title: Neem leaf glycoprotein is superior than cisplatin and sunitinib malate in restricting melanoma growth by normalization of tumor microenvironment.
abstract: We have observed earlier that therapeutic treatment with neem leaf glycoprotein (NLGP) inhibits murine B16-melanoma growth in vivo and improves survivability of treated mice. Anti-tumor effect of NLGP is directly associated with enhanced CD8(+) T cell activity and downregulation of suppressive cellular functions. Objective of this present study is to know the efficacy of NLGP in comparison to two popular drugs, Cisplatin and Sunitinib malate (Sutent) in relation to the modulation of tumor microenvironment (TME). Analysis of cytokine milieu within TME revealed IL-10, TGFβ, IL-6 rich type 2 characters was significantly switched to type 1 microenvironment with dominance of IFNγ and IL-2 within NLGP-TME, which was not found in other cases; however Cisplatin-TME appeared better in type 2 to type 1 conversion than Sutent-TME as evidenced by RT-PCR, ELISA and immunohistochemical analysis. NLGP-TME educated CD8(+) T cells exhibited greater cytotoxicity to B16 Melanoma cells in vitro and these cells showed comparatively higher expression of cytotoxicity related molecules, perforin and granzyme B than Cisplatin-TME and Sutent-TME educated T cells. Adoptive transfer of NLGP-TME exposed T cells, but not PBS-TME exposed cells in mice, is able to significantly inhibit the growth of melanoma in vivo. Such tumor growth inhibition was in significantly lower extent when therapeutic CD8(+) T cells were exposed to either Cisplatin-TME or Sutent-TME or control-TME. Accumulated evidences strongly suggest that non toxic NLGP normalized TME allows T cells to perform optimally than other TMEs under study to inhibit the melanoma growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunoregulation and Immunodiagnostics, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), 37, S. P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700026, India.
authors.forename: Subhasis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barik
authors.forename: Avishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhuniya
authors.forename: Saptak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Madhurima
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Tanmoy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Tithi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Sarbari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Soumyabrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Smarajit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Anamika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: Rathindranath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baral
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D031601:Azadirachta / Q000737:chemistry*; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077210:Sunitinib
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016207:Cytokines; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007211:Indoles; D011758:Pyrroles; D002945:Cisplatin; D000077210:Sunitinib
keywords: B16 melanoma; Cisplatin; Neem leaf glycoprotein; Sunitinib malate; Tumor microenvironment