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Improving NK cell function in multiple myeloma with NKTR-255, a novel polymer-conjugated human IL-15. Blood Adv 2023; 7:9-19. [PMID: 35882498 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by an immunosuppressive microenvironment that enables tumor development. One of the mechanisms of immune evasion used by MM cells is the inhibition of natural killer (NK) cell effector functions; thus, the restoration of NK cell antitumor activity represents a key goal to increase tumor cell recognition, avoid tumor escape and potentially enhancing the effect of other drugs. In this study, we evaluated the ability of the investigational medicine NKTR-255, an IL-15 receptor agonist, to engage the IL-15 pathway and stimulate NK cells against MM cells. We observed that incubation with NKTR-255 was able to tilt the balance toward an activated phenotype in NK cells isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with MM, with increased expression of activating receptors on the surface of treated NK cells. This resulted in an enhanced degranulation, cytokine release, and anti-tumor cytotoxicity when the NK cells were exposed to both MM cell lines and primary MM cells. We further evaluated the in vivo effect of NKTR-255 in fully humanized immunocompetent mice subcutaneously engrafted with H929 MM cells. Compared with placebo, weekly injection of the mice with NKTR-255 increased the number of circulating NK cells in peripheral blood and delayed tumor growth. Finally, we observed that combination of NKTR-255 with the anti-CD38 antibody, daratumumab, was effective against MM cells in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our data suggest a significant impact of NKTR-255 in inducing NK cell function against MM cells with important translational implications.
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Papaevangelou E, Smolarek D, Smith RA, Dasgupta P, Galustian C. Targeting Prostate Cancer Using Intratumoral Cytotopically Modified Interleukin-15 Immunotherapy in a Syngeneic Murine Model. Immunotargets Ther 2020; 9:115-130. [PMID: 32802803 PMCID: PMC7394845 DOI: 10.2147/itt.s257443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background The prostate cancer microenvironment is highly immunosuppressive; immune cells stimulated in the periphery by systemic immunotherapies will be rendered inactive once entering this environment. Immunotherapies for prostate cancer need to break this immune tolerance. We have previously identified interleukin-15 (IL-15) as the only cytokine tested that activates and expands immune cells in the presence of prostate cancer cells. In the current study, we aimed to identify a method of boosting the efficacy of IL-15 in prostate cancer. Methods We engineered, by conjugation to a myristoylated peptide, a membrane-localising form of IL-15 (cyto-IL-15) and the checkpoint inhibitor antibodies cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) (cyto-abs) to enable them to bind to cell surfaces by non-specific anchoring to the phospholipid bilayer. The efficacy of these agents was investigated by intratumoral administration either alone (cyto-IL-15 or cyto-abs) or in combination (cyto-combo) in subcutaneous TRAMP-C2 prostate tumors in C57BL/6J mice and compared with their non-modified equivalents in vivo. Following the survival endpoint, histological analyses and RNA sequencing were performed on the tumors. Results Intratumoral injection of cyto-IL-15 or cyto-combo delayed tumor growth by 50% and increased median survival to 28 and 25 days, respectively, compared with vehicle (17 days), whereas non-modified IL-15 or antibodies alone had no significant effects on tumor growth or survival. Histological analysis showed that cyto-IL-15 and cyto-combo increased necrosis and infiltration of natural killer (NK) cells and CD8 T cells in the tumors compared with vehicle and non-modified agents. Overall, the efficacy of cyto-combo was not superior to that of cyto-IL-15 alone. Conclusion We have demonstrated that intratumoral injection of cyto-IL-15 leads to prostate cancer growth delay, induces tumor necrosis and increases survival. Hence, cytotopic modification in combination with intratumoral injection appears to be a promising novel approach for prostate cancer immunotherapy.
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- Efthymia Papaevangelou
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.,Urology Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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Glitza IC, Goff SL, Ross M, Margolin K. And Now for Something Completely Different: Immunotherapy Beyond Checkpoints in Melanoma. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2020; 40:1-12. [PMID: 32243202 DOI: 10.1200/edbk_79437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Advances in the understanding of biology and therapy of melanoma have occurred at an astonishing pace over the past approximately 15 years, and successful melanoma therapy has led the way for similar advances in many other solid tumors that are continuing to improve outcomes for all patients with cancer. Although the 2018 Nobel Prize was awarded to two investigators who discovered that therapeutic targeting of immune checkpoints held the key to major patient benefits, there are many additional immunotherapeutic strategies that warrant further study and discussion at scientific and medical meetings. This article provides the newest information on three areas of immunotherapy that have been successfully applied to melanoma and continue to pave the way for new developments: cytokines, adoptive cell therapies (ADTs), and intratumoral injection of immunomodulatory agents.
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- Isabella Claudia Glitza
- Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
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Cytokines that control the immune response were shown to have efficacy in preclinical murine cancer models. Interferon (IFN)-α is approved for treatment of hairy cell leukemia, and interleukin (IL)-2 for the treatment of advanced melanoma and metastatic renal cancer. In addition, IL-12, IL-15, IL-21, and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) have been evaluated in clinical trials. However, the cytokines as monotherapy have not fulfilled their early promise because cytokines administered parenterally do not achieve sufficient concentrations in the tumor, are often associated with severe toxicities, and induce humoral or cellular checkpoints. To circumvent these impediments, cytokines are being investigated clinically in combination therapy with checkpoint inhibitors, anticancer monoclonal antibodies to increase the antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) of these antibodies, antibody cytokine fusion proteins, and anti-CD40 to facilitate tumor-specific immune responses.
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- Thomas A Waldmann
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1374
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Van Acker HH, Anguille S, De Reu H, Berneman ZN, Smits EL, Van Tendeloo VF. Interleukin-15-Cultured Dendritic Cells Enhance Anti-Tumor Gamma Delta T Cell Functions through IL-15 Secretion. Front Immunol 2018; 9:658. [PMID: 29692776 PMCID: PMC5902500 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Dendritic cell (DC) vaccination can be an effective post-remission therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Yet, current DC vaccines do not encompass the ideal stimulatory triggers for innate gamma delta (γδ) T cell anti-tumor activity. Promoting type 1 cytotoxic γδ T cells in patients with AML is, however, most interesting, considering these unconventional T cells are primed for rapid function and exert meaningful control over AML. In this work, we demonstrate that interleukin (IL)-15 DCs have the capacity to enhance the anti-tumoral functions of γδ T cells. IL-15 DCs of healthy donors and of AML patients in remission induce the upregulation of cytotoxicity-associated and co-stimulatory molecules on the γδ T cell surface, but not of co-inhibitory molecules, incite γδ T cell proliferation and stimulate their interferon-γ production in the presence of blood cancer cells and phosphoantigens. Moreover, the innate cytotoxic capacity of γδ T cells is significantly enhanced upon interaction with IL-15 DCs, both towards leukemic cell lines and allogeneic primary AML blasts. Finally, we address soluble IL-15 secreted by IL-15 DCs as the main mechanism behind the IL-15 DC-mediated γδ T cell activation. These results indicate that the application of IL-15-secreting DC subsets could render DC-based anti-cancer vaccines more effective through, among others, the involvement of γδ T cells in the anti-leukemic immune response.
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- Heleen H Van Acker
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Division of Hematology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Division of Hematology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Center for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.,Center for Oncological Research (CORE), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tumor Immunology Group (TIGR), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Wrangle JM, Patterson A, Johnson CB, Neitzke DJ, Mehrotra S, Denlinger CE, Paulos CM, Li Z, Cole DJ, Rubinstein MP. IL-2 and Beyond in Cancer Immunotherapy. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2018; 38:45-68. [PMID: 29443657 PMCID: PMC5815463 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2017.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The development of the T- and natural killer (NK) cell growth factor IL-2 has been a sentinel force ushering in the era of immunotherapy in cancer. With the advent of clinical grade recombinant IL-2 in the mid-1980s, oncologists could for the first time directly manipulate lymphocyte populations with systemic therapy. By itself, recombinant IL-2 can induce clinical responses in up to 15% of patients with metastatic cancer or renal cell carcinoma. When administered with adoptively transferred tumor-reactive lymphocytes, IL-2 promotes T cell engraftment and response rates of up to 50% in metastatic melanoma patients. Importantly, these IL-2-driven responses can yield complete and durable responses in a subset of patients. However, the use of IL-2 is limited by toxicity and concern of the expansion of T regulatory cells. To overcome these limitations and improve response rates, other T cell growth factors, including IL-15 and modified forms of IL-2, are in clinical development. Administering T cell growth factors in combination with other agents, such as immune checkpoint pathway inhibitors, may also improve efficacy. In this study, we review the development of T- and NK cell growth factors and highlight current combinatorial approaches based on these reagents.
