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Xin Z, Qin L, Tang Y, Guo S, Li F, Fang Y, Li G, Yao Y, Zheng B, Zhang B, Wu D, Xiao J, Ni C, Wei Q, Zhang T. Immune mediated support of metastasis: Implication for bone invasion. Cancer Commun (Lond) 2024. [PMID: 39003618 DOI: 10.1002/cac2.12584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024] Open
Abstract
Bone is a common organ affected by metastasis in various advanced cancers, including lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, and melanoma. Once a patient is diagnosed with bone metastasis, the patient's quality of life and overall survival are significantly reduced owing to a wide range of morbidities and the increasing difficulty of treatment. Many studies have shown that bone metastasis is closely related to bone microenvironment, especially bone immune microenvironment. However, the effects of various immune cells in the bone microenvironment on bone metastasis remain unclear. Here, we described the changes in various immune cells during bone metastasis and discussed their related mechanisms. Osteoblasts, adipocytes, and other non-immune cells closely related to bone metastasis were also included. This review also summarized the existing treatment methods and potential therapeutic targets, and provided insights for future studies of cancer bone metastasis.
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- Zengfeng Xin
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ningbo Hangzhou Bay Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital (Jiande Branch), Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- Department of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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- Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, National Ministry of Education), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P. R. China
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Lee DY, Im E, Yoon D, Lee YS, Kim GS, Kim D, Kim SH. Pivotal role of PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoints in immune escape and cancer progression: Their interplay with platelets and FOXP3+Tregs related molecules, clinical implications and combinational potential with phytochemicals. Semin Cancer Biol 2022; 86:1033-1057. [PMID: 33301862 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Immune checkpoint proteins including programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), its ligand PD-L1 and cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) are involved in proliferation, angiogenesis, metastasis, chemoresistance via immune escape and immune tolerance by disturbing cytotoxic T cell activation. Though many clinical trials have been completed in several cancers by using immune checkpoint inhibitors alone or in combination with other agents to date, recently multi-target therapy is considered more attractive than monotherapy, since immune checkpoint proteins work with other components such as surrounding blood vessels, dendritic cells, fibroblasts, macrophages, platelets and extracellular matrix within tumor microenvironment. Thus, in the current review, we look back on research history of immune checkpoint proteins and discuss their associations with platelets or tumor cell induced platelet aggregation (TCIPA) and FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) related molecules involved in immune evasion and tumor progression, clinical implications of completed trial results and signaling networks by phytochemicals for combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors and suggest future research perspectives.
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- Dae Young Lee
- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong, 27709, Republic of Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong, 27709, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong, 27709, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong, 27709, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Eumseong, 27709, Republic of Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, Republic of Korea.
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Scheib N, Tiemann J, Becker C, Probst HC, Raker VK, Steinbrink K. The Dendritic Cell Dilemma in the Skin: Between Tolerance and Immunity. Front Immunol 2022; 13:929000. [PMID: 35837386 PMCID: PMC9275407 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.929000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are uniquely capable of initiating and directing immune responses. The range of their activities grounds in the heterogeneity of DC subsets and their functional plasticity. Numerical and functional DC changes influence the development and progression of disease, and correction of such dysregulations has the potential to treat disease causally. In this review, we discuss the major advances in our understanding of the regulation of DC lineage formation, differentiation, and function in the skin. We describe the alteration of DC in disease as well as possibilities for therapeutic reprogramming with a focus on tolerogenic DC. Because regulatory T cells (Treg) are indispensable partners of DC in the induction and control of tolerance, we pay special attention to the interactions with these cells. Above all, we would like to arouse fascination for this cell type and its therapeutic potential in skin diseases.
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- Nils Scheib
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
- *Correspondence: Verena Katharina Raker,
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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Mirandola L, Chiriva-Internati M, Bresalier R, Piccotti L, Grizzi F, Marincola FM. A novel method for efficient generation of antigen-specific effector T-cells using dendritic cells transduced with recombinant adeno-associated virus and p38 kinase blockade. J Transl Med 2019; 17:424. [PMID: 31878933 PMCID: PMC6931250 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-019-02163-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The inefficacy of standard therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer is reflected by the enduring poor prognosis of this malignancy. Due to the potential for exquisite specificity, sensitivity and long-term memory, immunotherapy offers an alternative modality for durable control of the disease, provided appropriate antigens can be identified and
presented in the right context. Methods We tested a novel dendritic cell vaccine formulation to reprogram autologous antigen-specific T-cells in vitro, in vivo in a murine model of ovarian cancer, and ex vivo using human cells from patients. Results We show that dendritic cells (DCs) treated with a p38 MAPK inhibitor and transduced with a recombinant adenovirus associated vector (AAV) expressing Sperm protein (Sp) 17 are highly effective in generating antigen-specific T-cell cytotoxic response against ovarian cancer cells. Additionally, these DCs enhanced the differentiation of effector T-cells while reducing the frequency of Foxp3+ T-reg cells in vitro. Conclusions This work provides a rationale for translation of pharmacologically reprogrammed DCs into clinical trials for prevention of tumor recurrence and progression in high-risk ovarian cancer patients.
