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作者: Wollmann, Guido ; Loke, Kelvin S H ; Tsang, Chi Man ; Wu, Feng ; Xu, Ruilian ; Uprimny, Christian ; Tan, Bing ; Marafioti, Teresa ; Jin, Hongtao ; He, Wan ; Busson, Pierre ; Hwang, Peter H ; Thirlwell, Christina ; Han, Shuting ; Sprung, Susanne ; Wells, Graham ; Chung, Grace Tin-Yun ; Delecluse, Susanne ; Fenton, Tim R ; Oppermann, Udo ; Fles, Renske ; Lo, Kwok Wai ; Tay, Joshua K ; Schreiber, Liesa-Marie ; Pillay, Nischalan ; Lund, Valerie J ; Nei, Wen Long ; Forde, Cillian T ; Herdini, Camelia ; Dudás, József ; Gupta, Rajeev ; Willems, Stefan M ; Yeong, Joe ; Forster, Martin D ; Le, Quynh-Thu ; Jay, Amrita ; Vanhaesebroeck, Bart ; Jain, Amit ; Pearce, Wayne ; Royle, Gary ; Ooft, Marc Lucas ; Liu, Jacklyn ; Schartinger, Volker H ; Chester, Kerry ; Chua, Melvin L K ; West, Robert B ; Yip, Yim Ling ; Haybaeck, Johannes ; Delecluse, Henri-Jacques ; Wang, Haitao ; Sutton, Liam ; Philpott, Martin ; Howard, David ; Chan, Yuk Yu ; Lechner, Matt ; Slim, Mohd Afiq Mohd ; To, Ka-Fai ; Wan, Simon ; Masterson, Liam ; Bell, Christopher G ; Riechelmann, Herbert ; Indrasari, Sagung Rai ; Koller, Julia ; Cheng, Zhiqiang ; Meyer, Tim ; Nibhani, Reshma ; Steele, Christopher D ; Pipinikas, Christodoulos P ; Morelli, Daniele ; Indrawati, I ; Tsao, Sai Wah ; Krapp, Annika
Abstract:Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), endemic in Southeast Asia, lacks effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Even in high-income countries the 5-year survival rate for stage IV NPC is less than 40%. Here we report high somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2) expression in multiple clinical cohorts comprising 402 primary, locally recurrent and metastatic NPCs. We show that SSTR2 expression is induced by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) via the NF-κB pathway. Using cell-based and preclinical rodent models, we demonstrate the therapeutic potential of SSTR2 targeting using a cytotoxic drug conjugate, PEN-221, which is found to be superior to FDA-approved SSTR2-binding cytostatic agents. Furthermore, we reveal significant correlation of SSTR expression with increased rates of survival and report in vivo uptake of the SSTR2-binding 68Ga-DOTA-peptide radioconjugate in PET-CT scanning in a clinical trial of NPC patients (NCT03670342). These findings reveal a key role in EBV-associated NPC for SSTR2 in infection, imaging, targeted therapy and survival.