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ArticleAnnals of medicine2023

Anti-triple-negative breast cancer metastasis efficacy and molecular mechanism of the STING agonist for innate immune pathway.

Xing Lu, Xiang Wang, Hao Cheng, Xiaoqing Wang, Chang Liu, Xiangshi Tan

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xing LuDepartment of Chemistry & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xiang WangDepartment of Chemistry & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Hao ChengDepartment of Chemistry & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoqing WangDepartment of Chemistry & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chang LiuDepartment of Chemistry & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xiangshi TanDepartment of Chemistry & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith high recurrence and metastatic rates, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has few therapy choices. The innate immune stimulator of interferon genes protein (STING) pathway has emerged as a critical foundation for improving anticancer immunotherapy. Although 2',3'-cGAMP has been shown to have therapeutic potential as a STING agonist in subcutaneous solid tumour treatments in mice, the effect of cGAMP in metastatic malignancies has received less attention.

methodsBioluminescence imaging technology was applied to monitor TNBC tumour cell metastasis in living mice. Serum biochemical test and blood routine examination of mice were used to demonstrate cGAMP administration had no toxicity. The activation of DCs and CD8+ T cells was demonstrated by flow cytometry. The pharmacological mechanism of cGAMP for suppressing breast tumour metastasis was also explored.

resultscGAMP treatment substantially suppressed tumour development and metastasis without adverse effects. cGAMP activated the cGAS-STING-IRF3 pathway, which modified the tumour immune milieu to reverse the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and PI3K/AKT pathways and prevent tumour metastasis. It was postulated and proven that cGAMP had a pharmacological mechanism for reducing breast tumour metastasis.

conclusionThe findings suggest that cGAMP could be useful in the immunotherapy of immune-insensitive metastatic breast cancer.

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Triple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunity, InnateMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesSTING ProteinPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteincGAMPEMTMetalloenzyme cGASmetastatic breast cancerPI3K/AKT pathwaysSTING pathwaytumour icroenvironment

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PMID37162544
PMCPMC10173802
OpenAlexW4376122056

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