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ArticleThoracic cancer2024

Potential of fluoropyrimidine to be an immunologically optimal partner of immune checkpoint inhibitors through inducing immunogenic cell death for thoracic malignancies.

Hiroyuki Kozai, Hirokazu Ogino, Atsushi Mitsuhashi, Na Thi Nguyen, Yuki Tsukazaki, Yohei Yabuki, Ryohiko Ozaki, Hiroto Yoneda, Seidai Sato, Masaki Hanibuchi and 3 more

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Article in Thoracic cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Hiroyuki KozaiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Hirokazu OginoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Atsushi MitsuhashiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Na Thi NguyenDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Yuki TsukazakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Yohei YabukiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Ryohiko OzakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Hiroto YonedaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Seidai SatoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Masaki HanibuchiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Tsutomu ShinoharaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Hiroshi NokiharaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1219-6966
Yasuhiko NishiokaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6311-1654
Tokushima University · JPNational Center for Global Health and Medicine · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H03668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a revolutionary paradigm in the treatment of thoracic malignancies and chemoimmunotherapy is a current standard care in this field. Chemotherapeutic agents are known to induce not only direct cytotoxic effects on tumor cells but also immune modulating effects, such as stimulating immunogenic cell death (ICD). Currently, either pemetrexed (PEM) or taxane plus platinum are combined with ICIs for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, it is still unknown whether these agents are immunologically optimal partners for ICIs.

methodsTo determine the immunologically optimal chemotherapeutic agent, we first evaluated the ability of several chemotherapeutic agents, including platinum, PEM, taxane, and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to induce ICD using several thoracic tumor cell lines in vitro. ICD was evaluated by the cell surface expression of calreticulin (CRT) and adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) secretion. We further performed an antitumor vaccination assay in vivo.

results5-FU induced cell surface expression of CRT and ATP secretion most efficiently among the several chemotherapeutic agents. This effect was enhanced when it was combined with platinum. In the antitumor vaccination assay in vivo, we found that vaccination with dying-AB1-HA (a murine malignant mesothelioma cell line) cells treated with 5-FU, but neither PEM nor PTX, reduced the tumor growth of living-AB1-HA cells inoculated 1 week after vaccination by recruiting CD3

conclusionOur findings indicate that fluoropyrimidine can be an immunologically optimal partner of ICIs through the induction of ICD for thoracic malignancies.

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsAntimetabolitesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFluorouracilHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunogenic Cell DeathMicePemetrexedPlatinumTaxoidsTumor MicroenvironmentAdenosine TriphosphateAntimetabolitesFluorouracilImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPemetrexedPlatinumTaxoids5-fluorouracilcancer immunotherapyfluoropyrimidineimmunogenic cell deaththoracic malignancy

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