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- John M. Wrangle
- Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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Kochenderfer JN, Somerville RPT, Lu T, Shi V, Bot A, Rossi J, Xue A, Goff SL, Yang JC, Sherry RM, Klebanoff CA, Kammula US, Sherman M, Perez A, Yuan CM, Feldman T, Friedberg JW, Roschewski MJ, Feldman SA, McIntyre L, Toomey MA, Rosenberg SA. Lymphoma Remissions Caused by Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Are Associated With High Serum Interleukin-15 Levels. J Clin Oncol 2017; 35:1803-1813. [PMID: 28291388 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.71.3024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 413] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Purpose T cells genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) targeting CD19 (CAR-19) have potent activity against acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but fewer results supporting treatment of lymphoma with CAR-19 T cells have been published. Patients with lymphoma that is chemotherapy refractory or relapsed after autologous stem-cell transplantation have a grim prognosis, and new treatments for these patients are clearly needed. Chemotherapy administered before adoptive T-cell transfer has been shown to enhance the antimalignancy activity of adoptively transferred T cells. Patients and Methods We treated 22 patients with advanced-stage lymphoma in a clinical trial of CAR-19 T cells preceded by low-dose chemotherapy. Nineteen patients had diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, two patients had follicular lymphoma, and one patient had mantle cell lymphoma. Patients received a single dose of CAR-19 T cells 2 days after a low-dose chemotherapy conditioning regimen of cyclophosphamide plus fludarabine. Results The overall remission rate was 73% with 55% complete remissions and 18% partial remissions. Eleven of 12 complete remissions are ongoing. Fifty-five percent of patients had grade 3 or 4 neurologic toxicities that completely resolved. The low-dose chemotherapy conditioning regimen depleted blood lymphocytes and increased serum interleukin-15 (IL-15). Patients who achieved a remission had a median peak blood CAR+ cell level of 98/μL and those who did not achieve a remission had a median peak blood CAR+ cell level of 15/μL ( P = .027). High serum IL-15 levels were associated with high peak blood CAR+ cell levels ( P = .001) and remissions of lymphoma ( P < .001). Conclusion CAR-19 T cells preceded by low-dose chemotherapy induced remission of advanced-stage lymphoma, and high serum IL-15 levels were associated with the effectiveness of this treatment regimen. CAR-19 T cells will likely become an important treatment for patients with relapsed lymphoma.
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- James N Kochenderfer
- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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- James N. Kochenderfer, Robert P.T. Somerville, Tangying Lu, Victoria Shi, Stephanie L. Goff, James C. Yang, Richard M. Sherry, Christopher A. Klebanoff, Udai S. Kammula, Constance M. Yuan, Mark J. Roschewski, Steven A. Feldman, Lori McIntyre, Mary Ann Toomey, and Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Adrian Bot, John Rossi, Allen Xue, Marika Sherman, and Arianne Perez, Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA; Tatyana Feldman, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; and Jonathan W. Friedberg, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
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Redeker A, Arens R. Improving Adoptive T Cell Therapy: The Particular Role of T Cell Costimulation, Cytokines, and Post-Transfer Vaccination. Front Immunol 2016; 7:345. [PMID: 27656185 PMCID: PMC5011476 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Adoptive cellular therapy (ACT) is a form of immunotherapy whereby antigen-specific T cells are isolated or engineered, expanded ex vivo, and transferred back to patients. Clinical benefit after ACT has been obtained in treatment of infection, various hematological malignancies, and some solid tumors; however, due to poor functionality and persistence of the transferred T cells, the efficacy of ACT in the treatment of most solid tumors is often marginal. Hence, much effort is undertaken to improve T cell function and persistence in ACT and significant progress is being made. Herein, we will review strategies to improve ACT success rates in the treatment of cancer and infection. We will deliberate on the most favorable phenotype for the tumor-specific T cells that are infused into patients and on how to obtain T cells bearing this phenotype by applying novel ex vivo culture methods. Moreover, we will discuss T cell function and persistence after transfer into patients and how these factors can be manipulated by means of providing costimulatory signals, cytokines, blocking antibodies to inhibitory molecules, and vaccination. Incorporation of these T cell stimulation strategies and combinations of the different treatment modalities are likely to improve clinical response rates further.
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- Anke Redeker
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , Netherlands
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , Netherlands
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Hasan AN, Selvakumar A, Shabrova E, Liu XR, Afridi F, Heller G, Riviere I, Sadelain M, Dupont B, O'Reilly RJ. Soluble and membrane-bound interleukin (IL)-15 Rα/IL-15 complexes mediate proliferation of high-avidity central memory CD8 + T cells for adoptive immunotherapy of cancer and infections. Clin Exp Immunol 2016; 186:249-265. [PMID: 27227483 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The lack of persistence of infused T cells is a principal limitation of adoptive immunotherapy in man. Interleukin (IL)-15 can sustain memory T cell expansion when presented in complex with IL-15Rα (15Rα/15). We developed a novel in-vitro system for generation of stable 15Rα/15 complexes. Immunologically quantifiable amounts of IL-15 were obtained when both IL-15Rα and IL-15 genes were co-transduced in NIH 3T3 fibroblast-based artificial antigen-presenting cells expressing human leucocyte antigen (HLA) A:0201, β2 microglobulin, CD80, CD58 and CD54 [A2-artificial antigen presenting cell (AAPC)] and a murine pro-B cell line (Baf-3) (A2-AAPC15Rα/15 and Baf-315Rα/15 ). Transduction of cells with IL-15 alone resulted in only transient expression of IL-15, with minimal amounts of immunologically detectable IL-15. In comparison, cells transduced with IL-15Rα alone (A2-AAPCRα ) demonstrated stable expression of IL-15Rα; however, when loaded with soluble IL-15 (sIL-15), these cells sequestered 15Rα/15 intracellularly and also demonstrated minimal amounts of IL-15. Human T cells stimulated in vitro against a viral antigen (CMVpp65) in the presence of 15Rα/15 generated superior yields of high-avidity CMVpp65 epitope-specific T cells [cytomegalovirus-cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CMV-CTLs)] responding to ≤ 10- 13 M peptide concentrations, and lysing targets cells at lower effector : target ratios (1 : 10 and 1 : 100), where sIL-15, sIL-2 or sIL-7 CMV-CTLs demonstrated minimal or no activity. Both soluble and surface presented 15Rα/15, but not sIL-15, sustained in-vitro expansion of CD62L+ and CCR7+ central memory phenotype CMV-CTLs (TCM ). 15Rα/15 complexes represent a potent adjuvant for augmenting the efficacy of adoptive immunotherapy. Such cell-bound or soluble 15Rα/15 complexes could be developed for use in combination immunotherapy approaches.
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- A N Hasan
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation.,Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute
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- Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation
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- Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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- Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute.,Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation. .,Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute. .,The Center for Cell Engineering.
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Morabito KM, Erez N, Graham BS, Ruckwardt TJ. Phenotype and Hierarchy of Two Transgenic T Cell Lines Targeting the Respiratory Syncytial Virus KdM282-90 Epitope Is Transfer Dose-Dependent. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146781. [PMID: 26752171 PMCID: PMC4708989 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In this study, we compared two lines of transgenic CD8+ T cells specific for the same KdM282-90 epitope of respiratory syncytial virus in the CB6F1 hybrid mouse model. Here we found that these two transgenic lines had similar in vivo abilities to control viral load after respiratory syncytial virus infection using adoptive transfer. Transfer of the TRBV13-2 line resulted in higher levels of IL-6 and MIP1-α in the lung than TRBV13-1 transfer. Interestingly, when large numbers of cells were co-transferred, the lines formed a hierarchy, with TRBV13-2 being immunodominant over TRBV13-1 in the mediastinal lymph node despite no identifiable difference in proliferation or apoptosis between the lines. This hierarchy was not established when lower cell numbers were transferred. The phenotype and frequency of proliferating cells were also cell transfer dose-dependent with higher percentages of CD127loCD62LloKLRG1lo and proliferating cells present when lower numbers of cells were transferred. These results illustrate the importance of cell number in adoptive transfer experiments and its influence on the phenotype and hierarchy of the subsequent T cell response.
