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Murgaski A, Kiss M, Van Damme H, Kancheva D, Vanmeerbeek I, Keirsse J, Hadadi E, Brughmans J, Arnouk SM, Hamouda AE, Debraekeleer A, Bosteels V, Elkrim Y, Boon L, Hoves S, Vandamme N, Deschoemaeker S, Janssens S, Garg AD, Vande Velde G, Schmittnaegel M, Ries CH, Laoui D. Efficacy of CD40 Agonists Is Mediated by Distinct cDC Subsets and Subverted by Suppressive Macrophages. Cancer Res 2022; 82:3785-3801. [PMID: 35979635 PMCID: PMC9574379 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-22-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Agonistic αCD40 therapy has been shown to inhibit cancer progression in only a fraction of patients. Understanding the cancer cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental determinants of αCD40 therapy response is therefore crucial to identify responsive patient populations and to design efficient combinatorial treatments. Here, we show that the therapeutic efficacy of αCD40 in subcutaneous melanoma relies on preexisting, type 1 classical dendritic cell (cDC1)-primed CD8+ T cells. However, after administration of αCD40, cDC1s were dispensable for antitumor efficacy. Instead, the abundance of activated cDCs, potentially derived from cDC2 cells, increased and further activated antitumor CD8+ T cells. Hence, distinct cDC subsets contributed to the induction of αCD40 responses. In contrast, lung carcinomas, characterized by a high abundance of macrophages, were resistant to αCD40 therapy. Combining αCD40 therapy with macrophage depletion led to tumor growth inhibition only in the presence of strong neoantigens. Accordingly, treatment with immunogenic cell death-inducing chemotherapy sensitized lung tumors to αCD40 therapy in subcutaneous and orthotopic settings. These insights into the microenvironmental regulators of response to αCD40 suggest that different tumor types would benefit from different combinations of therapies to optimize the clinical application of CD40 agonists. SIGNIFICANCE This work highlights the temporal roles of different dendritic cell subsets in promoting CD8+ T-cell-driven responses to CD40 agonist therapy in cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aleksandar Murgaski
- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cell Stress & Immunity (CSI), Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for ER stress and Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Data Mining and Modeling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for ER stress and Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cell Stress & Immunity (CSI), Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Myeloid Cell Immunology Lab, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium.,Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Corresponding Author: Damya Laoui, Lab of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium. E-mail:
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Kos K, Salvagno C, Wellenstein MD, Aslam MA, Meijer DA, Hau CS, Vrijland K, Kaldenbach D, Raeven EA, Schmittnaegel M, Ries CH, de Visser KE. Tumor-associated macrophages promote intratumoral conversion of conventional CD4 + T cells into regulatory T cells via PD-1 signalling. Oncoimmunology 2022; 11:2063225. [PMID: 35481289 PMCID: PMC9037432 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2022.2063225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Kevin Kos
- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Martinez-Usatorre A, Kadioglu E, Boivin G, Cianciaruso C, Guichard A, Torchia B, Zangger N, Nassiri S, Keklikoglou I, Schmittnaegel M, Ries CH, Meylan E, De Palma M. Overcoming microenvironmental resistance to PD-1 blockade in genetically engineered lung cancer models. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/606/eabd1616. [PMID: 34380768 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd1616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) with PD-1 or PD-L1 antibodies has been approved for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, only a minority of patients respond, and sustained remissions are rare. Both chemotherapy and antiangiogenic drugs may improve the efficacy of ICB in mouse tumor models and patients with cancer. Here, we used genetically engineered mouse models of Kras G12D/+;p53 -/- NSCLC, including a mismatch repair-deficient variant (Kras G12D/+;p53 -/-;Msh2 -/-) with higher mutational burden, and longitudinal imaging to study tumor response and resistance to combinations of ICB, antiangiogenic therapy, and chemotherapy. Antiangiogenic blockade of vascular endothelial growth factor A and angiopoietin-2 markedly slowed progression of autochthonous lung tumors, but contrary to findings in other cancer types, addition of a PD-1 or PD-L1 antibody was not beneficial and even accelerated progression of a fraction of the tumors. We found that antiangiogenic treatment facilitated tumor infiltration by PD-1+ regulatory T cells (Tregs), which were more efficiently targeted by the PD-1 antibody than CD8+ T cells. Both tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) of monocyte origin, which are colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) dependent, and TAMs of alveolar origin, which are sensitive to cisplatin, contributed to establish a transforming growth factor-β-rich tumor microenvironment that supported PD-1+ Tregs Dual TAM targeting with a combination of a CSF1R inhibitor and cisplatin abated Tregs, redirected the PD-1 antibody to CD8+ T cells, and improved the efficacy of antiangiogenic immunotherapy, achieving regression of most tumors.
