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ArticleMelanoma research2012

IL-2 regulates the expression of the tumor suppressor IL-24 in melanoma cells.

Emily Y Jen, Nancy J Poindexter, Elizabeth S Farnsworth, Elizabeth A Grimm

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Article in Melanoma research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily Y JenDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Nancy J Poindexter
Elizabeth S Farnsworth
Elizabeth A Grimm
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USMelanoma Institute Australia · AU

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Kathrin Milbury · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
U OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1RR024148 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2006 to 2010
$27.9M
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in MelanomaP50CA093459 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI GRIMM, ELIZABETH A · 2004 to 2014
$23.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA016672NCI NIH HHS CA16672NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA093459NCRR NIH HHS 1-UL1-RR024148-01NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024148
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is notoriously resistant to chemotherapy, but variable responses to biotherapies, including the IFNs and IL-2, provide intriguing avenues for further study. Systemic IL-2 treatment has provided significant clinical benefit in a minority of patients with metastatic melanoma, leading to long-term survival in a few cases. We hypothesize that one previously unidentified mechanism of effective IL-2 therapy is through direct upregulation of the tumor suppressor IL-24 in melanoma tumor cells resulting in growth suppression. In this study, five melanoma cell lines were treated with high dose recombinant human IL-2. Three (A375, WM1341, WM793) showed statistically significant increases in IL-24 protein; two (WM35, MeWo) remained negative for IL-24 message and protein. This increase was abolished by preincubating with anti-IL-2 antibody or blocking with antibodies against the IL-2 receptor chains. These IL-2 responsive melanoma cell lines expressed IL-2Rβ and IL-2Rγ mRNA. The IL-2Rβγ complex was functional, as measured by IL-2-induced signal transducers and activators of transcription activation as well as IL-15 signaling through its shared receptor complex. IL-24 upregulation was observed in response to either IL-2 or IL-15. Cell growth was significantly decreased by treatment of IL-24-positive cells with IL-2 or IL-15, whereas no effect was seen in negative cells. Incubating the IL-24 inducible-cells with anti-IL-24 antibody as well as transfecting with IL-24 small interfering RNA effectively reversed the growth suppression seen with IL-2. Thus, we have shown that one mechanism of clinically effective IL-2 therapy may be the direct action of IL-2 on a biologically distinct subset of melanoma cells leading to upregulation of the tumor suppressor IL-24.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorHumansInterleukin-2Interleukin-24InterleukinsMelanomaReceptors, Interleukin-2Recombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsTumor Cells, CulturedUp-RegulationAntineoplastic AgentsInterleukin-2Interleukin-24InterleukinsReceptors, Interleukin-2Recombinant Proteins

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PMID22027907
PMCPMC3253989
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