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- Kaitlyn M. Morabito
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Waldmann TA. The shared and contrasting roles of IL2 and IL15 in the life and death of normal and neoplastic lymphocytes: implications for cancer therapy. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 3:219-27. [PMID: 25736261 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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IL2 and IL15, members of the 4α-helix bundle family of cytokines, play pivotal roles in the control of the life and death of lymphocytes. Although their heterotrimeric receptors have two receptor subunits in common, these two cytokines have contrasting roles in adaptive immune responses. The unique role of IL2 through maintenance of fitness of regulatory T cells and activation-induced cell death is the elimination of self-reactive T cells to prevent autoimmunity. In contrast with IL2, IL15 is dedicated to the prolonged maintenance of memory T-cell responses to invading pathogens. Blockade of IL2 and IL15 using monoclonal antibodies has been reported to be of value in the treatment of patients with leukemia, autoimmune disorders, and in the prevention of allograft rejection. IL2 has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with malignant renal cell cancer and metastatic malignant melanoma. Clinical trials involving recombinant human IL15 given by bolus infusions have been completed, and studies assessing subcutaneous and continuous intravenous infusions are under way in patients with metastatic malignancy. Furthermore, clinical trials are being initiated that employ the combination of IL15 with IL15Rα(+/-) IgFc.
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- Thomas A Waldmann
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Mishra A, Sullivan L, Caligiuri MA. Molecular pathways: interleukin-15 signaling in health and in cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2014; 20:2044-50. [PMID: 24737791 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-3603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a proinflammatory cytokine involved in the development, survival, proliferation, and activation of multiple lymphocyte lineages utilizing a variety of signaling pathways. IL-15 utilizes three distinct receptor chains in at least two different combinations to signal and exert its effects on the immune system. The binding of IL-15 to its receptor complex activates an "immune-enhancing" signaling cascade in natural killer cells and subsets of T cells, as well as the induction of a number of proto-oncogenes. Additional studies have explored the role of IL-15 in the development and progression of cancer, notably leukemia of large granular lymphocytes, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. This review provides an overview of the molecular events in the IL-15 signaling pathway and the aberrancies in its regulation that are associated with chronic inflammation and cancer. We briefly explore the potential therapeutic opportunities that have arisen as a result of these studies to further the treatment of cancer. These involve both targeting the disruption of IL-15 signaling as well as IL-15-mediated enhancement of innate and antigen-specific immunity.
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- Anjali Mishra
- Authors' Affiliation: The Divisions of Dermatology and Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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The future of glioblastoma therapy: synergism of standard of care and immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel) 2014; 6:1953-85. [PMID: 25268164 PMCID: PMC4276952 DOI: 10.3390/cancers6041953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The current standard of care for glioblastoma (GBM) is maximal surgical resection with adjuvant radiotherapy and temozolomide (TMZ). As the 5-year survival with GBM remains at a dismal <10%, novel therapies are needed. Immunotherapies such as the dendritic cell (DC) vaccine, heat shock protein vaccines, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFRvIII) vaccines have shown encouraging results in clinical trials, and have demonstrated synergistic effects with conventional therapeutics resulting in ongoing phase III trials. Chemoradiation has been shown to have synergistic effects when used in combination with immunotherapy. Cytotoxic ionizing radiation is known to trigger pro-inflammatory signaling cascades and immune activation secondary to cell death, which can then be exploited by immunotherapies. The future of GBM therapeutics will involve finding the place for immunotherapy in the current treatment regimen with a focus on developing strategies. Here, we review current GBM therapy and the evidence for combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors, DC and peptide vaccines with the current standard of care.
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Van den Bergh JMJ, Van Tendeloo VFI, Smits ELJM. Interleukin-15: new kid on the block for antitumor combination therapy. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2014; 26:15-24. [PMID: 25306466 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-15 is one of the most promising molecules to be used in antitumor immune therapy, as it is able to stimulate the main killer cells of both the innate and adaptive immune system. Although this cytokine can be used as a stand-alone immunotherapeutic agent, IL-15 will probably be most efficient in combination with other strategies to overcome high tumor burden, immune suppression of the tumor microenvironment and/or the short half-life of IL-15. In this review, we will discuss the combination strategies with IL-15 that have been tested to date in different animal tumor models, which include chemotherapy, other immunostimulatory cytokines, targeted therapy, adoptive cell transfer and gene therapy. In addition, we give an overview of IL-15 combination therapies that are currently tested in clinical studies to treat patients with hematological or advanced solid tumors.
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- Johan M J Van den Bergh
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Center for Oncological Research Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Yue C, Xu J, Tan Estioko MD, Kotredes KP, Lopez-Otalora Y, Hilliard BA, Baker DP, Gallucci S, Gamero AM. Host STAT2/type I interferon axis controls tumor growth. Int J Cancer 2014; 136:117-26. [PMID: 24895110 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The role of STAT2 in mediating the antigrowth effects of type I interferon (IFN) is well-documented in vitro. Yet evidence of IFN-activated STAT2 as having tumor suppressor function in vivo and participation in antitumor immunity is lacking. Here we show in a syngeneic tumor transplantation model that STAT2 reduces tumor growth. Stat2(-/-) mice formed larger tumors compared to wild type (WT) mice. IFN-β treatment of Stat2(-/-) mice did not cause tumor regression. Gene expression analysis revealed a small subset of immunomodulatory genes to be downregulated in tumors established in Stat2(-/-) mice. Additionally, we found tumor antigen cross-presentation by Stat2(-/-) dendritic cells to T cells to be impaired. Adoptive transfer of tumor antigen specific CD8(+) T cells primed by Stat2(-/-) dendritic cells into tumor-bearing Stat2(-/-) mice did not induce tumor regression with IFN-β intervention. We observed that an increase in the number of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the draining lymph nodes of IFN-β-treated tumor-bearing WT mice was absent in IFN-β treated Stat2(-/-) mice. Thus our study provides evidence for further evaluation of STAT2 function in cancer patients receiving type I IFN based immunotherapy.
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- Chanyu Yue
- Department of Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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Sin JI. Promises and challenges of human papillomavirus vaccines for cervical cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2014; 9:1-5. [DOI: 10.1586/14737140.9.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Demethylation of cancer/testis antigens and CpG ODN stimulation enhance dendritic cell and cytotoxic T lymphocyte function in a mouse mammary model. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:196894. [PMID: 24294600 PMCID: PMC3835908 DOI: 10.1155/2013/196894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background. Cancer/testis antigens (CTAs) are ideal targets for cancer immunotherapy in virtue of their restricted expression profile in normal tissues. However, CTA-targeted immunotherapy has been rather disappointing clinical setting for CTAs are downregulated by cytosine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG) methylation in their promoter regions, so that tumor cells have low immunogenicity. Methods. We reinduced mouse CTA P1A through demethylation process and generated P1A-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs) by immunizing BALB/c (H-2d) mice with dendritic cells pulsed with a P1A-specific peptide and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) immune adjuvant. Results. We found that demethylation and CpG ODN immune adjuvant stimulation facilitated DC maturation and enhanced the allogenic capacity of P1A-specific CTLs against target cells both in vitro and in vivo. Conclusions. Our results suggested that CTA induction and immune adjuvant stimulation is a feasible strategy in cancer immunotherapy.
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IL-15 in tumor microenvironment causes rejection of large established tumors by T cells in a noncognate T cell receptor-dependent manner. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:8158-63. [PMID: 23637340 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301022110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A major challenge of cancer immunotherapy is the persistence and outgrowth of subpopulations that lose expression of the target antigen. IL-15 is a potent cytokine that can promote organ-specific autoimmunity when up-regulated on tissue cells. Here we report that T cells eradicated 2-wk-old solid tumors that expressed IL-15, eliminating antigen-negative cells. In contrast, control tumors that lacked IL-15 expression consistently relapsed. Interestingly, even tumors lacking expression of cognate antigen were rejected when expressing IL-15, indicating that rejection after adoptive T-cell transfer was independent of cognate antigen expression. Nevertheless, the T-cell receptor of the transferred T cells influenced the outcome, consistent with the notion that T-cell receptor activation and effector status determine whether IL-15 can confer lymphokine killer activity-like properties to T cells. The effect was limited to the microenvironment of tumors expressing IL-15; there were no noticeable effects on contralateral tumors lacking IL-15. Taken together, these results indicate that expression of IL-15 in the tumor microenvironment may prevent the escape of antigen loss variants and subsequent tumor recurrence by enabling T cells to eliminate cancer cells lacking cognate antigen expression in a locally restricted manner.
