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Au BC, Lee CJ, Lopez-Perez O, Foltz W, Felizardo TC, Wang JCM, Huang J, Fan X, Madden M, Goldstein A, Jaffray DA, Moloo B, McCart JA, Medin JA. Direct Lymph Node Vaccination of Lentivector/Prostate-Specific Antigen is Safe and Generates Tissue-Specific Responses in Rhesus Macaques. Biomedicines 2016; 4:biomedicines4010006. [PMID: 28536373 PMCID: PMC5344243 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines4010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Anti-cancer immunotherapy is emerging from a nadir and demonstrating tangible benefits to patients. A variety of approaches are now employed. We are invoking antigen (Ag)-specific responses through direct injections of recombinant lentivectors (LVs) that encode sequences for tumor-associated antigens into multiple lymph nodes to optimize immune presentation/stimulation. Here we first demonstrate the effectiveness and antigen-specificity of this approach in mice challenged with prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-expressing tumor cells. Next we tested the safety and efficacy of this approach in two cohorts of rhesus macaques as a prelude to a clinical trial application. Our vector encodes the cDNA for rhesus macaque PSA and a rhesus macaque cell surface marker to facilitate vector titering and tracking. We utilized two independent injection schemas demarcated by the timing of LV administration. In both cohorts we observed marked tissue-specific responses as measured by clinical evaluations and magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate gland. Tissue-specific responses were sustained for up to six months-the end-point of the study. Control animals immunized against an irrelevant Ag were unaffected. We did not observe vector spread in test or control animals or perturbations of systemic immune parameters. This approach thus offers an "off-the-shelf" anti-cancer vaccine that could be made at large scale and injected into patients-even on an out-patient basis.
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- Bryan C Au
- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, UHN, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada.
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- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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- Animal Resources Centre, UHN, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, UHN, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada.
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- Animal Resources Centre, UHN, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada.
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- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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- University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
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Ishii K, Barrett AJ. Novel immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of acute leukemia (myeloid and lymphoblastic). Ther Adv Hematol 2016; 7:17-39. [PMID: 26834952 PMCID: PMC4713888 DOI: 10.1177/2040620715616544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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There have been major advances in our understanding of the multiple interactions between malignant cells and the innate and adaptive immune system. While the attention of immunologists has hitherto focused on solid tumors, the specific immunobiology of acute leukemias is now becoming defined. These discoveries have pointed the way to immune interventions building on the established graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect from hematopoietic stem-cell transplant (HSCT) and extending immunotherapy beyond HSCT to individuals with acute leukemia with a diversity of immune manipulations early in the course of the leukemia. At present, clinical results are in their infancy. In the coming years larger studies will better define the place of immunotherapy in the management of acute leukemias and lead to treatment approaches that combine conventional chemotherapy, immunotherapy and HSCT to achieve durable cures.
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- Kazusa Ishii
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Stem Cell Allotransplantation Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Noguchi M, Koga N, Moriya F, Itoh K. Immunotherapy in prostate cancer: challenges and opportunities. Immunotherapy 2016; 8:69-77. [DOI: 10.2217/imt.15.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Although treatment options for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have increased over the last decade, there remains a need for strategies that can provide durable disease control and long-term benefit. Recently, immunotherapy has emerged as a viable and attractive strategy for the treatment of CRPC. To date, there are multiple strategies to target the immune system, and several approaches including therapeutic cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors have been most successful in clinical trials. With regard to this, we report the results of the most recent clinical trials investigating immunotherapy in CRPC and discuss the future development of immunotherapy for CRPC, as well as the potential importance of biomarkers in the future progress of this field.
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- Masanori Noguchi
- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Research, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Cancer Vaccine Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Fan Y, Ma K, Wang C, Ning J, Hu Y, Dong D, Dong X, Geng Q, Li E, Wu Y. Prognostic value of PD-L1 and PD-1 expression in pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors. Onco Targets Ther 2016; 9:6075-6082. [PMID: 27785054 PMCID: PMC5063491 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s115054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor and its ligand, programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1), play critical roles in the immune invasion of various tumors. This study aimed to explore the clinical significance of PD-L1/PD-1 expression in the progression of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs). METHODS The expression of PD-L1 and PD-1 in 80 patients diagnosed with PNETs were investigated. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on 80 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from PNETs and 20 corresponding cancer-adjacent tissue specimens. RESULTS Tissues from PNETs had higher levels of PD-L1 (58.8%) and PD-1 (51.3%) compared to the cancer-adjacent tissues (25% and 20%, respectively). Meanwhile, PD-L1 expression was associated with PD-1 expression (P=0.007). PD-L1 expression was significantly associated with histological type (P=0.014) and tumor stage (P=0.014). Univariate analyses showed that the overall survival time of PNETs patients was significantly associated with PD-L1 expression in cancer cells (P=0.003), PD-1 expression in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (P=0.001), tumor node metastasis stage (P<0.05), and distant metastasis (P<0.001). Additionally, multivariate analysis revealed that PD-L1 expression, PD1 expression, and distant metastasis of PNETs were independently associated with survival time. Moreover, Kaplan-Meier survival curves analysis revealed that patients with negative PD-L1 and PD-1 expression had better prognoses. CONCLUSION Data suggested that PD-L1 and PD-1 can be useful prognostic biomarkers for survival and can pave the way toward new immunotherapy regimens against PNETs through targeting the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway.
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- Department of Medical Oncology
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- Department of Medical Oncology
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology
- Correspondence: Yinying Wu; Enxiao Li, Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 Yanta West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 137 59956366; +86 189 91232168, Email ;
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- Department of Medical Oncology
- Correspondence: Yinying Wu; Enxiao Li, Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 Yanta West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 137 59956366; +86 189 91232168, Email ;
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Jezeršek Novaković B. Checkpoint inhibitors in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Eur J Haematol 2015; 96:335-43. [PMID: 26560962 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hodgkin's lymphoma is unusual among cancers in that it consists of a small number of malignant Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg cells in a sea of immune system cells, including T cells. Most of these T cells are reversibly inactivated in different ways and their reactivation may induce a very strong immune response to cancer cells. One way of reactivation of T cells is with antibodies blocking the CTLA-4 and especially with antibodies directed against PD-1 or the PD-L1 ligand thereby reversing the tumor-induced downregulation of T-cell function and augmenting antitumor immune activity at the priming (CTLA-4) or tissue effector (PD-1) phase. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have been evidenced as an additional treatment option with substantial effectiveness and acceptable toxicity in heavily pretreated patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Particularly, PD-1 blockade with nivolumab and pembrolizumab has demonstrated significant single-agent activity in this select population.
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Japp AS, Kursunel MA, Meier S, Mälzer JN, Li X, Rahman NA, Jekabsons W, Krause H, Magheli A, Klopf C, Thiel A, Frentsch M. Dysfunction of PSA-specific CD8+ T cells in prostate cancer patients correlates with CD38 and Tim-3 expression. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2015; 64:1487-94. [PMID: 26289091 PMCID: PMC11028650 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-015-1752-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 08/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer patients is influenced by differences in their immune status. An evaluation of immunocompetence before therapy may help to predict therapeutic success and guide the selection of appropriate regimens. We assessed the preexisting cellular immunity against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in untreated prostate cancer patients and healthy controls through measurement of the phenotype and function of CD8(+) T cells. Our data show that the majority of healthy men possess functional PSA-specific CD8(+) T cells in contrast to cancer patients, where <50 % showed a CD8(+) T cell response. PSA146-154-specific CD8(+) T cells of these patients had a higher expression of the activation marker CD38 and the exhaustion marker Tim-3, indicating that PSA-specific cells are exhausted. The heterogeneity of the CD8(+) T cell response against PSA in prostate cancer patients may influence their response to therapy and is a factor to be taken into account while designing and selecting treatment regimens.
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- Alberto Sada Japp
- Regenerative Immunology and Aging, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, CVK Charité University Medicine, Föhrerstr. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Regenerative Immunology and Aging, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, CVK Charité University Medicine, Föhrerstr. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Regenerative Immunology and Aging, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, CVK Charité University Medicine, Föhrerstr. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Regenerative Immunology and Aging, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, CVK Charité University Medicine, Föhrerstr. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology China, Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Charité University Medicine, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Charité University Medicine, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Charité University Medicine, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Charité University Medicine, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Regenerative Immunology and Aging, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, CVK Charité University Medicine, Föhrerstr. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Regenerative Immunology and Aging, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, CVK Charité University Medicine, Föhrerstr. 15, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
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Śledzińska A, Menger L, Bergerhoff K, Peggs KS, Quezada SA. Negative immune checkpoints on T lymphocytes and their relevance to cancer immunotherapy. Mol Oncol 2015; 9:1936-65. [PMID: 26578451 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Revised: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The term 'inhibitory checkpoint' refers to the broad spectrum of co-receptors expressed by T cells that negatively regulate T cell activation thus playing a crucial role in maintaining peripheral self-tolerance. Co-inhibitory receptor ligands are highly expressed by a variety of malignancies allowing evasion of anti-tumour immunity. Recent studies demonstrate that manipulation of these co-inhibitory pathways can remove the immunological brakes that impede endogenous immune responses against tumours. Antibodies that block the interactions between co-inhibitory receptors and their ligands have delivered very promising clinical responses, as has been shown by recent successful trials targeting the CTLA-4 and PD-1 pathways. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of action and expression pattern of co-inhibitory receptors on different T cells subsets, emphasising differences between CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. We also summarise recent clinical findings utilising immune checkpoint blockade.
