RNA-seq analysis of peripheral blood dendritic cells maturated by dezocine in patients with lung cancer.

Abstract

Surgical resection is the most common and effective option for the clinical treatment of lung cancer. Postoperative pain may activate surgically induced stress response, leading to a decrease in human immune function. However, conventional analgesics such as morphine and its derivatives have been reported to have immunosuppressive side effects. In the critical period after surgery, the immunosuppressive effect of analgesics on patients with lung cancer could promote postoperative cancer recurrence and metastasis. Therefore, it will be an ideal scenario for postoperative pain management to maximize pain relief while minimizing immunosuppression side effects. In this study, we found that a novel mixed agonist-antagonist opioid analgesic, dezocine, significantly promoted the morphological maturation of dendritic cells (DCs), and increase the expression of DCs-related surface markers in postoperative peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer. Furthermore, dezocine-matured DCs increased the general immune response by promoting the secretion of IL-12 and IL-6 cytokines and enhancing the proliferation and cytotoxicity of CD8+ T cells. Then genome-wide transcriptomic profiling analyses were performed to identify the specific gene expression of dezocine-matured DCs. The results of transcriptomic analysis as well as in vitro validation showed that the upregulation of CXCL10, CD3G, and GRB2 were significantly associated with dezocine-induced DCs maturation. Overall, our data showed that dezocine might exhibit unique properties by acting as an immunostimulant, which provides new evidence for its application in postoperative pain management of patients with lung cancer.

• Authors: Man Feng, Yang Jiang, Dongyi Liu, Guanghui Cheng, Weiquan Zhang, Chang Feng
• Journal: Molecular immunology (Mol Immunol) Vol. 143 Pg. 85-93 (03 2022) ISSN: 1872-9142 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 35091230 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
• Cytokines
• Tetrahydronaphthalenes
• dezocine

Topics

• Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic (pharmacology)
• CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes (drug effects, metabolism)
• Cell Death (drug effects)
• Cell Differentiation (drug effects, genetics)
• Cell Proliferation (drug effects)
• Cytokines (metabolism)
• Dendritic Cells (drug effects, metabolism)
• Gene Expression Profiling
• Genome, Human
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (blood, genetics)
• RNA-Seq
• Reproducibility of Results
• Tetrahydronaphthalenes (pharmacology)