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- Amaia Martinez-Usatorre
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility (BCF), SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Bioinformatics Core Facility (BCF), SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Discovery, Pharma Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Discovery, Pharma Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. .,Agora Cancer Research Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Bissinger S, Hage C, Wagner V, Maser IP, Brand V, Schmittnaegel M, Jegg AM, Cannarile M, Watson C, Klaman I, Rieder N, González Loyola A, Petrova TV, Cassier PA, Gomez-Roca C, Sibaud V, De Palma M, Hoves S, Ries CH. Macrophage depletion induces edema through release of matrix-degrading proteases and proteoglycan deposition. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/598/eabd4550. [PMID: 34135110 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd4550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) blockade abates tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) infiltrates and provides marked clinical benefits in diffuse-type tenosynovial giant cell tumors. However, facial edema is a common adverse event associated with TAM elimination in patients. In this study, we examined molecular and cellular events associated with edema formation in mice and human patients with cancer treated with a CSF1R blocking antibody. Extended antibody treatment of mice caused marked body weight gain, an indicator of enhanced body fluid retention. This was associated with an increase of extracellular matrix-remodeling metalloproteinases (MMPs), namely MMP2 and MMP3, and enhanced deposition of hyaluronan (HA) and proteoglycans, leading to skin thickening. Discontinuation of anti-CSF1R treatment or blockade of MMP activity restored unaltered body weight and normal skin morphology in the mice. In patients, edema developed at doses well below the established optimal biological dose for emactuzumab, a CSF1R dimerization inhibitor. Patients who developed edema in response to emactuzumab had elevated HA in peripheral blood. Our findings indicate that an early increase of peripheral HA can serve as a pharmacodynamic marker for edema development and suggest potential interventions based on MMP inhibition for relieving periorbital edema in patients treated with CSF1R inhibitors.
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- Stefan Bissinger
- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany.
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne (LICR), 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne (LICR), 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Institut Claudius Regaud/Institut Universitaire du Cancer, Toulouse Oncopole, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- Institut Claudius Regaud/Institut Universitaire du Cancer, Toulouse Oncopole, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich, 82377 Penzberg, Germany.
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Martinez-Usatorre A, Kadioglu E, Cianciaruso C, Guichard A, Torchia B, Nassiri S, Schmittnaegel M, Ries CH, Meylan E, Keklikoglou I, De Palma M. Abstract 75: Determinants of tumor resistance to anti-angiogenic immunotherapy in mouse models of Kras-mutant NSCLC. Cancer Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2021-75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) with PD-1 or PD-L1 antibodies has been approved for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), often in combination with chemotherapy. However, only a minority of the patients respond and sustained remissions are rare. Anti-angiogenic therapy improves tumor response to ICB in mouse models of cancer and in patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC, but the contribution of anti-angiogenic therapy to the clinical efficacy of ICB in patients with KRAS-mutant NSCLC remains unclear. We used genetically engineered mouse models of KrasG12D/p53null NSCLC, including a mismatch repair-deficient variant (KrasG12D/p53null/Msh2null) with higher mutational burden, and longitudinal imaging of individual tumors to study tumor response and resistance to combinations of ICB, anti-angiogenic therapy, and cisplatin chemotherapy. We found that anti-angiogenic blockade of VEGFA and angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2) with the bispecific antibody A2V was superior to single VEGFA inhibition and markedly slowed tumor progression. But, contrary to findings in other tumor models, the addition of a PD1 antibody to A2V did not provide additive benefits and even accelerated growth of a fraction of the tumors. We implicated tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and PD-1+regulatory T cells (T-regs) in this growth-promoting response, and identified a pre-clinical strategy involving the differential targeting of two distinct TAM subsets that unleashed the therapeutic potential of anti-angiogenic immunotherapy and achieved regression of more than 80% of the lung tumors.