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- Anna Śledzińska
- Cancer Immunology Unit, UCL Cancer Institute, UCL, London, UK
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- Cancer Immunology Unit, UCL Cancer Institute, UCL, London, UK
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- Cancer Immunology Unit, UCL Cancer Institute, UCL, London, UK.
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Natarajan A, Mayer AT, Xu L, Reeves RE, Gano J, Gambhir SS. Novel Radiotracer for ImmunoPET Imaging of PD-1 Checkpoint Expression on Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes. Bioconjug Chem 2015; 26:2062-9. [PMID: 26307602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Immune checkpoint signaling through the programmed death 1 (PD-1) axis to its ligand (PD-L1) significantly dampens anti-tumor immune responses. Cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors that block this suppressive signaling have exhibited objective response rates of 20-40% for advanced solid tumors, lymphomas, and malignant melanomas. This represents a tremendous advance in cancer treatment. Unfortunately, all patients do not respond to immune checkpoint blockade. Recent findings suggest that patients with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) expressing PD-1 may be most likely to respond to αPD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors. There is a compelling need for diagnostic and prognostic imaging tools to assess the PD-1 status of TILs in vivo. Here we have developed a novel immunoPET tracer to image PD-1 expressing TILs in a transgenic mouse model bearing melanoma. A (64)Cu labeled anti-mouse antibody (IgG) PD-1 immuno positron emission tomography (PET) tracer was developed to detect PD-1 expressing murine TILs. Quality control of the tracer showed >95% purity by HPLC and >70% immunoreactivity in an in vitro cell binding assay. ImmunoPET scans were performed over 1-48 h on Foxp3+.LuciDTR4 mice bearing B16-F10 melanoma tumors. Mice receiving anti-PD-1 tracer (200 ± 10 μCi/10-12 μg/200 μL) revealed high tracer uptake in lymphoid organs and tumors. BLI images of FoxP3(+) CD4(+) Tregs known to express PD-1 confirmed lymphocyte infiltration of tumors at the time of PET imaging. Biodistribution measurements performed at 48 h revealed a high (11×) tumor to muscle uptake ratio of the PET tracer (p < 0.05). PD-1 tumors exhibited 7.4 ± 0.7%ID/g tracer uptake and showed a 2× fold signal decrease when binding was blocked by unlabeled antibody. To the best of our knowledge this data is the first report to image PD-1 expression in living subjects with PET. This radiotracer has the potential to assess the prognostic value of PD-1 in preclinical models of immunotherapy and may ultimately aid in predicting response to therapies targeting immune checkpoints.
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- Arutselvan Natarajan
- Radiology, School of Medicine, ‡Bioengineering and §Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Radiology, School of Medicine, ‡Bioengineering and §Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Radiology, School of Medicine, ‡Bioengineering and §Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Radiology, School of Medicine, ‡Bioengineering and §Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Radiology, School of Medicine, ‡Bioengineering and §Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Radiology, School of Medicine, ‡Bioengineering and §Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University , Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Metastatic prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. It is the first prevalent cancer in which overall survival in advanced disease is modestly, but objectively, improved with outpatient delivered dendritic cell-based immunotherapy. More prostate cancer patients have enrolled through Facebook and trusted-site Internet searches in clinical trials for prostate cancer vaccine-based immunotherapy than in immunotherapy trials for lung, breast, colon, pancreas, ovarian, and bladder cancer combined in the past 7 years. Exceptional responses to anti-CTLA-4 treatment have been documented in clinics, and prostate cancer neoantigen characterization and T-cell clonotyping are in their research ascendancy. The prostate is an accessory organ; it is not required for fertility, erectile function, or urinary continence. The true evolutionary advantage of having a prostate for male mammalian physiology is a topic of speculation in seminar rooms and on bar stools, but it remains unknown. Hundreds of prostate lineage-unique proteins (PLUP) exist among the >37,000 normal human prostate lineage-unique open reading frames that can be targeted for immunologic ablation of PLUP(+) prostate cancer cells by prostate-specific autoimmunity. This bioengineered graft-versus-prostate disease is a powerful strategy that can eliminate deaths from prostate cancer. Immunologic tolerance to prostate cancer can be overcome at every clinical stage of presentation. This Cancer Immunology at the Crossroads article aims to present advances in the past two decades of basic, translational, and clinical research in prostate cancer, including bioengineering B-cell and T-cell responses, and ongoing prostate cancer immunotherapy trials.
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Keller EX, Delbue S, Tognon M, Provenzano M. Polyomavirus BK and prostate cancer: a complex interaction of potential clinical relevance. Rev Med Virol 2015; 25:366-78. [PMID: 26308483 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Several studies associating BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) and prostate cancer (PCa) suggested that this virus may exert its oncogenic activity at early stages of cancer development. The BKPyV oncogene, the large T antigen (LTag), has frequently been detected in areas of proliferative inflammatory atrophy, which is considered a precursor lesion leading to prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and overt PCa. In a recently updated systematic review, the presence of BKPyV was significantly higher in PCa tissues than in healthy control tissues, providing an indication for a link between BKPyV infection and cancer risk. In addition, recent original investigations highlighted an association between expression of the virus and the clinical course of PCa. For example, by studying immune responses elicited against BKPyV LTag, a significant association between LTag positive cancer lesions and a peculiar regulatory profiling has been observed in PCa patients with evidence of disease recurrence after surgical radical prostatectomy. Lastly, a study carried out in a larger cohort of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy revealed the IgG response against LTag as an independent predictor of disease recurrence. Although a full picture of the mechanisms potentially responsible for the involvement of BKPyV in PCa is not available yet, continuing work on this topic should help to refine the potential role of BKPyV in PCa patients, perhaps revealing unsuspected associations with the clinical course of this disease.
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- Etienne Xavier Keller
- Oncology Research Unit, Department of Urology and Division of Surgical Research, University and University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Oncology Research Unit, Department of Urology and Division of Surgical Research, University and University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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The immune system is designed to discriminate between self and tumor tissue. Through genetic recombination, there is fundamentally no limit to the number of tumor antigens that immune cells can recognize. Yet, tumors use a variety of immunosuppressive mechanisms to evade immunity. Insight into how the immune system interacts with tumors is expanding rapidly and has accelerated the translation of immunotherapies into medical breakthroughs. Herein, we appraise novel strategies that exploit the patient's immune system to kill cancer. We review various forms of immune-based therapies, which have shown significant promise in patients with hematologic malignancies, including (i) conventional monoclonal therapies like rituximab; (ii) engineered monoclonal antibodies called bispecific T-cell engagers; (iii) monoclonal antibodies and pharmaceutical drugs that block inhibitory T-cell pathways (i.e. PD-1, CTLA-4, and IDO); and (iv) adoptive cell transfer therapy with T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors or T-cell receptors. We also assess the idea of using these therapies in combination and conclude by suggesting multi-prong approaches to improve treatment outcomes and curative responses in patients.
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- Michelle H Nelson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Surgery, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Bishop JL, Sio A, Angeles A, Roberts ME, Azad AA, Chi KN, Zoubeidi A. PD-L1 is highly expressed in Enzalutamide resistant prostate cancer. Oncotarget 2015; 6:234-42. [PMID: 25428917 PMCID: PMC4381591 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Efficacy of Enzalutamide (ENZ) in castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients is short-lived. Immunotherapy like T cell checkpoint blockade may improve patient survival. However, when and where checkpoint molecules are expressed in CRPC and whether immune evasion is a mechanism of ENZ resistance remains unclear. Thus, we investigated whether clinically relevant immunotherapy targets, specifically PD-L1/2, PD-1 and CTLA-4, are upregulated in ENZ resistant (ENZR) patients and in a pre-clinical model of ENZ resistance. We show for the first time that patients progressing on ENZ had significantly increased PD-L1/2+ dendritic cells (DC) in blood compared to those naïve or responding to treatment, and a high frequency of PD-1+T cells. These data supported our pre-clinical results, in which we found significantly increased circulating PD-L1/2+ DCs in mice bearing ENZR tumors compared to CRPC, and ENZR tumors expressed significantly increased levels of tumor-intrinsic PD-L1. Importantly, the expression of PD-L1 on ENZR cells, or the ability to modulate PD-L1/2+ DC frequency, was unique to ENZR cell lines and xenografts that did not show classical activation of the androgen receptor. Overall, our results suggest that ENZ resistance is associated with the strong expression of anti-PD-1 therapy targets in circulating immune cells both in patients and in a pre-clinical model that is non-AR driven. Further evaluation of the contribution of tumor vs. immune cell PD-L1 expression in progression of CRPC to anti-androgen resistance and the utility of monitoring circulating cell PD-L1 pathway activity in CRPC patients to predict responsiveness to checkpoint immunotherapy, is warranted.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Abdel-Rahman O. Immune checkpoints aberrations and gastric cancer; assessment of prognostic value and evaluation of therapeutic potentials. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2015; 97:65-71. [PMID: 26321371 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2015.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Till now, the prognosis of advanced gastric cancer looked dreadful; thus the search for newer better approaches for this lethal disease has been a strategic target for cancer researchers. In recent years, important immunobiological aspects of the tumor have been revealed with the subsequent proposal of immune check point inhibitors to target these pathways. Clinically, unselected use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in gastric cancer has been deemed with failure; in contrast to the clear success of more recent studies reporting on the use of pembrolizumab in molecularly selected patients. This may illustrate that any future use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in gastric cancer has to be molecularly supported. This review provides a delicate dissection of the clinical and immunobiological considerations underlying the use of these agents in addition to a thorough review of the published clinical data of immune checkpoint inhibitors in gastric cancer.