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Characterization of human T lymphocytes engineered to express interleukin-15 and herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase. J Surg Res 2013; 184:282-9. [PMID: 23582229 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2013] [Revised: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Preclinical studies have demonstrated that tumor-reactive T cells expressing the interleukin (IL)-15 transgene had enhanced activity. Gene therapy strategies using IL-15 should include a safety mechanism in anticipation of possible adverse effects because IL-15 overexpression has been implicated in autoimmune disorders and may be involved in the pathogenesis of some leukemias. We developed a retroviral vector carrying both IL-15 and the herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) suicide gene and characterized its application in the transduction of human T lymphocytes. METHODS A retroviral vector carrying IL-15 and HSV-TK genes was optimized for the transduction of human T lymphocytes. IL-15 production was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Thymidine incorporation and cell viability assays were used to assess the efficacy of the HSV-TK suicide gene. Genetically modified tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were assayed for survival after withdrawal from exogenous IL-2. The activity and specificity of retrovirally transduced TILs were assessed using tumor coculture assays. RESULTS Human T cells transduced with the IL-15 HSV-TK vector exhibited thymidine uptake in the absence of exogenous cytokine support and survived in culture for up to 80 d without IL-2. IL-15 HSV-TK-transduced T cells were efficiently killed by ganciclovir at concentrations as low as 0.1 μM. TILs transduced with the IL-15 HSV-TK vector retained specific recognition of HLA-A2+, MART1+ melanomas, even after withdrawal of IL-2. CONCLUSIONS Human T lymphocytes genetically modified with the IL-15 HSV-TK retroviral vector retained the ability to recognize tumor antigen while gaining the ability to secrete IL-15 and prolong their own survival. IL-15 HSV-TK-transduced T cells expressed HSV-TK and could be efficiently eliminated by ganciclovir.
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Proliferation-linked apoptosis of adoptively transferred T cells after IL-15 administration in macaques. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56268. [PMID: 23418547 PMCID: PMC3572023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The adoptive transfer of antigen-specific effector T cells is being used to treat human infections and malignancy. T cell persistence is a prerequisite for therapeutic efficacy, but reliably establishing a high-level and durable T cell response by transferring cultured CD8+ T cells remains challenging. Thus, strategies that promote a transferred high-level T cell response may improve the efficacy of T cell therapy. Lymphodepletion enhances persistence of transferred T cells in mice in part by reducing competition for IL-15, a common γ-chain cytokine that promotes T cell memory, but lymphodepleting regimens have toxicity. IL-15 can be safely administered and has minimal effects on CD4+ regulatory T cells at low doses, making it an attractive adjunct in adoptive T cell therapy. Here, we show in lymphoreplete macaca nemestrina, that proliferation of adoptively transferred central memory-derived CD8+ effector T (TCM/E) cells is enhanced in vivo by administering IL-15. TCM/E cells migrated to memory niches, persisted, and acquired both central memory and effector memory phenotypes regardless of the cytokine treatment. Unexpectedly, despite maintaining T cell proliferation, IL-15 did not augment the magnitude of the transferred T cell response in blood, bone marrow, or lymph nodes. T cells induced to proliferate by IL-15 displayed increased apoptosis demonstrating that enhanced cycling was balanced by cell death. These results suggest that homeostatic mechanisms that regulate T cell numbers may interfere with strategies to augment a high-level T cell response by adoptive transfer of CD8+ TCM/E cells in lymphoreplete hosts.
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Ferretti E, Cocco C, Airoldi I, Pistoia V. Targeting acute myeloid leukemia cells with cytokines. J Leukoc Biol 2012; 92:567-575. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0112036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Review of data identifying IL-12 and IL-27 as potential therapeutic agents for pediatric AML by targeting leukemia initiating cells and/or blasts.
AML is a hematologic malignancy that represents 15–20% of all childhood acute leukemias and is responsible for more than one-half of pediatric leukemic deaths. The bulk tumor is continuously regenerated and sustained by rare leukemic ICs that proliferate slowly, thus resulting refractory to chemotherapeutic agents targeting highly proliferating cells within the tumor. Therefore, a complete eradication of the bulk tumor may depend on efficacy of therapies that target IC. In spite of the improvements in the treatment of AML, the difficulty to eradicate completely the disease incites research for innovative therapeutic approaches. In this regard, the role of cytokines in the treatment of AML has been investigated for many years, and some of them have been tested in clinical trials as a result of their immunomodulatory properties. Furthermore, recent preclinical studies highlighted the ability of the IL-12 superfamily cytokines as potent antileukemic agents that act directly on tumor cells and on leukemic IC, thus opening new perspectives for leukemic patient treatment. Here, we review the current knowledge about the antileukemic effects of cytokines, documented in preclinical and clinical studies, discussing their potential clinical application.
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- Elisa Ferretti
- Laboratory of Oncology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova, Italy
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- Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro Laboratory of Immunology and Tumors, Department of Experimental and Laboratory Medicine, Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova, Italy
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- Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro Laboratory of Immunology and Tumors, Department of Experimental and Laboratory Medicine, Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Oncology, Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova, Italy
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van Rikxoort M, Michaelis M, Wolschek M, Muster T, Egorov A, Seipelt J, Doerr HW, Cinatl J. Oncolytic effects of a novel influenza A virus expressing interleukin-15 from the NS reading frame. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36506. [PMID: 22563505 PMCID: PMC3341362 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Oncolytic influenza A viruses with deleted NS1 gene (delNS1) replicate selectively in tumour cells with defective interferon response and/or activated Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signalling pathway. To develop a delNS1 virus with specific immunostimulatory properties, we used an optimised technology to insert the interleukin-15 (IL-15) coding sequence into the viral NS gene segment (delNS1-IL-15). DelNS1 and delNS1-IL-15 exerted similar oncolytic effects. Both viruses replicated and caused caspase-dependent apoptosis in interferon-defective melanoma cells. Virus replication was required for their oncolytic activity. Cisplatin enhanced the oncolytic activity of delNS1 viruses. The cytotoxic drug increased delNS1 replication and delNS1-induced caspase-dependent apoptosis. Interference with MEK/ERK signalling by RNAi-mediated depletion or the MEK inhibitor U0126 did not affect the oncolytic effects of the delNS1 viruses. In oncolysis sensitive melanoma cells, delNS1-IL-15 (but not delNS1) infection resulted in the production of IL-15 levels ranging from 70 to 1140 pg/mL in the cell culture supernatants. The supernatants of delNS1-IL-15-infected (but not of delNS1-infected) melanoma cells induced primary human natural killer cell-mediated lysis of non-infected tumour cells. In conclusion, we constructed a novel oncolytic influenza virus that combines the oncolytic activity of delNS1 viruses with immunostimulatory properties through production of functional IL-15. Moreover, we showed that the oncolytic activity of delNS1 viruses can be enhanced in combination with cytotoxic anti-cancer drugs.
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- Marijke van Rikxoort
- Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Isakov D, Dzutsev A, Berzofsky JA, Belyakov IM. Lack of IL-7 and IL-15 signaling affects interferon-γ production by, more than survival of, small intestinal intraepithelial memory CD8+ T cells. Eur J Immunol 2012; 41:3513-28. [PMID: 21928282 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Survival of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells in peripheral lymphoid organs during viral infection is known to be dependent predominantly on IL-7 and IL-15. However, little is known about a possible influence of tissue environmental factors on this process. To address this question, we studied survival of memory antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells in the small intestine. Here, we show that 2 months after vaccinia virus infection, B8R(20-27) /H2-K(b) tetramer(+) CD8(+) T cells in the small intestinal intraepithelial (SI-IEL) layer are found in mice deficient in IL-15 expression. Moreover, SI-IEL and lamina propria lymphocytes do not express the receptor for IL-7 (IL-7Rα/CD127). In addition, after in vitro stimulation with B8R(20-27) peptide, SI-IEL cells do not produce high amounts of IFN-γ neither at 5 days nor at 2 months postinfection (p.i.). Importantly, the lack of IL-15 was found to shape the functional activity of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells, by narrowing the CTL avidity repertoire. Taken together, these results reveal that survival factors, as well as the functional activity, of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells in the SI-IEL compartments may markedly differ from their counterparts in peripheral lymphoid tissues.
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- Dmitry Isakov
- Molecular Immunogenetics and Vaccine Research Section, Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Zou Z, Denny E, Brown CE, Jensen MC, Li G, Fujii T, Neman J, Jandial R, Chen M. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte trafficking and survival in an augmented fibrin matrix carrier. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34652. [PMID: 22496835 PMCID: PMC3319597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Cell-based therapies have intriguing potential for the treatment of a variety of neurological disorders. One such example is genetically engineered cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) that are being investigated in brain tumor clinical trials. The development of methods for CTL delivery is critical to their use in the laboratory and clinical setting. In our study, we determined whether CTLs can migrate through fibrin matrices and if their migration, survival, and function could be modulated by adding chemokines to the matrix. Our results indicated that CTLs can freely migrate through fibrin matrices. As expected, the addition of the monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), also known as chemokine C-C motif ligand 2 (CCL2), to the surrounding media increased egress of the CTLs out of the fibrin clot. Interleukin (IL) -2 and/or IL-15 embedded in the matrix enhanced T cell survival and further promoted T cell migration. The interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 specific (IL-13R alpha2) T cells that traveled out of the fibrin clot retained the capacity to kill U251 glioma cells. In summary, CTLs can survive and migrate robustly in fibrin matrices. These processes can be influenced by modification of matrix constituents. We conclude that fibrin matrices may be suitable T cell carriers and can be used to facilitate understanding of T cell interaction with the surrounding microenvironment.
