Department of Urology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York.

To evaluate the effects of imidazoquinolines in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

In vitro experiments were carried out using mouse (RENCA) and human (CAKI-1, CAKI-2, and A-498) RCC cell lines. Toll-like receptor-7 (TLR7) expression was assessed by Western blot. We determined the ability of imidazoquinolines to induce apoptosis and inhibit cell viability in vitro. For in vivo experiments, RENCA cells were injected into the tail vein of syngeneic mice. One week after injection, mice were given oral imidazoquinoline or placebo for 14 days. Mice were then sacrificed, and lungs were inspected for tumor nodules. Immunohistochemical staining was used to assess apoptosis in vivo.

Toll-like receptor-7 was expressed in all cell lines tested, with RENCA cells showing the highest level of expression. Imidazoquinolines inhibited in vitro cell viability of RENCA, CAKI-2, and A-498 cell lines in a time-dependent manner. Viability of CAKI-1 was not inhibited significantly. Apoptosis induction was pronounced in RENCA cells treated with imidazoquinoline. Compared with placebo, oral imidazoquinoline significantly reduced the number of pulmonary metastasis and increased cell death in vivo.

Imidazoquinolines inhibit cell viability and cause deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation leading to apoptosis in RCC cell lines, potentially working through the TLR7 expressed by RCC cell lines. Preliminary data from a mouse model of metastatic RCC also suggest antitumor effects and induction of apoptosis in vivo.

Written by:
Schwartz MJ, Liu H, Hwang DH, Kawamoto H, Scherr DS.   Are you the author?

Reference:
Urology. 2008 Dec 30. Epub ahead of print.
doi:10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.010

PubMed Abstract
PMID:19118885

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