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Nanodelivery of immunogenic cell death-inducers for cancer immunotherapy. Drug Discov Today 2020; 26:651-662. [PMID: 33278602 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2020.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yin P, Gui L, Wang C, Yan J, Liu M, Ji L, Wang Y, Ma B, Gao WQ. Targeted Delivery of CXCL9 and OX40L by Mesenchymal Stem Cells Elicits Potent Antitumor Immunity. Mol Ther 2020; 28:2553-2563. [PMID: 32827461 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Major obstacles in immunotherapies include toxicities associated with systemic administration of therapeutic agents, as well as low tumor lymphocyte infiltration that hampers the efficacies. In this study, we report a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based immunotherapeutic strategy in which MSCs specifically deliver T/natural killer (NK) cell-targeting chemokine CXCL9 and immunostimulatory factor OX40 ligand (OX40L)/tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 4 (TNFSF4) to tumor sites in syngeneic subcutaneous and azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced spontaneous colon cancer mouse models. This approach generated potent local antitumor immunity by increasing the ratios of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T and NK cells and production of antitumor cytokines and cytolytic proteins in the tumor microenvironment. Moreover, it improved the efficacy of programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade in a syngeneic mouse model and significantly suppressed the growth of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC class I)-deficient tumors. Our MSC-based immunotherapeutic strategy simultaneously recruits and activates immune effector cells at the tumor site, thus overcoming the problems with toxicities of systemic therapeutic agents and low lymphocyte infiltration of solid tumors.
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- Pan Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
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Zhou L, Xu Q, Huang L, Jin J, Zuo X, Zhang Q, Ye L, Zhu S, Zhan P, Ren J, Lv T, Song Y. Low-dose carboplatin reprograms tumor immune microenvironment through STING signaling pathway and synergizes with PD-1 inhibitors in lung cancer. Cancer Lett 2020; 500:163-171. [PMID: 33278498 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Although the combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy is a hot topic in lung cancer, little is understood regarding the possible mechanisms behind their synergy. Moreover, safety is a major concern for clinicians while performing chemotherapy. Therefore, it is important to determine the appropriate dose and period of chemotherapy for combining it with immunotherapy, and investigate the underlying synergistic mechanism. Here, we showed that carboplatin can induce DNA damage and activate the canonical STING/TBK1/IRF3 pathway and non-canonical STING-NF-κB signaling complex. Further, low-dose carboplatin changed the "cold" tumor into a "hot" tumor via the signaling hub STING, augmenting CD8+ T-cell infiltration, increasing PD-L1 expression, and hence potentiating the anti-tumor effect of PD-1 inhibitors; importantly, there were no adverse effects. Furthermore, knocking down STING in tumor cells effectively reversed PD-L1 upregulation and STING pathway activation, and reduced the anti-tumor effect of low-dose carboplatin and carboplatin-PD-1 inhibitor combination. Our findings collectively reported a previously unexplored role of low-dose carboplatin targeting in the STING pathway and provided an economical, useful and safe option for improving the efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors in lung cancer.
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- Li Zhou
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Southeast University, Sch Med, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.
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Huang X, Tang T, Zhang G, Hong Z, Xu J, Yadav DK, Bai X, Liang T. Genomic investigation of co-targeting tumor immune microenvironment and immune checkpoints in pan-cancer immunotherapy. NPJ Precis Oncol 2020; 4:29. [PMID: 33299118 PMCID: PMC7666137 DOI: 10.1038/s41698-020-00136-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Drugs that target immune checkpoints (ICPs) have become the most popular weapons in cancer immunotherapy; however, they are only beneficial for a small fraction of patients. Accumulating evidence suggests that the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) plays a critical role in anti-cancer immunity. This study aimed to assess the potential merits and feasibility of combinational targeting ICPs and TIME in cancer immunotherapy. A total of 31 cancer type-specific datasets in TCGA were individually collected by the publicly available web servers for multiple bioinformatic analyses of ICPs and TIME factors. GEPIA was used to calculate the prognostic indexes, STRING was used to construct protein-protein interactions, cBioPortal was used for visualization and comparison of genetic alterations, and TISIDB was used to explore the correlation to tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). Intriguingly, TIME factors were identified to have more global coverage and prognostic significance across multiple cancer types compared with ICPs, thus offering more general targetability in clinical therapy. Moreover, TIME factors showed interactive potential with ICPs, and genomic alteration of TIME factors coupled with that of ICPs, at least in pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, TIME factors were found to be significantly associated with TILs, including but not limited to pancreatic cancer. Finally, the clinical significance and translational potential of further combination therapies that incorporate both ICP inhibitors and TIME factor-targeted treatments were discussed. Together, TIME factors are promising immunotherapeutic targets, and a combination strategy of TIME factors-targeted therapies with ICP inhibitors may benefit more cancer patients in the future.
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- Xing Huang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
- Innovation Center for the Study of Pancreatic Diseases, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang, China.
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Wang D, Cong J, Fu B, Zheng X, Sun R, Tian Z, Wei H. Immunogenic chemotherapy effectively inhibits KRAS-Driven lung cancer. Cancer Lett 2020; 492:31-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bauché D, Mauze S, Kochel C, Grein J, Sawant A, Zybina Y, Blumenschein W, Yang P, Annamalai L, Yearley JH, Punnonen J, Bowman EP, Chackerian A, Laface D. Antitumor efficacy of combined CTLA4/PD-1 blockade without intestinal inflammation is achieved by elimination of FcγR interactions. J Immunother Cancer 2020; 8:jitc-2020-001584. [PMID: 33127658 PMCID: PMC7604872 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and CTLA4 combination blockade enhances clinical efficacy in melanoma compared with targeting either checkpoint alone; however, clinical response improvement is coupled with increased risk of developing immune-related adverse events (irAE). Delineating the mechanisms of checkpoint blockade-mediated irAE has been hampered by the lack of animal models that replicate these clinical events. Methods We have developed a mouse model of checkpoint blockade-mediated enterocolitis via prolonged administration of an Fc-competent anti-CTLA4 antibody. Results Sustained treatment with Fc-effector, but not Fc-mutant or Fc-null, anti-CTLA4 antagonist for 7 weeks resulted in enterocolitis. Moreover, combining Fc-null or Fc-mutant CTLA4 antagonists with PD-1 blockade results in potent antitumor combination efficacy indicating that Fc-effector function is not required for combination benefit. Conclusion These data suggest that using CTLA4 antagonists with no Fc-effector function can mitigate gut inflammation associated with anti-CTLA4 antibody therapy yet retain potent antitumor activity in combination with PD-1 blockade.
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- David Bauché
- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Molecular Discovery, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Molecular Discovery, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Molecular Discovery, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Anatomic Pathology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Anatomic Pathology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Merck & Co. Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA
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Slaney CY, Kershaw MH. Challenges and Opportunities for Effective Cancer Immunotherapies. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E3164. [PMID: 33126513 PMCID: PMC7693360 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Using immunotherapy to treat cancers can be traced back to the 1890s, where a New York physician William Coley used heat-killed bacteria to treat cancer patients, which became known as "Coley's toxin" [...].