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- Omar Abdel-Rahman
- Clinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Zhu H, Qin H, Huang Z, Li S, Zhu X, He J, Yang J, Yu X, Yi X. Clinical significance of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) in colorectal serrated adenocarcinoma. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2015; 8:9351-9359. [PMID: 26464688 PMCID: PMC4583920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Preliminary research results with antibody of the negative costimulatory molecule programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) suggested its expression on tumor cells associated with various tumor grade and postoperative prognosis. However, to date, there is no information of PD-L1 expression in colorectal serrated adenocarcinoma (SAC) and its clinical relevance. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical significance of PD-L1 expression in a large cohort of patients with SAC. Here, we first retrospectively identified all SAC collected at our institution between August 2008 and May 2013. The expression levels of PD-L1 were examined by immunohistochemistry in 120 patients with SAC. We further evaluated the correlation between expression data and clinical parameters, including patient age, sex, tumor size, location, grade, primary tumor classification (pT), lymph node metastasis (pN), distant metastases (pM), and vascular invasion. Strong PD-L1 expression was detected in 25% of SAC. Higher expression of PD-L1 was significantly associated with pN (P=0.003) and pM (P=0.014). Survival analysis showed that patients with higher expression of PD-L1 had a poorer prognosis (P=0.045). However, multivariate regression analysis did not support PD-L1 as an independent prognostic factor (P=0.430). Our data suggest that PD-L1 may represent a new biomarker of metastasis and prognosis for patients with SAC, but as a target in the treatment of SAC is less certain.
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- Hailong Zhu
- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
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- Department of General Practice, Zhaoxiang Community Health CentreShanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
- Department of Pathology, Labway Clinical Laboratory Shanghai Ltd.Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of MedicineShiyan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of MedicineShanghai, China
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It is becoming increasingly clear that inflammation influences prostate cancer (PCa) development and that immune cells are among the primary drivers of this effect. This information has launched numerous clinical trials testing immunotherapy drugs in PCa patients. The results of these studies are promising but have yet to generate a complete response. Importantly, the precise immune profile that determines clinical outcome remains unresolved. Individual immune cell types are divided into various functional subsets whose effects on tumor development may differ depending on their particular phenotype and functional status, which is often shaped by the tumor microenvironment. Thus, this review aims to examine the current knowledge regarding the role of inflammation and specific immune cell types in mediating PCa progression to assist in directing and optimizing immunotherapy targets, regimens, and responses and to uncover areas in which further research is needed. Finally, a summary of ongoing immunotherapy clinical trials in PCa is provided.
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- Amy Strasner
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine , La Jolla, CA , USA ; Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine , La Jolla, CA , USA
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- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine , La Jolla, CA , USA ; Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine , La Jolla, CA , USA
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Barach YS, Lee JS, Zang X. T cell coinhibition in prostate cancer: new immune evasion pathways and emerging therapeutics. Trends Mol Med 2015; 17:47-55. [PMID: 20971039 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2010.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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T cell-mediated adaptive immune response is controlled by both positive costimulation and negative coinhibition, generated mainly by the interaction between the B7 family and their receptor CD28 family. Coinhibition is exploited by prostate cancer as an immune evasion pathway. Overexpression of coinhibitory B7x and B7-H3 in prostate cancer correlates with poor disease outcome, whereas tumor-infiltrating immune cells have enhanced expression of PD-L1 and its receptor PD-1. New insights into the complex mechanisms governing B7 expression in the tumor microenvironment have been reported and therapies aimed at overcoming T cell coinhibition with antagonistic monoclonal antibodies are emerging as effective tumor immunotherapies. Therapies that block B7x and B7-H3, either as monotherapies or in synergism with traditional therapies, should be pursued.
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- Yael S Barach
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Kissick HT, Sanda MG. The role of active vaccination in cancer immunotherapy: lessons from clinical trials. Curr Opin Immunol 2015; 35:15-22. [PMID: 26050634 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In the past few years, a number of different immunotherapeutic strategies have shown impressive results in cancer patients. These successful approaches include blockade of immunosuppressive molecules like PD-1 and CTLA-4, adoptive transfer of patient derived and genetically modified T-cells, and vaccines that stimulate tumor antigen specific T-cells. However, several large vaccine trials recently failed to reach designated primary endpoints. In light of the success of other immunotherapeutic approaches, these negative results raise the questions of why vaccines have not generated a better response, and what the role of active vaccination will be moving forward in cancer immunotherapy.
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- Haydn T Kissick
- Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States.
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- Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
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Topalian SL, Drake CG, Pardoll DM. Immune checkpoint blockade: a common denominator approach to cancer therapy. Cancer Cell 2015; 27:450-61. [PMID: 25858804 PMCID: PMC4400238 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2991] [Impact Index Per Article: 332.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The immune system recognizes and is poised to eliminate cancer but is held in check by inhibitory receptors and ligands. These immune checkpoint pathways, which normally maintain self-tolerance and limit collateral tissue damage during anti-microbial immune responses, can be co-opted by cancer to evade immune destruction. Drugs interrupting immune checkpoints, such as anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and others in early development, can unleash anti-tumor immunity and mediate durable cancer regressions. The complex biology of immune checkpoint pathways still contains many mysteries, and the full activity spectrum of checkpoint-blocking drugs, used alone or in combination, is currently the subject of intense study.
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- Suzanne L Topalian
- Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- The Brady Urological Institute, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Lin C, Chen X, Liu J, Huang Y, Ou-Yang X. [Advances of PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway in immune escape and treatment for
non-small cell lung cancer]. ZHONGGUO FEI AI ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF LUNG CANCER 2015; 17:734-40. [PMID: 25342040 PMCID: PMC6000399 DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2014.10.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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非小细胞肺癌(non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC)是肿瘤相关性死亡率第一的恶性肿瘤。虽然近年来靶向治疗进展迅速,但很多基因未突变的患者不能从中受益。目前免疫治疗已成为肿瘤治疗的新方向,它能通过刺激机体免疫系统提高抗肿瘤免疫效应。研究显示免疫检查点分子:程序性死亡分子1(programmed death 1, PD-1)、程序性死亡分子1配体(PD-1 ligand, PD-L1),与肿瘤发生、发展密切相关,在NSCLC中有重要的临床意义。PD-1/PD-L1信号通路的激活有助于肿瘤免疫逃逸,而阻断该通路可以增强机体内源性抗肿瘤免疫效应。目前越来越多的临床试验显示免疫检查点阻滞剂抗PD-1、抗PD-L1抗体在治疗NSCLC中的良好疗效性和安全性。本综述旨在回顾及总结近年来PD-1/PD-L1信号通路及其阻滞剂在NSCLC中的研究进展。
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- Cheng Lin
- Nanjing Military Command Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Nanjing Military Command Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Nanjing Military Command Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Nanjing Military Command Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Nanjing Military Command Fuzhou General Hospital, Fuzhou 350025, China
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Leone RD, Lo YC, Powell JD. A2aR antagonists: Next generation checkpoint blockade for cancer immunotherapy. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2015; 13:265-72. [PMID: 25941561 PMCID: PMC4415113 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The last several years have witnessed exciting progress in the development of immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer. This has been due in great part to the development of so-called checkpoint blockade. That is, antibodies that block inhibitory receptors such as CTLA-4 and PD-1 and thus unleash antigen-specific immune responses against tumors. It is clear that tumors evade the immune response by usurping pathways that play a role in negatively regulating normal immune responses. In this regard, adenosine in the immune microenvironment leading to the activation of the A2a receptor has been shown to represent one such negative feedback loop. Indeed, the tumor microenvironment has relatively high concentrations of adenosine. To this end, blocking A2a receptor activation has the potential to markedly enhance anti-tumor immunity in mouse models. This review will present data demonstrating the ability of A2a receptor blockade to enhance tumor vaccines, checkpoint blockade and adoptive T cell therapy. Also, as several recent studies have demonstrated that under certain conditions A2a receptor blockade can enhance tumor progression, we will also explore the complexities of adenosine signaling in the immune response. Despite important nuances to the A2a receptor pathway that require further elucidation, studies to date strongly support the development of A2a receptor antagonists (some of which have already been tested in phase III clinical trials for Parkinson Disease) as novel modalities in the immunotherapy armamentarium.
