, the antitumor immunity was elevated by blocking immune checkpoints PD-L1 and CD47 accompanied by the improvement of CD3+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes and the macrophage polarization from M2- toward M1-type simultaneously in tumors.
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癌症生物学
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药理学
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免疫学
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分子生物学
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CELL
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2024
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IF 45.5
Feng Lin,Shenyi Yin,Zijian Zhang,Ying Yu,Haoming Fang,Zhen Liang,Rujie Zhu,Haitao Zhou,Jianjie Li,Kunxia Cao,Weiming Guo,Shan Qin,Yuxuan Zhang,Chenghao Lu,Han Li,Shibo Liu,Heng Zhang,Buqing Ye,Jian Lin,Yan Li,Xiaozheng Kang,Jianzhong Jeff Xi,Peng R. Chen
Although immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, its efficacy is affected by multiple factors, particularly those derived from the complexity and heterogeneity of the tumor-immune microenvironment (TIME). Strategies that simultaneously and synergistically engage multiple immune cells in TIME remain highly desirable but challenging. Herein, we report a multimodal and programmable platform that enables the integration of multiple therapeutic modules into single agents for tumor-targeted co-engagement of multiple immune cells within TIME. We developed the triple orthogonal linker (T-Linker) technology to integrate various therapeutic small molecules and biomolecules as multimodal targeting chimeras (Multi-TACs). The EGFR-CD3-PDL1 Multi-TAC facilitated T-dendritic cell co-engagement to target solid tumors with excellent efficacy, as demonstrated in vitro , in several humanized mouse models and in patient-derived tumor models. Furthermore, Multi-TACs were constructed to coordinate T cells with other immune cell types. The highly modular and programmable feature of our Multi-TACs may find broad applications in immunotherapy and beyond.
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免疫学
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肿瘤学
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生物技术
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分子生物学
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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 6.8
Ming Zhang,Yan Chen,Shuaiqi Feng,Yanqin He,Zhifang Liu,Ning Zhang,Qingpeng Wang
The inflammatory microenvironment is a central driver of tumor metastasis, intimately associated with the promotion of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and immune suppression. Here, transferrin-modified carprofen platinum(IV) nanoparticles Tf-NPs@CPF2–Pt(IV) with promising antiproliferative and antimetastatic properties were developed, which activated by inhibiting inflammation, suppressing EMT, and activating immune responses besides causing DNA injury. The nanoparticles released the active ingredient CPF2–Pt(IV) in a sustained manner and offered enhanced pharmacokinetic properties compared to free CPF2–Pt(IV) in vivo. Additionally, they possessed satisfactory tumor targeting effects via the transferrin motif. Serious DNA damage was induced with the upregulation of γ-H2AX and P53, and the mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathway Bcl-2/Bax/caspase3 was initiated. Inflammation was alleviated by inhibiting COX-2 and MMP9 and decreasing inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6. Subsequently, the EMT was reversed by inhibiting the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Furthermore, the antitumor immunity was provoked by blocking the immune checkpoint PD-L1 and increasing CD3+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in tumors.
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癌症研究
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纳米技术
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药理学
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免疫学
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分子生物学
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Journal of Oncology
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2022
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IF 4.501
Liping Qian,Lihua Mao,Weixing Mo,Rong Wang,Yunlong Zhang
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common intracranial tumor with characteristic of malignancy. Resveratrol, a natural originated polyphenolic compound, has been reported to act as a potential radiosensitizer in cancer therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the first choice for the diagnosis, pathological grading, and efficacy evaluation of GBM. In this study, MRI was applied to observe whether resveratrol could intensify the anti-GBM tumor effect by enhancing antitumor immunity during radiotherapy. We established an intracranial C6 GBM model in SD rats, treated with radiation and resveratrol. The increased body weight, the inhibition on mortality, and tumor volume in radiated- GBM rats were further enhanced by resveratrol addition, while the pathological damage of brain was alleviated. The modulation of radiation on inflammation, cell cycle, and apoptosis was strengthened by resveratrol; and Ki-67, PD-L1, and cell cycle- and apoptosis-related protein expressions were also improved by cotreatment. Besides, cotreatment attenuated DNA damage and induced G0/G1-phase cell arrest of GBM rats, accompanied with the changed expression of ATM-AKT-STAT3 pathway-related proteins. Moreover, the percentages of CD3+CD8+T cells and IFN-γ+CD8+T cells were enhanced, while (CD4+CD25+Foxp3)/CD4+T cells were decreased by radiation or resveratrol, which was strengthened by cotreatment. The modulation effect of cotreatment on CD3, Foxp3, and IFN-γ levels was also stronger than radiation or resveratrol alone. To conclude, resveratrol enhanced the effect of radiotherapy by inducing DNA damage and antitumor immunity in the intracranial C6 GBM.
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肿瘤学
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放射学
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免疫学
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神经科学
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药理学
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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 6.8
Yan Chen,Ming Zhang,Zhifang Liu,Ning Zhang,Qingpeng Wang
Tumor microenvironment (TME) is a pivotal factor driving the tumor metastasis and leading to the failure of tumor therapy. Here, a series of ursodeoxycholic acid platinum(IV) conjugates with potency in remodeling the TME through suppressing JAK2/STAT3 signaling was developed. A candidate was screened out, which displayed potent antiproliferative and antimetastatic performance both in vitro and in vivo. It displayed superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to cisplatin. Serious DNA injury was induced, and then mitochondria-mediated apoptosis was initiated through the Bcl-2/Bax/Caspase3 pathway. The JAK2/STAT3 and TGF-β1 signaling pathways were remarkably inhibited, and pro-death autophagy was subsequently promoted. The inflammatory and hypoxic TME was suppressed by downregulating COX-2, MMP9, and HIF-1α, which resulted in inhibited angiogenesis in tumors by inhibiting the HIF-1α/VEGFA axis. Additionally, the immunosuppressive TME was reversed by blocking the immune checkpoint PD-L1, further improving the density of CD3+ and CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and promoting macrophage polarization from M2- to M1-type.
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肿瘤学
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药理学
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分子生物学
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癌症治疗
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