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Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin Enhances the Antitumour Effect of PD-1 Inhibition by Targeting Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells

Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin Enhances the Antitumour Effect of PD-1 Inhibition by Targeting Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells

Wanfeng Gao, Xiaoyun Zhang, Wendong Yang, Daolei Dou, Heng Zhang, Yuanhao Tang, Weilong Zhong, Jing Meng, Yun Bai, Yanrong Liu, Lan Yang, Shuang Chen, Huijuan Liu, Cheng Yang, Tao Sun

J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Aug 28;7(1):231.

PMID: 31462297

Abstract:

Background:
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immunosuppressive cells that play an important role in immune evasion, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor tolerance and tumour progression. Therefore, MDSCs are potential targets for cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we screened an effective polymorphonuclear MDSC (PMN-MDSC) inhibitor from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Library and evaluated its synergistic antitumour effects with PD-1 inhibitor.
Methods:
In the present study, we found that PMN-MDSCs accumulate heavily in the spleen and bone marrow of melanoma (B16-F10) tumour-bearing mice. Then, we determined the top 10 key proteins in the upregulated KEGG pathways of PMN-MDSCs in tumour-bearing mice through proteomics and Cytoscape analysis. The key proteins were then used as targets for the screening of PMN-MDSC inhibitors from the traditional Chinese Medicine Library (20000 compounds) through molecular docking and weight calculation of the docking score. Finally, the inhibitory effect of the inhibitor was verified through proteomics and metabolomics analysis in vitro and melanoma (B16-F10) and triple-negative breast cancer (4 T1) mouse tumour models in vivo.
Results:
Traditional Chinese medicine saposhnikovia root extract Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin (POG) could bind well to the target proteins and inhibit the proliferation, metabolism and immunosuppressive ability of PMN-MDSCs by inhibiting arginine metabolism and the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle). POG could also increase CD8 T-lymphocyte infiltration in the tumours and enhance the antitumour effect of PD-1 inhibitor in B16-F10 and 4 T1 mouse tumour models.
Conclusions:
POG was successfully screened from the traditional Chinese Medicine library as a PMN-MDSC inhibitor. POG exhibited a good synergistic antitumour effect with PD-1 inhibitor. This study provided a potential option for enhancing the efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors in clinical applications.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP80681454	Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin		80681-45-4	Price

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