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- Clare Y. Slaney
- Cancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Cancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3000, Australia
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Won KA, Spruck C. Triple‑negative breast cancer therapy: Current and future perspectives (Review). Int J Oncol 2020; 57:1245-1261. [PMID: 33174058 PMCID: PMC7646583 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2020.5135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 10-15% of all breast cancer cases. TNBCs lack estrogen and progesterone receptors and express low levels of HER2, and therefore do not respond to hormonal or anti-HER2 therapies. TNBC is a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer that generally displays poorer prognosis compared to other breast cancer subtypes. TNBC is chemotherapy sensitive, and this treatment remains the standard of care despite its limited benefit. Recent advances with novel agents have been made for specific subgroups with PD-L1+ tumors or germline Brca-mutated tumors. However, only a fraction of these patients responds to immune checkpoint or PARP inhibitors and even those who do respond often develop resistance and relapse. Various new agents and combination strategies have been explored to further understand molecular and immunological aspects of TNBC. In this review, we discuss clinical trials in the management of TNBC as well as perspectives for potential future treatments.
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- Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, NCI‑Designated Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Hallaj S, Heydarzadeh Asl S, Alian F, Farshid S, Eshaghi FS, Namdar A, Atyabi F, Masjedi A, Hallaj T, Ghorbani A, Ghalamfarsa G, Sojoodi M, Jadidi-Niaragh F. Inhibition of CD73 using folate targeted nanoparticles carrying anti-CD73 siRNA potentiates anticancer efficacy of Dinaciclib. Life Sci 2020; 259:118150. [PMID: 32726663 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Conventional therapeutic methods against cancer, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and combination therapy, have exhibited different toxicity levels due to their unspecific mechanism of action. To overcome the challenges facing conventional cancer therapies, newly developed methods are being investigated. Significant levels of specificity, remarkable accumulation at the tumor site, limited side effects, and minimal off-target effects enable the newly synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) to become the preferred drug delivery method in anticancer therapeutic approaches. According to the literature, CD73 has a pivotal role in cancer progression and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Therefore, CD73 has attracted considerable attention among scientists to target this molecule. Accordingly, FDA approved CDK inhibitors such as Dinaciclib that blocks CDK1, 2, 5, and 9, and exhibits significant anticancer activity. So in this study, we intended to simultaneously suppress CD73 and CDKs in cancer cells by using the folic acid (FA)-conjugated chitosan-lactate (CL) NPs loaded with anti-CD73 siRNA and Dinaciclib to control tumor progression and metastasis. The results showed that NPs could effectively transfect cancer cells in a FA receptor-dependent manner leading to suppression of proliferation, survival, migration, and metastatic potential. Moreover, the treatment of tumor-bearing mice with this combination strategy robustly inhibited tumor growth and enhanced survival time in mice. These findings imply the high potential of FA-CL NPs loaded with anti-CD73 siRNA and Dinaciclib for use in cancer treatment shortly.
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- Shahin Hallaj
- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Nanotechnology Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia 5714783734, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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CDK12: a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Drug Discov Today 2020; 25:2257-2267. [PMID: 33038524 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2020.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 12 engages in diversified biological functions, from transcription, post-transcriptional modification, cell cycle, and translation to cellular proliferation. Moreover, it regulates the expression of cancer-related genes involved in DNA damage response (DDR) and replication, which are responsible for maintaining genomic stability. CDK12 emerges as an oncogene or tumor suppressor in different cellular contexts, where its dysregulation results in tumorigenesis. Current CDK12 inhibitors are nonselective, which impedes the process of pharmacological target validation and drug development. Herein, we discuss the latest understanding of the biological roles of CDK12 in cancers and provide molecular analyses of CDK12 inhibitors to guide the rational design of selective inhibitors.
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Han JH, Cai M, Grein J, Perera S, Wang H, Bigler M, Ueda R, Rosahl TW, Pinheiro E, LaFace D, Seghezzi W, Williams SMG. Effective Anti-tumor Response by TIGIT Blockade Associated With FcγR Engagement and Myeloid Cell Activation. Front Immunol 2020; 11:573405. [PMID: 33117369 PMCID: PMC7577118 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.573405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The molecule “T cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and ITIM domain,” or TIGIT, has recently received much attention as a promising target in the treatment of various malignancies. In spite of the quick progression of anti-TIGIT antibodies into clinical testing both as monotherapy and in combination with programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)–directed immune checkpoint blockade, the molecular mechanism behind the observed therapeutic benefits remains poorly understood. Here we demonstrate, using mouse tumor models, that TIGIT blocking antibodies with functional Fc binding potential induce effective anti-tumor response. Our observations reveal that the anti-TIGIT therapeutic effect is not achieved by depletion of intratumoral regulatory T cells (Treg) or any cell population expressing TIGIT, but instead is mediated by possible “reverse activating signals” through FcγRs on myeloid cells, inducing expression of various mediators such as cytokines and chemokines. Furthermore, we discovered an induction of a robust and persistent granzyme B and perforin response, distinct from a predominantly interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-driven anti-PD-1 blockade. Our observations, for the first time, provide the basis for a mechanistic hypothesis involving the requirement of a functional Fc domain of anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibodies, of which various isotypes are currently under intense clinical investigation.
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- Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States
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- Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States
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- Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States
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Cerella C, Dicato M, Diederich M. BH3 Mimetics in AML Therapy: Death and Beyond? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2020; 41:793-814. [PMID: 33032835 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2020.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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B cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) homology domain 3 (BH3) mimetics are targeted therapeutic agents that allow response prediction and patient stratification. BH3 mimetics are prototypical activators of the mitochondrial death program in cancer. They emerged as important modulators of cellular mechanisms contributing to poor therapeutic responses, including cancer cell stemness, cancer-specific metabolic routes, paracrine signaling to the tumor microenvironment, and immune modulation. We present an overview of the antagonism between BH3 mimetics and antiapoptotic BCL2 proteins. We focus on acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a cancer with reduced therapeutic options that have recently been improved by BH3 mimetics.
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- Claudia Cerella
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg, L-2540 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg, L-2540 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
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Li Y, Zhang H, Li Q, Zou P, Huang X, Wu C, Tan L. CDK12/13 inhibition induces immunogenic cell death and enhances anti-PD-1 anticancer activity in breast cancer. Cancer Lett 2020; 495:12-21. [PMID: 32941949 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Immunogenic cell death (ICD) improves the T cell response against different tumors, indicating that ICD can enhance the antitumor immunity elicited by the anti-checkpoint antibody anti-programmed death 1 (anti-PD-1). In the present study, we reported a synergistic and durable immune-mediated antitumor response elicited by the combined treatment of SR-4835, a CDK12/13 specific inhibitor, with PD-1 blockade in a syngeneic mouse model. The developed combination therapy elicited antitumor activity in immunocompetent mouse tumor models. Furthermore, the SR-4835-treated tumor cells exhibited characteristics of ICD, including the release of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and ATP and calreticulin (CRT) translocation. This activity led to a significant T-cell-dependent tumor suppression. The enhanced dendritic cell (DC) and infiltration of T cells activation in the tumors treated with both SR-4835 and anti-PD-1 indicate that this combination treatment promotes an improved immune response. Therefore, the results of the present study demonstrate the potential of CDK12/13 inhibition combined with checkpoint inhibition in breast cancer treatment.
