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ArticleJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2026

Electroacupuncture enhances CD8+ T cells recruitmentmodulating sympathetic nervous system to suppress tumor growth in mice bearing triple-negative breast cancer.

Tian Yehong, Zhang Qiaoli, Zhang Rui, Gao Tao, L I Nanzhi, Huang Jinchang, Jiang Xin, Qiu Xiaowei

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Tian YehongCollege of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang712000, China.
Zhang QiaoliDepartment of Acupuncture and Minimally Invasive Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing100029, China.
Zhang RuiCollege of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang712000, China.
Gao TaoCollege of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang712000, China.
L I NanzhiCollege of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang712000, China.
Huang JinchangDepartment of Acupuncture and Minimally Invasive Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing100029, China.
Jiang XinDepartment of Acupuncture and Minimally Invasive Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing100029, China.
Qiu XiaoweiDepartment of Encephalopathy Medicine, BeiJing Chaoyang Intergrative Medicine Rescue and First Aid Hospital, Beijing100022, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China: Exploring the Anti-tumor Mechanism of Peritumoral Needling Promoting CD8+ T Lymphocyte Recruitment of Breast Cancer Based on Neural Reprogramming 82305396Scientific Research Project of Shaanxi Academy of Basic Research: Study on the Mechanism of Sympathetic Nerve Reprogramming Promoting CD8+ T Cell Recruitment in Triple-negative Breast Cancer Mice for Peritumoral Electroacupuncture Based on Histone Deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) Histone Modification 22JHQ089
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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate whether peritumoral electroacupuncture (EA) suppresses tumor growth

methodsUtilizing a mouse model of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the SNS was activated through chronic restraint stress (CRS); chemical sympathetic denervation was induced by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). The anti-tumor and immune regulatory effects of EA were evaluated by multidimensional methods, including

resultsPeritumoral EA decreased the volume and weight of tumors within 22 d after the implantation. Intratumoral CD8+ T cells significantly increased after EA. C-C motif chemokine ligand 5, as a chemokine that recruits effector T cells to the tumor microenvironment, also up-regulated. Meanwhile, EA reduced intratumoral sympathetic innervation and norepinephrine level. Subsequently, we found CRS significantly accelerates tumor growth and reduces the density of CD8+ T cell infiltration. However, EA reversed the tumor-promoting effect and immune suppression caused by CRS effectively. Furthermore, chemical sympathetic ablation with 6-OHDA revealed that the anti-tumor effect of EA was dependent on sympathetic integrity, as the ablation impaired both tumor-suppressing effect and CD8+ T cell recruitment mediated by EA.

conclusionEA enhances anti-tumor immunity through SNS emphasizing the effective remodeling of the tumor immune microenvironment in mice with TNBC by neuro-immune interactions.

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CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesElectroacupunctureSympathetic Nervous SystemTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CTumor Microenvironmentelectroacupunctureimmumesympathetic nervetriple negative breast neoplasmstumor microenvironment

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PMCPMC13494874

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