Citation Format: Amaia Martinez-Usatorre, Ece Kadioglu, Chiara Cianciaruso, Alan Guichard, Bruno Torchia, Sina Nassiri, Martina Schmittnaegel, Carola H. Ries, Etienne Meylan, Ioanna Keklikoglou, Michele De Palma. Determinants of tumor resistance to anti-angiogenic immunotherapy in mouse models of Kras-mutant NSCLC [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 75.
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Przystal JM, Becker H, Canjuga D, Tsiami F, Anderle N, Keller AL, Pohl A, Ries CH, Schmittnaegel M, Korinetska N, Koch M, Schittenhelm J, Tatagiba M, Schmees C, Beck SC, Tabatabai G. Targeting CSF1R Alone or in Combination with PD1 in Experimental Glioma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13102400. [PMID: 34063518 PMCID: PMC8156558 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13102400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma is an aggressive primary tumor of the central nervous system. Targeting the immunosuppressive glioblastoma-associated microenvironment is an interesting therapeutic approach. Tumor-associated macrophages represent an abundant population of tumor-infiltrating host cells with tumor-promoting features. The colony stimulating factor-1/ colony stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1/CSF1R) axis plays an important role for macrophage differentiation and survival. We thus aimed at investigating the antiglioma activity of CSF1R inhibition alone or in combination with blockade of programmed death (PD) 1. We investigated combination treatments of anti-CSF1R alone or in combination with anti-PD1 antibodies in an orthotopic syngeneic glioma mouse model, evaluated post-treatment effects and assessed treatment-induced cytotoxicity in a coculture model of patient-derived microtumors (PDM) and autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) ex vivo. Anti-CSF1R monotherapy increased the latency until the onset of neurological symptoms. Combinations of anti-CSF1R and anti-PD1 antibodies led to longterm survivors in vivo. Furthermore, we observed treatment-induced cytotoxicity of combined anti-CSF1R and anti-PD1 treatment in the PDM/TILs cocultures ex vivo. Our results identify CSF1R as a promising therapeutic target for glioblastoma, potentially in combination with PD1 inhibition.
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- Justyna M. Przystal
- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
- German Translational Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
- German Translational Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
- German Translational Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- NMI, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Tübingen, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany; (N.A.); (A.-L.K.); (A.P.); (C.S.)
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- NMI, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Tübingen, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany; (N.A.); (A.-L.K.); (A.P.); (C.S.)
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- NMI, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Tübingen, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany; (N.A.); (A.-L.K.); (A.P.); (C.S.)
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Division, Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany; (C.H.R.); (M.S.)
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Division, Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany; (C.H.R.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
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- German Translational Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
- Institute for Neuropathology, University Hospital Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- NMI, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Tübingen, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany; (N.A.); (A.-L.K.); (A.P.); (C.S.)
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
- German Translational Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology & Interdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (J.M.P.); (H.B.); (D.C.); (F.T.); (N.K.); (M.K.); (M.T.); (S.C.B.)
