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2019

The Novel Combination of Nitroxoline and PD-1 Blockade, Exerts a Potent Antitumor Effect in a Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer.

International journal of biological sciences
  • Naijin Xu
  • Linglong Huang
  • Xiezhao Li
  • Masami Watanabe
  • Chaoming Li
  • Abai Xu
  • Chunxiao Liu
  • Qiang Li
  • Motoo Araki
  • Koichiro Wada
  • Yasutomo Nasu
  • Peng Huang
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Volume
15
Number
5
First page
919
Last page
928
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.7150/ijbs.32259

Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockade is a promising therapeutic strategy against prostate cancer. Nitroxoline has been found to have effective anticancer properties in several cancer types. We investigated the efficacy of a combination therapy involving nitroxoline and PD-1 blockade in a prostate cancer mouse model. In our in vitro analysis, we found that nitroxoline inhibited the viability and proliferation of the mouse prostate cancer cell line RM9-Luc-PSA. Additionally, nitroxoline downregulated the expressions of phospho-PI3 kinase, phospho-Akt (Thr308), phospho-Akt (Ser473), phospho-GSK-3β, Bcl-2, and Bcl-xL. Nitroxoline also downregulated programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression levels in prostate cancer cell line and tumor tissue. In our murine prostate cancer orthotopic model, nitroxoline plus PD-1 blockade synergistically suppressed tumor growth when compared with nitroxoline or PD-1 blockade alone, leading to reductions in tumor weight, bioluminescence tumor signals, and serum prostate-specific antigen levels. Furthermore, fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis showed that the combination strategy significantly enhanced antitumor immunity by increasing CD44+CD62L+CD8+ memory T cell numbers and reducing myeloid-derived suppressor cell numbers in peripheral blood. In conclusion, our findings suggest that nitroxoline plus PD-1 blockade may be a promising treatment strategy in patients with prostate cancer.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.32259
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31182913
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535792
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  • DOI : 10.7150/ijbs.32259
  • Pubmed ID : 31182913
  • Pubmed Central ID : PMC6535792

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