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Key Words
- A2a adenosine receptor
- A2aR, adenosine A2a receptor
- APC, antigen presenting cell
- CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
- DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Hif1-alpha, hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha
- Immune checkpoint
- Immunotherapy
- LAG-3, lymphocyte-activation gene 3
- NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer
- ORR, overall response rate
- OS, overall survival
- PD-1
- PD-1, programmed cell death 1
- PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand 1
- T cell
- TFS, tumor free survival
- TIM-3, T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain 3
- Treg, regulatory T cell
- Tumor
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- Robert D Leone
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Peek EM, Song W, Zhang H, Huang J, Chin AI. Loss of MyD88 leads to more aggressive TRAMP prostate cancer and influences tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. Prostate 2015; 75:463-73. [PMID: 25597486 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The influence of pattern recognition receptor (PRR) signaling in the prostate tumor microenvironment remains unclear. Although there may be a role for PRR agonists as adjuvants to therapy, prior evidence suggests tumor promoting as well as tumor inhibiting mechanisms. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of the key Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling adaptor protein myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) in prostate cancer development. METHODS MyD88(-/-) mice in a C57Bl6 background were crossed with transgenic adenocarcinomas of the mouse prostate (TRAMP) mice to create MyD88(-/-) TRAMP(Tg+/-) animals, which were compared to MyD88(+/+) TRAMP(Tg+/-) animals and their non-transgenic counterparts at 30 weeks. Prostates were examined histologically, by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence staining, and by qPCR, to characterize tumor-infiltrating immune populations as well as activation of the downstream NF-κB pathway and androgen receptor (AR) expression. Splenocytes were examined for development of distinct immune cell populations. RESULTS Absence of MyD88 led to increased prostatic intraepithelial neoplasm (PIN) and areas of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma in TRAMP transgenic mice. Analysis of infiltrating immune populations revealed an increase in CD11b(+) Gr1(+) myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), as evidenced by increased expression of prostatic arginase-1 and iNOS as well as the cytokine IL-10, and a deficiency in NK cells in prostates from MyD88(-/-) TRAMP(Tg+/-) compared to MyD88(+/+) TRAMP(Tg+/-) mice, whereas a decrease in splenocytic NK cell differentiation was observed in MyD88(-/-) mice. Prostate tumors revealed no significant differences in NF-κB or AR expression in MyD88(+/+) TRAMP(Tg+/-) compared to MyD88(-/-) TRAMP(Tg+/-) mice. CONCLUSIONS During prostate cancer development in the TRAMP model, MyD88 may play a role in limiting prostate tumorigenesis by altering tumor-infiltrating immune populations. This suggests that in the context of specific cancers, distinct PRRs and signaling pathways of innate immune signaling may influence the tumor microenvironment and represent a novel therapeutic strategy.
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Schweizer MT, Drake CG. Immunotherapy for prostate cancer: recent developments and future challenges. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2015; 33:641-55. [PMID: 24477411 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-013-9479-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Since the approval of sipuleucel-T for men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer in 2010, great strides in the development of anti-cancer immunotherapies have been made. Current drug development in this area has focused primarily on antigen-specific (i.e. cancer vaccines and antibody based therapies) or checkpoint inhibitor therapies, with the checkpoint inhibitors perhaps gaining the most attention as of late. Indeed, drugs blocking the inhibitory signal generated by the engagement of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) found on T-cells has emerged as potent means to combat the immunosuppressive milieu. The anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody ipilimumab has already been approved in advanced melanoma and two phase III trials evaluating ipilimumab in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer are underway. A phase III trial evaluating ProstVac-VF, a poxvirus-based therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine, is also underway. While there has been reason for encouragement over the past few years, many questions regarding the use of immunotherapies remain. Namely, it is unclear what stage of disease is most likely to benefit from these approaches, how best to incorporate said treatments with each other and into our current treatment regimens and which therapy is most appropriate for which disease. Herein we review some of the recent advances in immunotherapy as related to the treatment of prostate cancer and outline some of the challenges that lie ahead.
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- Michael T Schweizer
- Medical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA,
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It has long been understood that the immune system has intrinsic anti-tumour activity in humans, and that a key mechanism of tumour progression is the ability of a tumour to escape this immune surveillance. A number of attempts have been made to harness this anti-tumour immunity in both solid tumour oncology and haematological malignancies with variable success. Examples include the use of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and donor lymphocyte infusion in haematological cancer and vaccine studies in solid tumours. Enhanced signalling of the Programmed cell death-1 (PDCD1, PD-1)/cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4) 'immune checkpoint' pathway has emerged recently as a critical mechanism by which tumours can escape the natural anti-tumour immune response. As such, novel therapies have been developed to help enhance this natural immunity by switching off the PDCD1/CTLA4 immune checkpoint pathway. The following review will discuss the pathobiology of these pathways and the exciting new data now available in lymphoid malignancies.
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- Toby A Eyre
- Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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Carosella ED, Ploussard G, LeMaoult J, Desgrandchamps F. A Systematic Review of Immunotherapy in Urologic Cancer: Evolving Roles for Targeting of CTLA-4, PD-1/PD-L1, and HLA-G. Eur Urol 2015; 68:267-79. [PMID: 25824720 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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CONTEXT Overexpression of immune checkpoint molecules affects tumor-specific T-cell immunity in the cancer microenvironment, and can reshape tumor progression and metastasis. Antibodies targeting checkpoints could restore antitumor immunity by blocking the inhibitory receptor-ligand interaction. OBJECTIVE To analyze data and current trends in immune checkpoint targeting therapy for urologic cancers. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Systematic literature search for clinical trials in the PubMed and Cochrane databases up to August 2014 according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. Endpoints included oncologic results, tumor response rates, safety, and tolerability. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Anti-CTLA-4 monotherapy has demonstrated biochemical responses in prostate cancer. One phase 3 trial assessing ipilimumab efficacy in castration-resistant disease was negative overall. Nevertheless, ipilimumab may significantly improve overall survival compared with placebo in subgroups of patients with favorable prognostic features. In renal cancer, phase 1 trials showed interesting stabilization or long-lasting objective response rates approaching 50% using anti-PD-1/PD-L1 drugs in heavily pretreated metastatic patients. In bladder cancer, one phase 2 trial indicated a good safety profile for ipilimumab as a neoadjuvant drug before radical cystectomy. Overall, immune-related effects such as colitis and dermatitis were common and well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS Our systematic review shows that antibodies blocking immune checkpoints offer interesting and long-lasting response rates in heavily pretreated patients with advanced urologic cancers. More promising results are currently provided by anti-CTLA-4 antibodies in prostate cancer and by PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in renal cancer. These should encourage new clinical trials of immune therapy combinations and immunotherapy monotherapy combined with conventional anticancer drugs. In bladder cancer, the use of targeted immunotherapy still remains underevaluated; however, preliminary results reported at recent conferences seem encouraging. PATIENT SUMMARY Data from studies support the activity and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in urologic cancers, alone or in combination with conventional cancer therapies. Encouraging data in other oncologic fields could translate into interesting responses in urological cancers.
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- Edgardo D Carosella
- CEA, Institute of Emerging Diseases and Innovative Therapies (iMETI), Research Division in Hematology and Immunology (SRHI), Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France; University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR E_5 Institut Universitaire d'Hematologie, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France.
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- CEA, Institute of Emerging Diseases and Innovative Therapies (iMETI), Research Division in Hematology and Immunology (SRHI), Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France; University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR E_5 Institut Universitaire d'Hematologie, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- CEA, Institute of Emerging Diseases and Innovative Therapies (iMETI), Research Division in Hematology and Immunology (SRHI), Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France; University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR E_5 Institut Universitaire d'Hematologie, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France; Urology Department, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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Pauken KE, Wherry EJ. Overcoming T cell exhaustion in infection and cancer. Trends Immunol 2015; 36:265-76. [PMID: 25797516 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 777] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Inhibitors of the Programmed Cell Death 1: Programmed Cell Death 1 ligand 1 (PD-1:PD-L1) pathway, a central regulator of T cell exhaustion, have been recently shown to be effective for treatment of different cancers. However, clinical responses are mixed, highlighting the need to better understand the mechanisms of action of PD-1:PD-L1, the role of this pathway in immunity to different tumors, and the molecular and cellular effects of PD-1 blockade. Here, we review the molecular regulation of T cell exhaustion, placing recent findings on PD-1 blockade therapies in cancer in the context of the broader understanding of the roles of the PD-1:PD-L1 pathway in T cell exhaustion during chronic infection. We discuss the current understanding of the mechanisms involved in reversing T cell exhaustion, and outline critical areas of focus for future research, both basic and clinical.
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- Kristen E Pauken
- Institute for Immunology and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Institute for Immunology and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Bracarda S, Altavilla A, Hamzaj A, Sisani M, Marrocolo F, Del Buono S, Danielli R. Immunologic checkpoints blockade in renal cell, prostate, and urothelial malignancies. Semin Oncol 2015; 42:495-505. [PMID: 25965369 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Genitourinary (GU) tumors, and in particular renal cell and prostate cancer, represent one of the most dynamic areas in oncology from the scientific point of view. One of the most recent treatment approaches for GU tumors has focused on a series of molecules known as immune checkpoints and the possibility of manipulating immune responses against tumor cells by blocking these molecules with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), and the immune checkpoint inhibitor mAbs ipilimumab and tremelimumab, represent the prototypes of this new growing class of agents called immunomodulating antibodies, while programmed death/ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) also has garnered a significant interest as a new immune checkpoints to target in urothelial cancer, with the anti-PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor mAbs nivolumab, MPDL-3280, and BMS-936559 as the first agents tested. Here we report the encouraging initial data observed in GU cancers with this new class of agents, which have reinforced the interest of investigating the therapeutic potential of the immune checkpoint modulators in large controlled trials.
