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The Raf Kinase Inhibitor Sorafenib Inhibits JAK–STAT Signal Transduction in Human Immune Cells

2015; American Association of Immunologists; Volume: 195; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4049/jimmunol.1400084

1550-6606

Sara E. Martin del Campo, Kala Levine, Bethany L. Mundy-Bosse, Valerie P. Grignol, Ene T. Fairchild, Amanda R. Campbell, Prashant Trikha, Thomas A. Mace, Bonnie Paul, Alena Cristina Jaime‐Ramirez, Joseph Markowitz, Sri Vidya Kondadasula, Kristan Guenterberg, Susan McClory, Volodymyr Karpa, Xueliang Pan, Thomas Olencki, J. Paul Monk, Amir Mortazavi, Susheela Tridandapani, Gregory B. Lesinski, John C. Byrd, Michael A. Caligiuri, Manisha H. Shah, William E. Carson,

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Abstract Sorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor that was originally developed as a Raf kinase inhibitor. We hypothesized that sorafenib would also have inhibitory effects on cytokine signaling pathways in immune cells. PBMCs from normal donors were treated with varying concentrations of sorafenib and stimulated with IFN-α or IL-2. Phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT5 was measured by flow cytometry and confirmed by immunoblot analysis. Changes in IFN-α– and IL-2–stimulated gene expression were measured by quantitative PCR, and changes in cytokine production were evaluated by ELISA. Cryopreserved PBMCs were obtained from cancer patients before and after receiving 400 mg sorafenib twice daily. Patient PBMCs were thawed, stimulated with IL-2 or IFN-α, and evaluated for phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT5. Pretreatment of PBMCs with 10 μM sorafenib decreased STAT1 and STAT5 phosphorylation after treatment with IFN-α or IL-2. This inhibitory effect was observed in PBMCs from healthy donors over a range of concentrations of sorafenib (5–20 μM), IL-2 (2–24 nM), and IFN-α (101–106 U/ml). This effect was observed in immune cell subsets, including T cells, B cells, NK cells, regulatory T cells, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Pretreatment with sorafenib also inhibited PBMC expression of IFN-α– and IL-2–regulated genes and inhibited NK cell production of IFN-γ, RANTES, MIP1-α, and MIG in response to IFN-α stimulation. PBMCs from patients receiving sorafenib therapy showed decreased responsiveness to IL-2 and IFN-α treatment. Sorafenib is a Raf kinase inhibitor that could have off-target effects on cytokine-induced signal transduction in immune effector cells.