RRC ID 43520
著者 Yoshida N, Ino K, Ishida Y, Kajiyama H, Yamamoto E, Shibata K, Terauchi M, Nawa A, Akimoto H, Takikawa O, Isobe K, Kikkawa F.
タイトル Overexpression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in human endometrial carcinoma cells induces rapid tumor growth in a mouse xenograft model.
ジャーナル Clin Cancer Res
Abstract PURPOSE:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan-catabolizing enzyme that induces immune tolerance in mice. Our prior study showed that high tumoral IDO expression in endometrial cancer tissues correlates with disease progression and impaired patient survival. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the functional role of IDO in human endometrial cancer cells and to investigate the therapeutic potential of IDO inhibitors.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:IDO cDNA was transfected into the human endometrial carcinoma cell line AMEC, resulting in the establishment of stable clones of IDO-overexpressing AMEC cells (AMEC-IDO). AMEC-IDO cells were characterized in vitro as well as in vivo using a mouse xenograft model.
RESULTS:There was no significant difference in in vitro cell proliferation, migration, or chemosensitivity to paclitaxel between AMEC-IDO and control vector-transfected cells (AMEC-pcDNA). However, in vivo tumor growth was markedly enhanced in AMEC-IDO-xenografted nude mice when compared with AMEC-pcDNA-xenografted mice. Splenic natural killer (NK) cell counts in AMEC-IDO-xenografted mice were significantly decreased when compared with control mice. Furthermore, conditioned medium obtained from AMEC-IDO cell cultures markedly reduced the NK lysis activity of nude mice. Finally, oral administration of the IDO inhibitor 1-methyl-D-tryptophan in combination with paclitaxel in AMEC-IDO-xenografted mice strongly potentiated the antitumor effect of paclitaxel, resulting in significantly prolonged survival.
CONCLUSIONS:This is the first evidence showing that IDO overexpression in human cancer cells contributes to tumor progression in vivo with suppression of NK cells. Our data suggest that targeting IDO may be a novel therapeutic strategy for endometrial cancer.
巻・号 14(22)
ページ 7251-9
公開日 2008-11-15
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-0991
PII 14/22/7251
PMID 19010841
MeSH Animals Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology Blotting, Western Cell Line, Tumor Cell Movement Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Disease Progression Endometrial Neoplasms / enzymology* Endometrial Neoplasms / immunology* Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology* Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology Female Flow Cytometry Fluorescent Antibody Technique Humans Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / drug effects Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / immunology Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / metabolism* Killer Cells, Natural / drug effects Killer Cells, Natural / immunology Mice Mice, Nude Paclitaxel / pharmacology Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Transfection Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
IF 10.107
引用数 41
WOS 分野 ONCOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 YAC-1(RCB1165)