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Tomisch J, Busse V, Rosato F, Makshakova ON, Salavei P, Kittel AS, Gillon E, Lataster L, Imberty A, Meléndez AV, Römer W. A Shiga Toxin B-Subunit-Based Lectibody Boosts T Cell Cytotoxicity towards Gb3-Positive Cancer Cells. Cells 2023; 12:1896. [PMID: 37508560 PMCID: PMC10378424 DOI: 10.3390/cells12141896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Aberrant glycosylation plays a crucial role in tumour progression and invasiveness. Tumour-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) represent a valuable set of targets for immunotherapeutic approaches. The poor immunogenicity of glycan structures, however, requires a more effective and well-directed way of targeting TACAs on the surface of cancer cells than antibodies. The glycosphingolipid globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) is a well-established TACA present in a multitude of cancer types. Its overexpression has been linked to metastasis, invasiveness, and multidrug resistance. In the present study, we propose to use a dimeric fragment of the Shiga toxin B-subunit (StxB) to selectively target Gb3-positive cancer cells in a StxB-scFv UCHT1 lectibody. The lectibody, comprised of a lectin and the UCHT1 antibody fragment, was produced in E. coli and purified via Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. Specificity of the lectibody towards Gb3-positive cancer cell lines and specificity towards the CD3 receptor on T cells, was assessed using flow cytometry. We evaluated the efficacy of the lectibody in redirecting T cell cytotoxicity towards Gb3-overexpressing cancer cells in luciferase-based cytotoxicity in vitro assays. The StxB-scFv UCHT1 lectibody has proven specific for Gb3 and could induce the killing of up to 80% of Gb3-overexpressing cancer cells in haemorrhagic and solid tumours. The lectibody developed in this study, therefore, highlights the potential that lectibodies and lectins in general have for usage in immunotherapeutic approaches to boost the efficacy of established cancer treatments.
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- Jana Tomisch
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Kazan Institute for Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111 Kazan, Russia
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- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Core Facility Signalling Factory & Robotics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- CNRS, CERMAV, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- CNRS, CERMAV, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Zhang XW, Wu YS, Xu TM, Cui MH. CAR-T Cells in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer: A Promising Cell Therapy. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13030465. [PMID: 36979400 PMCID: PMC10046142 DOI: 10.3390/biom13030465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Ovarian cancer (OC) is among the most common gynecologic malignancies with a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage (stage III or IV), with 5-year survival rates ranging from 25% to 47% worldwide. Surgical resection and first-line chemotherapy are the main treatment modalities for OC. However, patients usually relapse within a few years of initial treatment due to resistance to chemotherapy. Cell-based therapies, particularly adoptive T-cell therapy and chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, represent an alternative immunotherapy approach with great potential for hematologic malignancies. However, the use of CAR-T-cell therapy for the treatment of OC is still associated with several difficulties. In this review, we comprehensively discuss recent innovations in CAR-T-cell engineering to improve clinical efficacy, as well as strategies to overcome the limitations of CAR-T-cell therapy in OC.
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Assessing the Future of Solid Tumor Immunotherapy. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10030655. [PMID: 35327456 PMCID: PMC8945484 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10030655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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With the advent of cancer immunotherapy, there has been a major improvement in patient’s quality of life and survival. The growth of cancer immunotherapy has dramatically changed our understanding of the basics of cancer biology and has altered the standards of care (surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy) for patients. Cancer immunotherapy has generated significant excitement with the success of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy in particular. Clinical results using CAR-T for hematological malignancies have led to the approval of four CD19-targeted and one B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeted cell therapy products by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Also, immune checkpoint inhibitors such as antibodies against Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1), Programmed Cell Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1), and Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen 4 (CTLA-4) have shown promising therapeutic outcomes and long-lasting clinical effect in several tumor types and patients who are refractory to other treatments. Despite these promising results, the success of cancer immunotherapy in solid tumors has been limited due to several barriers, which include immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), inefficient trafficking, and heterogeneity of tumor antigens. This is further compounded by the high intra-tumoral pressure of solid tumors, which presents an additional challenge to successfully delivering treatments to solid tumors. In this review, we will outline and propose specific approaches that may overcome these immunological and physical barriers to improve the outcomes in solid tumor patients receiving immunotherapies.
