Hitchcock Jessica R, Watson Christine J
Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.
Breast Cancer Res. 2015 May 21;17(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13058-015-0573-4.
Neutralisation of macrophage chemoattractant C-C chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) has shown reduced metastasis and enhanced survival in numerous experimental models of tumorigenesis. However, important new findings reported in Nature by Momo Bentires-Alj's laboratory demonstrate that withdrawal of anti-CCL2 treatment accelerates lung metastasis and death in mice. The study highlights the need to consider longer term consequences of therapeutic intervention of metastatic disease, especially with regard to transient interference with the tumour microenvironment.
在众多肿瘤发生的实验模型中,巨噬细胞趋化因子C-C趋化因子配体2(CCL2)的中和已显示出转移减少和生存期延长。然而,莫莫·本蒂雷斯-阿尔吉实验室在《自然》杂志上报道的重要新发现表明,停止抗CCL2治疗会加速小鼠的肺转移和死亡。该研究强调,需要考虑转移性疾病治疗干预的长期后果,尤其是对肿瘤微环境的短暂干扰。