- German Translational Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ Partner Site Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
- Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC 2180) “Image Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies”, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-(0)7071-298-5018; Fax: +49-(0)7071-292-5167
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Fischer C, Munks MW, Hill AB, Kroczek RA, Bissinger S, Brand V, Schmittnaegel M, Imhof-Jung S, Hoffmann E, Herting F, Klein C, Knoetgen H. Vaccine-induced CD8 T cells are redirected with peptide-MHC class I-IgG antibody fusion proteins to eliminate tumor cells in vivo. MAbs 2020; 12:1834818. [PMID: 33151105 PMCID: PMC7668529 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2020.1834818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Simulating a viral infection in tumor cells is an attractive concept to eliminate tumor cells. We previously reported the molecular design and the in vitro potency of recombinant monoclonal antibodies fused to a virus-derived peptide MHC class I complex that bypass the peptide processing and MHC loading pathway and directly displays a viral peptide in an MHC class I complex on the tumor cell surface. Here, we show that a vaccination-induced single peptide-specific CD8 T cell response was sufficient to eliminate B16 melanoma tumor cells in vivo in a fully immunocompetent, syngeneic mouse tumor model when mice were treated with mouse pMHCI-IgGs fusion proteins targeting the mouse fibroblast activation protein. Tumor growth of small, established B16 lung metastases could be controlled. The pMHCI-IgG had similar potency as an analogous pan-CD3 T-cell bispecific antibody. In contrast to growth control of small tumors, none of the compounds controlled larger solid tumors of MC38 cancer cells, despite penetration of pMHCI-IgGs into the tumor tissue and clear attraction and activation of antigen-specific CD8 T cells inside the tumor. pMHCI-IgG can have a similar potency as classical pan-T-cell recruiting molecules. The results also highlight the need to better understand immune suppression in advanced solid tumors.
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- Cornelia Fischer
- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich , Penzberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland, OR, USA
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich , Penzberg, Germany
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich , Penzberg, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich , Penzberg, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich , Penzberg, Germany
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Munich , Penzberg, Germany
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Zurich , Zurich, Switzerland
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- Therapeutic Modalities, Roche Innovation Center Basel , Basel, Switzerland
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Leblond MM, Tillé L, Nassiri S, Gilfillan CB, Imbratta C, Schmittnaegel M, Ries CH, Speiser DE, Verdeil G. CD40 Agonist Restores the Antitumor Efficacy of Anti-PD1 Therapy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer in an IFN I/II-Mediated Manner. Cancer Immunol Res 2020; 8:1180-1192. [DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-19-0826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neubert NJ, Schmittnaegel M, Bordry N, Nassiri S, Wald N, Martignier C, Tillé L, Homicsko K, Damsky W, Maby-El Hajjami H, Klaman I, Danenberg E, Ioannidou K, Kandalaft L, Coukos G, Hoves S, Ries CH, Fuertes Marraco SA, Foukas PG, De Palma M, Speiser DE. T cell-induced CSF1 promotes melanoma resistance to PD1 blockade. Sci Transl Med 2019; 10:10/436/eaan3311. [PMID: 29643229 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan3311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF1) is a key regulator of monocyte/macrophage differentiation that sustains the protumorigenic functions of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). We show that CSF1 is expressed in human melanoma, and patients with metastatic melanoma have increased CSF1 in blood compared to healthy subjects. In tumors, CSF1 expression correlated with the abundance of CD8+ T cells and CD163+ TAMs. Human melanoma cell lines consistently produced CSF1 after exposure to melanoma-specific CD8+ T cells or T cell-derived cytokines in vitro, reflecting a broadly conserved mechanism of CSF1 induction by activated CD8+ T cells. Mining of publicly available transcriptomic data sets suggested co-enrichment of CD8+ T cells with CSF1 or various TAM-specific markers in human melanoma, which was associated with nonresponsiveness to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) checkpoint blockade in a smaller patient cohort. Combination of anti-PD1 and anti-CSF1 receptor (CSF1R) antibodies induced the regression of BRAFV600E -driven, transplant mouse melanomas, a result that was dependent on the effective elimination of TAMs. Collectively, these data implicate CSF1 induction as a CD8+ T cell-dependent adaptive resistance mechanism and show that simultaneous CSF1R targeting may be beneficial in melanomas refractory to immune checkpoint blockade and, possibly, other T cell-based therapies.