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Cha SE, Kujawski M, J Yazaki P, Brown C, Shively JE. Tumor regression and immunity in combination therapy with anti-CEA chimeric antigen receptor T cells and anti-CEA-IL2 immunocytokine. Oncoimmunology 2021; 10:1899469. [PMID: 33796409 PMCID: PMC7993151 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2021.1899469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Targeted immunotherapy of solid cancers with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells and immunocytokines are attractive options in that they both rely on the specificity of tumor-targeted antibodies. Since carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) expression in both colon and breast cancers is correlated with poor prognosis, it was chosen as a model tumor target in immunocompetent CEA transgenic (CEATg) mice. A second-generation anti-CEA CAR derived from CEA-specific antibody T84.66 was used to treat murine MC38 colon or E0771 breast carcinomas transfected with CEA. Anti-CEA CAR vs. mock transduced T cells exhibited a CEA-specific cytotoxic and IFNγ dose response to both CEA transfected cell lines vs. their CEA-negative controls. Anti-CEA CAR vs. mock transduced T cells delayed the median survival of CEA transfected s.c. MC38 or orthotopic E0771 tumor-bearing CEATg mice by 2 days. With the addition of one-day prior cyclophosphamide (CY) lymphodepletion, anti-CEA CAR T cell treatment delayed the median survival of MC38/CEA and E0771/CEA tumor-bearing CEATg mice by ten and 3 days, respectively. Since CAR T cells require IL2 for survival and expansion, anti-CEA-IL2 immunocytokine (ICK) treatment was performed post CAR T cell therapy. Single ICK treatment 1 day after CY plus anti-CEA CAR T cell therapy in the MC38/CEA model, and two ICK treatments every 3 days after CY plus anti-CEA CAR T cell therapy in the E0771/CEA model were ineffective, while four ICK treatments every 3 days after CY plus anti-CEA CAR T cell therapy completely eradicated MC38/CEA tumor growth and induced tumor immunity when the mice were re-challenged with tumor. These studies show the therapeutic potential of anti-CEA CAR T cells combined with ICK to treat CEA-positive tumors. Abbreviations: CAR: Chimeric antigen receptor, CEA: Carcinoembryonic antigen, CEACAM5, ICK: Immunocytokine, CY: Cyclophosphamide, CEATg mouse: transgenic CEA mouse, TDLN: Tumor-draining lymph node
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- Seung E Cha
- Department of Immunology and Theranostics, City of Hope, Duarte, USA.,Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Theranostics, City of Hope, Duarte, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Theranostics, City of Hope, Duarte, USA
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- Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, USA.,Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, USA.,T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory, City of Hope, Duarte, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Theranostics, City of Hope, Duarte, USA.,Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, USA
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Adoptive T cell therapy has proven effective against hematologic malignancies and demonstrated efficacy against a variety of solid tumors in preclinical studies and clinical trials. Nonetheless, antitumor responses against solid tumors remain modest, highlighting the need to enhance the effectiveness of this therapy. Genetic modification of T cells with RNA has been explored to enhance T-cell antigen specificity, effector function, and migration to tumor sites, thereby potentiating antitumor immunity. This review describes the rationale for RNA-electroporated T cell modifications and provides an overview of their applications in preclinical and clinical investigations for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
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- Fernanda Pohl-Guimarães
- Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Wesolowski R, Stiff A, Quiroga D, McQuinn C, Li Z, Nitta H, Savardekar H, Benner B, Ramaswamy B, Lustberg M, Layman RM, Macrae E, Kassem M, Williams N, Sardesai S, VanDeusen J, Stover D, Cherian M, Mace TA, Yu L, Duggan M, Carson WE. Exploratory analysis of immune checkpoint receptor expression by circulating T cells and tumor specimens in patients receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer. BMC Cancer 2020; 20:445. [PMID: 32429929 PMCID: PMC7236344 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-06949-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND While combinations of immune checkpoint (ICP) inhibitors and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) have begun testing in patients with breast cancer (BC), the effects of chemotherapy on ICP expression in circulating T cells and within the tumor microenvironment are still unclear. This information could help with the design of future clinical trials by permitting the selection of the most appropriate ICP inhibitors for incorporation into NAC. METHODS Peripheral blood samples and/or tumor specimens before and after NAC were obtained from 24 women with operable BC. The expression of CTLA4, PD-1, Lag3, OX40, and Tim3 on circulating T lymphocytes before and at the end of NAC were measured using flow cytometry. Furthermore, using multi-color immunohistochemistry (IHC), the expression of immune checkpoint molecules by stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), CD8+ T cells, and tumor cells was determined before and after NAC. Differences in the percentage of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells expressing various checkpoint receptors were determined by a paired Student's t-test. RESULTS This analysis showed decreased ICP expression by circulating CD4+ T cells after NAC, including significant decreases in CTLA4, Lag3, OX40, and PD-1 (all p values < 0.01). In comparison, circulating CD8+ T cells showed a significant increase in CTLA4, Lag3, and OX40 (all p values < 0.01). Within tumor samples, TILs, CD8+ T cells, and PD-L1/PD-1 expression decreased after NAC. Additionally, fewer tumor specimens were considered to be PD-L1/PD-1 positive post-NAC as compared to pre-NAC biopsy samples using a cutoff of 1% expression. CONCLUSIONS This work revealed that NAC treatment can substantially downregulate CD4+ and upregulate CD8+ T cell ICP expression as well as deplete the amount of TILs and CD8+ T cells found in breast tumor samples. These findings provide a starting point to study the biological significance of these changes in BC patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT04022616.