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- Kiromic, Inc, 7707 Fannin St., Suite 140, Houston, TX, 77054, USA. .,Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Kiromic, Inc, 7707 Fannin St., Suite 140, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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Adhikaree J, Franks HA, Televantos C, Vaghela P, Kaur AP, Walker D, Schmitz M, Jackson AM, Patel PM. Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines. Oncoimmunology 2019; 8:1593803. [PMID: 31143512 PMCID: PMC6527277 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2019.1593803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Current treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) have limited efficacy and significant morbidity and therefore new strategies are urgently needed. Dendritic cells have the power to create anti-tumor immune responses. The greater potency of circulating dendritic cells (DC) over laboratory-generated monocyte-derived DC makes them exciting new immunotherapeutic candidates. To determine the immune status of GBM patients we initially investigated the frequency and function of circulating DC subsets. Furthermore, we tested the therapeutic potential of inhibiting the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway (p38i) in circulating DC to overcome DC dysfunction. GBM patients (n = 16) had significantly reduced numbers of the major myeloid circulating dendritic cell (cDC2) and plasmacytoid DC vs healthy controls; 1736 vs 4975 (p = 0.028) and 893 vs 2287 cells/mL (P = <0.001) respectively. This inversely correlated with dexamethasone (Dex) dose in a log-linear model, and disease status. Patients' cDC2 were immature with impaired interleukin (IL)-12 secretion, reduced IL-12:IL-10 ratio, and low HLA-DR and CD86 expression. Exposure of healthy donor cDC2 to Dex or GBM cell lysate resulted in a similar low IL-12:IL-10 ratio. Inhibition of p38 restored the IL-12:IL-10 balance in Dex or tumor lysate-conditioned healthy cDC2 and enhanced T-cell proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFNγ) production. Importantly, patient-derived cDC2 showed a similar reversal of DC dysfunction with p38i. This study demonstrates the therapeutic potential of developing the next generation of DC vaccines using enhanced p38i-conditioned cDC2. We will therefore shortly embark on a clinical trial of adoptively transferred, p38 MAPK-inhibited cDC2 in adults with GBM.
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- Jason Adhikaree
- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Host-Tumour Interactions Group, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Host-Tumour Interactions Group, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, Host-Tumour Interactions Group, UK
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- Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Institute of Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Xiu W, Ma J, Lei T, Zhang M. AG490 reverses phenotypic alteration of dendritic cells by bladder cancer cells. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:2851-2856. [PMID: 30127871 PMCID: PMC6096164 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.9028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Past studies have confirmed that tumors can impair the function of dendritic cells (DCs) and promote tumor evasion. AG490, a Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 inhibitor, has been shown to induce maturation of DCs and inhibit the growth of tumor cells. In the present study, DCs were generated from healthy human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. On day 5 of culture, the DCs were co-cultured with human bladder cancer pumc-91 cells for 24 h, and then purified using magnetic beads. The maturation of the DCs was induced by lipopolysaccharide. Subsequent to co-culture with pumc-91 cells, the expression of human leukocyte antigen-antigen D related (HLA-DR), cluster of differentiation (CD)86 and CD80 was found to be reduced in the DCs, accompanied by increased production of interleukin (IL)-10, but decreased production of IL-12p70. Furthermore, the DCs co-cultured with pumc-91 inhibited the proliferation of allogeneic T cells. Finally, AG490 restored the expression of HLA-DR, CD86 and CD80. These data identified that bladder cancer cells could inhibit the antigen-presenting function of the DCs and induce anergy in T cells. AG490 may partly reverse this inhibitory effect of bladder cancer cells on DCs, activate immunogenicity and induce the antitumor immunity response of DCs.
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- Weigang Xiu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Urinary Cellular Molecular Diagnostics, Beijing 100038, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Urinary Cellular Molecular Diagnostics, Beijing 100038, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Urinary Cellular Molecular Diagnostics, Beijing 100038, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Urinary Cellular Molecular Diagnostics, Beijing 100038, P.R. China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Ninth School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing 100038, P.R. China
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Bryant CE, Sutherland S, Kong B, Papadimitrious MS, Fromm PD, Hart DNJ. Dendritic cells as cancer therapeutics. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2018; 86:77-88. [PMID: 29454038 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2018.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The ability of immune therapies to control cancer has recently generated intense interest. This therapeutic outcome is reliant on T cell recognition of tumour cells. The natural function of dendritic cells (DC) is to generate adaptive responses, by presenting antigen to T cells, hence they are a logical target to generate specific anti-tumour immunity. Our understanding of the biology of DC is expanding, and they are now known to be a family of related subsets with variable features and function. Most clinical experience to date with DC vaccination has been using monocyte-derived DC vaccines. There is now growing experience with alternative blood-derived DC derived vaccines, as well as with multiple forms of tumour antigen and its loading, a wide range of adjuvants and different modes of vaccine delivery. Key insights from pre-clinical studies, and lessons learned from early clinical testing drive progress towards improved vaccines. The potential to fortify responses with other modalities of immunotherapy makes clinically effective "second generation" DC vaccination strategies a priority for cancer immune therapists.
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- Christian E Bryant
- Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW Australia; Dendritic Cell Research, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW Australia.
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- Dendritic Cell Research, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Dendritic Cell Research, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Dendritic Cell Research, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Dendritic Cell Research, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW Australia; Dendritic Cell Research, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord, NSW Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia.
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Development of effective tumor immunotherapy using a novel dendritic cell-targeting Toll-like receptor ligand. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188738. [PMID: 29190690 PMCID: PMC5708771 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Although dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy shows little toxicity, improvements should be necessary to obtain satisfactory clinical outcome. Using interferon-gamma injection along with DCs, we previously obtained significant clinical responses against small or early stage malignant tumors in dogs. However, improvement was necessary to be effective to largely developed or metastatic tumors. To obtain effective methods applicable to those tumors, we herein used a DC-targeting Toll-like receptor ligand, h11c, and examined the therapeutic effects in murine subcutaneous and visceral tumor models and also in the clinical treatment of canine cancers. In murine experiments, most and significant inhibition of tumor growth and extended survival was observed in the group treated with the combination of h11c-activated DCs in combination with interferon-gamma and a cyclooxygenase2 inhibitor. Both monocytic and granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells were significantly reduced by the combined treatment. Following the successful results in mice, the combined treatment was examined against canine cancers, which spontaneously generated like as those in human. The combined treatment elicited significant clinical responses against a nonepithelial malignant tumor and a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The treatment was also successful against a bone-metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma. In the successful cases, the marked increase of tumor-responding T cells and decrease of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and regulatory T cells was observed in their peripheral blood. Although the combined treatment permitted the growth of lung cancer of renal carcinoma-metastasis, the marked elevated and long-term maintaining of the tumor-responding T cells was observed in the patient dog. Overall, the combined treatment gave rise to emphatic amelioration in DC-based cancer therapy.
