CXCL8 and cancer: In another study, suppression of the CXCR1/2 axes with a mutant CXCL8 analog and CXCR1/2 antagonist, CXCL8(3-72)K11R/G31P (G31P), in H460 and A549 lung cancer cell lines caused dose-dependent repression of cell proliferation and migration and increased apoptosis of cancer cells.