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- Natalie J Neubert
- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Departments of Dermatology and Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Nonnenwald 2, D-82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Center of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Center of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.,Center of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Nonnenwald 2, D-82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Nonnenwald 2, D-82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Center of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Ludwig Cancer Research Center and Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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Hoves S, Ooi CH, Wolter C, Sade H, Bissinger S, Schmittnaegel M, Ast O, Giusti AM, Wartha K, Runza V, Xu W, Kienast Y, Cannarile MA, Levitsky H, Romagnoli S, De Palma M, Rüttinger D, Ries CH. Rapid activation of tumor-associated macrophages boosts preexisting tumor immunity. J Exp Med 2018; 215:859-876. [PMID: 29436396 PMCID: PMC5839760 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Combined CSF-1R+CD40 antibody therapy induces profound and rapid TAM reprogramming before TAMs are eliminated. This combination of cancer immunotherapies tailored to activate the innate immune system creates an inflamed tumor microenvironment ultimately leading to tumor eradication by the adaptive immunity. Depletion of immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) or reprogramming toward a proinflammatory activation state represent different strategies to therapeutically target this abundant myeloid population. In this study, we report that inhibition of colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R) signaling sensitizes TAMs to profound and rapid reprogramming in the presence of a CD40 agonist before their depletion. Despite the short-lived nature of macrophage hyperactivation, combined CSF-1R+CD40 stimulation of macrophages is sufficient to create a proinflammatory tumor milieu that reinvigorates an effective T cell response in transplanted tumors that are either responsive or insensitive to immune checkpoint blockade. The central role of macrophages in regulating preexisting immunity is substantiated by depletion experiments, transcriptome analysis of ex vivo sorted TAMs, and gene expression profiling of whole tumor lysates at an early treatment time point. This approach enabled the identification of specific combination-induced changes among the pleiotropic activation spectrum of the CD40 agonist. In patients, CD40 expression on human TAMs was detected in mesothelioma and colorectal adenocarcinoma.
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- Sabine Hoves
- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany.,Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Penzberg, Germany
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Schmittnaegel M, Rigamonti N, Kadioglu E, Cassará A, Wyser Rmili C, Kiialainen A, Kienast Y, Mueller HJ, Ooi CH, Laoui D, De Palma M. Dual angiopoietin-2 and VEGFA inhibition elicits antitumor immunity that is enhanced by PD-1 checkpoint blockade. Sci Transl Med 2017; 9:9/385/eaak9670. [PMID: 28404865 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aak9670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Pathological angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer and a therapeutic target. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2; also known as ANG2) are proangiogenic cytokines that sustain tumor angiogenesis and limit antitumor immunity. We show that combined ANGPT2 and VEGFA blockade by a bispecific antibody (A2V) provided superior therapeutic benefits, as compared to the single agents, in both genetically engineered and transplant tumor models, including metastatic breast cancer (MMTV-PyMT), pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (RIP1-Tag2), and melanoma. Mechanistically, A2V promoted vascular regression, tumor necrosis, and antigen presentation by intratumoral phagocytes. A2V also normalized the remaining blood vessels and facilitated the extravasation and perivascular accumulation of activated, interferon-γ (IFNγ)-expressing CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Whereas the antitumoral activity of A2V was, at least partly, CTL-dependent, perivascular T cells concurrently up-regulated the expression of the immune checkpoint ligand programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) in tumor endothelial cells. IFNγ neutralization blunted this adaptive response, and PD-1 blockade improved tumor control by A2V in different cancer models. These findings position immune cells as key effectors of antiangiogenic therapy and support the rationale for cotargeting angiogenesis and immune checkpoints in cancer therapy.