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- Yi Li
- Department of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610072, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610072, China
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- School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610072, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610072, China.
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Dinaciclib enhances natural killer cell cytotoxicity against acute myelogenous leukemia. Blood Adv 2020; 3:2448-2452. [PMID: 31416822 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Dinaciclib enhances NK-cell activity against leukemia cells in preclinical AML models. Enhanced NK-cell activation by dinaciclib-treated AML is associated with downregulation of inhibitory NK ligand HLA-E on leukemia cells.
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Immunostimulation with chemotherapy in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2020; 17:725-741. [PMID: 32760014 DOI: 10.1038/s41571-020-0413-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 691] [Impact Index Per Article: 172.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Conventional chemotherapeutics have been developed into clinically useful agents based on their ability to preferentially kill malignant cells, generally owing to their elevated proliferation rate. Nonetheless, the clinical activity of various chemotherapies is now known to involve the stimulation of anticancer immunity either by initiating the release of immunostimulatory molecules from dying cancer cells or by mediating off-target effects on immune cell populations. Understanding the precise immunological mechanisms that underlie the efficacy of chemotherapy has the potential not only to enable the identification of superior biomarkers of response but also to accelerate the development of synergistic combination regimens that enhance the clinical effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) relative to their effectiveness as monotherapies. Indeed, accumulating evidence supports the clinical value of combining appropriately dosed chemotherapies with ICIs. In this Review, we discuss preclinical and clinical data on the immunostimulatory effects of conventional chemotherapeutics in the context of ICI-based immunotherapy.
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An J, Zhang K, Wang B, Wu S, Wang Y, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Liu J, Shi J. Nanoenabled Disruption of Multiple Barriers in Antigen Cross-Presentation of Dendritic Cells via Calcium Interference for Enhanced Chemo-Immunotherapy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:7639-7650. [PMID: 32427462 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Chemo-immunotherapy holds the advantage of specific antitumor effects by activating T cell immune response. However, the efficiency of chemo-immunotherapy is restricted to the insufficient antigen presentation of dendritic cells (DCs) in the tumor immunosuppression microenvironment. Here, we rationally designed a simple yet versatile calcium ion nanogenerator to disrupt the autophagy inhibition condition within DCs, enrich damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), and attenuate acidity in the tumor microenvironment. After chemotherapy, honeycomb calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nanoparticles (OVA@CaCO3, denoted as HOCN, ovalbumin (OVA) acted as skeleton) could preferentially accumulate in the tumor and display a series of benefits for disrupting multiple barriers in antigen cross-presentation of DCs: (i) recovering cell viability of DCs by HOCN-induced tumor acidity attenuating; (ii) disrupting the autophagy inhibition condition in DCs by generating Ca2+ in cells; (iii) improving maturation of DCs by Ca2+ overloading-mediated enhanced DAMP release from tumor cells. In addition, HOCN can also disrupt the immunosuppressive microenvironment by reducing the infiltration of immunosuppressive cells and factors. We believe regulation of the intratumoral Ca2+ offers an alternative strategy for improving cancer chemo-immunotherapy.
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- Jingyi An
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Zhang L, Wang IM, Solban N, Cristescu R, Zeng G, Long B. Comprehensive investigation of T and B cell receptor repertoires in an MC38 tumor model following murine anti‑PD‑1 administration. Mol Med Rep 2020; 22:975-985. [PMID: 32468004 PMCID: PMC7339640 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2020.11169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The MC38 (derived from carcinogen-induced colon adenocarcinoma) tumor model is sensitive to anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1) treatment. However, there is no comprehensive description of the T and B cell receptor (TCR, BCR) repertoires of the MC38 tumor model following anti-PD-1 treatment, an improved understanding of which is highly important in the development of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. The present study analyzed the TCR and BCR repertoires of three types of tissue, including tumor, spleen and tumor draining lymph node (DLN) from 20 MC38 syngeneic mice receiving murine anti-PD-1 (mDX400) treatment or mouse immunoglobulin G1 (mIgG1) control treatment. To obtain enough tissues for high-throughput sequencing, samples were collected on day 8 after the start of initial treatment. The usage frequencies of seven TCR β chain (TRB) V genes and one TRBJ gene were significantly different between mDX400- and mIgG1-group tumors. TCR repertoire diversity was significantly lower in mDX400-group tumors compared with mIgG1-group tumors, with the top 10 most frequent TCR clonotypes notably expanded in mDX400-group tumors. In addition, the proportion of high-frequency TCR clonotypes from mDX400-group tumors that were also present both in the DLN and spleen was significantly higher than that in mIgG1-group tumors. Among the highly expanded TCR clonotypes, one TCR clonotype was consistently expanded in >50% of the mDX400-group tumors compared with mIgG1-group tumors. Similarly, one BCR clonal family was highly expanded in >50% of mDX400-group tumor samples. The consistently expanded TCR and BCR clones were co-expanded in 29% of mDX400-group tumors. Moreover, mutation rates of immunoglobulin heavy chain sequences in the spleen within complementarity determining region 2 and framework region 3 were significantly higher in the mDX400 group than in the mIgG1 group. The findings of this study may contribute to an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of anti-PD-1 treatment.
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- Lu Zhang
- Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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Rafoxanide Induces Immunogenic Death of Colorectal Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12051314. [PMID: 32455811 PMCID: PMC7281008 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12051314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer-related death in the world. Emerging evidence suggests that the clinical success of conventional chemotherapy does not merely rely on cell toxicity, but also results from the restoration of tumor immune surveillance. Anti-tumor immune response can be primed by immunogenic cell death (ICD), a form of apoptosis associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) induction and the expression/release of specific damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Unfortunately, a limited number of ICD inducers have been identified so far. The anti-helmintic drug rafoxanide has recently showed anti-tumor activity in different cancer types, including CRC. As such latter effects relied on ERS activation, we here investigated whether rafoxanide could promote ICD of CRC cells. The potential of rafoxanide to induce ICD-related DAMPs in both human and mouse CRC cells was assessed by flow-cytometry, chemiluminescent assay and ELISA. In addition, the immunogenic potential of rafoxanide was assessed in vivo using a vaccination assay. Rafoxanide induced all the main DAMPs (ecto-calreticulin exposure, adenosine triphosphate (ATP)/high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) release) required for ICD. We observed a marked increase of tumor-free survival among immunocompetent mice immunized with rafoxanide-treated dying tumor cells as compared with sham. Altogether, our data indicate rafoxanide as a bona fide ICD inducer.
