TRAIL-/- male and female mice irradiated with 20 Gy and treated with TLY012 to suppress radiaiton induced pneumonitis
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ABSTRACT: Cancer therapy is often limited by toxicity from pneumonitis. This often-lethal side effect is known to be impacted by innate immunity, and in particular the pathways regulated by the TRAIL death receptor DR5. We investigated whether DR5 agonists could rescue mice from the lethal effects of radiation. We found that two different agonists, parenteral PEGylated trimeric-TRAIL (TLY012) and oral TRAIL-Inducing Compound #10 (TIC10/ONC201), could achieve this goal. Both compounds could completely protect mice from lethality by reducing pneumonitis, alveolar-wall thickness, and oxygen desaturation. Protection extended to the late effects of radiation including less fibrosis at 22-weeks in TLY012-rescued survivors versus un-rescued surviving irradiated-mice. Wild-type orthotopic breast tumor-bearing mice receiving 20-Gy thoracic radiation were protected from pneumonitis with disappearance of tumors. At the molecular level, this protection appeared to be due to the inhibition of CCl22, a macrophage-derived chemokine previously associated with radiation pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. The discovery that short-term treatment with TRAIL pathway agonists effectively rescues animals from high doses of radiation exposure has important translational implications.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE278401 | GEO | 2025/03/05
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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