Lovastatin/SN38 co-loaded liposomes amplified ICB therapeutic effect via remodeling the immunologically-cold colon tumor and synergized stimulation of cGAS-STING pathway

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Current immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) immunotherapeutics have revolutionized cancer treatment. However, many cancers especially the "immunologically cold" tumors, do not respond to ICB, prompting the search for additional strategies to achieve durable responses. The cGAS-STING pathway, as an essential immune response pathway, has been demonstrated for a potent target to sensitize ICB immunotherapy. However, the low efficiency of conventional STING agonists limits their clinical application. Recent studies have shown that DNA topoisomerase I (TOPI) inhibitor chemodrug SN38 can activate the cGAS-STING pathway and induce an immune response through DNA damage, while the traditional statins medication lovastatin was found to inhibit DNA damage repair, which may in turn upregulate the damaged DNA level. Herein, we have developed a liposomal carrier co-loaded with SN38 and lovastatin (SLLip), which can be accumulated in tumors and efficiently released SN38 and lovastatin, addressing the problem of weak solubility of these two drugs. Importantly, lovastatin can increase DNA damage and enhance the activation of cGAS-STING pathway, coordinating with SN38 chemotherapy and exhibiting the enhanced combinational immunotherapy of PD-1 antibody by remodeling the tumor microenvironment in mouse colorectal cancer of both subcutaneous and orthotopic xenograft models. Overall, this study demonstrates that lovastatin-assisted cGAS-STING stimulation mediated by liposomal delivery system significantly strengthened both chemotherapy and immunotherapy of colorectal cancer, providing a clinically translational strategy for combinational ICB therapy in the "immunologically cold" tumors.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:588

Enthalten in:

Cancer letters - 588(2024) vom: 28. Apr., Seite 216765

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Jialong [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Jialin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, You [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Jiena [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Wenxia [VerfasserIn]
Inam, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Jiaxin [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Yongyi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Chuanshan [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wenjie [VerfasserIn]

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9LHU78OQFD
CGAS-STING
DNA damage repair
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
ICB therapy
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Journal Article
Liposomes
Lovastatin
SN38

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Date Completed 09.04.2024

Date Revised 09.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216765

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NLM368985679