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- Zhaoxia Zou
- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) demonstrated convincingly the potential of allogeneic T cells in causing sustained remissions in high-risk hematologic malignancies. However toxicity of allogeneic HSCT limits its application to a broader group of patients. An improved understanding of NK biology along with mechanisms of natural killer (NK) cell and T-cell-mediated alloreactivity against leukemia has led to several clinical immunotherapeutic strategies that preserve graft versus leukemia (GVL) while minimizing the toxicity of HSCT. Here we review strategies being explored both in HSCT and non-HSCT settings that include an emphasis on two key aspects: (a) Maximizing cytotoxicity of alloreactive cells, ie, NK cells and T cells, and (b) Targeted manipulation of critical pathways in T and NK cells contributing to sustained anti-leukemia effects.
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Cytokines that signal through the common-gamma chain are potent growth factors for T cells and natural killer cells. Interleukin (IL)-2, the gammac prototype, can mediate antitumor effects as a single agent or in the context of multimodality regimens but is limited by side effects and a propensity for expansion of regulatory T cells. IL-7, IL-15, and IL-21 each possess properties that can be exploited in the context of immunotherapy for cancer. Each has been demonstrated to mediate potent vaccine adjuvant effects in tumor models, and each can enhance the effectiveness of adoptive immunotherapies. Although the overlap among the agents is significant, IL-7 is uniquely immunorestorative and preferentially augments reactivity of naive populations, IL-15 potently augments reactivity of CD8 memory cells and natural killer cells, and IL-21 preferentially expands the inflammatory Th17 subset and may limit terminal differentiation of effector CD8 cells. Clinical trials of IL-7 and IL-21 have already been completed and, so far, demonstrate safety and biologic activity of these agents. Clinical trials of IL-15 are expected soon. Ultimately, these agents are expected to be most effective in the context of multimodal immunotherapy regimens, and careful clinical trial design will be needed to efficiently identify the proper doses, regimens, and settings in which to exploit their biologic properties for therapeutic gain.
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Fighting cancers from within: augmenting tumor immunity with cytokine therapy. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2010; 31:356-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2010.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Revised: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Westwood JA, Berry LJ, Wang LX, Duong CP, Pegram HJ, Darcy PK, Kershaw MH. Enhancing adoptive immunotherapy of cancer. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2010; 10:531-45. [PMID: 20132063 DOI: 10.1517/14712591003610622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Conventional therapies, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy have contributed much to cancer treatment. However, these treatment modalities fail in a large proportion of patients, and there is a great need for effective alternate therapies. Adoptive immunotherapy can be effective against some cancers that have failed all other treatment options, even when disease burdens are massive. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW This review gives a brief introduction of the historical origins of adoptive immunotherapy and then provides details of strategies for increasing the potency of cell transfer. Approaches for enhancing adoptive immunotherapy include: selecting the right type of cell; providing cytokine support; preconditioning patients and tuning the tumor microenvironment. The review also provides insights into the safety, feasibility and costs of this form of therapy. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN This article will give the reader an appreciation of the potential of adoptive immunotherapy, as well as an understanding of some limitations and current approaches for optimizing the effectiveness of this approach. TAKE HOME MESSAGE With recent developments in knowledge of the interactions between the immune system and tumors, the field of adoptive immunotherapy is now poised to make dramatic contributions to cancer therapy.
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- Jennifer A Westwood
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Cancer Immunology Research Program, St. Andrews Place, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
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Pellegrini M, Mak TW. Tumor immune therapy: Lessons from infection and implications for cancer - Can IL-7 help overcome immune inhibitory networks? Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:1852-61. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kayashima H, Toshima T, Okano S, Taketomi A, Harada N, Yamashita YI, Tomita Y, Shirabe K, Maehara Y. Intratumoral neoadjuvant immunotherapy using IL-12 and dendritic cells is an effective strategy to control recurrence of murine hepatocellular carcinoma in immunosuppressed mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 185:698-708. [PMID: 20498356 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Liver transplantation is accepted as an effective therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, recurrence is one of the most fatal complications. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intratumoral immunotherapy using IL-12 gene therapy and dendritic cell injection for the purpose of effective treatment for HCC under conditions of immunosuppression. We found that the combined immunotherapy significantly induced sustained and high amounts of intratumoral IL-12 and IFN-gamma proteins and that it induced high HCC-specific CTL activity under immunosuppression as compared with each monotherapy or control. The combined immunotherapy also exerted effective antitumor effects on the immunosuppressed host, resulting in significant suppression of growth of the s.c. established tumor and complete suppression of lung and liver metastasis, without rejection of a fully allogeneic skin graft. These antitumor effects were dependent on both T cells and NK cells. Noteworthily, the combined intratumoral immunotherapy and tumor resection (that is, neoadjuvant immunotherapy) resulted in achievement of tumor-free and long-term survival of the some immunosuppressed mice, even when the mice were challenged with i.v. injection of HCC at the time of tumor resection. In contrast, all of the mice treated with neoadjuvant immunotherapy using monotherapy or control therapy suffered from lung and liver metastasis. These results suggest that intratumoral neoadjuvant immunotherapy using IL-12 gene therapy and dendritic cell therapy is a potent effective strategy to control recurrence of HCC in patients after liver transplantation for HCC and may be applicable to general cancer treatment.
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- Hiroto Kayashima
- Department of Surgery and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Engineering CD19-specific T lymphocytes with interleukin-15 and a suicide gene to enhance their anti-lymphoma/leukemia effects and safety. Leukemia 2010; 24:1160-70. [PMID: 20428207 PMCID: PMC2888148 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2010.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 422] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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T lymphocytes expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting the CD19 antigen (CAR.19) may be of value for the therapy of B-cell malignancies. Because the in vivo survival, expansion and anti-lymphoma activity of CAR.19+ T cells remain suboptimal even when the CAR contains a CD28 costimulatory endodomain, we generated a novel construct that also incorporates the interleukin-15 (IL15) gene and an inducible caspase-9-based suicide gene (iC9/CAR.19/IL15). We found that compared to CAR.19+ T cells, iC9/CAR.19/IL15+ T cells had: (i) greater numeric expansion upon antigen stimulation (10-fold greater expansion in vitro, and 3 to 15 fold greater expansion in vivo) and reduced cell death rate (Annexin-V+/7-AAD+ cells 10% ± 6% for iC9/CAR.19/IL15+ T cells and 32% ± 19% CAR.19+ T cells); (ii) reduced expression of the programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor upon antigen stimulation (PD-1+ cells <15% for iC9/CAR.19/IL15+ T cells versus >40% for CAR.19+ T cells); (iii) improved anti-tumor effects in vivo (from 4.7 to 5.4-fold reduced tumor growth). In addition, iC9/CAR.19/IL15+ T cells were efficiently eliminated upon pharmacologic activation of the suicide gene. In summary, this strategy safely increases the anti-lymphoma/leukemia effects of CAR.19-redirected T lymphocytes and may be a useful approach for treatment of patients with B-cell malignancies.
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IL-7 + IL-15 are superior to IL-2 for the ex vivo expansion of 4T1 mammary carcinoma-specific T cells with greater efficacy against tumors in vivo. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2009; 122:359-69. [PMID: 19826947 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0573-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Regression of established tumors can be induced by adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) with tumor draining lymph node (DLN) lymphocytes activated with bryostatin and ionomycin (B/I). Tumor antigen-sensitized DLN lymphocytes from BALB/c mice with 10-day 4T1 mammary carcinomas were harvested, activated with B/I, and expanded in culture with either interleukin-2 (IL-2) or IL-7 + IL-15. Cell yields, proliferation, phenotypes, and in vitro responses to tumor antigen were compared for cells grown in different cytokines. These T cells were also tested for antitumor activity against established 4T1 mammary carcinomas after inoculation of tumor cells subcutaneously (s.c.). IL-7/15 resulted in much faster and more prolonged proliferation of B/I-activated T cells than culturing the same cells in IL-2. This resulted in approximately 5-10-fold greater yields of viable cells. Culture in IL-7/15 yielded higher proportions of CD8(+) T cells and a higher proportion of cells with a central memory phenotype. T cells grown in IL-2 had higher interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) release responses to tumor antigen than cells grown in IL-7/15. Adoptive transfer of B/I-activated T cells grown in IL-7/15 demonstrated much greater efficacy against 4T1 tumors in vivo. Activation of tumor antigen-sensitized T cells with B/I and culture in IL-7 + IL-15 is a promising modification of standard regimens for production of T cells for use in AIT of cancer.
