Anticancer metal drugs and immunogenic cell death
- Author(s)
- Alessio Terenzi, Christine Pirker, Bernhard K. Keppler, Walter Berger
- Abstract
Conventional chemotherapeutics, but also innovative precision anticancer compounds, are commonly perceived to target primarily the cancer cell compartment. However, recently it was discovered that some of these compounds can also exert immunomodulatory activities which might be exploited to synergistically enhance their anticancer effects. One specific phenomenon of the interplay between chemotherapy and the anticancer immune response is the so-called “immunogenic cell death” (ICD). ICD was discovered based on a vaccination effect exerted by cancer cells dying from pretreatment with certain chemotherapeutics, termed ICD inducers, in syngeneic transplantation mouse models. Interestingly, only a minority of drugs is able to trigger ICD without a clear-cut relation to chemical structures or their primary modes-of-action. Nevertheless, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress are clearly linked to ICD. With regard to metal drugs, oxaliplatin but not cisplatin is considered a bona fide ICD inducer. Taken into account that several experimental metal compounds are efficient ROS and ER stress mediators, presence of potent ICD inducers within the plethora of novel metal complexes seems feasible and has occasionally been reported. In the light of recent successes in cancer immunotherapy, here we review existing literature regarding anticancer metal drugs and ICD induction. We recommend a more profound investigation of the immunogenic features of experimental anticancer metal drugs.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- External organisation(s)
- Medizinische Universität Wien
- Journal
- Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
- Volume
- 165
- Pages
- 71-79
- No. of pages
- 9
- ISSN
- 0162-0134
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.06.021
- Publication date
- 12-2016
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 104003 Inorganic chemistry, 301904 Cancer research, 106002 Biochemistry
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/6c46199d-cec7-459c-a689-8b1a213f101a