Indomethacin-induced oxidative stress enhances death receptor 5 signaling and sensitizes tumor cells to adoptive T-cell therapy.
Nada S AboelellaCaitlin BrandleOgacheko OkokoMd Yeashin GaziZhi-Chun DingHongyan XuGregory Stephen GormanRoni BollagMarco L DavilaLocke J BryanDavid H MunnGary A PiazzaGang ZhouPublished in: Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (2022)
Our results demonstrate that the pro-oxidative property of indo can be exploited to enhance death receptor signaling in cancer cells, providing rationale for combining indo with genetically modified T cells to intensify tumor cell killing through the TRAIL-DR5 axis. These findings implicate indo administration, and potentially similar use of other NSAIDs, as a readily applicable and cost-effective approach to augment the efficacy of ACT.