Targeting CCL2 with systemic delivery of neutralizing antibodies induces prostate cancer tumor regression in vivo

Cancer Res. 2007 Oct 1;67(19):9417-24. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-1286.

Abstract

The identification of novel tumor-interactive chemokines and the associated insights into the molecular and cellular basis of tumor-microenvironment interactions have continued to stimulate the development of targeted cancer therapeutics. Recently, we have identified monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1; CCL2) as a prominent regulator of prostate cancer growth and metastasis. Using neutralizing antibodies to human CCL2 (CNTO888) and the mouse homologue CCL2/JE (C1142), we show that treatment with anti-CCL2/JE antibody (2 mg/kg, twice weekly i.p.) attenuated PC-3Luc-mediated overall tumor burden in our in vivo model of prostate cancer metastasis by 96% at 5 weeks postintracardiac injection. Anti-CCL2 inhibition was not as effective as docetaxel (40 mg/kg, every week for 3 weeks) as a single agent, but inhibition of CCL2 in combination with docetaxel significantly reduced overall tumor burden compared with docetaxel alone, and induced tumor regression relative to initial tumor burden. These data suggest an interaction between tumor-derived chemokines and host-derived chemokines acting in cooperation to promote tumor cell survival, proliferation, and metastasis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Antibodies / pharmacology*
  • Cell Growth Processes
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement
  • Chemokine CCL2 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Chemokine CCL2 / immunology
  • Docetaxel
  • Humans
  • Immunization, Passive / methods*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin G / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, SCID
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Receptors, CCR2
  • Receptors, Chemokine / biosynthesis
  • Taxoids / pharmacology
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • CCL2 protein, human
  • CCR2 protein, human
  • Ccr2 protein, mouse
  • Chemokine CCL2
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Receptors, CCR2
  • Receptors, Chemokine
  • Taxoids
  • Docetaxel