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Hargadon KM. Strategies to Improve the Efficacy of Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy for Melanoma. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1594. [PMID: 29209327 PMCID: PMC5702020 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Melanoma is a highly aggressive form of skin cancer that frequently metastasizes to vital organs, where it is often difficult to treat with traditional therapies such as surgery and radiation. In such cases of metastatic disease, immunotherapy has emerged in recent years as an exciting treatment option for melanoma patients. Despite unprecedented successes with immune therapy in the clinic, many patients still experience disease relapse, and others fail to respond at all, thus highlighting the need to better understand factors that influence the efficacy of antitumor immune responses. At the heart of antitumor immunity are dendritic cells (DCs), an innate population of cells that function as critical regulators of immune tolerance and activation. As such, DCs have the potential to serve as important targets and delivery agents of cancer immunotherapies. Even immunotherapies that do not directly target or employ DCs, such as checkpoint blockade therapy and adoptive cell transfer therapy, are likely to rely on DCs that shape the quality of therapy-associated antitumor immunity. Therefore, understanding factors that regulate the function of tumor-associated DCs is critical for optimizing both current and future immunotherapeutic strategies for treating melanoma. To this end, this review focuses on advances in our understanding of DC function in the context of melanoma, with particular emphasis on (1) the role of immunogenic cell death in eliciting tumor-associated DC activation, (2) immunosuppression of DC function by melanoma-associated factors in the tumor microenvironment, (3) metabolic constraints on the activation of tumor-associated DCs, and (4) the role of the microbiome in shaping the immunogenicity of DCs and the overall quality of anti-melanoma immune responses they mediate. Additionally, this review highlights novel DC-based immunotherapies for melanoma that are emerging from recent progress in each of these areas of investigation, and it discusses current issues and questions that will need to be addressed in future studies aimed at optimizing the function of melanoma-associated DCs and the antitumor immune responses they direct against this cancer.
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- Kristian M. Hargadon
- Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, United States
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Chen X, Shao Q, Hao S, Zhao Z, Wang Y, Guo X, He Y, Gao W, Mao H. CTLA-4 positive breast cancer cells suppress dendritic cells maturation and function. Oncotarget 2017; 8:13703-13715. [PMID: 28099147 PMCID: PMC5355131 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), a potent immunoregulatory molecule, can down-regulate T-cell activation and inhibit anti-tumor immune response. This study showed that LPS-stimulated human dendritic cells (DCs) decreased the expression of HLA-DR, CD83 and costimulatory molecules (CD40, CD80 and CD86) following coculturing with CTLA-4+ breast cancer cells. Moreover, the suppressed DCs further inhibited proliferation of allogeneic CD4+/CD8+ T-cells, differentiation of Th1 and function of cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs). However, CTLA-4 blockade in breast cancer cells could recover DC maturation and cytokine production, elevate antigen-presenting function of DCs, reverse Th1/CTLs response and cytokine secretion. Subsequent study demonstrated that the activation of extracellular-signal regulated kinase and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 of DCs caused by CTLA-4+ breast cancer cells were the predominant mechanism of DC suppression. In addition, CTLA-4 blockade treatment also directly inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of CTLA-4+ breast cancer cells. Collectively, CTLA-4 was expressed and functional on human breast cancer cells through influencing maturation and function of DCs in vitro, and CTLA-4 blockage not only recovered the antigen-presenting function of DCs and T-cells activation but also suppressed the biological activity of breast cancer cells themselves. This study highlights the clinical application of CTLA-4 blockade therapy in breast cancer.
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- Xi Chen
- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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- Institute of Basic Medicial Sciences, Qi Lu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250012, P.R.China
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Gene Expression Profile of Dendritic Cell-Tumor Cell Hybrids Determined by Microarrays and Its Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy. J Immunol Res 2015; 2015:789136. [PMID: 26605345 PMCID: PMC4641191 DOI: 10.1155/2015/789136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background. Dendritic cell- (DC-) tumor fusion cells stimulate effective in vivo antitumor responses. However, therapeutic approaches are dependent upon the coadministration of exogenous 3rd signals. The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanisms for inadequate 3rd signaling by electrofused DC-tumor cell hybrids. Methods. Murine melanoma cells were fused with DCs derived from C57BL/6 mice. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) was used to determine relative changes in Th (T helper) 1 and Th2 cytokine gene expression. In addition, changes in gene expression of fusion cells were determined by microarray. Last, cytokine secretion by fusion cells upon inhibition of signaling pathways was analyzed by ELISA. Results. qPCR analyses revealed that fusion cells exhibited a downregulation of Th1 associated cytokines IL-12 and IL-15 and an upregulation of the Th2 cytokine IL-4. Microarray studies further showed that the expression of chemokines, costimulatory molecules, and matrix-metalloproteinases was deregulated in fusion cells. Lastly, inhibitor studies demonstrate that inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway could restore the secretion of bioactive IL-12p70 by fusion cells. Conclusion. Our results suggest that combining fusion cell-based vaccination with administration of inhibitors of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway may enhance antitumor responses in patients.