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- Martina Schmittnaegel
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Roche Innovation Center Basel, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharma Research and Early Development, 4070 Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Discovery, Pharma Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Discovery, Pharma Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Roche Innovation Center Basel, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharma Research and Early Development, 4070 Basel, Switzerland.,Roche Innovation Center Munich, Oncology Discovery, Pharma Research and Early Development, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Schmittnaegel M, Hoffmann E, Imhof-Jung S, Fischer C, Drabner G, Georges G, Klein C, Knoetgen H. A New Class of Bifunctional Major Histocompatibility Class I Antibody Fusion Molecules to Redirect CD8 T Cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2016; 15:2130-42. [PMID: 27353170 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Bifunctional antibody fusion proteins engaging effector T cells for targeted elimination of tumor cells via CD3 binding have shown efficacy in both preclinical and clinical studies. Different from such a polyclonal T-cell recruitment, an alternative concept is to engage only antigen-specific T-cell subsets. Recruitment of specific subsets of T cells may be as potent but potentially lead to fewer side effects. Tumor-targeted peptide-MHC class I complexes (pMHCI-IgGs) bearing known antigenic peptides complexed with MHC class I molecules mark tumor cells as antigenic and utilize the physiologic way to interact with and activate T-cell receptors. If, for example, virus-specific CD8(+) T cells are addressed, the associated strong antigenicity and tight immune surveillance of the effector cells could lead to efficacious antitumor treatment in various tissues. However, peptide-MHC class I fusions are difficult to express recombinantly, especially when fused to entire antibody molecules. Consequently, current formats are largely limited to small antibody fragment fusions expressed in bacteria followed by refolding or chemical conjugation. Here, we describe a new molecular format bearing a single pMHCI complex per IgG fusion molecule characterized by enhanced stability and expression yields. This molecular format can be expressed in a full immunoglobulin format and can be designed as mono- or bivalent antibody binders. Mol Cancer Ther; 15(9); 2130-42. ©2016 AACR.
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Therapeutic Modalities, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Schmittnaegel M, Klein C, Levitsky V, Knoetgen H. Activation of cytomegalovirus-specific CD8 + T-cell response by antibody-mediated peptide-major histocompatibility class I complexes. Oncoimmunology 2016; 5:e1052930. [PMID: 26942061 PMCID: PMC4760341 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2015.1052930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Imposing antigenicity on tumor cells is a key step toward successful cancer-immunotherapy. A cytomegalovirus-derived peptide recombinantly fused to a major histocompatibility class I complex and a monoclonal antibody can be targeted to tumor cells by antibody-mediated delivery and activate a strong and specific CD8+ T cell response.
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- Martina Schmittnaegel
- ROCHE Pharma Research and Early Development: Large Molecule Research; ROCHE Innovation Center ; Penzberg, Germany
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- ROCHE Pharma Research and Early Development: Discovery Oncology; ROCHE Innovation Center ; Zurich, Switzerland
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- ROCHE Pharma Research and Early Development: Discovery Oncology; ROCHE Innovation Center ; Zurich, Switzerland
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- ROCHE Pharma Research and Early Development: Large Molecule Research; ROCHE Innovation Center ; Penzberg, Germany
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Schmittnaegel M, Levitsky V, Hoffmann E, Georges G, Mundigl O, Klein C, Knoetgen H. Committing Cytomegalovirus-Specific CD8 T Cells to Eliminate Tumor Cells by Bifunctional Major Histocompatibility Class I Antibody Fusion Molecules. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 3:764-76. [PMID: 25691327 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Tumor cells escape immune eradication through multiple mechanisms, including loss of antigenicity and local suppression of effector lymphocytes. To counteract these obstacles, we aimed to direct the unique cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific immune surveillance against tumor cells. We developed a novel generation of fusion proteins composed of a tumor antigen-specific full immunoglobulin connected to a single major histocompatibility class I complex bearing a covalently linked virus-derived peptide (pMHCI-IgG). Here, we show that tumor antigen-expressing cancer cells, which are decorated with pMHCI-IgGs containing a HLA-A*0201 molecule associated with a CMV-derived peptide, are specifically eliminated through engagement of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cell preparations of CMV-infected humans. These CD8(+) T cells act without additional expansion, preactivation, or provision of costimulatory signals. Elimination of tumor cells is induced at similar concentrations and with similar time kinetics as those seen with bispecific T-cell engagers (BiTE). However, while BiTE-like reagents indiscriminately activate T cells through binding to the T-cell receptor complex, pMHCI-IgGs selectively engage antigen-specific, constantly renewable, differentiated effector cytotoxic T lymphocytes to tumor cells, thereby representing a novel class of anticancer immunotherapeutics with potentially improved safety and efficacy profiles.
