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ArticleBiomedicines2024

Cordycepin Augments the Efficacy of Anti-PD1 against Colon Cancer.

Wen-Kuei Chang, Yen-Ting Chen, Chin-Ping Lin, Chia-Jung Wang, Hui-Ru Shieh, Chih-Wen Chi, Tung-Hu Tsai, Yu-Jen Chen

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Article in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Preclinical study of TLR stimulation combined PD-1 antibody enhance the therapeutic effect of microwave ablation on NSCLC.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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Wen-Kuei ChangInstitute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Yen-Ting ChenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan.
Chin-Ping LinDepartment Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan.
Chia-Jung WangDepartment Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan.
Hui-Ru ShiehDepartment Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan.
Chih-Wen ChiDepartment Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan.
Tung-Hu TsaiInstitute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9007-2547
Yu-Jen ChenInstitute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.

Funding

Mackay Memorial Hospital MMH-109-76, MMH-E-113-11, MMH-E-112-11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colon cancer has a poor clinical response to anti-PD1 therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cordycepin on the efficacy of anti-PD1 treatment in colon cancer. The viability of CT26 mouse colon carcinoma cells, cell-cycle progression, morphology, and the expression of mRNA and protein were assessed. A syngeneic animal model was established by implanting CT26 cells into BALB/c mice for in vivo experiments. Multi-parameter flow cytometry was used to analyze the splenic cell lineages and tumor microenvironment (TME). The in vitro data revealed that cordycepin, but not adenosine, inhibited CT26 cell viability. The protein, but not mRNA, expression levels of A2AR and A2BR were suppressed by cordycepin but not by adenosine in CT26 cells. The combination of cordycepin, but not adenosine, with anti-PD1 exhibited a greater tumor-inhibitory effect than anti-PD1 alone as well as inhibited the expression of A2AR and A2BR in splenic macrophages. In the TME, the combination of cordycepin and anti-PD1 increased the number of CD3+ T cells and neutrophils and decreased the number of natural killer (NK) cells. Overall, cordycepin augmented the antitumor effects of anti-PD1 against mouse colon carcinoma cells and inhibited the expression of the adenosine receptors A2AR and A2BR in splenic macrophages and intratumoral NK cells.

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adenosineanti-programmed cell death 1 (anti-PD1)cordycepinCT26immune checkpoint inhibitortumor microenvironment

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PMID39062140
PMCPMC11274779

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