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Sanlorenzo M, Vujic I, Moy A, Quaglino P, Fierro MT, Gammaitoni L, Carnevale-Schianca F, Aglietta M, Sangiolo D. Synergy of molecular targeted approaches and immunotherapy in melanoma: preclinical basis and clinical perspectives. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2015. [DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1069272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Soukup K, Halfmann A, Le Bras M, Sahin E, Vittori S, Poyer F, Schuh C, Luger R, Niederreiter B, Haider T, Stoiber D, Blüml S, Schabbauer G, Kotlyarov A, Gaestel M, Felzmann T, Dohnal AM. The MAPK-Activated Kinase MK2 Attenuates Dendritic Cell-Mediated Th1 Differentiation and Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2015; 195:541-52. [PMID: 26078274 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Dendritic cell (DC)-mediated inflammation induced via TLRs is promoted by MAPK-activated protein kinase (MK)-2, a substrate of p38 MAPK. In this study we show an opposing role of MK2, by which it consolidates immune regulatory functions in DCs through modulation of p38, ERK1/2-MAPK, and STAT3 signaling. During primary TLR/p38 signaling, MK2 mediates the inhibition of p38 activation and positively cross-regulates ERK1/2 activity, leading to a reduction of IL-12 and IL-1α/β secretion. Consequently, MK2 impairs secondary autocrine IL-1α signaling in DCs, which further decreases the IL-1α/p38 but increases the anti-inflammatory IL-10/STAT3 signaling route. Therefore, the blockade of MK2 activity enables human and murine DCs to strengthen proinflammatory effector mechanisms by promoting IL-1α-mediated Th1 effector functions in vitro. Furthermore, MK2-deficient DCs trigger Th1 differentiation and Ag-specific cytotoxicity in vivo. Finally, wild-type mice immunized with LPS in the presence of an MK2 inhibitor strongly accumulate Th1 cells in their lymph nodes. These observations correlate with a severe clinical course in DC-specific MK2 knockout mice compared with wild-type littermates upon induction of experimental autoimmune encephalitis. Our data suggest that MK2 exerts a profound anti-inflammatory effect that prevents DCs from prolonging excessive Th1 effector T cell functions and autoimmunity.
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- Klara Soukup
- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Physiology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Physiology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; and
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; and
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- Department of Immunology, St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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Goyne HE, Cannon MJ. Dendritic cell vaccination, immune regulation, and clinical outcomes in ovarian cancer. Front Immunol 2013; 4:382. [PMID: 24302925 PMCID: PMC3831151 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Clinical optimism for dendritic cell vaccination against ovarian cancer has been tempered by the knowledge that tumors avail themselves of multiple mechanisms of immune evasion, thus blunting the efficacy of therapeutic vaccination. Mechanisms of immune suppression include infiltration by regulatory T cells (Treg) and myeloid suppressor cell populations, expression of co-inhibitory receptors, and expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Expression of both B7-H1 and IDO are associated with differentiation and recruitment of Treg, and clinical studies have shown that each of these mechanisms correlates independently with increased morbidity and mortality in ovarian cancer patients. In sharp contrast, recent studies have indicated that Th17 cell infiltration in ovarian cancer correlates with improved patient outcomes and prolonged overall survival. Given that IDO plays a pivotal role in the balance between Treg and Th17 immunity, elucidation of the mechanisms that regulate IDO activity and immune suppression may lead to novel adjuvants to boost the clinical efficacy of dendritic cell vaccination against ovarian cancer and other malignancies.
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- Hannah E Goyne
- Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, AR , USA
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Kawahara M, Takaku H. Intradermal immunization with combined baculovirus and tumor cell lysate induces effective antitumor immunity in mice. Int J Oncol 2013; 43:2023-30. [PMID: 24101126 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although tumor lysate contains all the potential helper and killer epitopes capable of stimulating T cells, it is difficult to use as a cancer vaccine because it suppresses dendritic cell (DC) function. We report that wild-type baculovirus possesses an adjuvant effect to improve the immunogenicity of tumor lysate. When mice were administered CT26 tumor cell lysate combined with baculovirus intradermally, antitumor immunity was induced and rejection of CT26 tumor growth was observed in 40% of the immunized mice. In contrast, such antitumor immunity was not elicited in mice inoculated with tumor cell lysate or baculovirus alone. In tumor-bearing mice, which had previously received the combined baculovirus and tumor lysate vaccine, the established tumors were completely eradicated by administering a booster dose of the combined vaccine. This antitumor effect was attributed to tumor-specific T cell immunity mediated primarily by CD8⁺ T cells. Baculovirus also strongly activated DCs loaded with tumor lysate. Increased interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-12p70 production were also observed in DCs co-cultured with tumor cell lysate and baculovirus. Our study demonstrates that combined baculovirus and tumor lysate vaccine can effectively stimulate DCs to induce acquired antitumor immunity.
