2026 Spring International Convention of
The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea

2026 Spring
International Convention of PSK

04.23(THU) - 04.24(FRI)
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Abstracts

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A feedforward IL-1β–PTX3–IL-8 inflammatory loop drives castration-resistant prostate cancer and represents a promising target for immunomodulation

  • Ji-Hak Jeong1,2, Shangwei Zhong3,4, Changhao Huang5, Yali Nie3, Beijing Dang3, Hyeonha Jang2, Jihye You2, Jun-Li Luo*3,4, You mie Lee*1,2
  • 1Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center (VOICE, MRC), Kyungpook National University
  • 2College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University
  • 3The Cancer Research Institute and the Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China (USC), China
  • 4MOE Key Lab of Rare Pediatric Diseases, Hengyang Medical School, USC, China
  • 5Department of Organ Transplantation, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China

Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) remains a major clinical challenge after androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), largely due to the establishment of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, through integrated transcriptomic and functional analyses, we identified a previously unrecognized feedforward inflammatory loop involving prostate cancer (PCa) cells, tumor vascular endothelial cells (TVECs), and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) that drives CRPC progression. ADT-induced IL-1β expression in PCa cells acted in a paracrine manner on TVECs, stimulating IL-8 and CXCL1 secretion. These chemokines recruited Ly6ChiCcr2+ monocytes, which differentiated into M2-like TAMs and upregulated pentraxin 3 (PTX3). PTX3 directly promoted IL-8 production in PCa cells, reinforcing a self-sustaining inflammatory loop that accelerated CRPC progression. Analysis of clinical specimens confirmed the presence of this IL-1β–PTX3–IL-8 axis in human PCa. Therapeutically, PTX3 blockade with a neutralizing antibody disrupted this loop, suppressed CRPC development, and enhanced the efficacy of docetaxel chemotherapy. Together, these findings reveal a critical immuno-inflammatory crosstalk in the TME that fuels CRPC progression and highlight this feedforward loop as a promising therapeutic target for this lethal disease.


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2026 Spring Convention

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Conference infomation

Conference Schedule
Apr. 23(Thu) ~ 24(Fri), 2026
Conference Venue
Cheongju Osong Convention Center 275-5, Mansu-ri, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
Location
Early Registration Period
Feb. 09(Mon) ~ Apr. 15(Wed), 2026
Abstract Submission Period
Feb. 09(Mon) ~ Mar. 31(Tue), 2026
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