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- Robert Wesolowski
- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Division of Medical Oncology, James Cancer Hospital and the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1800 Cannon Drive, 1250 Lincoln Tower, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, 410 W 10th Ave, N911 Doan Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, 410 W 10th Ave, N337B Doan Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Roche Tissue Diagnostics, 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85744, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Starling Loving Hall, 320 W10th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, 2012 Kenny Rd, Columbus, OH, 43221, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, 410 W 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, 410 W 10th Ave, N911 Doan Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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Beyond DNA Damage: Exploring the Immunomodulatory Effects of Cyclophosphamide in Multiple Myeloma. Hemasphere 2020; 4:e350. [PMID: 32309787 PMCID: PMC7162079 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The alkylating agent cyclophosphamide has been used in the treatment of multiple myeloma for over 60 years. At low doses, cyclophosphamide also has significant immunomodulatory activity, which can be used to modify the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in order to augment responses to existing therapies. Immune-mediated therapies are becoming more widespread in modern approaches to myeloma treatment. In this review, we discuss the effects cyclophosphamide has on the immune system, and how it can be used synergistically with other treatment modalities including the immunomodulatory agents, monoclonal antibodies and cellular therapies.
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Xu J, Wang Y, Shi J, Liu J, Li Q, Chen L. Combination therapy: A feasibility strategy for CAR-T cell therapy in the treatment of solid tumors. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:2063-2070. [PMID: 30008901 PMCID: PMC6036511 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies have been demonstrated to have durable and potentially curative therapeutic efficacies in patients with hematological malignancies. Currently, multiple clinical trials in CAR-T cell therapy have been evaluated for the treatment of patients with solid malignancies, but have had less marked therapeutic effects when the agents are used as monotherapies. When summarizing relevant studies, the present study found that combination therapy strategies for solid tumors based on CAR-T cell therapies might be more effective. This review will focus on various aspects of treating solid tumors with CAR-T cell therapy: i) The therapeutic efficacy of CAR-T cell monotherapy, ii) the feasibility of the CAR-T cell therapy in conjunction with chemotherapy, iii) the feasibility of CAR-T cell therapy with radiotherapy, iv) the feasibility of CAR-T cell therapy with chemoradiotherapy, and v) the feasibility of the combination of CAR-T cell therapy with other strategies.
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- Jinjing Xu
- Galactophore Department, Jiangsu Huai'an Maternity and Children Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223001, P.R. China
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- Galactophore Department, Jiangsu Huai'an Maternity and Children Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223001, P.R. China
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- Galactophore Department, Jiangsu Huai'an Maternity and Children Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223001, P.R. China
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- Galactophore Department, Jiangsu Huai'an Maternity and Children Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223001, P.R. China
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- Galactophore Department, Jiangsu Huai'an Maternity and Children Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223001, P.R. China
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- Galactophore Department, Jiangsu Huai'an Maternity and Children Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223001, P.R. China
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O’Hara MH, Stashwick C, Plesa G, Tanyi JL. Overcoming barriers of car T-cell therapy in patients with mesothelin-expressing cancers. Immunotherapy 2017; 9:767-780. [DOI: 10.2217/imt-2017-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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One obstacle to the application of immunotherapy to solid malignancies is to overcome the existing tolerance to self-antigens. Vaccine strategies aimed at harnessing endogenous antitumor T cells are limited by the T-cell receptor repertoire, which can be detected within the thymus as central tolerance or rendered nonfunctional by post-thymic mechanisms of peripheral tolerance. Adoptive immunotherapy can overcome these obstacles, since therapeutically effective T cells can be engineered to recognize tumors. Continued advancements in novel treatments, including immunotherapy, in solid malignancies are imperative. While mesothelin is an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy given its normal expression is limited to mesothelial cells, the breakthrough for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell treatment against this antigen is still forthcoming.