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Ke C, Hou H, Li J, Su K, Huang C, Lin Y, Lu Z, Du Z, Tan W, Yuan Z. Extracellular Vesicle Delivery of TRAIL Eradicates Resistant Tumor Growth in Combination with CDK Inhibition by Dinaciclib. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E1157. [PMID: 32375399 PMCID: PMC7281120 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12051157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a promising anti-cancer agent that rapidly induces apoptosis in cancer cells. Unfortunately, the clinical application of recombinant TRAIL (rTRAIL) has been hampered by its common cancer resistance. Naturally TRAIL is delivered as a membrane-bound form by extracellular vesicles (EV-T) and is highly efficient for apoptosis induction. SCH727965 (dinaciclib), a potent cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, was shown to synergize with other drugs to get better efficacy. However, it has never been investigated if dinaciclib coordinates with EV-T to enhance therapeutic results. This study explores the potential of combination therapy with EV-T and dinaciclib for cancer treatment. EV-T was successfully derived from human TRAIL transduced cells and shown to partially overcome resistance of A549 cells. Dinaciclib was shown to drastically enhance EV-T killing effects on cancer lines that express good levels of death receptor (DR) 5, which are associated with suppression of CDK1, CDK9 and anti-apoptotic proteins. Combination therapy with low doses of EV-T and dinaciclib induced strikingly enhanced apoptosis and led to complete regression in A549 tumors without any adverse side effects observed in a subcutaneous xenograft model. Tumor infiltration of mass NK cells and macrophages was also observed. These observations thus indicate that the combination of EV-T with dinaciclib is a potential novel therapy for highly effective and safe cancer treatment.
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- Changhong Ke
- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- School of Industrial Design and Ceramic Art of Foshan University, Foshan 528000 China;
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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- Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 51006, China; (C.K.); (H.H.); (K.S.); (C.H.); (Y.L.); (Z.L.); (Z.D.); (W.T.)
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Liu R, An Y, Jia W, Wang Y, Wu Y, Zhen Y, Cao J, Gao H. Macrophage-mimic shape changeable nanomedicine retained in tumor for multimodal therapy of breast cancer. J Control Release 2020; 321:589-601. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chen W, Wang S, Wu Y, Shen X, Guo Z, Li Q, Xing D. Immunogenic cell death: A link between gut microbiota and anticancer effects. Microb Pathog 2020; 141:103983. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.103983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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McGrail DJ, Garnett J, Yin J, Dai H, Shih DJH, Lam TNA, Li Y, Sun C, Li Y, Schmandt R, Wu JY, Hu L, Liang Y, Peng G, Jonasch E, Menter D, Yates MS, Kopetz S, Lu KH, Broaddus R, Mills GB, Sahni N, Lin SY. Proteome Instability Is a Therapeutic Vulnerability in Mismatch Repair-Deficient Cancer. Cancer Cell 2020; 37:371-386.e12. [PMID: 32109374 PMCID: PMC7337255 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR) induces a hypermutator phenotype that can lead to tumorigenesis; however, the functional impact of the high mutation burden resulting from this phenotype remains poorly explored. Here, we demonstrate that dMMR-induced destabilizing mutations lead to proteome instability in dMMR tumors, resulting in an abundance of misfolded protein aggregates. To compensate, dMMR cells utilize a Nedd8-mediated degradation pathway to facilitate clearance of misfolded proteins. Blockade of this Nedd8 clearance pathway with MLN4924 causes accumulation of misfolded protein aggregates, ultimately inducing immunogenic cell death in dMMR cancer cells. To leverage this immunogenic cell death, we combined MLN4924 treatment with PD1 inhibition and found the combination was synergistic, significantly improving efficacy over either treatment alone.
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- Daniel J McGrail
- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Program in Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCB), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA; Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Yang J, Hu S, Shangguan J, Eresen A, Li Y, Ma Q, Yaghmai V, Benson III AB, Zhang Z. Dinaciclib prolongs survival in the LSL-KrasG12D/+ ; LSL-Trp53R172H/+ ; Pdx-1-Cre (KPC) transgenic murine models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Am J Transl Res 2020; 12:1031-1043. [PMID: 32269732 PMCID: PMC7137051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Dinaciclib is a small molecule cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor with the potential to treat multiple cancers. To better understand its cytotoxic action in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), we evaluated dinaciclib therapeutic effects in the transgenic mouse model (LSL-KrasG12D/+ ; LSL-Trp53R172H/+ ; Pdx-1-Cre mice; KPC mice). Tumor growth and microenvironment were dynamically monitored by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Dinaciclib therapy significantly delayed tumor progression (P < 0.001) and prolonged survival (P = 0.007) in KPC mice. In vitro assays showed that dinaciclib exerted antiproliferative effects on PDAC cells by increasing surface calreticulin expression and release of ATP. Dinaciclib treatment inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis in KPC tumor as assessed by Ki67 and cleaved caspase 3, respectively. Particularly, the tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells were increased after dinaciclib treatment in KPC mice. Additionally, the mean apparent diffusion coefficient values of KPC tumor calculated from diffusion weighted MR images were significantly lower after dinaciclib treatment (P = 0.033). These finding suggest that dinaciclib as a single agent can inhibit tumor growth and improve the overall survival in KPC mice.
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- Jia Yang
- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversitySuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL, USA
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Lin C, Ren W, Luo Y, Li S, Chang Y, Li L, Xiong D, Huang X, Xu Z, Yu Z, Wang Y, Zhang J, Huang C, Xia N. Intratumoral Delivery of a PD-1-Blocking scFv Encoded in Oncolytic HSV-1 Promotes Antitumor Immunity and Synergizes with TIGIT Blockade. Cancer Immunol Res 2020; 8:632-647. [PMID: 32127389 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-19-0628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Oncolytic virotherapy can lead to systemic antitumor immunity, but the therapeutic potential of oncolytic viruses in humans is limited due to their insufficient ability to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we showed that locoregional oncolytic virotherapy upregulated the expression of PD-L1 in the TME, which was mediated by virus-induced type I and type II IFNs. To explore PD-1/PD-L1 signaling as a direct target in tumor tissue, we developed a novel immunotherapeutic herpes simplex virus (HSV), OVH-aMPD-1, that expressed a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) against PD-1 (aMPD-1 scFv). The virus was designed to locally deliver aMPD-1 scFv in the TME to achieve enhanced antitumor effects. This virus effectively modified the TME by releasing damage-associated molecular patterns, promoting antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells, and enhancing the infiltration of activated T cells; these alterations resulted in antitumor T-cell activity that led to reduced tumor burdens in a liver cancer model. Compared with OVH, OVH-aMPD-1 promoted the infiltration of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), resulting in significantly higher percentages of CD155+ granulocytic-MDSCs (G-MDSC) and monocytic-MDSCs (M-MDSC) in tumors. In combination with TIGIT blockade, this virus enhanced tumor-specific immune responses in mice with implanted subcutaneous tumors or invasive tumors. These findings highlighted that intratumoral immunomodulation with an OV expressing aMPD-1 scFv could be an effective stand-alone strategy to treat cancers or drive maximal efficacy of a combination therapy with other immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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- Chaolong Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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Galluzzi L, Vitale I, Warren S, Adjemian S, Agostinis P, Martinez AB, Chan TA, Coukos G, Demaria S, Deutsch E, Draganov D, Edelson RL, Formenti SC, Fucikova J, Gabriele L, Gaipl US, Gameiro SR, Garg AD, Golden E, Han J, Harrington KJ, Hemminki A, Hodge JW, Hossain DMS, Illidge T, Karin M, Kaufman HL, Kepp O, Kroemer G, Lasarte JJ, Loi S, Lotze MT, Manic G, Merghoub T, Melcher AA, Mossman KL, Prosper F, Rekdal Ø, Rescigno M, Riganti C, Sistigu A, Smyth MJ, Spisek R, Stagg J, Strauss BE, Tang D, Tatsuno K, van Gool SW, Vandenabeele P, Yamazaki T, Zamarin D, Zitvogel L, Cesano A, Marincola FM. Consensus guidelines for the definition, detection and interpretation of immunogenic cell death. J Immunother Cancer 2020; 8:e000337. [PMID: 32209603 PMCID: PMC7064135 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 569] [Impact Index Per Article: 142.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Cells succumbing to stress via regulated cell death (RCD) can initiate an adaptive immune response associated with immunological memory, provided they display sufficient antigenicity and adjuvanticity. Moreover, multiple intracellular and microenvironmental features determine the propensity of RCD to drive adaptive immunity. Here, we provide an updated operational definition of immunogenic cell death (ICD), discuss the key factors that dictate the ability of dying cells to drive an adaptive immune response, summarize experimental assays that are currently available for the assessment of ICD in vitro and in vivo, and formulate guidelines for their interpretation.