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King JW, Thomas S, Corsi F, Gao L, Dina R, Gillmore R, Pigott K, Kaisary A, Stauss HJ, Waxman J. IL15 Can Reverse the Unresponsiveness of Wilms' Tumor Antigen-Specific CTL in Patients with Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2009; 15:1145-54. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-1821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Incubation of antigen-sensitized T lymphocytes activated with bryostatin 1 + ionomycin in IL-7 + IL-15 increases yield of cells capable of inducing regression of melanoma metastases compared to culture in IL-2. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2009; 58:1565-76. [PMID: 19198835 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-009-0666-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Regression of established tumors can be induced by adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) with tumor draining lymph node (DLN) lymphocytes activated with bryostatin and ionomycin (B/I). We hypothesized that B/I-activated T cells cultured in IL-7 + IL-15 might proliferate and survive in culture better than cells cultured in IL-2, and that these cells would have equal or greater anti-tumor activity in vivo. Tumor antigen-sensitized DLN lymphocytes from either wild-type or T cell receptor transgenic mice were harvested, activated with B/I, and expanded in culture with either IL-2, IL-7 + IL-15 or a regimen of alternating cytokines. Cell yields, proliferation, apoptosis, phenotypes, and in vitro responses to tumor antigen were compared for cells grown in different cytokines. These T cells were also tested for anti-tumor activity against melanoma lung metastases established by prior i.v. injection of B16 melanoma cells. IL-7 + IL-15 or alternating cytokines resulted in much faster and prolonged proliferation and much less apoptosis of B/I-activated T cells than culturing the same cells in IL-2. This resulted in approximately tenfold greater yields of viable cells. Culture in IL-7 + IL-15 yielded higher proportions of CD8+ T cells and a higher proportion of cells with a central memory phenotype. Despite this, T cells grown in IL-7 + IL-15 had higher IFN-gamma release responses to tumor antigen than cells grown in IL-2. Adoptive transfer of B/I-activated T cells grown in IL-7 + IL-15 or the alternating regimen had equal or greater efficacy on a "per-cell" basis against melanoma metastases. Activation of tumor antigen-sensitized T cells with B/I and culture in IL-7 + IL-15 is a promising modification of standard regimens for production of T cells for use in adoptive immunotherapy of cancer.
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Iuchi T, Teitz-Tennenbaum S, Huang J, Redman BG, Hughes SD, Li M, Jiang G, Chang AE, Li Q. Interleukin-21 augments the efficacy of T-cell therapy by eliciting concurrent cellular and humoral responses. Cancer Res 2008; 68:4431-41. [PMID: 18519706 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-5530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-21 modulates T-cell-associated, B-cell-associated, and natural killer cell-associated immunity. However, the potential of IL-21 to simultaneously stimulate cellular and humoral antitumor responses and the mechanisms involved have not yet been adequately explored. In this report, we examined the immune-modulating effect of IL-21 when used in vitro and its adjuvant effects when administrated concomitantly with T-cell transfer for cancer therapy. Use of IL-21 in concert with IL-2 in culture up-regulated both type 1 and type 2 cytokine production of activated tumor-draining lymph node cells and enhanced their therapeutic efficacy. Administration of IL-21 and IL-2 as an adjuvant to T-cell transfer resulted in simultaneously elicited cellular and humoral responses. This concurrent response has led to effective regression of established pulmonary metastatic tumors and s.c. tumors. T-cell transfer plus IL-21/IL-2 administration conferred systemic immunity to the treated hosts. This was evident by the induction of protective immunity against tumor rechallenge, expansion of memory T cells, and significantly elevated serum levels of IFN gamma and IL-10. Furthermore, we observed significantly enhanced tumor-associated antibody response after T-cell + IL-2 + IL-21 therapy. Cytotoxic antibody subclass IgG2b increased strikingly in the sera of treated animals; they bound specifically to MCA205 tumor cells, and such immune sera mediated tumor cell lysis in the presence of complement. Use of B-cell-deficient mice provided direct evidence that humoral responses contribute to T-cell + IL-2 + IL-21-elicited antitumor immunity. Collectively, these findings provide a rationale to evaluate the use of IL-21 in T-cell therapy of human cancers.
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- Takekazu Iuchi
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0666, USA
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Fujita M, Zhu X, Sasaki K, Ueda R, Low KL, Pollack IF, Okada H. Inhibition of STAT3 promotes the efficacy of adoptive transfer therapy using type-1 CTLs by modulation of the immunological microenvironment in a murine intracranial glioma. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2089-98. [PMID: 18250414 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.4.2089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A variety of cancers, including malignant gliomas, show aberrant activation of STAT3, which plays a pivotal role in negative regulation of antitumor immunity. We hypothesized that inhibition of STAT3 signals would improve the efficacy of T cell adoptive transfer therapy by reversal of STAT3-induced immunosuppression in a murine GL261 intracranial glioma model. In vitro treatment of GL261 cells with JSI-124, a STAT3 inhibitor, reversed highly phosphorylated status of STAT3. Systemic i.p. administration of JSI-124 in glioma-bearing immunocompetent mice, but not athymic mice, resulted in prolonged survival, suggesting a role of adaptive immunity in the antitumor effect. Furthermore, JSI-124 promoted maturation of tumor-infiltrating CD11c(+) dendritic cells and activation of tumor-conditioned cytotoxic T cells, enhanced dendritic cells and GL261 production of CXCL-10, a critical chemokine for attraction of Tc1 cells. When i.p. JSI-124 administration was combined with i.v. transfer of Pmel-I mouse-derived type-1 CTLs (Tc1), glioma-bearing mice exhibited prolonged survival compared with i.p. JSI-124 or i.v. Tc1 therapy alone. Flow cytometric analyses of brain infiltrating lymphocytes revealed that JSI-124-treatment enhanced the tumor-homing of i.v. transferred Tc1 cells in a CXCL-10-dependent fashion. Systemic JSI-124 administration also up-regulated serum IL-15 levels, and promoted the persistence of transferred Tc1 in the host. These data suggest that systemic inhibition of STAT3 signaling can reverse the suppressive immunological environment of intracranial tumor bearing mice both systemically and locally, thereby promoting the efficacy of adoptive transfer therapy with Tc1.
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- Mitsugu Fujita
- Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
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Genetically engineered T cells expressing a HER2-specific chimeric receptor mediate antigen-specific tumor regression. Cancer Gene Ther 2008; 15:382-92. [PMID: 18292797 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2008.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this report, we developed a chimeric receptor (N29gamma chR) involving the single chain Fv (scFv) derived from N29 monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific for p185HER2 and characterized the therapeutic efficacy of primary T cells engineered to express N29gamma chR in two histologically distinct murine tumor models. Murine breast (MT901) and fibrosarcoma (MCA207) cancer cell lines were engineered to express human HER2 as targets. Administration of N29gamma chR-expressing T cells eliminated 3-day pulmonary micrometastases of MT901/HER2 and MCA207/HER2 but not parental tumor cells. A 5 to 8-fold increased dose of N29gamma T cells was required to mediate regression of advanced 8-day macrometastases. Exogenous administration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) after N29gamma T-cell transfer was dispensable for treatment of 3-day micrometastases, but was required for mediating regression of well-established 8-day macrometastases. Moreover, fractionated CD8 T cells expressing N29gamma chR suppressed HER2-positive tumor cell growth after adoptive transfer independent of CD4(+) cells. These data indicate that genetically modified T cells expressing a HER2-targeting chimeric receptor can mediate antigen-specific regression of preestablished metastatic cancers in a cell dose-dependent fashion. Systemic administration of IL-2 augments the therapeutic efficacy of these genetically engineered T cells in advanced diseases. These results are relevant to the implication of genetically redirected T cells in clinical cancer immunotherapy.
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Kim HR, Hwang KA, Kang I. Dual roles of IL-15 in maintaining IL-7RalphalowCCR7- memory CD8+ T cells in humans via recovering the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:6734-40. [PMID: 17982063 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Recently, we identified two subsets of CCR7(-) memory CD8(+) T cells expressing high and low levels of the IL-7R alpha-chain (IL-7Ralpha) that is essential for memory T cell survival in human peripheral blood. IL-7Ralpha(low)CCR7(-) memory CD8(+) T cells that produce effector cytokines and perforin have impaired proliferation and survival in response to TCR triggering and IL-7, respectively. These findings raise a question of how such cells are sustained at significant numbers, >20% of peripheral CD8(+) T cells, despite impaired IL-7- and TCR-mediated cell maintenance. In this study, we demonstrate that IL-7Ralpha(low)CCR7(-) memory CD8(+) T cells have increased expression of IL-2/15R beta-chain (IL-2/15Rbeta), which is critical for IL-15 signaling, with enhanced gene expression of T box expressed in T cells (T-bet) and eomesodermin (eomes), transcriptional factors involved in IL-2/15Rbeta expression compared with IL-7Ralpha(high)CCR7(-) memory CD8(+) T cells. Such a cytokine chain is functional as IL-7Ralpha(low)CCR7(-) memory CD8(+) T cells proliferate considerably in response to IL-15. Furthermore, adding IL-15 to TCR triggering recovers impaired TCR-mediated proliferation of IL-7Ralpha(low) memory CD8(+) T cells via restoring the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. These findings indicate that IL-15 has dual roles in maintaining IL-7Ralpha(low)CCR7(-) memory CD8(+) T cells via TCR-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Moreover, IL-15 can be useful in reviving impaired proliferative function of such memory CD8(+) T cells with effector functions against infections and tumors via rescuing the PI3K/AKT pathway.