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- Sergio Bracarda
- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Ospedale San Donato, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Arezzo, Italy.
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Ospedale San Donato, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Arezzo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Ospedale San Donato, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Arezzo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Ospedale San Donato, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Arezzo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Ospedale San Donato, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Arezzo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Ospedale San Donato, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Arezzo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Senese, University of Siena, Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT), Siena, Italy
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Guilleminault L, Carmier D, Heuzé-Vourc'h N, Diot P, Pichon E. [Immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: inhibition of PD1/PDL1 pathway]. REVUE DE PNEUMOLOGIE CLINIQUE 2015; 71:44-56. [PMID: 25687821 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Despite recent advances in targeted therapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), many patients do not benefit from these therapies. Inhibition of PD1/PDL1 is an interesting therapeutic target which restores the immune system against tumor cells. PD1 is located on lymphocytes and PDL1 on the antigen presenting cells. PD1 and PDL1 are co-inhibition molecules and their interaction results in immune tolerance against tumor cells. Anti-PD1 and anti-PDL1 antibodies have been developed to restore immune system in solid cancer including NSCLC. In phase I, studies assessing nivolumab, an anti-PD1 antibody, objective responses were observed in 13 to 18% of NSCLC patients failing previous treatment. The data obtained with anti-PDL1 antibodies is similar with objective responses ranging from 6 to 22%. The encouraging results of phase I/II studies must be confirmed in ongoing phase III studies. Anti-PD1 and anti-PDL1 antibodies exposed to new adverse events including auto-immune diseases whose support is not codified. Questions about treatment duration and criteria evaluation are not resolved. These treatments pave the way for immunomodulation in NSCLC treatment.
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- L Guilleminault
- Service de pneumologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex, France; Centre d'étude des pathologies respiratoires, UMR 1100/EA6305, 37032 Tours, France; EA6305, université François-Rabelais de Tours, 37032 Tours, France.
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- Service de pneumologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex, France
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- Centre d'étude des pathologies respiratoires, UMR 1100/EA6305, 37032 Tours, France; EA6305, université François-Rabelais de Tours, 37032 Tours, France
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- Service de pneumologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex, France; Centre d'étude des pathologies respiratoires, UMR 1100/EA6305, 37032 Tours, France; EA6305, université François-Rabelais de Tours, 37032 Tours, France
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- Service de pneumologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles, CHRU de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours cedex, France
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Immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer: Progress and new paradigms. Urol Oncol 2015; 33:245-60. [PMID: 25575714 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2014.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The approval of sipuleucel-T in conjunction with data from other immunotherapeutic trials for prostate cancer and other solid tumors demonstrates the potential of harnessing the patients' immune system for long-term survival. Thus, a range of therapeutic approaches are under evaluation. This review describes the rationale for immunotherapy for prostate cancer, summarizes the approaches under evaluation, and discusses sequencing options for immunotherapy in the current treatment paradigm. DESIGN References for this review were identified through searches of PubMed with the search terms "prostate cancer," "immune system," "vaccine," "immunotherapy," and "T cells." Articles were also identified through searches of the authors' own files. The final reference list was generated based on originality and relevance. RESULTS The immune system can recognize and respond to prostate tumor antigens, effected through tumor-associated antigens and tumor infiltration of immune effector cells. However, evidence also suggests that prostate tumors are adept at escaping immunological recognition, thus hypothesizing multiple therapeutic strategies. Therapeutic approaches could include vaccination and modulation of T-cell function via the blockade of checkpoint receptors such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 and programmed death 1. In phase III trials, sipuleucel-T improved overall survival for an M1 patient population with castration-resistant prostate cancer and ipilimumab also did so when given after radiotherapy in a subset of better risk patients. In randomized phase II trials, prostate-specific antigen-TRICOM improved overall survival and tasquinimod improved progression-free survival. CONCLUSION Although immunotherapy has the potential to affect advanced prostate cancer, additional research is needed to (1) identify predictive or surrogate markers of activity, (2) understand which agents are clinically effective alone or in combination with other therapies, and (3) define the optimal timing for an immunotherapy to achieve maximal benefit.
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Ohaegbulam KC, Assal A, Lazar-Molnar E, Yao Y, Zang X. Human cancer immunotherapy with antibodies to the PD-1 and PD-L1 pathway. Trends Mol Med 2015; 21:24-33. [PMID: 25440090 PMCID: PMC4282825 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 572] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor and its ligands programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and PD-L2, members of the CD28 and B7 families, play critical roles in T cell coinhibition and exhaustion. Overexpression of PD-L1 and PD-1 on tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, respectively, correlates with poor disease outcome in some human cancers. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) blockading the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway have been developed for cancer immunotherapy via enhancing T cell functions. Clinical trials with mAbs to PD-1 and PD-L1 have shown impressive response rates in patients, particularly for melanoma, non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and bladder cancer. Further studies are needed to dissect the mechanisms of variable response rate, to identify biomarkers for clinical response, to develop small-molecule inhibitors, and to combine these treatments with other therapies.
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- Kim C Ohaegbulam
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY 10467, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA; Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY 10467, USA.
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Chapuis AG, Afanasiev OK, Iyer JG, Paulson KG, Parvathaneni U, Hwang JH, Lai I, Roberts IM, Sloan HL, Bhatia S, Shibuya KC, Gooley T, Desmarais C, Koelle DM, Yee C, Nghiem P. Regression of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma following transfer of polyomavirus-specific T cells and therapies capable of re-inducing HLA class-I. Cancer Immunol Res 2014; 2:27-36. [PMID: 24432305 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-13-0087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer that typically requires the persistent expression of Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) oncoproteins that can serve as ideal immunotherapeutic targets. Several immune evasion mechanisms are active in MCC including down-regulation of HLA class-I expression on tumor cells and dysfunctional endogenous MCPyV-specific CD8 T cell responses. To overcome these obstacles, we combined local and systemic immune therapies in a 67-year-old man, who developed metastatic MCPyV-expressing MCC. Intralesional IFNβ-1b or targeted single-dose radiation was administered as a pre-conditioning strategy to reverse the down-regulation of HLA-I expression noted in his tumors and to facilitate the subsequent recognition of tumor cells by T cells. This was followed by the adoptive transfer of ex vivo expanded polyclonal, polyomavirus-specific T cells as a source of reactive antitumor immunity. The combined regimen was well-tolerated and led to persistent up-regulation of HLA-I expression in the tumor and a durable complete response in two of three metastatic lesions. Relative to historical controls, the patient experienced a prolonged period without development of additional distant metastases (535 days compared to historic median of 200 days, 95% confidence interval = 154-260 days). The transferred CD8(+) T cells preferentially accumulated in the tumor tissue, remained detectable and functional for >200 days, persisted with an effector phenotype, and exhibited evidence of recent in vivo activation and proliferation. The combination of local and systemic immune stimulatory therapies was well-tolerated and may be a promising approach to overcome immune evasion in virus-driven cancers.
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- Aude G Chapuis
- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, UWMC, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Medical Oncology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, FHCRC, Seattle, WA, USA ; Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Muenst S, Soysal SD, Tzankov A, Hoeller S. The PD-1/PD-L1 pathway: biological background and clinical relevance of an emerging treatment target in immunotherapy. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2014; 19:201-11. [PMID: 25491730 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2014.980235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The co-inhibitory receptor programmed death 1 (PD-1) and its ligands are key regulators in a wide spectrum of immune responses and play a critical role in autoimmunity and self-tolerance as well as in cancer immunology. Emerging evidence suggests that cancer cells might use the PD-1/PD-ligand (PD-L) pathway to escape anti-tumor immunity. Based on this evidence, early phase human clinical trials targeting the PD-1/PD-L pathway are currently underway for multiple human cancers. AREAS COVERED The role of the PD-1/PD-L pathway in autoimmune disease, viral infections as well as in malignant neoplasms is discussed and an overview of the existing therapeutics as well as the results of clinical trials targeting this pathway in cancer is given. EXPERT OPINION The PD-1/PD-L pathway represents an important mechanism of immune evasion for malignant neoplasms. Early clinical trials indicate effectiveness of PD-1/PD-L pathway blockade in several solid cancers. However, greater insight into the exact mechanisms by which tumors are able to evade anti-tumor immunity is needed to increase clinical effectiveness, for example by combination blockade of diverse co-inhibitory receptors.
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- University of Basel, University Hospital, Institute of Pathology , Basel , Switzerland
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Lauer RC, Friend SC, Rietz C, Pasqualini R, Arap W. Drug design strategies for the treatment of prostate cancer. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2014; 10:81-90. [PMID: 25366417 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2015.978855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION While metastatic prostate cancer remains an incurable tumor, remarkable progress has been made with novel drug design strategies for this incurable disease. Several new agents, including hormonal analogues, cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs, radionuclides and innovative targeted therapies, have recently been approved by the FDA for use in advanced and/or metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Furthermore, a growing number of new diagnostic or predictive genetic tests have also been incorporated into the management of this disease. Immunotherapy-based approaches have shown promise and have led to drug approvals. Other experimental approaches such as vascular targeting are in early translational clinical trials. AREAS COVERED Herein, the authors outline select state-of-the-art approaches in the field. They also discuss the current challenges and future opportunities in the medical care of prostate cancer patients. EXPERT OPINION An inherent challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer is to determine which patients need immediate aggressive treatment versus active surveillance. For patients needing aggressive treatment, integrating the sequence of therapeutic interventions, to provide the most benefit, remains a challenge that clinicians face. Recently, several genetic tests have been approved, facilitating early treatment decisions. Innovative targeted therapies are moving towards clinical applications, providing treatment options for tumors previously considered refractory to androgen ablation treatment.