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- Mamoru Kawahara
- Research and Development Department, Japan BCG Laboratory, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-0022, Japan
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Franks HA, Wang Q, Lax SJ, Collins MK, Escors D, Patel PM, Jackson AM. Novel function for the p38-MK2 signaling pathway in circulating CD1c+ (BDCA-1+) myeloid dendritic cells from healthy donors and advanced cancer patients; inhibition of p38 enhances IL-12 whilst suppressing IL-10. Int J Cancer 2013; 134:575-86. [PMID: 23901045 PMCID: PMC4298783 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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There is growing interest in myeloid (my) dendritic cells (DC) as an alternative to monocyte-derived DC (moDC) for immunotherapy. However, in contrast to moDC, little is known regarding the effect of malignancy on the function, abundance or use of intracellular signaling pathways in myDC. Understanding the molecular detail of circulating myDC is therefore important for future use in advanced cancer. Advanced cancer patients had similar numbers of circulating myDC to cancer-free patients and healthy individuals, and secreted similar levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12 and IL-23. However, myDC from some patients failed to secrete the Th1-cytokine IL-12. Surprisingly, inhibiting p38 (p38i) signaling (using BIRB0796 or SB203580) markedly increased IL-12 secretion by myDC. This is in complete contrast to what is established for moDC where inhibiting p38 ablates IL-12. Interestingly, this was specific to IL-12, since IL-10 was suppressed by p38i in both DC types. The opposing effect of p38i on IL-12 was evident at the transcriptional level and in both DC types was mediated through the p38-MK2 pathway but did not involve differential phosphorylation of the distal Rsk kinase. Importantly, where patient myDC did not secrete IL-12 (or after treatment with suppressive melanoma lysate), p38i restored IL-12 to normal levels. In contrast to p38, inhibiting the other MAPK pathways had similar consequences in both DC types. We show for the first time the differential use of a major intracellular signaling pathway by myDC. Importantly, there are sufficient circulating myDC in advanced cancer patients to consider development of adoptive immunotherapy.
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- Hester A Franks
- Host:Tumour Interactions Group, Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Escors D, Liechtenstein T, Perez-Janices N, Schwarze J, Dufait I, Goyvaerts C, Lanna A, Arce F, Blanco-Luquin I, Kochan G, Guerrero-Setas D, Breckpot K. Assessing T-cell responses in anticancer immunotherapy: Dendritic cells or myeloid-derived suppressor cells? Oncoimmunology 2013; 2:e26148. [PMID: 24244902 PMCID: PMC3825722 DOI: 10.4161/onci.26148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Since dendritic cells operate as professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and hence are capable of jumpstarting the immune system, they have been exploited to develop a variety of immunotherapeutic regimens against cancer. In the few past years, myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have been shown to mediate robust immunosuppressive functions, thereby inhibiting tumor-targeting immune responses. Thus, we propose that the immunomodulatory activity of MDSCs should be carefully considered for the development of efficient anticancer immunotherapies.
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- David Escors
- Rayne Institute; University College London; London, UK ; Navarrabiomed-Fundacion Miguel Servet; Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra; Pamplona, Spain
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Hargadon KM. Tumor-altered dendritic cell function: implications for anti-tumor immunity. Front Immunol 2013; 4:192. [PMID: 23874338 PMCID: PMC3708450 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are key regulators of both innate and adaptive immunity, and the array of immunoregulatory functions exhibited by these cells is dictated by their differentiation, maturation, and activation status. Although a major role for these cells in the induction of immunity to pathogens has long been appreciated, data accumulated over the last several years has demonstrated that DC are also critical regulators of anti-tumor immune responses. However, despite the potential for stimulation of robust anti-tumor immunity by DC, tumor-altered DC function has been observed in many cancer patients and tumor-bearing animals and is often associated with tumor immune escape. Such dysfunction has significant implications for both the induction of natural anti-tumor immune responses as well as the efficacy of immunotherapeutic strategies that target endogenous DC in situ or that employ exogenous DC as part of anti-cancer immunization maneuvers. In this review, the major types of tumor-altered DC function will be described, with emphasis on recent insights into the mechanistic bases for the inhibition of DC differentiation from hematopoietic precursors, the altered programing of DC precursors to differentiate into myeloid-derived suppressor cells or tumor-associated macrophages, the suppression of DC maturation and activation, and the induction of immunoregulatory DC by tumors, tumor-derived factors, and tumor-associated cells within the milieu of the tumor microenvironment. The impact of these tumor-altered cells on the quality of the overall anti-tumor immune response will also be discussed. Finally, this review will also highlight questions concerning tumor-altered DC function that remain unanswered, and it will address factors that have limited advances in the study of this phenomenon in order to focus future research efforts in the field on identifying strategies for interfering with tumor-associated DC dysfunction and improving DC-mediated anti-tumor immunity.
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- Kristian M Hargadon
- Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College , Hampden-Sydney, VA , USA
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Liechtenstein T, Perez-Janices N, Bricogne C, Lanna A, Dufait I, Goyvaerts C, Laranga R, Padella A, Arce F, Baratchian M, Ramirez N, Lopez N, Kochan G, Blanco-Luquin I, Guerrero-Setas D, Breckpot K, Escors D. Immune modulation by genetic modification of dendritic cells with lentiviral vectors. Virus Res 2013; 176:1-15. [PMID: 23726846 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Our work over the past eight years has focused on the use of HIV-1 lentiviral vectors (lentivectors) for the genetic modification of dendritic cells (DCs) to control their functions in immune modulation. DCs are key professional antigen presenting cells which regulate the activity of most effector immune cells, including T, B and NK cells. Their genetic modification provides the means for the development of targeted therapies towards cancer and autoimmune disease. We have been modulating with lentivectors the activity of intracellular signalling pathways and co-stimulation during antigen presentation to T cells, to fine-tune the type and strength of the immune response. In the course of our research, we have found unexpected results such as the surprising immunosuppressive role of anti-viral signalling pathways, and the close link between negative co-stimulation in the immunological synapse and T cell receptor trafficking. Here we review our major findings and put them into context with other published work.
