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Mercogliano MF, Bruni S, Mauro F, Elizalde PV, Schillaci R. Harnessing Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha to Achieve Effective Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13030564. [PMID: 33540543 PMCID: PMC7985780 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13030564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) is a pleiotropic cytokine known to have contradictory roles in oncoimmunology. Indeed, TNFα has a central role in the onset of the immune response, inducing both activation and the effector function of macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and B and T lymphocytes. Within the tumor microenvironment, however, TNFα is one of the main mediators of cancer-related inflammation. It is involved in the recruitment and differentiation of immune suppressor cells, leading to evasion of tumor immune surveillance. These characteristics turn TNFα into an attractive target to overcome therapy resistance and tackle cancer. This review focuses on the diverse molecular mechanisms that place TNFα as a source of resistance to immunotherapy such as monoclonal antibodies against cancer cells or immune checkpoints and adoptive cell therapy. We also expose the benefits of TNFα blocking strategies in combination with immunotherapy to improve the antitumor effect and prevent or treat adverse immune-related effects.
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- María Florencia Mercogliano
- Laboratorio de Biofisicoquímica de Proteínas, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IQUIBICEN-CONICET), Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina; (S.B.); (F.M.); (P.V.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina; (S.B.); (F.M.); (P.V.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina; (S.B.); (F.M.); (P.V.E.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina; (S.B.); (F.M.); (P.V.E.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +54-11-4783-2869; Fax: +54-11-4786-2564
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Li G, Wu H, Cui L, Gao Y, Chen L, Li X, Liang T, Yang X, Cheng J, Luo J. CD47-retargeted oncolytic adenovirus armed with melanoma differentiation-associated gene-7/interleukin-24 suppresses in vivo leukemia cell growth. Oncotarget 2016; 6:43496-507. [PMID: 26554307 PMCID: PMC4791246 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Our previous studies have suggested that harboring a soluble coxsackie-adenovirus receptor-ligand (sCAR-ligand) fusion protein expression cassette in the viral genome may provide a universal method to redirect oncolytic adenoviruses to various membrane receptors on cancer cells resisting to serotype 5 adenovirus infection. We report here a novel oncolytic adenovirus vector redirected to CD47+ leukemia cells though carrying a sCAR-4N1 expression cassette in the viral genome, forming Ad.4N1, in which 4N1 represents the C-terminal CD47-binding domain of thrombospondin-1. The infection and cytotoxicity of Ad.4N1 in leukemia cells were determined to be mediated by the 4N1-CD47 interaction. Ad.4N1 was further engineered to harbor a gene encoding melanoma differentiation-associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), forming Ad.4N1-IL24, which replicated dramatically faster than Ad.4N1, and elicited significantly enhanced antileukemia effect in vitro and in a HL60/Luc xenograft mouse model. Our data suggest that Ad.4N1 could act as a novel oncolytic adenovirus vector for CD47+ leukemia targeting gene transfer, and Ad.4N1 harboring anticancer genes may provide novel antileukemia agents.
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- Gongchu Li
- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of life sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Rosenblatt J, Avigan D. Can leukemia-derived dendritic cells generate antileukemia immunity? Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 5:467-72. [PMID: 16989627 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.5.4.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Tumor vaccines are being explored as a means of generating antitumor immune responses in patients with cancer. Based on the efficacy of allogeneic transplantation, acute myelogenous leukemia appears to be susceptible to cellular immune-based therapy. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells and, as such, are being studied as a platform for the design of cancer vaccines. In acute leukemia, a promising approach involves the generation of DCs from leukemic blasts via cytokine exposure ex vivo. Leukemia-derived DCs potentially retain the tumor-associated antigens of the leukemic clone, which are presented in the context of the immune stimulating machinery of the mature DC. However, the efficacy of this approach may be limited by intrinsic abnormalities in the malignant clone that prevent differentiation towards a normal DC phenotype.