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- Mark H O’Hara
- Department of Hematologic Oncology of the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3400 Spruce street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Lancaster General Hospital, 555 N Duke street, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine of The University of Pennsylvania, The University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3400 Spruce street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology of the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3400 Spruce street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Adapting conventional cancer treatment for immunotherapy. J Mol Med (Berl) 2016; 94:489-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00109-016-1393-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bracci L, Schiavoni G, Sistigu A, Belardelli F. Immune-based mechanisms of cytotoxic chemotherapy: implications for the design of novel and rationale-based combined treatments against cancer. Cell Death Differ 2014; 21:15-25. [PMID: 23787994 PMCID: PMC3857622 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2013.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 635] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Conventional anticancer chemotherapy has been historically thought to act through direct killing of tumor cells. This concept stems from the fact that cytotoxic drugs interfere with DNA synthesis and replication. Accumulating evidence, however, indicates that the antitumor activities of chemotherapy also rely on several off-target effects, especially directed to the host immune system, that cooperate for successful tumor eradication. Chemotherapeutic agents stimulate both the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system through several modalities: (i) by promoting specific rearrangements on dying tumor cells, which render them visible to the immune system; (ii) by influencing the homeostasis of the hematopoietic compartment through transient lymphodepletion followed by rebound replenishment of immune cell pools; (iii) by subverting tumor-induced immunosuppressive mechanisms and (iv) by exerting direct or indirect stimulatory effects on immune effectors. Among the indirect ways of immune cell stimulation, some cytotoxic drugs have been shown to induce an immunogenic type of cell death in tumor cells, resulting in the emission of specific signals that trigger phagocytosis of cell debris and promote the maturation of dendritic cells, ultimately resulting in the induction of potent antitumor responses. Here, we provide an extensive overview of the multiple immune-based mechanisms exploited by the most commonly employed cytotoxic drugs, with the final aim of identifying prerequisites for optimal combination with immunotherapy strategies for the development of more effective treatments against cancer.
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- L Bracci
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Harada T, Kawaminami H, Miura NN, Adachi Y, Nakajima M, Yadomae T, Ohno N. Mechanism of Enhanced Hematopoietic Response by Soluble β-Glucan SCG in Cyclophosphamide-Treated Mice. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 50:687-700. [PMID: 16985290 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03841.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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SCG is a major 6-branched 1,3-beta-D-glucan in Sparassis crispa Fr. SCG shows antitumor activity and also enhances the hematopoietic response in cyclophosphamide (CY)-treated mice. In the present study, the molecular mechanism of the enhancement of the hematopoietic response was investigated. The levels of interferon-(IFN-)gamma, tumor necrosis factor-(TNF-)alpha, granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin-(IL-) 6 and IL-12p70 were significantly increased by SCG in CY-treated mice. GM-CSF production in the splenocytes from the CY-treated mice was higher than that in normal mice regardless of SCG stimulation. Neutralizing GM-CSF significantly inhibited the induction of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and IL-12p70 by SCG. The level of cytokine induction by SCG was regulated by the amount of endogenous GM-CSF produced in response to CY treatment in a dose-dependent manner. The expression of beta-glucan receptors, such as CR3 and dectin-1, was up-regulated by CY treatment. Blocking dectin-1 significantly inhibited the induction of TNF-alpha and IL-12p70 production by SCG. Taken together, these results suggest that the key factors in the cytokine induction in CY-treated mice were the enhanced levels of both endogenous GM-CSF production and dectin-1 expression.