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- Lorenzo Galluzzi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
- Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, New York City, New York, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- IIGM - Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCSS, Candiolo, Torino, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO - IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- NanoString Technologies, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- VIB Center for Inflammation Research (IRC), Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology (DBMB), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Cell Death Research & Therapy (CDRT) Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, KU Leuevn, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
- Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
- INSERM "Molecular Radiotherapy and therapeutic innovation", U1030 Molecular Radiotherapy, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
- SIRIC SOCRATES, DHU Torino, Faculté de Medecine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
- Sotio, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute/Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Cell Death Research & Therapy (CDRT) Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
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- iRepertoire, Inc, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- The Royal Marsden Hospital/Institute of Cancer Research National Institute for Health Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Cancer Gene Therapy Group, Translational Immunology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute/Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- University of Manchester, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pathology, University of California at San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Replimune, Inc, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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- Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Villejuif, France
- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Villejuif, France
- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France
- Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Villejuif, France
- INSERM, U1138, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Karolinska Institute, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Suzhou Institute for Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- Program of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Division of Research and Clinical Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- IIGM - Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCSS, Candiolo, Torino, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO - IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Ludwig Collaborative and Swim Across America Laboratory, MSKCC, New York City, New York, USA
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
- Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, MSKCC, New York City, New York, USA
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- Hematology and Cell Therapy, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Lytix Biopharma, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
- Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- Interdepartmental Research Center of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- UOSD Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
- Istituto di Patologia Generale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Immunology, Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
- Sotio, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Quebec City, Canada
- Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec City, Canada
- Faculté de Pharmacie de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec City, Canada
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- Centro de Investigação Translacional em Oncologia/LIM24, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- VIB Center for Inflammation Research (IRC), Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology (DBMB), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Methusalem program, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
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- Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Villejuif, France
- Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris Sud/Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- INSERM U1015, Villejuif, France
- Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT) 1428, Villejuif, France
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Grimaldi A, Cammarata I, Martire C, Focaccetti C, Piconese S, Buccilli M, Mancone C, Buzzacchino F, Berrios JRG, D'Alessandris N, Tomao S, Giangaspero F, Paroli M, Caccavale R, Spinelli GP, Girelli G, Peruzzi G, Nisticò P, Spada S, Panetta M, Letizia Cecere F, Visca P, Facciolo F, Longo F, Barnaba V. Combination of chemotherapy and PD-1 blockade induces T cell responses to tumor non-mutated neoantigens. Commun Biol 2020; 3:85. [PMID: 32099064 PMCID: PMC7042341 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0811-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Here, we developed an unbiased, functional target-discovery platform to identify immunogenic proteins from primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells that had been induced to apoptosis by cisplatin (CDDP) treatment in vitro, as compared with their live counterparts. Among the multitude of proteins identified, some of them were represented as fragmented proteins in apoptotic tumor cells, and acted as non-mutated neoantigens (NM-neoAgs). Indeed, only the fragmented proteins elicited effective multi-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses, upon a chemotherapy protocol including CDDP. Importantly, these responses further increased upon anti-PD-1 therapy, and correlated with patients' survival and decreased PD-1 expression. Cross-presentation assays showed that NM-neoAgs were unveiled in apoptotic tumor cells as the result of caspase-dependent proteolytic activity of cellular proteins. Our study demonstrates that apoptotic tumor cells generate a repertoire of immunogenic NM-neoAgs that could be potentially used for developing effective T cell-based immunotherapy across multiple cancer patients.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Antigen Presentation/drug effects
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/isolation & purification
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/administration & dosage
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/immunology
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/therapy
- Case-Control Studies
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cisplatin/administration & dosage
- Cisplatin/pharmacology
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor/methods
- Female
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular/drug effects
- Immunotherapy/methods
- Lung Neoplasms/immunology
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Lung Neoplasms/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/physiology
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- Alessio Grimaldi
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Oncologiche e Anatomo Patologiche, Oncologia Medica, Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Oncologiche e Anatomo Patologiche, Oncologia Medica, Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Oncologiche e Anatomo Patologiche, Oncologia Medica, Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Biotecnologie Medico-Chirurgiche, Sapienza Università di Roma - Polo Pontino, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Biotecnologie Medico-Chirurgiche, Sapienza Università di Roma - Polo Pontino, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- UOC Oncologia Universitaria, ASL Latina (distretto Aprilia), Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Giustiniano snc, 04011, Aprilia, Latina, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Thoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS-Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Oncologiche e Anatomo Patologiche, Oncologia Medica, Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00161, Rome, Italy.
- Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 00161, Rome, Italy.
