Metastases in Immune-Mediated Dormancy: A New Opportunity for Targeting Cancer
| Autor: | Angel M. Garcia-Lora, Irene Romero, Federico Garrido |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cancer Research
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes Biology Metastasis Drug Delivery Systems Immune system Neoplasms MHC class I medicine Animals Humans Cytotoxic T cell Neoplasm Metastasis Clinical Trials as Topic medicine.disease Killer Cells Natural CTL Oncology Immunology Cancer cell biology.protein Dormancy Immunotherapy T-Lymphocytes Cytotoxic Cancer dormancy |
| Zdroj: | Cancer Research. 74:6750-6757 |
| ISSN: | 1538-7445 0008-5472 |
| DOI: | 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-2406 |
| Popis: | The aim of any anticancer treatment is to avoid, control, or eliminate disseminated tumor cells. Clinical and experimental evidence has revealed that metastases can remain in a latency state, that is, metastasis dormancy. Three mechanisms are thought to be involved in cancer dormancy: cellular dormancy, angiogenic dormancy, and immune-mediated dormancy. Here, we review the mechanisms and cells involved in immune-mediated cancer dormancy and discuss current and future immunotherapeutic strategies. Recent results indicate that the immune system can restrain disseminated cancer cells, promoting their permanent dormancy. CD8+ T lymphocytes play a relevant role in maintaining immune equilibrium with metastatic dormant cells, and MHC class I surface expression on tumor cells may also be involved. Natural killer (NK) cells have an activator function that triggers a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response. Furthermore, immune dormancy promotes cancer cell growth arrest and angiogenic control. Immunotherapeutic interventions in metastatic dormancy may help to control or eradicate cancer disease. Treatments that activate or increase the CTL immune response or reverse cancer cell–induced CTL immunosuppression might be useful to restrain or destroy metastatic cells. These objectives may be achieved by recovering or increasing MHC class I surface expression on cancer cells or even by activating NK cells. Immune-mediated metastasis dormancy provides an opportunity for targeting cancer in novel immune treatments. Cancer Res; 74(23); 6750–7. ©2014 AACR. |
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