莫西菌素揭示了河马-YAP信号通路在维持多形性胶质母细胞瘤免疫中的作用。
Moxidectin Unravels the Role of the Hippo-YAP Pathway in Maintaining Immunity of Glioblastoma Multiforme.
作者信息
Kaushik Itishree, Rajan Robin, Gaikwad Shreyas, Eltokhy Mohamed A, Srivastava Sanjay K
机构信息
Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology, Center for Tumor Immunology and Targeted Cancer Therapy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, Texas.
出版信息
Mol Cancer Ther. 2025 Aug 1;24(8):1156-1170. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0594.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a lethal and aggressive cancer with an extremely poor prognosis. Recent preclinical, clinical, and genomic studies have highlighted the role of the Hippo-Yap pathway in the progression of GBM. In addition, it has been identified that YAP plays a major role in creating an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, facilitating drug resistance, recurrence, and metastasis of GBM tumors. In this study, we report that "moxidectin", an antihelminthic drug, inhibits the proliferation of SF268, SF295, SF188, and CT-2A-Luc GBM cells by inducing apoptosis. Immunoblotting and immunofluorescence data show that moxidectin mediates its effects by inhibiting the MEK-ERK pathway, a regulator of Hippo-YAP signaling. Inhibition of MEK-ERK by moxidectin ultimately led to blockade of the nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity of the YAP/TAZ-TEAD complex in various GBM cells. Oral administration of 3.5 mg/kg moxidectin suppressed the growth of GBM tumors by 90% in an intracranial tumor model. Ex vivo analysis of excised tumors confirmed the observations made in in vitro studies. Interestingly, moxidectin enhanced antigen presentation in the tumor-draining lymph nodes and reduced the pro-tumorigenic macrophage population in the brain, indicating that it might play a role in modulating the immune response. Chronic moxidectin treatment did not cause any toxicity in mice based on our toxicologic evaluation. Moxidectin is an FDA-approved drug, and findings from our study will promote its clinical investigation as a potential therapeutic agent for patients with GBM.
多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)是一种致命且侵袭性强的癌症,预后极差。最近的临床前、临床和基因组研究突出了Hippo-Yap信号通路在GBM进展中的作用。此外,已确定YAP在创建免疫抑制性肿瘤微环境、促进GBM肿瘤的耐药性、复发和转移方面发挥主要作用。在本研究中,我们报告抗蠕虫药“莫西菌素”通过诱导凋亡抑制SF268、SF295、SF188和CT-2A-Luc GBM细胞的增殖。免疫印迹和免疫荧光数据表明,莫西菌素通过抑制MEK-ERK通路发挥其作用,MEK-ERK通路是Hippo-Yap信号的调节因子。莫西菌素对MEK-ERK的抑制最终导致各种GBM细胞中YAP/TAZ-TEAD复合物的核转位和转录活性受阻。在颅内肿瘤模型中,口服3.5mg/kg莫西菌素可使GBM肿瘤的生长抑制90%。对切除肿瘤的体外分析证实了体外研究中的观察结果。有趣的是,莫西菌素增强了肿瘤引流淋巴结中的抗原呈递,并减少了脑中促肿瘤巨噬细胞群体,表明它可能在调节免疫反应中发挥作用。根据我们的毒理学评估,长期使用莫西菌素对小鼠没有造成任何毒性。莫西菌素是一种已获美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)批准的药物,我们的研究结果将推动其作为GBM患者潜在治疗药物的临床研究。