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- Hang-Rae Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Ueda R, Low KL, Zhu X, Fujita M, Sasaki K, Whiteside TL, Butterfield LH, Okada H. Spontaneous immune responses against glioma-associated antigens in a long term survivor with malignant glioma. J Transl Med 2007; 5:68. [PMID: 18093336 PMCID: PMC2244605 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-5-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background In patients with high grade glioma, little is known regarding existence of naturally occurring adaptive T cell reactivity against glioma-associated antigens (GAAs). In this report, we characterized GAA-specific CD8+ T cells and innate immune cells in a patient who has survived with anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) for over 12 years without recurrence. Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) derived from the long term survivor with AA were evaluated for the frequency, cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity and differentiation status of CD8+ cells recognizing GAA-derived epitopes as well as relative numbers of other immune cell subsets. This patient's AA tissue was evaluated for expression of two GAAs EphA2 and interleukin-13 receptor α2 subunit (IL-13Rα2) by immunohistochemistry. Results The patient's tumor expressed both EphA2 and IL-13Rα2, and in vitro stimulated PBMC demonstrated superior EphA2883–891 and IL-13Rα2345–353-specific CTL reactivity compared to PBMC samples from two other patients with progressing malignant glioma. Unstimulated EphA2883–891-reactive CD8+ T cells contained high numbers of CD45RA-/CCR7- late effector and CD45RA-/CCR7+ central memory cells. Among other leukocyte subsets, elevated numbers of NK-T cells were found. Conclusion To our knowledge, the current study is one of the first demonstrating the presence of antigen-experienced, GAA-reactive CD8+ T cells in a patient who has survived with AA for over 12 years without recurrence. Further studies are warranted to determine whether the status of GAA-reactive CD8+ T cells dictates survival of patients and/or response to therapeutic vaccines.
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- Ryo Ueda
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Park MY, Kim CH, Sohn HJ, Oh ST, Kim SG, Kim TG. The optimal interval for dendritic cell vaccination following adoptive T cell transfer is important for boosting potent anti-tumor immunity. Vaccine 2007; 25:7322-30. [PMID: 17889413 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 08/16/2007] [Accepted: 08/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The gradual induction of immune responses by dendritic cell (DC) vaccination or the rapid decrease of adoptively transferred T cells may be major limitations in complete treatment of established tumors by active or passive immunization. The numbers of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-specific T cells increased on 7th day and decreased from 2 weeks after repeated vaccination with CEA-peptide-pulsed DCs. Adoptively transferred CEA-specific T cells were detectable on day 1 and reached their peak by day 4, and thereafter decreased. On the basis of these results, a combined immunotherapy of DC vaccination following adoptive T cell transfer was performed to overcome these limitations of each modality. The injection of DCs within 1 day after adoptive T cell transfer showed a synergistic effect. However, when the DC vaccine was administered on day 3 or 7, CEA-specific T cells gradually declined. This concomitant immunization significantly inhibited the tumor growth than the DC vaccine administered on day 3 or 7 in 10 days tumor model. Moreover, the concomitant immunization showed potent anti-tumor effects resulting in complete inhibition of tumor growth in 2 days tumor model. These results suggest that the optimal interval for the DC vaccination following adoptive T cell transfer is important for boosting antigen-specific T cell responses and this combined immunotherapy may provide a potent therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment.
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- Mi-Young Park
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
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Wall EM, Milne K, Martin ML, Watson PH, Theiss P, Nelson BH. Spontaneous mammary tumors differ widely in their inherent sensitivity to adoptively transferred T cells. Cancer Res 2007; 67:6442-50. [PMID: 17616705 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-0622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Immunotherapy of cancer can lead to the selection of antigen loss variants, which provides strong rationale to target oncogenes that are essential for tumor growth or viability. To investigate this concept, we tagged the HER2/neu oncogene with epitopes from ovalbumin to confer recognition by T-cell receptor transgenic CD8(+) (OT-I) and CD4(+) (OT-II) T cells. Transgenic mice expressing neu(OT-I/OT-II) developed mammary adenocarcinomas at 6 to 10 months of age. Adoptively transferred naive OT-I cells (with or without OT-II cells) proliferated vigorously on encountering neu(OT-I/OT-II)-expressing tumors. This was followed by the complete regression of 37% of tumors, whereas others showed partial/stable responses (40%) or progressive disease (23%). Those tumors undergoing complete regression never recurred. In mice with multiple primary tumors, simultaneous regressions and nonregressions were often seen, indicating that immune evasion occurred at a local rather than systemic level. The majority of nonregressing tumors expressed Neu(OT-I/OT-II) and MHC class I, and many avoided rejection through a profound block to T-cell infiltration. Thus, T cells directed against an essential oncogene can permanently eradicate a subset of spontaneous, established mammary tumors. However, in other tumors, local barriers severely limit the therapeutic response. To maximize the efficacy of immunotherapy against spontaneous cancers, predictive strategies that take into account the heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment will be required.
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- Erika M Wall
- Trev & Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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May KF, Lute K, Kocak E, Abdessalam S, Yin L, Li O, Guan Z, Philips G, Zheng P, Liu Y. Immune competence of cancer-reactive T cells generated de novo in adult tumor-bearing mice. Blood 2007; 109:253-8. [PMID: 16896159 PMCID: PMC1785073 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-01-031278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The impact of timing of antigen introduction into fetus and neonates leads to the suggestion that pre-existing antigens are tolerogenic to immunocompetent cells generated thereafter. This hypothesis predicts that in patients with cancer who are undergoing bone marrow transplantation, newly produced T cells with specificity for pre-existing tumor cells will be inactivated by the tumor antigens in the host. Because the effect of tumor cells on developing cancer-reactive T cells has not been investigated, we set out to systematically analyze the impact of tumor cells in the periphery on the development of tumor-reactive T cells in the thymus and their immunocompetence in the periphery. Our data demonstrate that in the host in which a tumor is established in the periphery, the cancer-reactive T cells develop normally, remain fully immunocompetent, become activated in the periphery, and cause regression of large established tumors. The immunocompetence of T cells generated in an antigen-bearing host is also confirmed in a skin graft transplantation model.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Clonal Deletion
- DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Immunocompetence
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Plasmacytoma/immunology
- Plasmacytoma/therapy
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Skin Neoplasms/immunology
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
- T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Transplantation, Homologous
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
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- Center for Biostatistics, Ohio State University Medical Center and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
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- Division of Cancer Immunology, Department of Pathology
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Ahmad R, Ennaciri J, Cordeiro P, El Bassam S, Menezes J. Herpes simplex virus-1 up-regulates IL-15 gene expression in monocytic cells through the activation of protein tyrosine kinase and PKC zeta/lambda signaling pathways. J Mol Biol 2006; 367:25-35. [PMID: 17239392 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.12.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 12/14/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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IL-15 plays a seminal role in innate immunity through enhancing the cytotoxic function as well as cytokine production by NK and T cells. We have previously shown that exposure of PBMC as well as monocytic cells to different viruses results in immediate up-regulation of IL-15 gene expression and subsequent NK cell activation as an innate immune response of those cells to these viruses. However, no signaling pathway involved in this up-regulation has been identified. Here we show for the first time that HSV-1-induced up-regulation of IL-15 gene expression is independent of viral infectivity/replication. IL-15 gene is up-regulated by HSV-1 in human monocytes, but not in CD3+ T cells. HSV-1 induces the phosphorylation of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein kinase C (PKC) for inducing IL-15 expression in monocytic cells. Inhibitors for PTKs reduced HSV-1-induced PTK activity, DNA binding activity of NF-kB as well as IL-15 gene expression. In contrast, an inhibitor for membrane-bound tyrosine kinases had no effect on these events. Experiments using PKC inhibitors revealed that phosphorylation of PKC zeta/lambda (PKC zeta/lambda), DNA binding activity of NF-kB and HSV-1-induced up-regulation of IL-15 were all decreased. Furthermore, we found that HSV-1-induced IL-15 up-regulation was also dependent on PTKs regulation of PKC phosphorylation. Thus, we conclude that IL-15 up-regulation in HSV-1-treated monocytic cells is dependent on the activity of both PTKs and PKC zeta/lambda.