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- Toshie Harada
- Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, Japan
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Moschella F, Torelli GF, Valentini M, Urbani F, Buccione C, Petrucci MT, Natalino F, Belardelli F, Foà R, Proietti E. Cyclophosphamide induces a type I interferon-associated sterile inflammatory response signature in cancer patients' blood cells: implications for cancer chemoimmunotherapy. Clin Cancer Res 2013; 19:4249-61. [PMID: 23759676 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-3666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Certain chemotherapeutics, particularly cyclophosphamide, can enhance the antitumor efficacy of immunotherapy. A better understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of cyclophosphamide-mediated immunomodulation is needed to improve the efficacy of chemoimmunotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Transcript profiling and flow cytometry were used to explore cyclophosphamide-induced immunoadjuvanticity in patients with hematologic malignancies. RESULTS A single high-dose treatment rapidly (1-2 days) induced peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) transcriptional modulation, leading to reduction of cell-cycle and biosynthetic/metabolic processes and augmentation of DNA damage and cell death pathways (p53 signaling pathway), death-related scavenger receptors, antigen processing/presentation mediators, T-cell activation markers and, noticeably, a type I IFN (IFN-I) signature (OAS1, CXCL10, BAFF, IFITM2, IFI6, IRF5, IRF7, STAT2, UBE2L6, UNC93B1, ISG20L1, TYK2). Moreover, IFN-I-induced proinflammatory mediators (CXCL10, CCL2, IL-8, and BAFF) were increased in patients' plasma. Accordingly, cyclophosphamide induced the expansion/activation of CD14(+)CD16(+) monocytes, of HLA-DR(+), IL-8RA(+), and MARCO(+) monocytes/dendritic cells, and of CD69(+), OX40(+), and IL-8RA(+) lymphocytes. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, these data identify the cyclophosphamide-induced immunomodulatory factors in humans and indicate that preconditioning chemotherapy may stimulate immunity as a consequence of danger perception associated with blood cell death, through p53 and IFN-I-related mechanisms.
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- Federica Moschella
- Department of Hematology Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Rome 00161, Italy.
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[Immunotherapy: an emerging strategies against prostate castration resistant cancer]. Bull Cancer 2012; 99 Suppl 1:S57-65. [PMID: 22516539 DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2012.1564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Castration resistant prostate cancer occurs when patients experience disease progression despite appropriate hormonal manipulations. In these patients, chemotherapy remains standard treatment. Preclinical and clinical data have demonstrated the potential utility of an immunotherapy-based approach for the treatment of prostate cancer (PC). The phase III trial (IMPACT) has recently reported an advantage for Sipuleucel-T over placebo, with an overall survival 4.1 months superior to placebo. Sipuleucel-T is also the first FDA-approved immunotherapy for prostate cancer. These promising results need to be confirmed with other large studies and within previous step of PC. Neoplasic cells can escape immune responses by multiple mechanisms. A better knowledge of these mechanisms is of major concern for the future development of new immunotherapies approach.
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Vermeij R, Leffers N, Hoogeboom BN, Hamming ILE, Wolf R, Reyners AKL, Molmans BHW, Hollema H, Bart J, Drijfhout JW, Oostendorp J, van der Zee AGJ, Melief CJ, van der Burg SH, Daemen T, Nijman HW. Potentiation of a p53-SLP vaccine by cyclophosphamide in ovarian cancer: a single-arm phase II study. Int J Cancer 2012; 131:E670-80. [PMID: 22139992 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The purpose of the current phase II single-arm clinical trial was to evaluate whether pretreatment with low-dose cyclophosphamide improves immunogenicity of a p53-synthetic long peptide (SLP) vaccine in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer. Patients with ovarian cancer with elevated serum levels of CA-125 after primary treatment were immunized four times with the p53-SLP vaccine. Each immunization was preceded by administration of 300 mg/m2 intravenous cyclophosphamide as a means to affect regulatory T cells (Tregs). Vaccine-induced p53-specific interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)-producing T cells evaluated by IFN-γ ELISPOT were observed in 90% (9/10) and 87.5% (7/8) of evaluable patients after two and four immunizations, respectively. Proliferative p53-specific T cells, observed in 80.0% (8/10) and 62.5% (5/8) of patients, produced both T-helper 1 and T-helper-2 cytokines. Cyclophosphamide induced neither a quantitative reduction of Tregs determined by CD4+ FoxP3+ T cell levels nor a demonstrable qualitative difference in Treg function tested in vitro. Nonetheless, the number of vaccine-induced p53-specific IFN-γ-producing T cells was higher in our study compared to a study in which a similar patient group was treated with p53-SLP monotherapy (p≤0.012). Furthermore, the strong reduction in the number of circulating p53-specific T cells observed previously after four immunizations was currently absent. Stable disease was observed in 20.0% (2/10) of patients, and the remainder of patients (80.0%) showed clinical, biochemical and/or radiographic evidence of progressive disease. The outcome of this phase II trial warrants new studies on the use of low-dose cyclophosphamide to potentiate the immunogenicity of the p53-SLP vaccine or other antitumor vaccines.