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- Richard C Lauer
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UNM CC Molecular Medicine , MSC07 4025, Albuquerque, 87131 , USA
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Gibbons RM, Liu X, Pulko V, Harrington SM, Krco CJ, Kwon ED, Dong H. B7-H1 limits the entry of effector CD8(+) T cells to the memory pool by upregulating Bim. Oncoimmunology 2014; 1:1061-1073. [PMID: 23170254 PMCID: PMC3494620 DOI: 10.4161/onci.20850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Protective T‑cell immunity against cancer and infections is dependent on the generation of a durable effector and memory T‑cell pool. Studies from cancer and chronic infections reveal that B7-H1 (PD-L1) engagement with its receptor PD-1 promotes apoptosis of effector T cells. It is not clear how B7-H1 regulates T‑cell apoptosis and the subsequent impact of B7-H1 on the generation of memory T cells. In immunized B7-H1-deficient mice, we detected an increased expansion of effector CD8+ T cells and a delayed T‑cell contraction followed by the emergence of a protective CD8+ T‑cell memory capable of completely rejecting tumor metastases in the lung. Intracellular staining revealed that antigen-primed CD8+ T cells in B7-H1-deficient mice express lower levels of the pro-apoptotic molecule Bim. The engagement of activated CD8+ T cells by a plate-bound B7-H1 fusion protein led to the upregulation of Bim and increased cell death. Assays based on blocking antibodies determined that both PD-1 and CD80 are involved in the B7-H1-mediated regulation of Bim in activated CD8+ T cells. Our results suggest that B7-H1 may negatively regulate CD8+ T‑cell memory by enhancing the depletion of effector CD8+ T cells through the upregulation of Bim. Our findings may provide a new strategy for targeting B7-H1 signaling in effector CD8+ T cells to achieve protective antitumor memory responses.
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- Rachel M Gibbons
- Department of Immunology; College of Medicine; Mayo Clinic; Rochester, MN USA
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Cheng ML, Fong L. Beyond sipuleucel-T: immune approaches to treating prostate cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2014; 15:115-26. [PMID: 24402184 DOI: 10.1007/s11864-013-0267-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OPINION STATEMENT At present, sipuleucel-T represents the only approved immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Sipuleucel-T is an autologous cellular therapy, which primes autologous antigen-presenting cells against the prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) antigen. For patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, sipuleucel-T monotherapy is one of the standard of care treatment options pre- or postdocetaxel. With the approval of new treatments, including abiraterone and enzatutamide, sequencing and combination of these treatments with sipuleucel-T represent unanswered questions facing the field. Whereas steroids that are coadministered with abiraterone and chemotherapy have long been thought to be immunosuppressive, early results show that concurrent abiraterone and prednisone does not significantly impact the ability to develop immune responses to this treatment. Additional clinical data are needed to elucidate optimal sequencing of therapeutic agents in CRPC. Several novel immunotherapies are currently in development, and enrollment in clinical trials should be considered. These include PROSTVAC-VF, a viral vaccine that encodes PSA and T-cell costimulatory molecules, which is currently undergoing phase III clinical trials. DNA plasmid-based vaccines targeting different antigens, including PAP, also are under investigation. Immune checkpoint blockade with ipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody against CTLA-4, which is approved for metastatic melanoma, also is being evaluated. Whereas this treatment failed to show significant improvement in overall survival in CRPC patients treated with docetaxel, results from a phase III trial in the predocetaxel setting are pending. Conventional therapies for prostate cancer, such as radiation and hormonal therapy, may have immunomodulatory effects. Future areas for research include the sequencing and combination of immunotherapies as well as other conventional therapies.
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- Michael L Cheng
- University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave., Box 0511, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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Ness N, Andersen S, Valkov A, Nordby Y, Donnem T, Al-Saad S, Busund LT, Bremnes RM, Richardsen E. Infiltration of CD8+ lymphocytes is an independent prognostic factor of biochemical failure-free survival in prostate cancer. Prostate 2014; 74:1452-61. [PMID: 25111810 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUNDS The adaptive immune system can potentially have dual roles in cancer development and progression by contributing to or suppressing tumor progression and metastasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of adaptive immune cells residing in different tumor compartments in prostate cancer. METHODS Tissue microarrays from 535 patients were constructed from viable and representative tumor epithelial and stromal areas of primary PC tumors, as well as from normal epithelial and stromal areas. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the density of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, and CD20+ lymphocytes in both tumor epithelial and tumor stromal areas. RESULTS In univariate analysis, a high density of CD3+ (P = 0.037) and CD8+ lymphocytes (P = 0.010) in tumor epithelial areas was associated with significantly shorter biochemical failure-free survival. When analyzing both tumor epithelial and stromal tissue compartments as one entity, similar relationships were observed for CD3+ (P = 0.046), CD4+ (P = 0.026), and CD8+ (P = 0.003) lymphocytes. In multivariate analysis, high densities of CD8+ lymphocytes limited to tumor epithelial areas (HR = 1.45, P = 0.032), as well as in the total tumor tissue (HR = 1.57, P = 0.007), were independent negative prognostic factors for biochemical failure-free survival. CONCLUSIONS A high density of CD8+ lymphocytes, especially in tumor epithelial areas, is an independent negative prognostic factor for biochemical failure-free survival.
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- Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso
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The perspective of immunotherapy: new molecules and new mechanisms of action in immune modulation. Curr Opin Oncol 2014; 26:204-14. [PMID: 24424272 DOI: 10.1097/cco.0000000000000054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Targeting CTLA-4, the patriarch of immune checkpoint modulators, is currently the only immunotherapeutic approach that has achieved significant clinical benefit in melanoma phase III trials. In this review, recent new ideas about the mechanism of action of anti-CTLA antibodies, other new molecules to target, and rationales for combination therapies will be discussed. RECENT FINDINGS Although the clinical efficacy of the anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) ipilimumab is meanwhile without doubt, its mechanism of action is still not fully understood. Recent data indicate that, besides modulation of the TCR signal, CTLA-4 mAbs can mediate regulatory T-cell depletion in an Fc gamma receptor dependent manner.Blockade of the molecules PD-1 and PD-L1 has given promising clinical responses (and this beyond melanoma), whereas their complex expression and interaction pattern makes a clear statement about the mechanism of action challenging.Additional other co-inhibitory and co-stimulatory molecules have been identified recently. Combinations of immune checkpoint modulators themselves or with other therapies, such as adoptive cell therapy, targeted therapy or radiotherapy, will improve the outcomes further. SUMMARY Immune checkpoint blockade is currently the most promising systemic therapeutic approach to achieve long-lasting responses or even cure in melanoma and other malignancies.
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Fong L, Carroll P, Weinberg V, Chan S, Lewis J, Corman J, Amling CL, Stephenson RA, Simko J, Sheikh NA, Sims RB, Frohlich MW, Small EJ. Activated lymphocyte recruitment into the tumor microenvironment following preoperative sipuleucel-T for localized prostate cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2014; 106:dju268. [PMID: 25255802 PMCID: PMC4241888 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/dju268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Sipuleucel-T is a US Food and Drug Administration–approved immunotherapy for asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Its mechanism of action is not fully understood. This prospective trial evaluated the direct immune effects of systemically administered sipuleucel-T on prostatic cancer tissue in the preoperative setting. Methods Patients with untreated localized prostate cancer were treated on an open-label Phase II study of sipuleucel-T prior to planned radical prostatectomy (RP). Immune infiltrates in RP specimens (posttreatment) and in paired pretreatment biopsies were evaluated by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Correlations between circulating immune response and IHC were assessed using Spearman rank order. Results Of the 42 enrolled patients, 37 were evaluable. Adverse events were primarily transient, mild-to-moderate and infusion related. Patients developed T cell proliferation and interferon-γ responses detectable in the blood following treatment. Furthermore, a greater-than-three-fold increase in infiltrating CD3+, CD4+ FOXP3-, and CD8+ T cells was observed in the RP tissues compared with the pretreatment biopsy (binomial proportions: all P < .001). This level of T cell infiltration was observed at the tumor interface, and was not seen in a control group consisting of 12 concurrent patients who did not receive any neoadjuvant treatment prior to RP. The majority of infiltrating T cells were PD-1+ and Ki-67+, consistent with activated T cells. Importantly, the magnitude of the circulating immune response did not directly correlate with T cell infiltration within the prostate based upon Spearman’s rank order correlation. Conclusions This study is the first to demonstrate a local immune effect from the administration of sipuleucel-T. Neoadjuvant sipuleucel-T elicits both a systemic antigen-specific T cell response and the recruitment of activated effector T cells into the prostate tumor microenvironment.
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- Lawrence Fong
- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF).
