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ArticleOncology letters2016

Gradual reduction of testosterone using a gonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccination delays castration resistance in a prostate cancer model.

Jesús A Junco Barranco, Robert P Millar, Franklin Fuentes, Eddy Bover, Eulogio Pimentel, Roberto Basulto, Lesvia Calzada, Rolando Morán, Ayni Rodríguez, Hilda Garay and 10 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jesús A Junco BarrancoDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Robert P MillarMammal Research Institute and Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng 0028, South Africa; MRC Receptor Biology Unit, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape 7925, South Africa.
Franklin FuentesDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Eddy BoverDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Eulogio PimentelCenter for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Havana 10600, Cuba.
Roberto BasultoDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Lesvia CalzadaDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Rolando MoránDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Ayni RodríguezMedical University of Camagüey, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Hilda GarayCenter for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Havana 10600, Cuba.
Osvaldo ReyesCenter for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Havana 10600, Cuba.
Maria D CastroDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Ricardo BringasCenter for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Havana 10600, Cuba.
Niurka ArteagaDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Henio TouduríMedical University of Camagüey, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Mauricio RabassaDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Yairis FernándezMedical University of Camagüey, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Andrés SerradeloDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Eduardo HernándezDepartment of Vaccines, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Camagüey 70100, Cuba.
Gerardo E GuillénCenter for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Havana 10600, Cuba.
Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología · CUUniversity of Camagüey · CUUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a previous study aimed to design a novel prostate cancer vaccine, the authors of the present study demonstrated the advantage of combining the adjuvants Montanide ISA 51 with very small size proteoliposomes (VSSP) to promote a significant humoral immune response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in healthy animals. The present study compared the efficacy of this vaccine formulation versus the standard treatment currently available in terms of preventing the development of tumors in DD/S mice injected with Shionogi carcinoma (SC) 115 cells. The results demonstrated that 5 non-vaccinated control mice exhibited a fast tumor growth, and succumbed to the disease within 19-31 days. Mice immunized with the GnRH/Montanide ISA 51/VSSP vaccine exhibited a moderate decline in testosterone levels that was associated with a decrease in anti-GnRH antibody titers, which lead to a sustained tumor growth inhibition. In total, 2 mice in the immunized group exhibited complete remission of the tumor for the duration of the present study. In addition, castrated mice, which were used as a control for standard hormonal therapy, exhibited an accelerated decrease in tumor size. However, tumor relapse was observed between days 50 and 54, and between days 65 and 85, following the injection of SC 155 cells. Therefore, these mice were sacrificed at day 90. The present study concludes that the slow and moderate reduction of testosterone levels observed using the GnRH-based vaccine may delay the appearance of castration resistance in a Shionogi prostate cancer model. These findings suggest that this vaccine may be used to delay castration resistance in patients with prostate cancer.

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adjuvant combinationcastration-resistant prostate cancergonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccinationhormone ablationprostate cancer vaccine

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PMID27446378
PMCPMC4950887
OpenAlexW2416606658

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