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- Jacalyn Rosenblatt
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hematologic Malignancy Bone Marrow Transplant Program, 330 Brookline Avenue, KS 121, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Yang Y, Xiao F, Lu Z, Li Z, Zuo H, Zhang Q, Li Q, Wang H, Wang LS. Development of a novel adenovirus-alphavirus hybrid vector with RNA replicon features for malignant hematopoietic cell transduction. Cancer Gene Ther 2013; 20:429-36. [PMID: 23827880 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2013.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To improve the expression levels of transgenes in malignant hematopoietic cells, we developed a novel adenoviral-alphavirus hybrid vector Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP that contains a Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) replicon and chimeric fibers of Ad5 and Ad11p. Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP infected >95% of K562, U937 or Jurkat cells and 23.65% of HL-60 cells, and led to moderate Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (EGFP) transgene expression intensity. The infection efficiency of Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP in primary human leukemia cells ranged from 9.34-89.63% (median, 28.58%) at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 100, compared with only 3.37-44.54% (median, 10.42%) in cells infected by Ad5/F11p-GFP. Importantly, Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP led to a significantly higher transgene expression level in primary leukemia cells, as indicated by the relative fluorescence intensity, compared to cells infected with Ad5/F11p-GFP. The increased expression of EGFP in Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP-infected cells was associated with the accumulation of abundant subgenomic mRNA. Additionally, infection of K562, U937 or Jurkat cells by Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP was significantly inhibited by blocking CD46 receptor; however, other factors may affect the gene-transfer efficiency of Ad5/F11p-SFV-GFP in primary leukemia cells. In conclusion, we successfully developed a novel adenoviral-alphavirus hybrid vector with RNA replicon features, which represents a promising vector for gene modifications during the production of cell-based vaccines for leukemia patients.
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- Y Yang
- Department of Experimental Hematology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Smits ELJ, Lee C, Hardwick N, Brooks S, Van Tendeloo VFI, Orchard K, Guinn BA. Clinical evaluation of cellular immunotherapy in acute myeloid leukaemia. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2011; 60:757-69. [PMID: 21519825 PMCID: PMC11029703 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-011-1022-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Immunotherapy is currently under active investigation as an adjuvant therapy to improve the overall survival of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) by eliminating residual leukaemic cells following standard therapy. The graft-versus-leukaemia effect observed following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has already demonstrated the significant role of immune cells in controlling AML, paving the way to further exploitation of this effect in optimized immunotherapy protocols. In this review, we discuss the current state of cellular immunotherapy as adjuvant therapy for AML, with a particular focus on new strategies and recently published results of preclinical and clinical studies. Therapeutic vaccines that are being tested in AML include whole tumour cells as an autologous source of multiple leukaemia-associated antigens (LAA) and autologous dendritic cells loaded with LAA as effective antigen-presenting cells. Furthermore, adoptive transfer of cytotoxic T cells or natural killer cells is under active investigation. Results from phase I and II trials are promising and support further investigation into the potential of cellular immunotherapeutic strategies to prevent or fight relapse in AML patients.
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- Evelien L J Smits
- Laboratory of Experimental Haematology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Berthon C, Driss V, Liu J, Kuranda K, Leleu X, Jouy N, Hetuin D, Quesnel B. In acute myeloid leukemia, B7-H1 (PD-L1) protection of blasts from cytotoxic T cells is induced by TLR ligands and interferon-gamma and can be reversed using MEK inhibitors. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2010; 59:1839-49. [PMID: 20814675 PMCID: PMC2945474 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-010-0909-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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B7-H1 (PD-L1) is a B7-related protein that inhibits T-cell responses. B7-H1 participates in the immunoescape of cancer cells and is also involved in the long-term persistence of leukemic cells in a mouse model of leukemia. B7-H1 can be constitutively expressed by cancer cells, but is also induced by various stimuli. Therefore, we examined the constitutive and inducible expression of B7-H1 and the consequences of this expression in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We analyzed B7-H1 expression in a cohort of 79 patients with AML. In addition, we studied blast cells after incubation with interferon-gamma or toll-like receptors (TLR) ligands. Finally, we evaluated functionality of cytotoxic T-cell activity against blast cells. Expression of B7-H1 upon diagnosis was high in 18% of patients. Expression of TLR2, 4 and 9 was detected in one-third of AML samples. Expression of TLR2 and TLR4 ligands or IFN-γ induced by B7-H1 was found to protect AML cells from CTL-mediated lysis. Spontaneous B7-H1 expression was also found to be enhanced upon relapse in some patients. MEK inhibitors, including UO126 and AZD6244, reduced B7-H1 expression and restored CTL-mediated lysis of blast cells. In AML, B7-H1 expression by blasts represents a possible immune escape mechanism. The inducibility of B7-H1 expression by IFN-γ or TLR ligands suggests that various stimuli, either produced during the immune response against leukemia cells or released by infectious microorganisms, could protect leukemic cells from T cells. The efficacy of MEK inhibitors against B7-H1-mediated inhibition of CTLs suggests a possible cancer immunotherapy strategy using targeted drugs.