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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- University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA (LF, PC, VW, SC, JL, JS, EJS); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JC); Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (CLA); University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (RAS); Dendreon Corporation, Seattle, WA (NAS, RBS, MWF)
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Kedmi M, Avigdor A, Nagler A. Anti-PD-1-targeted therapies focusing on lymphatic malignancies: biological rationale, clinical challenges and opportunities. Acta Haematol 2014; 133:129-35. [PMID: 25247668 DOI: 10.1159/000362151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cancer immunotherapy with tumor-directed antibodies has generally been very successful, while T-cell immunotherapy has been less effective. Some lymphoid malignancies can be cured with immunochemotherapy but nevertheless many patients relapse or progress in spite of maximal therapy. Both solid tumors and lymphoid malignancies develop mechanisms in order to escape destruction by the intact immune system. One such mechanism is mediated through immune checkpoints. PD-1 (programmed cell death protein-1, which is expressed on activated T and B cells, natural killer cells and myeloid cells, is one of those checkpoints. This review focuses on the effect of PD-1 activation on lymphoid malignancies and its role as a therapeutic target.
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- Meirav Kedmi
- Hematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Kwon ED, Drake CG, Scher HI, Fizazi K, Bossi A, van den Eertwegh AJM, Krainer M, Houede N, Santos R, Mahammedi H, Ng S, Maio M, Franke FA, Sundar S, Agarwal N, Bergman AM, Ciuleanu TE, Korbenfeld E, Sengeløv L, Hansen S, Logothetis C, Beer TM, McHenry MB, Gagnier P, Liu D, Gerritsen WR. Ipilimumab versus placebo after radiotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that had progressed after docetaxel chemotherapy (CA184-043): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol 2014; 15:700-12. [PMID: 24831977 PMCID: PMC4418935 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(14)70189-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1128] [Impact Index Per Article: 112.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ipilimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 to enhance antitumour immunity. Our aim was to assess the use of ipilimumab after radiotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that progressed after docetaxel chemotherapy. METHODS We did a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial in which men with at least one bone metastasis from castration-resistant prostate cancer that had progressed after docetaxel treatment were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive bone-directed radiotherapy (8 Gy in one fraction) followed by either ipilimumab 10 mg/kg or placebo every 3 weeks for up to four doses. Non-progressing patients could continue to receive ipilimumab at 10 mg/kg or placebo as maintenance therapy every 3 months until disease progression, unacceptable toxic effect, or death. Patients were randomly assigned to either treatment group via a minimisation algorithm, and stratified by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, alkaline phosphatase concentration, haemoglobin concentration, and investigator site. Patients and investigators were masked to treatment allocation. The primary endpoint was overall survival, assessed in the intention-to-treat population. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00861614. FINDINGS From May 26, 2009, to Feb 15, 2012, 799 patients were randomly assigned (399 to ipilimumab and 400 to placebo), all of whom were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. Median overall survival was 11·2 months (95% CI 9·5-12·7) with ipilimumab and 10·0 months (8·3-11·0) with placebo (hazard ratio [HR] 0·85, 0·72-1·00; p=0·053). However, the assessment of the proportional hazards assumption showed that it was violated (p=0·0031). A piecewise hazard model showed that the HR changed over time: the HR for 0-5 months was 1·46 (95% CI 1·10-1·95), for 5-12 months was 0·65 (0·50-0·85), and beyond 12 months was 0·60 (0·43-0·86). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were immune-related, occurring in 101 (26%) patients in the ipilimumab group and 11 (3%) of patients in the placebo group. The most frequent grade 3-4 adverse events included diarrhoea (64 [16%] of 393 patients in the ipilimumab group vs seven [2%] of 396 in the placebo group), fatigue (40 [11%] vs 35 [9%]), anaemia (40 [10%] vs 43 [11%]), and colitis (18 [5%] vs 0). Four (1%) deaths occurred because of toxic effects of the study drug, all in the ipilimumab group. INTERPRETATION Although there was no significant difference between the ipilimumab group and the placebo group in terms of overall survival in the primary analysis, there were signs of activity with the drug that warrant further investigation. FUNDING Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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- Eugene D Kwon
- Departments of Urology and Immunology and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, University of Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France
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- Vienna General Hospital, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France; CHU Caremeau, Nimes, France
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- St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, WA, Australia
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- University Hospital of Siena, Istituto Toscano Tumori, Siena, Italy
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute of Oncology Ion Chiricuta and University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, USA
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT, USA
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Raval RR, Sharabi AB, Walker AJ, Drake CG, Sharma P. Tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy: summary of the 2013 SITC primer. J Immunother Cancer 2014; 2:14. [PMID: 24883190 PMCID: PMC4039332 DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-2-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Knowledge of the basic mechanisms of the immune system as it relates to cancer has been increasing rapidly. These developments have accelerated the translation of these advancements into medical breakthroughs for many cancer patients. The immune system is designed to discriminate between self and non-self, and through genetic recombination there is virtually no limit to the number of antigens it can recognize. Thus, mutational events, translocations, and other genetic abnormalities within cancer cells may be distinguished as “altered-self” and these differences may play an important role in preventing the development or progression of cancer. However, tumors may utilize a variety of mechanisms to evade the immune system as well. Cancer biologists are aiming to both better understand the relationship between tumors and the normal immune system, and to look for ways to alter the playing field for cancer immunotherapy. Summarized in this review are discussions from the 2013 SITC Primer, which focused on reviewing current knowledge and future directions of research related to tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, including sessions on innate immunity, adaptive immunity, therapeutic approaches (dendritic cells, adoptive T cell therapy, anti-tumor antibodies, cancer vaccines, and immune checkpoint blockade), challenges to driving an anti-tumor immune response, monitoring immune responses, and the future of immunotherapy clinical trial design.
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- Raju R Raval
- Department of Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA ; The Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA ; Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Wong RM, Ianculescu I, Sharma S, Gage DL, Olevsky OM, Kotova S, Kostic MN, Grundfest WS, Hou D, Cameron RB. Immunotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Current Status and Future Prospects. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2014; 50:870-875. [DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0472tr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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- Raymond M. Wong
- Pacific Meso Center at the Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Los Angeles, California
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- Pacific Meso Center at the Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California; and
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery and Comprehensive Mesothelioma Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California; and
- Division of Thoracic Surgery and Comprehensive Mesothelioma Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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Stinchcombe TE. Unmet needs in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: potential role for immunotherapy. Med Oncol 2014; 31:960. [PMID: 24748366 PMCID: PMC4006124 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0960-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung accounts for 20–30 % of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Despite the differences in disease characteristics between squamous and non-squamous NSCLC, both have historically been treated similarly in the clinic. Recently approved drugs have revealed differences in activity and safety profiles across histologic subtypes and have applicability in treating non-squamous, but not typically squamous, NSCLC. Exploration of immune checkpoints—co-inhibitory molecules used to regulate immune responses—has resulted in novel immunotherapies designed to interrupt signaling through the cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 or programmed cell death protein-1 pathways on lymphocytes. Modulation of these pathways can lead to restored antitumor immune responses, and preliminary evidence shows that agents targeting these pathways have activity in lung cancer, including squamous NSCLC.
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- Thomas E Stinchcombe
- Multi-disciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, University of North Carolina UNC Chapel Hill, Physicians Office Bldg. CB# 7305, 170 Manning Drive, 3rd Floor, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7305, USA,
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Brennen WN, Drake CG, Isaacs JT. Enhancement of the T-cell armamentarium as a cell-based therapy for prostate cancer. Cancer Res 2014; 74:3390-5. [PMID: 24747912 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Prostate cancer is frequently characterized by a large inflammatory infiltrate that includes T cells. Although T cells traffic to cancer lesions in large numbers, they are unable to generate a therapeutic response because of the immunosuppressive microenvironment. Therefore, arming T cells with a cytotoxic agent that is capable of killing cancer cells independent of these immunosuppressive signals is a rational approach to enhance their potency. Essentially, the T cells would serve as a cell-based vector, or "Trojan Horse," to selectively deliver a protoxin to disseminated prostate cancer lesions. The selective delivery of a protoxin using T cells represents an ideal method to maximize their therapeutic potency through a "field effect." Because systemically infused T cells are expected to traffic to sites of inflammation other than cancer, an additional level of specificity may be needed to prevent toxicity to nontarget tissues. Toward this goal, genetic engineering can be used to make protoxin expression dependent upon T-cell recognition of the prostate-specific membrane antigen by a chimeric antigen receptor. Furthermore, selective activation of the protoxin using a tissue- or tumor-specific protease, such as PSA, can promote further specificity. Thus, T-cell potency can be enhanced by targeted protoxin secretion and greater specificity achieved using combinatorial antigen recognition and protoxin activation.
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- W Nathaniel Brennen
- Authors' Affiliations: Chemical Therapeutics Program; Department of Oncology;
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- Department of Oncology; Department of Immunology; and Department of Urology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Authors' Affiliations: Chemical Therapeutics Program; Department of Oncology; Department of Urology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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Prostate cancer is no longer viewed mostly as a disease of abnormally proliferating epithelial cells, but rather as a disease affecting the complex interactions between the cells of the prostate epithelial compartment and the surrounding stromal compartment in which they live. Indeed, the microenvironment in which tumor cells evolve towards an aggressive phenotype is highly heterogeneous, as it is composed of different cell populations such as endothelial cells, fibroblasts, macrophages, and lymphocytes, either resident or trans-differentiated by bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells recruited at the tumor site. Cancer-associated fibroblasts, the most abundant population within this microenvironment, exert a mandatory role in prostate cancer progression as they metabolically sustain cancer cell survival and growth, recruit inflammatory and immune cells, and promote cancer cells stemness and epithelial mesenchymal transition, thereby favoring metastatic dissemination of aggressive cancers. The interruption of this two-compartment crosstalk, together with the idea that stromal cells are mostly vulnerable, being drug-sensitive, could lead to the development of anticancer therapies that target tumor stromal elements.
