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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2025

LSD1 inhibition sensitizes anti-PD1 blockade immunotherapy by inhibiting the long-range attack of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles.

Yu Zhao, Danyang Zhang, Lin Meng, Siming Shan, Chao Zhang, Zhenzhong Deng, Chao Han, Lingyi Kong

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yu ZhaoBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Danyang ZhangBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Lin MengBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Siming ShanBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Chao ZhangBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Zhenzhong DengDepartment of Oncology, Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China.
Chao HanBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Lingyi KongBasic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death protein-1/programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD1/PD-L1) blockade has shown promise in cancer therapy but remains limited by low response rates. Recent efforts have explored strategies to enhance immunotherapy efficacy. Histone lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) inhibition can enhance tumor immune responses by downregulating PD-L1 expression. Furthermore, PD-L1 in tumor cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) contributes to the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) and promotes immune evasion. Here, we found that LSD1 inhibition can mediate the rearrangement of PD-L1 on tumor cell surfaces, reduce the secretion of EVs and PD-L1 levels in the TME, and ultimately block the long-range immunosuppression caused by tumor cell-released EVs. Therefore, we developed a TME-targeted synergistic therapy system with a dual mechanism in which anti-PD1 therapy blocks immune checkpoints, and forsythiaside A (FA) acts as an LSD1 inhibitor to regulate EVs secretion. Additionally, CD4

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Concomitant therapyDrug discoveryExtracellular vesiclesForsythiaside AImmune checkpointsLysine-specific demethylase 1Nanomedicine delivery systemTumor microenvironment

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