- Istituto Pasteur - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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Chou J, Quigley DA, Robinson TM, Feng FY, Ashworth A. Transcription-Associated Cyclin-Dependent Kinases as Targets and Biomarkers for Cancer Therapy. Cancer Discov 2020; 10:351-370. [DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-19-0528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li S, Zhu W, Ye C, Sun W, Xie H, Yang X, Zhang Q, Ma Y. Local mucosal immunization of self-assembled nanofibers elicits robust antitumor effects in an orthotopic model of mouse genital tumors. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:3076-3089. [PMID: 31965136 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10334a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the identified causative agent of cervical cancer. Current therapeutic HPV vaccine candidates lack significant clinical efficacy, which can be attributed to insufficient activation of effector cells, lack of effective modification of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and the limitations of applied tumor models for preclinical vaccine evaluation. Here, a mouse model of orthotopic genital tumors was used to assess the effect of self-assembled nanofibers on eliciting a robust antitumor response via local mucosal immunization. A candidate vaccine was obtained by fusing HPV16 E744-62 to the self-assembling peptide Q11, which was assembled into nanofibers in a salt solution. Mice bearing an established genital TC-1 tumor were immunized with nanofibers through the intravaginal, intranasal, or subcutaneous route. Mucosal vaccination, especially via the intravaginal route, was more effective for suppressing tumor growth than subcutaneous immunization. The potential underlying mechanisms include promoting the systemic generation and tumor accumulation of antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes expressing high levels of interferon (IFN)-γ or granzyme-B, and reducing the tumor infiltration of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells. The levels of IFN-γ, the chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10, and CXCR3+CD8+ T cells were significantly increased in tumor tissues, which may account for the improved recruitment of effector T cells into the tumor. Local mucosal immunization of nanofibers via the intravaginal route represents a new and promising vaccination strategy for the treatment of genital tumor lesions such as cervical cancer.
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- Sijin Li
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, People's Republic of China. and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Disease, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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Ishimwe N, Zhang W, Qian J, Zhang Y, Wen L. Autophagy regulation as a promising approach for improving cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Lett 2020; 475:34-42. [PMID: 32014460 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Autophagy plays a critical role in intracellular metabolism and maintaining cellular homeostasis. Certain tumor cells present a higher basal autophagy rate and autophagy inhibition can lead to impaired metabolic dysfunction in autophagy-dependent tumor cells. Autophagy status in immune cells dictates their fate and response to antigen; however, autophagy in immune cells may be beneficial or detrimental depending on the developmental stage of the cell and more specifically its degree of differentiation. Autophagy-deficient hosts present variations in many metabolites, proteins and enzymes that may have tumor-promoting or -inhibiting effects. The centrality of autophagy in the metabolism of some cancers and immune cells poses as a critical target whose mechanisms must be further unraveled to optimize patient response and prevent tumor recurrence.
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- Nestor Ishimwe
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230027, PR China; Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine and Institutes for Life Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China.
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- Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine and Institutes for Life Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China
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- Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine and Institutes for Life Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China
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- Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine and Institutes for Life Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China; National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China; Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Guangdong Province, And Innovation Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230027, PR China; Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine and Institutes for Life Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China; National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China; Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Guangdong Province, And Innovation Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, PR China.
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Ye J, Mills BN, Zhao T, Han BJ, Murphy JD, Patel AP, Johnston CJ, Lord EM, Belt BA, Linehan DC, Gerber SA. Assessing the Magnitude of Immunogenic Cell Death Following Chemotherapy and Irradiation Reveals a New Strategy to Treat Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res 2020; 8:94-107. [PMID: 31719057 PMCID: PMC6946873 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-19-0373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) continues to have a dismal prognosis, in part, due to ineffective treatment strategies. The efficacy of some chemotherapies and especially radiotherapy is mediated partially by the immune system. Therefore, we hypothesized that profiling the immune response following chemotherapy and/or irradiation can be used as a readout for treatment efficacy but also to help identify optimal therapeutic schedules for PDAC. Using murine models of PDAC, we demonstrated that concurrent administration of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and a modified dose of FOLFIRINOX (mFX) resulted in superior tumor control when compared with single or sequential treatment groups. Importantly, this combined treatment schedule enhanced the magnitude of immunogenic cell death, which in turn amplified tumor antigen presentation by dendritic cells and intratumoral CD8+ T-cell infiltration. Concurrent therapy also resulted in systemic immunity contributing to the control of established metastases. These findings provide a rationale for pursuing concurrent treatment schedules of SBRT with mFX in PDAC.
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- Jian Ye
- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
- Center for Tumor Immunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Tibes R, Bogenberger JM. Transcriptional Silencing of MCL-1 Through Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibition in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Front Oncol 2019; 9:1205. [PMID: 31921615 PMCID: PMC6920180 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common adult acute leukemia. Survival remains poor, despite decades of scientific advances. Cytotoxic induction chemotherapy regimens are standard-of-care for most patients. Many investigations have highlighted the genomic heterogeneity of AML, and several new targeted therapeutic options have recently been approved. Additional novel therapies are showing promising clinical results and may rapidly transform the therapeutic landscape of AML. Despite the emerging clinical success of B-cell lymphoma (BCL)-2 targeting in AML and a large body of preclinical data supporting myeloid leukemia cell (MCL)-1 as an attractive therapeutic target for AML, MCL-1 targeting remains relatively unexplored, although novel MCL-1 inhibitors are under clinical investigation. Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) involved in the regulation of transcription, CDK9 in particular, are being investigated in AML as a strategy to target MCL-1 indirectly. In this article, we review the basis for CDK inhibition in oncology with a focus on relevant preclinical mechanism-of-action studies of CDK9 inhibitors in the context of their therapeutic potential specifically in AML.
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- Raoul Tibes
- NYU School of Medicine & Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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PES1 promotes BET inhibitors resistance and cells proliferation through increasing c-Myc expression in pancreatic cancer. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2019; 38:463. [PMID: 31718704 PMCID: PMC6852745 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-019-1466-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Background Overexpressed PES1 promotes carcinogenesis in various types of malignant tumors. However, the biological role and clinical significance of PES1 in pancreatic cancer are still unexplored. Methods The expression level of PES1 in pancreatic cancer cell lines and pancreatic cancer patient samples was determined using Western Blotting analysis, RT-qPCR analysis, immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis of tissue microarray, and the GEPIA web tool. MTS assay, colony formation assay, and xenograft tumor assay were used to evaluate the tumor growth ability of pancreatic cancer cells. Results We established that the expression of PES1 was abnormally increased in pancreatic cancer tissues and led to poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients. We also found that PES1 was responsible for promoting cell growth and contributed to bromodomain and cancer cell resistance to extra-terminal (BET) inhibitors in pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, we showed that PES1 interacted with BRD4 to enhance c-Myc expression, which is the primary cause of cancer cell resistance to BET inhibitors in pancreatic cancer. Finally, CDK5 inhibitors were proven to destabilize PES1 and overcome cancer cell resistance to BET inhibitors in pancreatic cancer cells. Conclusions We have shown that PES1 could be one of the promoting factors of tumor growth and a prognosis-related protein of pancreatic cancer. Targeting PES1 with CDK5 inhibitors might help overcome cancer cell resistance to BET inhibitors in pancreatic cancer cells.