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- Therese Liechtenstein
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Rayne Institute, University College London, London, UK
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Ott PA, Henry T, Baranda SJ, Frleta D, Manches O, Bogunovic D, Bhardwaj N. Inhibition of both BRAF and MEK in BRAF(V600E) mutant melanoma restores compromised dendritic cell (DC) function while having differential direct effects on DC properties. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2013; 62:811-22. [PMID: 23306863 PMCID: PMC11028975 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-012-1389-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Dendritic cells (DCs) can induce strong tumor-specific T-cell immune responses. Constitutive upregulation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway by a BRAF(V600) mutation, which is present in about 50 % of metastatic melanomas, may be linked to compromised function of DCs in the tumor microenvironment. Targeting both MEK and BRAF has shown efficacy in BRAF(V600) mutant melanoma. METHODS We co-cultured monocyte-derived human DCs with melanoma cell lines pretreated with the MEK inhibitor U0126 or the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib. Cytokine production (IL-12 and TNF-α) and surface marker expression (CD80, CD83, and CD86) in DCs matured with the Toll-like receptor 3/Melanoma Differentiation-Associated protein 5 agonist polyI:C was examined. Additionally, DC function, viability, and T-cell priming capacity were assessed upon direct exposure to U0126 and vemurafenib. RESULTS Cytokine production and co-stimulation marker expression were suppressed in polyI:C-matured DCs exposed to melanoma cells in co-cultures. This suppression was reversed by MAPK blockade with U0126 and/or vemurafenib only in melanoma cell lines carrying a BRAF(V600E) mutation. Furthermore, when testing the effect of U0126 directly on DCs, marked inhibition of function, viability, and DC priming capacity was observed. In contrast, vemurafenib had no effect on DC function across a wide range of dose concentrations. CONCLUSIONS BRAF(V600E) mutant melanoma cells modulate DC through the MAPK pathway as its blockade can reverse suppression of DC function. MEK inhibition negatively impacts DC function and viability if applied directly. In contrast, vemurafenib does not have detrimental effects on important functions of DCs and may therefore be a superior candidate for combination immunotherapy approaches in melanoma patients.
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- Patrick A Ott
- New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 522 First Avenue, SRB 1303, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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Wang Q, Franks HA, Lax SJ, El Refaee M, Malecka A, Shah S, Spendlove I, Gough MJ, Seedhouse C, Madhusudan S, Patel PM, Jackson AM. The ataxia telangiectasia mutated kinase pathway regulates IL-23 expression by human dendritic cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 190:3246-55. [PMID: 23460736 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Little is known of the regulation of IL-23 secretion in dendritic cells (DC) despite its importance for human Th17 responses. In this study, we show for first time, to our knowledge, that the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) pathway, involved in DNA damage sensing, acts as an IL-23 repressor. Inhibition of ATM with the highly selective antagonist KU55933 markedly increased IL-23 secretion in human monocyte-derived DC and freshly isolated myeloid DC. In contrast, inhibiting the closely related mammalian target of rapamycin had no effect on IL-23. Priming naive CD4(+) T cells with ATM-inhibited DC increased Th17 responses over and above those obtained with mature DC. Although ATM blockade increased the abundance of p19, p35, and p40 mRNA, IL-12p70 secretion was unaffected. To further examine a role for ATM in IL-23 regulation, we exposed DC to low doses of ionizing radiation. Exposure of DC to x-rays resulted in ATM phosphorylation and a corresponding depression of IL-23. Importantly, ATM inhibition with KU55933 prevented radiation-induced ATM phosphorylation and abrogated the capacity of x-rays to suppress IL-23. To explore how ATM repressed IL-23, we examined a role for endoplasmic reticulum stress responses by measuring generation of the spliced form of X-box protein-1, a key endoplasmic reticulum stress transcription factor. Inhibition of ATM increased the abundance of X-box protein-1 mRNA, and this was followed 3 h later by increased peak p19 transcription and IL-23 release. In summary, ATM activation or inhibition, respectively, inhibited or augmented IL-23 release. This novel role of the ATM pathway represents a new therapeutic target in autoimmunity and vaccine development.
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- Qunwei Wang
- Host:Tumour Interactions Group, Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG5 1PB, United Kingdom
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Cannon MJ, Goyne HE, Stone PJB, Macdonald LJ, James LE, Cobos E, Chiriva-Internati M. Modulation of p38 MAPK signaling enhances dendritic cell activation of human CD4+ Th17 responses to ovarian tumor antigen. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2013; 62:839-49. [PMID: 23354626 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-013-1391-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/31/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The recent finding that Th17 infiltration of ovarian tumors positively predicts patient outcomes suggests that Th17 responses play a protective role in ovarian tumor immunity. This observation has led to the question of whether Th17 cells could be induced or expanded to therapeutic advantage by tumor vaccination. In this study, we show that treatment of ovarian tumor antigen-loaded, cytokine-matured human dendritic cells (DC) with a combination of IL-15 and a p38 MAP kinase inhibitor offers potent synergy in antagonism of CD4(+) Treg induction and redirection toward CD4(+) Th17 responses that correlate with strong CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activation. Ovarian tumor antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells secrete high levels of IL-17 and show reduced expression of CTLA-4, PD-1, and Foxp3 following activation with IL-15/p38 inhibitor-treated DC. We further show that modulation of p38 MAPK signaling in DC is associated with reduced expression of B7-H1 (PD-L1), loss of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity, and increased phosphorylation of ERK 1/2 MAPK. These observations may allow the development of innovative DC vaccination strategies to boost Th17 immunity in ovarian cancer patients.