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- Paola Chiarugi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, University of Florence, Tuscany Tumor Institute, viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, University of Florence, Tuscany Tumor Institute, viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, University of Florence, Tuscany Tumor Institute, viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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Wolf D, Heine A, Brossart P. Implementing combinatorial immunotherapeutic regimens against cancer: The concept of immunological conditioning. Oncoimmunology 2014; 3:e27588. [PMID: 24800168 PMCID: PMC4006858 DOI: 10.4161/onci.27588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Harnessing the host immune system to eradicate cancer has a high therapeutic potential. One paradigm of anticancer immunotherapy is represented by allogeneic stem cell transplantation. In this setting, the host must be conditioned prior to transplantation, allowing for engraftment and subsequent graft-vs.-tumor reactivity. Conditioning may also be a prerequisite for the efficacy of other immunotherapeutic regimens. In particular, tumor debulking followed by conditioning (aimed at blocking endogenous inhibitory stimuli, for instance upon the depletion of regulatory T cells or the inhibition of immune checkpoints) and subsequent immunization (for instance by means of patient-tailored vaccines) based on innovative adjuvants (such as RIG-I ligands) may allow for the elicitation of superior antitumor immune responses. Repetitive boosting might then maintain immunosurveillance. An intense wave of investigation on the optimal timing of immunostimulatory interventions with respect to the administration of immunogenic chemotherapeutics and on the use of small drugs that promote efficient antitumor immune responses will end up in the generation of highly effective immunotherapeutic anticancer regimens.
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- Dominik Wolf
- Medical Clinic III; Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology; University Hospital Bonn (UKB); Bonn, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III; Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology; University Hospital Bonn (UKB); Bonn, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III; Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology; University Hospital Bonn (UKB); Bonn, Germany
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Reiss KA, Forde PM, Brahmer JR. Harnessing the power of the immune system via blockade of PD-1 and PD-L1: a promising new anticancer strategy. Immunotherapy 2014; 6:459-75. [PMID: 24815784 PMCID: PMC4732706 DOI: 10.2217/imt.14.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cancer cells employ several mechanisms to evade the immune system of their host, thus escaping immune recognition and elimination. Of particular interest is a cancer cell's ability to co-opt the immune system's innate ligands and inhibitory receptors (also known as checkpoints), thus creating an immunosuppressive microenvironment that downregulates T-cell activation and cell signaling. The recent development of the checkpoint inhibitors anti-programmed death-1 and anti-programmed death ligand-1 has generated an enormous amount of interest as a potential new anticancer strategy in solid tumors, particularly in non-small-cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma and melanoma. Data suggest significant disease response rates using anti-programmed death-1 and anti-programmed death ligand-1 antibodies, even in heavily pretreated patients. Future directions include optimization of drug delivery sequence and combination of immunotherapy with other therapies including cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation, antiangiogenic agents and small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
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- Kim A Reiss
- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Research Building I, Room 186, 401 North Broadway Street, Baltimore, 21287, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Research Building I, Room 186, 401 North Broadway Street, Baltimore, 21287, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Research Building I, Room G94, 401 North Broadway Street, Baltimore, 21287, USA
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The role of inflammation in prostate cancer. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 816:153-81. [PMID: 24818723 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-0837-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In the United States and in "Westernized" countries, the prevalence of both prostate cancer and prostate inflammation is very high, indicating that the two pathologies could be causally related. Indeed, chronic inflammation is now regarded as an "enabling" characteristic of human cancer. Prostate cancer incidence is thought to be mediated in part by genetics, but also by environmental exposures, including the same exposures that may contribute to the development of prostatic inflammation. As our understanding of the role of inflammation in cancer deepens, it is increasingly apparent that "inflammation" as a whole is a complex entity that does not always play a negative role in cancer etiology. In fact, inflammation can play potentially dichotomous (both pro and antitumorigenic) roles depending on the nature and the cellular makeup of the immune response. This chapter will focus on reviewing the current state of knowledge on the role of innate and adaptive immune cells within the prostate tumor microenvironment and their seemingly complex role in prostate cancer in preventing versus promoting initiation and progression of the disease.
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Wei B, Wang L, Zhao X, Du C, Guo Y, Sun Z. The upregulation of programmed death 1 on peripheral blood T cells of glioma is correlated with disease progression. Tumour Biol 2013; 35:2923-9. [PMID: 24375192 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-1376-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Glioma is the most common primary brain tumor. Programmed death 1 (PD-1) is a surface receptor expressed on activated and exhausted T cells, which mediate T cell inhibition upon binding with its ligand. In the current study, we investigated the expression of PD-1 on peripheral CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in glioma patients. Percentage of PD-1+ cells was measured by flow cytometry in 86 glioma cases and 62 healthy controls. Results showed that PD-1 expression was significantly increased in both peripheral CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in glioma (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). When comparing PD-1 level in glioma patients with different histological types, patients with astrocytomas revealed clearly higher proportion of PD-1 on CD4+ T cells than those with oligodendrogliomas (p < 0.001), ependymomas (p < 0.001), or pilocytic astrocytomas (p < 0.001). Also, patients with the highest tumor grade (IV) demonstrated the most elevated expression of PD-1 on both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Interestingly, cases with tumor grade III and IV had downregulated PD-1 level on peripheral CD4+ T cells after surgery, whereas only grade IV patients showed decreased proportion of PD-1 on CD8+ T cells after treatment. In addition, no correlation between PD-1 expression and progression to secondary glioblastoma was observed. These data suggested PD-1 may act as a positive regulator in the pathogenesis and progression of glioma.
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- Bo Wei
- The Second Division of Neurosurgery, The China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, 126 Xiantai Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130033, China
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Fang L, Lowther DE, Meizlish ML, Anderson RCE, Bruce JN, Devine L, Huttner AJ, Kleinstein SH, Lee JY, Stern JNH, Yaari G, Lovato L, Cronk KM, O'Connor KC. The immune cell infiltrate populating meningiomas is composed of mature, antigen-experienced T and B cells. Neuro Oncol 2013; 15:1479-90. [PMID: 23978377 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Meningiomas often harbor an immune cell infiltrate that can include substantial numbers of T and B cells. However, their phenotype and characteristics remain undefined. To gain a deeper understanding of the T and B cell repertoire in this tumor, we characterized the immune infiltrate of 28 resected meningiomas representing all grades. METHODS Immunohistochemistry was used to grossly characterize and enumerate infiltrating lymphocytes. A molecular analysis of the immunoglobulin variable region of tumor-infiltrating B cells was used to characterize their antigen experience. Flow cytometry of fresh tissue homogenate and paired peripheral blood lymphocytes was used to identify T cell phenotypes and characterize the T cell repertoire. RESULTS A conspicuous B and T cell infiltrate, primarily clustered in perivascular spaces, was present in the microenvironment of most tumors examined. Characterization of 294 tumor-infiltrating B cells revealed clear evidence of antigen experience, in that the cardinal features of an antigen-driven B cell response were present. Meningiomas harbored populations of antigen-experienced CD4+ and CD8+ memory/effector T cells, regulatory T cells, and T cells expressing the immune checkpoint molecules PD-1 and Tim-3, indicative of exhaustion. All of these phenotypes were considerably enriched relative to their frequency in the circulation. The T cell repertoire in the tumor microenvironment included populations that were not reflected in paired peripheral blood. CONCLUSION The tumor microenvironment of meningiomas often includes postgerminal center B cell populations. These tumors invariably include a selected, antigen-experienced, effector T cell population enriched by those that express markers of an exhausted phenotype.
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- Liangjuan Fang
- Corresponding Author: Dr. Kevin C. O'Connor, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George Street, Room 353J, New Haven, CT, USA 06511..
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Harris TJ, Drake CG. Primer on tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy. J Immunother Cancer 2013; 1:12. [PMID: 24829749 PMCID: PMC4019888 DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-1-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Individualized cancer therapy is a central goal of cancer biologists. Immunotherapy is a rational means to this end—because the immune system can recognize a virtually limitless number of antigens secondary to the biology of genetic recombination in B and T lymphocytes. The immune system is exquisitely structured to distinguish self from non-self, as demonstrated by anti-microbial immune responses. Moreover the immune system has the potential to recognize self from “altered-self”, which is the case for cancer. However, the immune system has mechanisms in place to inhibit self-reactive responses, many of which are usurped by evolving tumors. Understanding the interaction of cancer with the immune system provides insights into mechanisms that can be exploited to disinhibit anti-tumor immune responses. Here, we summarize the 2012 SITC Primer, reviewing past, present, and emerging immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of cancer—including targeting innate versus adaptive immune components; targeting and/or utilizing dendritic cells and T cells; the role of the tumor microenvironment; and immune checkpoint blockade.
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- Timothy J Harris
- Department of Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1650 Orleans St., CRB I #410, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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