Cyclooxygenase-dependent tumor growth through evasion of immunity.
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Zelenay, Santiagovan der Veen, A
Böttcher, J
Snelgrove, K
Rogers, N
Acton, S
Chakravarty, P
Girotti, Maria Romina
Marais, Richard
Quezada, S
Sahai, E
Reis E Sousa, C
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Immunobiology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UKIssue Date
2015-09-10
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The mechanisms by which melanoma and other cancer cells evade anti-tumor immunity remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that the growth of tumors formed by mutant Braf(V600E) mouse melanoma cells in an immunocompetent host requires their production of prostaglandin E2, which suppresses immunity and fuels tumor-promoting inflammation. Genetic ablation of cyclooxygenases (COX) or prostaglandin E synthases in Braf(V600E) mouse melanoma cells, as well as in Nras(G12D) melanoma or in breast or colorectal cancer cells, renders them susceptible to immune control and provokes a shift in the tumor inflammatory profile toward classic anti-cancer immune pathways. This mouse COX-dependent inflammatory signature is remarkably conserved in human cutaneous melanoma biopsies, arguing for COX activity as a driver of immune suppression across species. Pre-clinical data demonstrate that inhibition of COX synergizes with anti-PD-1 blockade in inducing eradication of tumors, implying that COX inhibitors could be useful adjuvants for immune-based therapies in cancer patients.Citation
Cyclooxygenase-dependent tumor growth through evasion of immunity. 2015, 162 (6):1257-70 CellJournal
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10.1016/j.cell.2015.08.015PubMed ID
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1097-4172ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.cell.2015.08.015
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