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- Martin J Cannon
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Hargadon KM, Forrest OA, Reddy PR. Suppression of the maturation and activation of the dendritic cell line DC2.4 by melanoma-derived factors. Cell Immunol 2012; 272:275-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Revised: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wang Q, Franks HA, Porte J, El Refaee M, Shah S, Crooks J, Patel PM, Jackson AM. Novel approach for interleukin-23 up-regulation in human dendritic cells and the impact on T helper type 17 generation. Immunology 2011; 134:60-72. [PMID: 21718315 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03467.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Interleukin-23 (IL-23) is important for T helper type 17 (Th17) responses and strategies to regulate IL-23 in human dendritic cells (DC) are limited. This study describes a novel means to control IL-23 secretion by conditioning DC with a phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase inhibitor Wortmannin (WM). Treatment of monocyte-derived DC with WM increased Toll-like receptor (TLR) -dependent IL-23 secretion 10-fold and IL-12p70 twofold, but IL-27 was unaffected. The effect of WM was restricted to TLR3/4 pathways, did not occur through TLR2, TLR7/8 or Dectin-1, and was characterized by increased p19, p35 and p40 transcription. These responses were not solely dependent on phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase as the alternative inhibitor LY294002 did not modulate IL-23 production. The normal patterns of activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways were unaffected by WM-conditioning but IL-23 secretion required p38, ERK and JNK pathways. Importantly, this effect was manifest in populations of blood DC. Conditioning freshly isolated myeloid DC with WM before TLR3 or TLR4 triggering resulted in high levels of IL-23 secretion and an absence of IL-12p70. These WM-conditioned myeloid DC were highly effective at priming Th17 responses from naive CD4(+) T cells. Our findings provide a novel means to generate IL-23-rich environments and Th17 responses and suggest as yet unidentified regulatory factors, identification of which will provide new approaches to control IL-23-dependent immunity in infectious disease, autoimmunity and malignancy.
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- Qunwei Wang
- Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Cannon MJ, Goyne H, Stone PJB, Chiriva-Internati M. Dendritic cell vaccination against ovarian cancer--tipping the Treg/TH17 balance to therapeutic advantage? Expert Opin Biol Ther 2011; 11:441-5. [PMID: 21271951 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2011.554812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The pathology of ovarian cancer is characterized by profound immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. Mechanisms that contribute to the immunosuppressed state include tumor infiltration by regulatory T cells (Treg), expression of B7-H1 (PDL-1), which can promote T cell anergy and apoptosis through engagement of PD-1 expressed by effector T cells, and expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which can also contribute to effector T cell anergy. Expression of both B7-H1 and IDO has been associated with differentiation and recruitment of Treg, and clinical studies have shown that each of these mechanisms correlates independently with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with ovarian cancer. In a remarkable counterpoint to these observations, ovarian tumor infiltration with T(H)17 cells correlates with markedly improved clinical outcomes. In this Future Perspectives review, we argue that dendritic cell (DC) vaccination designed to drive tumor-antigen-specific T(H)17 T cell responses, combined with adjuvant treatments that abrogate immunosuppressive mechanisms operative in the tumor microenvironment, offers the potential for clinical benefit in the treatment of ovarian cancer. We also discuss pharmacological approaches to modulation of MAP kinase signaling for manipulation of the functional plasticity of DC, such that they may be directed to promote T(H)17 responses following DC vaccination.
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Arce F, Breckpot K, Stephenson H, Karwacz K, Ehrenstein MR, Collins M, Escors D. Selective ERK activation differentiates mouse and human tolerogenic dendritic cells, expands antigen-specific regulatory T cells, and suppresses experimental inflammatory arthritis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2011; 63:84-95. [PMID: 20967853 PMCID: PMC3040564 DOI: 10.1002/art.30099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Most therapeutic treatments for autoimmune arthritis rely on immunosuppressive drugs, which have side effects. Although a previous study by our group showed that specific ERK activation suppressed immune responses, its application in a therapeutic setting has never been tested. The aim of the present study was to define the ERK-dependent immunosuppressive mechanisms and to apply selective ERK activation for the treatment of experimental inflammatory arthritis. METHODS A constitutively active ERK activator was coexpressed with a model antigen using lentivectors. Immunosuppressive mechanisms were characterized at the level of dendritic cell (DC) function, differentiation of antigen-specific Treg cells, and inhibition of inflammatory T cells. Administration of the ERK activator with antigen as a strategy to suppress inflammatory arthritis was tested in an experimental mouse model. RESULTS Selective ERK activation induced mouse and human DCs to secrete bioactive transforming growth factor β, a process required for suppression of T cell responses and differentiation of antigen-specific Treg cells. Treg cells strongly proliferated after antigen reencounter in inflammatory conditions, and these cells exhibited antigen-dependent suppressive activities. Inflammatory arthritis was effectively inhibited through antigen-specific mechanisms. Importantly, this strategy did not rely on identification of the initiating arthritogenic antigen. Equivalent mechanisms were demonstrated in human monocyte-derived DCs, setting the scene for a possible rapid translation of this approach to patients with rheumatoid arthritis. CONCLUSION This strategy of selective ERK activation resulted in an effective therapeutic protocol, with substantial advantages over DC or T cell vaccination.
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- University College LondonLondon, UKVrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels, Belgium
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Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for metastatic melanoma, including interferon alpha and interleukin-2, offer a modest benefit. Immunotherapy, although has not enjoyed high overall response rates, is capable of providing durable responses in a subset of patients. In recent years, new molecular-targeted therapies have become available and offer promise of clinical benefit, although low durability of response. It is not yet clear how best to integrate these 2 novel modalities that target the immune response to melanoma (immune therapy) or that target molecular signaling pathways in the melanoma cells (targeted therapy). Many signal transduction pathways are important in both tumor cell and T-cell proliferation and survival, which generate risk in combining targeted therapy and immunotherapy. This review focuses on the role of targeted therapy and immunotherapy in melanoma, and discusses how to combine the 2 modalities rationally for increased duration and response.