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- Céline Berthon
- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
- Service des Maladies du Sang, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Lille, Rue Polonovski, 59037 Lille, France
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- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
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- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
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- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
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- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
- Service des Maladies du Sang, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Lille, Rue Polonovski, 59037 Lille, France
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- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
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- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
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- INSERM, unit 837, Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer de Lille, Lille, France
- Université Nord de France, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Lille, France
- Service des Maladies du Sang, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Lille, Rue Polonovski, 59037 Lille, France
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Smits ELJM, Berneman ZN, Van Tendeloo VFI. Immunotherapy of acute myeloid leukemia: current approaches. Oncologist 2009; 14:240-52. [PMID: 19289488 DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Following standard therapy that consists of chemotherapy with or without stem cell transplantation, both relapsed and refractory disease shorten the survival of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. Therefore, additional treatment options are urgently needed, especially to fight residual AML cells. The identification of leukemia-associated antigens and the observation that administration of allogeneic T cells can mediate a graft-versus-leukemia effect paved the way to the development of active and passive immunotherapy strategies, respectively. The aim of these strategies is the eradication of AML cells by the immune system. In this review, an overview is provided of both active and passive immunotherapy strategies that are under investigation or in use for the treatment of AML. For each strategy, a critical view on the state of the art is given and future perspectives are discussed.
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- Evelien L J M Smits
- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI), Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Seiler MP, Gottschalk S, Cerullo V, Ratnayake M, Mane VP, Clarke C, Palmer DJ, Ng P, Rooney CM, Lee B. Dendritic Cell Function After Gene Transfer with Adenovirus-calcium Phosphate Co-precipitates. Mol Ther 2007; 15:386-92. [PMID: 17235318 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential for initiating and directing antigen-specific T-cell responses. Genetic modification of DC is under study for cancer immunotherapy, vaccine development, and antigen-targeted immunosuppression. Adenovirus (Ad) type 5 (Ad5)-mediated gene transfer to mouse bone marrow DCs and human monocyte-derived DCs is inefficient because neither express the cognate high-affinity Ads receptor. We show that co-precipitating adenoviral vectors with calcium phosphate (CaPi) increased gene expression (2000-fold) and transduction efficiency (50-fold) in mouse DC, primarily owing to receptor-independent viral uptake. Moreover, Ad5:CaPi-treated DCs were activated to express the maturation surface molecules CD40 and CD86, and to secrete proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin 6. However, neither DC transduction nor maturation was dependent on viral protein interactions with cell surface integrin. Ad5:CaPi also transduced human DC more efficiently than Ad5 alone, similar to a genetically modified vector (Ad5f35) targeted to the CD46 receptor. As such, this approach combines the efficiency of adenoviral-mediated endosomal escape and nuclear trafficking with the receptor independence of nonviral gene delivery. Importantly, CaPi co-precipitation could be used to functionally modify DC to activate and expand cytomegalovirus-specific memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes. This study identifies a simple technique to improve the efficacy of current Ad5 gene transfer, in support of clinical adoptive immunotherapy.
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- Michael P Seiler
- Interdepartmental Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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