Cinnamaldehyde Treatment of Prostate Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Prevents Their Inhibitory Effect on T Cells Through Toll-Like Receptor 4

© 2020 Mei et al..

INTRODUCTION: Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) promote tumor progression; thus, drugs that can modify CAFs need to be identified.

METHODS: To test the effect of cinnamaldehyde on prostate CAFs, the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide assay was used to determine their survival. When spleen cells were treated with CAF supernatant, the proliferation of T cells was inhibited as determined by flow cytometry. After cinnamaldehyde treatment, this immunosuppressive function of CAFs was partially reversed. To explore the molecular mechanism, Western blotting and the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction were applied, and TLR4-dependent signaling pathway-related protein and mRNA levels were quantified.

RESULTS: Cinnamaldehyde acted on the TLR4-dependent signaling pathway, altering the function of CAFs such that its supernatant no longer inhibited the proliferation of T cells.

CONCLUSION: These data indicate that cinnamaldehyde can modify the functions of CAFs, which may be helpful for treating tumors. Cinnamaldehyde can suppress CAF T-cell inhibition.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Drug design, development and therapy - 14(2020) vom: 21., Seite 3363-3372

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mei, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yuwei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Minghua [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Fangli [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Zhihai [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Ning [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7864XYD3JJ
Acrolein
Cancer-associated fibroblasts
Cinnamaldehyde
Journal Article
Prostate cancer
SR60A3XG0F
TLR4
TLR4 protein, human
Toll-Like Receptor 4

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Date Completed 02.07.2021

Date Revised 16.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/DDDT.S241410

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314570837