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Pan K, Zhao JJ, Wang H, Li JJ, Liang XT, Sun JC, Chen YB, Ma HQ, Liu Q, Xia JC. Comparative analysis of cytotoxic T lymphocyte response induced by dendritic cells loaded with hepatocellular carcinoma -derived RNA or cell lysate. Int J Biol Sci 2010; 6:639-48. [PMID: 20975822 PMCID: PMC2962266 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/29/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The choice of the tumor antigen preparation used for dendritic cell (DC) loading is important for optimizing DC vaccines. In the present study, we compared DCs pulsed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) total RNA or cell lysates for their capacity to activate T cells. We showed here that HCC total RNA pulsed-DCs induced effector T lymphocyte responses which showed higher killing ability to HCC cell lines, as well as higher frequency of IFN-γ producing of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells when compared with lysate pulsed-DCs. Both of RNA and lysate loading did not influence the changes of mature DC phenotype and the capacity of inducing T cell proliferation. However, HCC lysate loading significantly inhibited the production of inflammatory cytokines IL-12p70, IFN-γ and enhanced the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 of mature DCs. Our results indicated that DCs loaded with HCC RNA are superior to that loaded with lysate in priming anti-HCC CTL response, suggesting that total RNA may be a better choice for DCs-based HCC immunotherapy.
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- Ke Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China and Department of Experimental Research, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, PR China
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Ma J, Usui Y, Takeuchi M, Okunuki Y, Kezuka T, Zhang L, Mizota A, Goto H. Human uveal melanoma cells inhibit the immunostimulatory function of dendritic cells. Exp Eye Res 2010; 91:491-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Revised: 06/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mito K, Sugiura K, Ueda K, Hori T, Akazawa T, Yamate J, Nakagawa H, Hatoya S, Inaba M, Inoue N, Ikehara S, Inaba T. IFNγ Markedly Cooperates with Intratumoral Dendritic Cell Vaccine in Dog Tumor Models. Cancer Res 2010; 70:7093-101. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-0600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Alexandrescu DT, Ichim TE, Riordan NH, Marincola FM, Di Nardo A, Kabigting FD, Dasanu CA. Immunotherapy for melanoma: current status and perspectives. J Immunother 2010; 33:570-90. [PMID: 20551839 PMCID: PMC3517185 DOI: 10.1097/cji.0b013e3181e032e8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Immunotherapy is an important modality in the therapy of patients with malignant melanoma. As our knowledge about this disease continues to expand, so does the immunotherapeutic armamentarium. Nevertheless, successful preclinical models do not always translate into clinically meaningful results. The authors give a comprehensive analysis of most recent advances in the immune anti-melanoma therapy, including interleukins, interferons, other cytokines, adoptive immunotherapy, biochemotherapy, as well as the use of different vaccines. We also present the fundamental concepts behind various immune enhancement strategies, passive immunotherapy, as well as the use of immune adjuvants. This review brings into discussion the results of newer and older clinical trials, as well as potential limitations and drawbacks seen with the utilization of various immune therapies in malignant melanoma. Development of novel therapeutic approaches, along with optimization of existing therapies, continues to hold a great promise in the field of melanoma therapy research. Use of anti-CTLA4 and anti-PD1 antibodies, realization of the importance of co-stimulatory signals, which translated into the use of agonist CD40 monoclonal antibodies, as well as activation of innate immunity through enhanced expression of co-stimulatory molecules on the surface of dendritic cells by TLR agonists are only a few items on the list of recent advances in the treatment of melanoma. The need to engineer better immune interactions and to boost positive feedback loops appear crucial for the future of melanoma therapy, which ultimately resides in our understanding of the complexity of immune responses in this disease.
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- Doru T Alexandrescu
- Division of Dermatology, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Breckpot K, Escors D. Dendritic cells for active anti-cancer immunotherapy: targeting activation pathways through genetic modification. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2010; 9:328-43. [PMID: 19857199 DOI: 10.2174/187153009789839156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Tumour immunotherapy has become a treatment modality for cancer, harnessing the immune system to recognize and eradicate tumour cells specifically. It is based on the expression of tumour associated antigens (TAA) by the tumour cells and aims at the induction of TAA-specific effector T cell responses, whilst overruling various mechanisms that can hamper the anti-tumour immune response, e.g. regulatory T cells (Treg). (Re-) activation of effector T cells requires the completion of a carefully orchestrated series of specific steps. Particularly important is the provision of TAA presentation and strong stimulatory signals, delivered by co-stimulatory surface molecules and cytokines. These can only be delivered by professional antigen-presenting cells, in particular dendritic cells (DC). Therefore, DC need to be loaded with TAA and appropriately activated. It is not surprising that an extensive part of DC research has focused on the delivery of both TAA and activation signals to DC, developing a one step approach to obtain potent stimulatory DC. The simultaneous delivery of TAA and activation signals is therefore the topic of this review, emphasizing the role of DC in mediating T cell activation and how we can manipulate DC for the pill-pose of enhancing tumour immunotherapy. As we gain a better understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate induction of TAA-specific T cells, rational approaches for the activation of T cell responses can be developed for the treatment of cancer.
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- Karine Breckpot
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Therapy, Department of Physiology-Immunology, Medical School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103 building E, 1090 Jette, Belgium.
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Durrant LG, Pudney V, Spendlove I, Metheringham RL. Vaccines as early therapeutic interventions for cancer therapy: neutralising the immunosuppressive tumour environment and increasing T cell avidity may lead to improved responses. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2010; 10:735-48. [DOI: 10.1517/14712591003769790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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