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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Tocilizumab (monoclonal anti-IL-6R antibody) reverses anlotinib resistance in osteosarcoma.

Jiuhui Xu, Chenglong Chen, Kunkun Sun, Qianyu Shi, Boyang Wang, Yi Huang, Tingting Ren, Xiaodong Tang

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. 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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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jiuhui XuMusculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chenglong ChenBeijing Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tumor, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Kunkun SunDepartment of Pathology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Qianyu ShiMusculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Boyang WangMusculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yi HuangMusculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tingting RenMusculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiaodong TangMusculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peking University People's Hospital · CNPeking University · CNBeijing Jishuitan Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Anlotinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) has been in clinical application to inhibit malignant cell growth and lung metastasis in osteosarcoma (OS). However, a variety of drug resistance phenomena have been observed in the treatment. We aim to explore the new target to reverse anlotinib resistance in OS. Materials and Methods: In this study, we established four OS anlotinib-resistant cell lines, and RNA-sequence was performed to evaluate differentially expressed genes. We verified the results of RNA-sequence by PCR, western blot and ELISA assay. We further explored the effects of tocilizumab (anti- IL-6 receptor), either alone or in combined with anlotinib, on the inhibition of anlotinib-resistant OS cells malignant viability by CCK8, EDU, colony formation, apoptosis, transwell, wound healing, Cytoskeletal stain assays, and xenograft nude mouse model. The expression of IL-6 in 104 osteosarcoma samples was tested by IHC. Results: We found IL-6 and its downstream pathway STAT3 were activated in anlotinib-resistant osteosarcoma. Tocilizumab impaired the tumor progression of anlotinib-resistant OS cells, and combined treatment with anlotinib augmented these effects by inhibiting STAT3 expressions. IL-6 was highly expressed in patients with OS and correlated with poor prognosis. Conclusion: Tocilizumab could reverse anlotinib resistance in OS by IL-6/STAT3 pathway and the combination treatment with anlotinib rationalized further studies and clinical treatment of OS.

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anlotinibdrug resistanceinterleukin-6osteosarcomatyrosine kinase inhibitor

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