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Beta blocker use correlates with better overall survival in metastatic melanoma patients and improves the efficacy of immunotherapies in mice
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Immunotherapy has expanded treatment options for cancers with historically poor outcomes, yet a significant proportion of patients still fail to achieve durable clinical benefit. We defined the contribution of β-adrenergic receptor (βAR) signaling, a component of the stress response, on success of immunotherapy for melanoma since the use of antagonists (β-blockers) is associated with improved clinical outcomes in some cancers. We show that metastatic melanoma patients who received immunotherapy had improved overall survival if they also received pan β-blockers. This retrospective analysis is reinforced by results showing that βAR blockade enhances the control of murine melanoma growth by anti-(α)PD-1 checkpoint blockade. However, this effect was most significant when β-blocker was combined with dual αPD-1 + high dose interleukin-2 therapy and was reproduced by selective blockade of β2ARs. These results identify a novel strategy that can be quickly introduced to potentially increase the number of patients who benefit from immune-based therapies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kokolus, K. M., Zhang, Y., Sivik, J. M., Schmeck, C., Zhu, J., Repasky, E. A., Drabick, J. J., & Schell, T. D.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schell, Todd. D.
- ORCID
- Venue
- OncoImmunology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-12-21
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- e1405205
- ISSN
- 2162-4011 (ISSN-L)
- 2162-402X
- PMC
- PMC5790362
- OpenAlex
- W2768592202
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 5.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- OncoImmunology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDH) (SAP #4100072562)
- HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (CA060395)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Keywords
- beta-blockers, metastatic melanoma, immunotherapy, beta-adrenergic signaling, anti-PD-1 therapy, interleukin-2, beta2-adrenergic receptor, overall survival, combination therapy, murine melanoma model
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