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- Martina Schmittnaegel
- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Penzberg, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Penzberg, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Penzberg, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Penzberg, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany
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- Discovery Oncology, Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Large Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Penzberg, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Penzberg, Germany.
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Schmittnaegel M, Hoffmann E, Mundigl O, Niederfellner G, Bosslet K, Umana P, Levitsky V, Klein C, Knoetgen H. Abstract B69: Novel MHC class I antibody fusions for cancer treatment. Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.tumimm2012-b69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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MHC (major histocompatibility complex) class I-restricted CD8 cytotoxic T cells recognize tumor cells or virus infected cells as foreign and consequently initiate a cascade of events resulting in their destruction. An immunotherapeutic strategy based on antibody-mediated targeting of virus-derived peptide-MHC class I complexes to tumor cells aiming at the subsequent elimination of these tumor cells by peptide-specific cytotoxic T cells has been proposed a few years ago. A crucial limitation hampering advances of this therapeutic concept was the recombinant expression of MHC class I fused full IgG immunoglobulins.
We have identified novel recombinant fusion formats that allow the expression of full-length peptide-MHC class I IgG fusion molecules. These formats contain a single recombinant human pMHC class I complex consisting of a viral peptide (CMV or EBV derived), beta-2-microglobulin and HLA heavy chain (A*0201, lacking the transmembrane domain) fused to one of the two immunoglobulin heavy chains of a complete antibody molecule. These fusions can be expressed at high levels in standard mammalian expression systems overcoming several former technical hurdles (e.g. prokaryotic expression, low refolding yield, chemical coupling of components). By flow cytometry we show that the new fusion proteins successfully deliver virus-peptide complexed MHC class I molecules to tumor cells. The fusion proteins are potent CD8 T cell recruiters for human donor derived specific T cells or human PBMCs from chronically infected donors. A low frequency of virus peptide specific CD8 T cells in PBMCs (0.25 to 3.8 % of all CD8 positive T cells) effectively triggers in a peptide specific manner the killing of tumor cells at sub-nanomolar concentrations (cytotoxic T cell assay using real time analysis with xCelligence confirmed by classical LDH release). No unspecific activation of T cells was observed even at high concentrations, indicating a favorable safety profile. Confocal time-lapse microscopy showed T cell synapse formation on the tumor cells and serial killing by the T cells. We experimentally compare the killing of tumor cells of the MHC class I fused antibodies with bispecific anti-CD3 mediated T cell recruiters and characterized the virus specific T cells from human donors in detail.
Our results show for the first time that recombinant pMHC class I antibody fusions in our novel full human IgG format can be expressed with a significant yield in common mammalian production cell lines. The redirection of MHC class I mediated recruitment of pre-existing virus specific CD8 T cells from human PBMCs is potent mechanism to attack tumor cells with a low risk of unspecific T cell activation making the concept now suitable as a therapeutic option.
Citation Format: Martina Schmittnaegel, Eike Hoffmann, Olaf Mundigl, Gerhard Niederfellner, Klaus Bosslet, Pablo Umana, Victor Levitsky, Christian Klein, Hendrik Knoetgen. Novel MHC class I antibody fusions for cancer treatment. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Tumor Immunology: Multidisciplinary Science Driving Basic and Clinical Advances; Dec 2-5, 2012; Miami, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(1 Suppl):Abstract nr B69.
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