Journal
ONCOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 1874-1880Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.7455
Keywords
endostatin; lung cancer; cellular therapy; tumor microenvironment
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- Natural Science Youth Foundation of Shandong Province, P.R. China [ZR2013HQ017]
- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China [ZR2010HL015, ZR2015HL024]
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Endostatin has previously been demonstrated to efficiently inhibit the angiogenesis and growth of endothelial cells. However, the role of endostatin in the tumor microenvironment remains to be elucidated. To investigate the antitumor effect of endostatin in lung cancer, the present study was designed to explore the alterations of microvessel density in Lewis lung cancer models and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-17, interferon (IFN)-gamma and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1 alpha, following endostatin therapy. It was demonstrated that the growth and angiogenesis of tumors were markedly suppressed by treatment with endostatin, compared with control group. The microvessel density in mice treated with endostatin was significantly inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. The expression levels of VEGF, IL -6 and IL-17 in tumors were decreased, however IFN-gamma and HIF-1 alpha expression levels were increased, following treatment with endostatin. In addition, the proportion of myeloid derived suppressor cells and tumor associated macrophages (TAMs; M2 type) were significantly decreased, whereas those of mature dendritic cells and TAMs (M1 type) were increased, and cluster of differentiation (CD)8(+) T cells were recruited to infiltrate the tumors following treatment with endostatin. In addition, the expression levels of IL -6, IL-10, tumor growth factor-beta and IL-17 in tumor tissue were potently decreased with endostatin therapy. These results indicated that endostatin efficiently inhibited tumor angiogenesis and reversed the immunosuppressive microenvironment associated with the presence of tumors.
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