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- Rasheed Ahmad
- Laboratory of Immunovirology and Viral and Immune Diseases Program, Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center, 3175 Chemin Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1C5, Canada
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Milone MC, June CH. Adoptive immunotherapy: new ways to skin the cat? Clin Immunol 2006; 117:101-3. [PMID: 16214079 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2005.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 08/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Michael C Milone
- Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA.
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Stoklasek TA, Schluns KS, Lefrançois L. Combined IL-15/IL-15Ralpha immunotherapy maximizes IL-15 activity in vivo. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2006; 177:6072-80. [PMID: 17056533 PMCID: PMC2847275 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.9.6072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-15 has substantial potential as an immunotherapeutic agent for augmenting immune responses. However, the activity of IL-15 is mediated by a unique mechanism in which the cytokine is transpresented by cell-bound high-affinity IL-15Ralpha to target cells expressing the IL-15Rbeta and the common gamma-chain. Thus, the efficacy of administered IL-15 alone may be limited by the availability of free IL-15Ralpha. We now show that administration of soluble IL-15/IL-15Ralpha complexes greatly enhanced IL-15 half-life and bioavailability in vivo. Treatment of mice with this complex, but not with IL-15 alone, resulted in robust proliferation of memory CD8 T cells, NK cells, and NK T cells. The activity of the complex required IL-15Rbeta, but not IL-15Ralpha, expression by the responding cells and was IL-7-independent. Interestingly, IL-15/IL-15Ralpha immunotherapy also caused naive CD8 T cell activation and development into effector cells and long-term memory T cells. Lastly, complexed IL-15, as compared with IL-15 alone, dramatically reduced tumor burden in a model of B16 melanoma. These findings hold significant importance for the use of IL-15 as a potential adjuvant/therapeutic and inducer of homeostatic proliferation, without the necessity for prior immunodepletion.
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- Thomas A. Stoklasek
- Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030
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- Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030
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Although interleukin 2 (IL-2) and IL-15 signal through the common gamma chain (γc) and through IL-2 receptor β–chain (CD122) subunits, they direct distinct physiologic and immunotherapeutic responses in T cells. The present study provides some insight into why IL-2 and IL-15 differentially regulate T-cell function by revealing that these cytokines are strikingly distinct in their ability to control protein synthesis and T-cell mass. IL-2 and IL-15 are shown to be equivalent mitogens for antigen-stimulated CD8+ T cells but not for equivalent growth factors. Antigen-primed T cells cannot autonomously maintain amino acid incorporation or de novo protein synthesis without exogenous cytokine stimulation. Both IL-2 and IL-15 induce amino acid uptake and protein synthesis in antigen-activated T cells; however, the IL-2 response is strikingly more potent than the IL-15 response. The differential action of IL-2 and IL-15 on amino acid uptake and protein synthesis is explained by temporal differences in signaling induced by these 2 cytokines. Hence, the present results show that cytokines that are equivalent mitogens can have different potency in terms of regulating protein synthesis and cell growth.
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Cytokines might regulate the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. IL-15 is a potent non-T-cell-derived cytokine with IL-2-like activities. It has been shown that IL-15 can reverse the inhibition of glucocorticoids on PBMC. In vitro experiments were designed to assess the direct effect of IL-15 on corticosterone (CORT) secretion in the adrenal zona fasciculata-reticularis (ZFR) cells of male rats. Administration of IL-15 dose dependently decreased the basal and adrenocorticotropin-stimulated release of CORT and production of cAMP in ZFR cells. The stimulatory effect of forskolin (an adenylate cyclase activator) on CORT secretion and accumulation of cAMP in ZFR cells was attenuated by the administration of IL-15. However, 8-Br-cAMP (a cAMP analogue)-stimulated release of CORT was not affected by IL-15. Exogenous administration of IL-15 (10(-7) mol/L) significantly attenuated the pregnenolone (the substrate of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase)- or deoxycorticosterone (the substrate of 11beta-hydroxylase)-induced release of CORT. The results indicate that decrease of CORT secretion by IL-15 is in part because of (i) the decrease of adenylate cyclase activity and cAMP production and (ii) the inhibition of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 11beta-hydroxylase activities in rat ZFR cells.
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- Ming-Jae Lo
- Department of Early Childhood Education, National Tai-Chung University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Nishimura F, Dusak JE, Eguchi J, Zhu X, Gambotto A, Storkus WJ, Okada H. Adoptive transfer of type 1 CTL mediates effective anti-central nervous system tumor response: critical roles of IFN-inducible protein-10. Cancer Res 2006; 66:4478-87. [PMID: 16618775 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The development of effective immunotherapeutic strategies for central nervous system (CNS) tumors requires a firm understanding of factors regulating the trafficking of tumor antigen-specific CTLs into CNS tumor lesions. Using C57BL/6 mice bearing intracranial (i.c.) ovalbumin-transfected melanoma (M05), we evaluated the efficacy and tumor homing of i.v. transferred type 1 or 2 CTLs (Tc1 or Tc2, respectively) prepared from ovalbumin-specific T-cell receptor-transgenic OT-1 mice. We also tested our hypothesis that intratumoral (i.t.) delivery of dendritic cells that had been transduced with IFN-alpha cDNA (DC-IFN-alpha) would enhance the tumor-homing and antitumor effectiveness of adoptively transferred Tc1 via induction of an IFN-gamma-inducible protein 10 (IP-10). In vitro, DC-IFN-alpha induced IP-10 production by M05 and enhanced the cytolytic activity of Tc1. In vivo, i.v. transferred Tc1 trafficked efficiently into i.c. M05 and mediated antitumor responses more effectively than Tc2, and their effect was IP-10 dependent. I.t. injections of DC-IFN-alpha remarkably enhanced the tumor homing, therapeutic efficacy, and in situ IFN-gamma production of i.v. delivered Tc1, resulting in the long-term survival and persistence of systemic ovalbumin-specific immunity. These data suggest that Tc1-based adoptive transfer therapy may represent an effective modality for CNS tumors, particularly when combined with strategies that promote a type 1 polarized tumor microenvironment.
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- Fumihiko Nishimura
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Blaser BW, Schwind NR, Karol S, Chang D, Shin S, Roychowdhury S, Becknell B, Ferketich AK, Kusewitt DF, Blazar BR, Caligiuri MA. Trans-presentation of donor-derived interleukin 15 is necessary for the rapid onset of acute graft-versus-host disease but not for graft-versus-tumor activity. Blood 2006; 108:2463-9. [PMID: 16757683 PMCID: PMC1895554 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-04-019059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The "holy grail" of allogeneic stem cell transplantation is to preserve the graft-versus-tumor (GVT) effect while eliminating graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Endogenous donor-derived interleukin 15 (IL-15) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute GVHD, yet the mechanism by which it impacts this lethal process remains unclear. Using the well-described and clinically relevant C57BL/6 --> B6D2F1 murine model of acute GVHD, we demonstrate that in trans presentation of IL-15 by donor bone marrow-derived cells is required for the rapid onset of acute GVHD. Recipients of IL-15-/- C57BL/6 bone marrow cells show diminished type 1 polarization of T cells, yet there is no decrease in donor T-cell reconstitution. A molecular basis for these findings is provided with the observation that expression of T-bet, the master control gene for type 1 T-cell functions, is necessary for IL-15-mediated acute GVHD lethality. Finally, we demonstrate that in the absence of donor-derived IL-15, the GVT effect is maintained. These findings thus establish a mechanism by which endogenous donor-derived IL-15 impacts the pathobiology of acute GVHD and GVT activity.
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- Bradley W Blaser
- The Ohio State University, Comprehensive Cancer Center, A458 Starling Loving Hall, 320 W 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210-1214.
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Blaser BW, Caligiuri MA. Autologous immune strategies to reduce the risk of leukemic relapse: Consideration for IL-15. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2006; 19:281-92. [PMID: 16516125 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2005.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The graft-versus-leukemia effect following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) reduces the incidence of leukemic relapse and establishes that effector cells can eliminate or at least contain resistant leukemic stem cells. Natural killer cells also appear to play a role in directly lowering the rate of relapse following allogeneic SCT in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. To date, however, effective prevention of leukemic relapse by autologous immune effector cells has not been demonstrated. This article examines some of the challenges that limit autologous antileukemia immunity as well as some possible immunotherapeutic approaches that may help control leukemic relapse following autologous SCT.
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- Bradley W Blaser
- The Ohio State University Medical Center, The Ohio State University, 458 A Starling Loving Hall, 320 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1214, USA
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