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Liu Q, Gao J, Zhao C, Guo Y, Wang S, Shen F, Xing X, Luo Y. To control or to be controlled? Dual roles of CDK2 in DNA damage and DNA damage response. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 85:102702. [PMID: 31731257 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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CDK2 (cyclin-dependent kinase 2), a member of the CDK family, has been shown to play a role in many cellular activities including cell cycle progression, apoptosis and senescence. Recently, accumulating evidence indicates that CDK2 is involved in DNA damage and DNA repair response (DDR). When DNA is damaged by internal or external genotoxic stresses, CDK2 activity is required for proper DNA repair in vivo and in vitro, whereas inactivation of CDK2 by siRNA techniques or by inhibitors could result in DNA damage and stimulate DDR. Hence, CDK2 seems to play dual roles in DNA damage and DDR. On one aspect, it is activated and stimulates DDR to repair DNA damage when DNA damage occurs; on the other hand, its inactivation directly leads to DNA damage and evokes DDR. Here, we describe the roles of CDK2 in DNA damage and DDR, and discuss the potential application of CDK2 inhibitors as anti-cancer agents.
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- Qi Liu
- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, PR China.
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Batty CJ, Tiet P, Bachelder EM, Ainslie KM. Drug Delivery for Cancer Immunotherapy and Vaccines. Pharm Nanotechnol 2019; 6:232-244. [PMID: 30227827 DOI: 10.2174/2211738506666180918122337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cancer cells are able to avoid immune surveillance and exploit the immune system to grow and metastasize. With the development of nano- and micro-particles, there has been a growing number of immunotherapy delivery systems developed to elicit innate and adaptive immune responses to eradicate cancer cells. This can be accomplished by training resident immune cells to recognize and eliminate cells with tumor-associated antigens or by providing external stimuli to enhance tumor cell apoptosis in the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). In this review we will focus on nano- and micro-particle (NP and MP) based immunotherapies and vaccines used to elicit a potent and sustained antitumor immune response.
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- Cole J Batty
- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Wang Z, Chen J, Hu J, Zhang H, Xu F, He W, Wang X, Li M, Lu W, Zeng G, Zhou P, Huang P, Chen S, Li W, Xia LP, Xia X. cGAS/STING axis mediates a topoisomerase II inhibitor-induced tumor immunogenicity. J Clin Invest 2019; 129:4850-4862. [PMID: 31408442 DOI: 10.1172/jci127471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Checkpoint blockade antibodies have been approved as immunotherapy for multiple types of cancer, but the response rate and efficacy are still limited. There are few immunogenic cell death (ICD)-inducing drugs available that can kill cancer cells, enhance tumor immunogenicity, increase the in vivo immune infiltration, and thereby boosting a tumor response to immunotherapy. So far, the ICD markers have been identified as the few immuno-stimulating characteristics of dead cells, but whether the presence of such ICD markers on tumor cells translates into enhanced antitumor immunity in vivo is still investigational. To identify anticancer drugs that could induce tumor cell death and boost T cell response, we performed drug screenings based on both an ICD reporter assay and T cell activation assay. We identified that teniposide, a DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor, could induce high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) release and type I interferon signaling in tumor cells, and teniposide-treated tumor cells could activate antitumor T cell response both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, teniposide induced tumor cell DNA damage and innate immune signaling including NF-κB activation and STING-dependent type I interferon signaling, both of which contribute to the activation of dendritic cells and subsequent T cells. Furthermore, teniposide potentiated the antitumor efficacy of anti-PD1 on multiple types of mouse tumor models. Our findings showed that teniposide could trigger tumor immunogenicity, and enabled a potential chemo-immunotherapeutic approach to potentiate the therapeutic efficacy of anti-PD1 immunotherapy.
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- Zining Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory Animals Monitoring Institute, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animals, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory Animals Monitoring Institute, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animals, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Long ZQ, Hua X, Zhang WW, Lv SW, Deng JP, Guo L, He ZY, Lin HX. Prognostic impact of the pretreatment albumin to alkaline phosphatase ratio for nonmetastatic breast cancer patients. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:4809-4814. [PMID: 31213902 PMCID: PMC6549394 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s200759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Introduction: Albumin and alkaline phosphatase have been previously demonstrated as independent prognostic factors for various types of cancer. Here, we aimed to explore the potential value of pretreatment albumin to alkaline phosphatase ratio (AAPR) on overall survival (OS) in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients. Methods: A total of 746 nonmetastatic breast cancer patients were enrolled in this study. Receiver characteristic curve was used to analyze the AAPR threshold. Survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan–Meier method and compared with the log-rank test. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using Cox proportional hazards regression methodology. Results: The optimal cutoff value of AAPR in predicting OS in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients was 0.525. Increased pretreatment AAPR level was related to age at diagnosis (≥60 years vs <60 years, P=0.000), tumor size (T≤2 cm vs T>2 cm, P=0.034), estrogen receptor (positive vs negative, P=0.022), progesterone receptor (positive vs negative, P=0.025), carcino-embryonic antigen (abnormal vs normal, P=0.016), surgery (lumpectomy vs mastectomy, P=0.002), chemotherapy (yes vs no, P=0.004), radiotherapy (yes vs no, P=0.013), endocrine therapy (yes vs no, P=0.027) but not with lymph node involvement, HER-2 status or CA-153. The 5-year OS rate was 80.16% for the low AAPR group and 92.66% for the high AAPR group. Kaplan–Meier analysis indicated that patients with low-AAPR levels had shorter OS than patients with high-AAPR levels (P=0.001). N classification (P<0.05), Ki-67 (HR=3.603, 95% CI=1.046–12.414, P=0.042) and AAPR (HR=0.447, 95% CI=0.205–0.976, P=0.043) were related to OS in multivariate analyses, respectively. Conclusion: AAPR is an independent prognostic factor for OS in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients. Further prospective studies are required to confirm our findings.
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- Zhi-Qing Long
- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Ye Y, Zeng Z, Jin T, Zhang H, Xiong X, Gu L. The Role of High Mobility Group Box 1 in Ischemic Stroke. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:127. [PMID: 31001089 PMCID: PMC6454008 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) is a novel, cytokine-like, and ubiquitous, highly conserved, nuclear protein that can be actively secreted by microglia or passively released by necrotic neurons. Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and the outcome is dependent on the amount of hypoxia-related neuronal death in the cerebral ischemic region. Acting as an endogenous danger-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) protein, HMGB1 mediates cerebral inflammation and brain injury and participates in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke. It is thought that HMGB1 signals via its presumed receptors, such as toll-like receptors (TLRs), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzymes, and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGEs) during ischemic stroke. In addition, the release of HMGB1 from the brain into the bloodstream influences peripheral immune cells. However, the role of HMGB1 in ischemic stroke may be more complex than this and has not yet been clarified. Here, we summarize and review the research into HMGB1 in ischemic stroke.
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- Yingze Ye
- Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Rapoport BL, Anderson R. Realizing the Clinical Potential of Immunogenic Cell Death in Cancer Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20040959. [PMID: 30813267 PMCID: PMC6412296 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20040959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Immunogenic cell death (ICD), which is triggered by exposure of tumor cells to a limited range of anticancer drugs, radiotherapy, and photodynamic therapy, represents a recent innovation in the revitalized and burgeoning field of oncoimmunnotherapy. ICD results in the cellular redistribution and extracellular release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), which have the potential to activate and restore tumor-targeted immune responses. Although a convincing body of evidence exists with respect to the antitumor efficacy of ICD in various experimental systems, especially murine models of experimental anticancer immunotherapy, evidence for the existence of ICD in the clinical setting is less compelling. Following overviews of hallmark developments, which have sparked the revival of interest in the field of oncoimmunotherapy, types of tumor cell death and the various DAMPs most prominently involved in the activation of antitumor immune responses, the remainder of this review is focused on strategies which may potentiate ICD in the clinical setting. These include identification of tumor- and host-related factors predictive of the efficacy of ICD, the clinical utility of combinatorial immunotherapeutic strategies, novel small molecule inducers of ICD, novel and repurposed small molecule immunostimulants, as well as the critical requirement for validated biomarkers in predicting the efficacy of ICD.
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- Bernardo L Rapoport
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
- The Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa.
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
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Wernitznig D, Kiakos K, Del Favero G, Harrer N, Machat H, Osswald A, Jakupec MA, Wernitznig A, Sommergruber W, Keppler BK. First-in-class ruthenium anticancer drug (KP1339/IT-139) induces an immunogenic cell death signature in colorectal spheroids in vitro. Metallomics 2019; 11:1044-1048. [DOI: 10.1039/c9mt00051h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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ICD enhances antigenicity from dying cancer cells, which leads to antitumor immunity. We show for the first time that a ruthenium-complex induces the ICD signature in a 3D model.
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- Debora Wernitznig
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Research Cluster ‘Translational Cancer Therapy Research’
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- Vienna
- Austria
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Research Cluster ‘Translational Cancer Therapy Research’
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- Vienna
- Austria
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- Vienna
- Austria
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Research Cluster ‘Translational Cancer Therapy Research’
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- Vienna
- Austria
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Research Cluster ‘Translational Cancer Therapy Research’
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Vienna
- Vienna
- Austria
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Mishchenko T, Mitroshina E, Balalaeva I, Krysko O, Vedunova M, Krysko DV. An emerging role for nanomaterials in increasing immunogenicity of cancer cell death. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2018; 1871:99-108. [PMID: 30528646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In the last decade, it has become clear that anti-cancer therapy is more successful when it can also induce an immunogenic form of cancer cell death (ICD). ICD is an umbrella term covering several cell death modalities, including apoptosis and necroptosis. In general, ICD is characterized by the emission of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and/or cytokines/chemokines, leading to the induction of strong anti-tumor immune responses. In experimental cancer therapy, new observations indicate that the immunogenicity of dying cancer cells can be improved by the use of biomaterials. In this review, after a brief overview of the basic principles of the concept of ICD and discussion of the potential use of DAMPs as biomarkers of therapy efficacy, we discuss an emerging role of nanomaterials as a promising strategy to modulate the immunogenicity of cancer cell death. We address how nanocarriers can be used to increase the immunogenicity of ICD and then turn our attention to their dual action. Nanocarriers can be used to increase the immunogenicity of dying cancer cells and to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. Future studies will show whether biomaterials are truly an optimal strategy to modulate the immunogenicity of dying cancer cells and will provide the insights needed for the development of novel treatment strategies for cancer.
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- Tatiana Mishchenko
- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation; Cell Death Investigation and Therapy Laboratory, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
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Zolekar A, Lin VJT, Mishra NM, Ho YY, Hayatshahi HS, Parab A, Sampat R, Liao X, Hoffmann P, Liu J, Emmitte KA, Wang YC. Stress and interferon signalling-mediated apoptosis contributes to pleiotropic anticancer responses induced by targeting NGLY1. Br J Cancer 2018; 119:1538-1551. [PMID: 30385822 PMCID: PMC6288164 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0265-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 08/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Although NGLY1 is known as a pivotal enzyme that catalyses the deglycosylation of denatured glycoproteins, information regarding the responses of human cancer and normal cells to NGLY1 suppression is limited. Methods We examined how NGLY1 expression affects viability, tumour growth, and responses to therapeutic agents in melanoma cells and an animal model. Molecular mechanisms contributing to NGLY1 suppression-induced anticancer responses were revealed by systems biology and chemical biology studies. Using computational and medicinal chemistry-assisted approaches, we established novel NGLY1-inhibitory small molecules. Results Compared with normal cells, NGLY1 was upregulated in melanoma cell lines and patient tumours. NGLY1 knockdown caused melanoma cell death and tumour growth retardation. Targeting NGLY1 induced pleiotropic responses, predominantly stress signalling-associated apoptosis and cytokine surges, which synergise with the anti-melanoma activity of chemotherapy and targeted therapy agents. Pharmacological and molecular biology tools that inactivate NGLY1 elicited highly similar responses in melanoma cells. Unlike normal cells, melanoma cells presented distinct responses and high vulnerability to NGLY1 suppression. Conclusion Our work demonstrated the significance of NGLY1 in melanoma cells, provided mechanistic insights into how NGLY1 inactivation leads to eradication of melanoma with limited impact on normal cells, and suggested that targeting NGLY1 represents a novel anti-melanoma strategy.
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- Ashwini Zolekar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Adelaide Proteomics Centre, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Adelaide Proteomics Centre, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.,Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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McLeod RL, Angagaw MH, Baral TN, Liu L, Moniz RJ, Laskey J, Hsieh S, Lee M, Han JH, Issafras H, Javaid S, Loboda A, Sadekova S, O'Connor JA, Tse A, Punnonen J. Characterization of murine CEACAM1 in vivo reveals low expression on CD8 + T cells and no tumor growth modulating activity by anti-CEACAM1 mAb CC1. Oncotarget 2018; 9:34459-34470. [PMID: 30349641 PMCID: PMC6195382 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) has been reported to mediate both tumorigenic and anti-tumor effects in vivo. Blockade of the CEACAM1 signaling pathway has recently been implicated as a novel mechanism for cancer immunotherapy. CC1, a mouse anti-CEACAM1 monoclonal antibody (mAb), has been widely used as a pharmacological tool in preclinical studies to inform on CEACAM1 pathway biology although limited data are available on its CEACAM1 blocking characteristics or pharmacodynamic-pharmacokinetic profiles. We sought to investigate CEACAM1 expression on mouse tumor and immune cells, characterize CC1 mAb binding, and evaluate CC1 in syngeneic mouse oncology models as a monotherapy and in combination with an anti-PD-1 mAb. CEACAM1 expression was observed at high levels on neutrophils, NK cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), while the expression on tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells was low. Unexpectedly, rather than blocking, CC1 facilitated binding of soluble CEACAM1 to CEACAM1 expressing cells. No anti-tumor effects were observed in CT26, MBT2 or A20 models when tested up to 30 mg/kg dose, a dose that was estimated to achieve >90% target engagement in vivo. Taken together, tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cells express low levels of CEACAM1 and CC1 Ab mediates no or minimal anti-tumor effects in vivo, as a monotherapy or in combination with anti-PD-1 treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robbie L McLeod
- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
| | - Jason Laskey
- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.,Merck & Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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