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- Renee Vermeij
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Proietti E, Moschella F, Capone I, Belardelli F. Exploitation of the propulsive force of chemotherapy for improving the response to cancer immunotherapy. Mol Oncol 2011; 6:1-14. [PMID: 22177803 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2011.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Since the early clinical studies of cancer immunotherapy, the question arose as to whether it was possible to combine it with standard cancer treatments, mostly chemotherapy. The answer, now, is past history. The combined use of immunotherapy and chemotherapy is not only possible but, in certain cases, can be advantageous, depending on the drug, the dose and the combination modalities. In order to find the best synergisms between the two treatments and to turn weak immunotherapeutic interventions into potent anticancer instruments, it is mandatory to understand the complex mechanisms responsible for the positive interactions between chemotherapy and immunotherapy. In this article, we review the current knowledge on mechanisms involved in the immunostimulating activity of chemotherapy and summarize the main studies in both mouse models and patients aimed at exploiting such mechanisms for enhancing the response to cancer immunotherapy.
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- Enrico Proietti
- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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Piersma SJ. Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in cervical cancer patients. CANCER MICROENVIRONMENT 2011; 4:361-75. [PMID: 21626415 DOI: 10.1007/s12307-011-0066-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cervical cancer is caused by Human papillomavirus (HPV) in virtually all cases. These HPV-induced cancers express the viral oncogenes E6 and E7 and are therefore potentially recognized by the immune system. Despite the abundant presence of these foreign antigens, the immune system is unable to cope with the tumor. Due to the constant immunological pressure, cervical cancers can evolve different immune evasion strategies, which will be described in the current review. Several approaches for immunotherapy of cervical cancer are currently under development, which aim at inducing strong HPV-specific immunity. Besides the reinforcement of potent anti-tumor immune responses, immunotherapy could also enhance HPV-specific T regulatory cells. Supplementary strategies that neutralize an immunosuppressive milieu may have great potential. These strategies are discussed as well.
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- Sytse J Piersma
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, room G02.667, Huispost G04.614 Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands,
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Moschella F, Valentini M, Aricò E, Macchia I, Sestili P, D'Urso MT, Alessandri C, Belardelli F, Proietti E. Unraveling cancer chemoimmunotherapy mechanisms by gene and protein expression profiling of responses to cyclophosphamide. Cancer Res 2011; 71:3528-39. [PMID: 21444678 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-4523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Certain chemotherapeutic drugs, such as cyclophosphamide (CTX), can enhance the antitumor efficacy of immunotherapy because of their capacity to modulate innate and adaptive immunity. Indeed, it has been argued that this capacity may be more significant to chemotherapeutic efficacy in general than is currently appreciated. To gain insights into the core mechanisms of chemoimmunotherapy, we methodically profiled the effects of CTX on gene expression in bone marrow, spleen, and peripheral blood, and on cytokine expression in plasma and bone marrow of tumor-bearing mice. Gene and protein expression were modulated early and transiently by CTX, leading to upregulation of a variety of immunomodulatory factors, including danger signals, pattern recognition receptors, inflammatory mediators, growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, and chemokine receptors. These factors are involved in sensing CTX myelotoxicity and activating repair mechanisms, which, in turn, stimulate immunoactivation events that promote efficacy. In particular, CTX induced a T-helper 17 (Th17)-related gene signature associated with an increase in Th17, Th1, and activated CD25(+)CD4(+)Foxp3(-) T lymphocytes and a slight recovery of regulatory T cells. By analyzing gene and protein expression kinetics and their relationship to the antitumor efficacy of different therapeutic schedules of combination, we determined that optimal timing for performing adoptive immunotherapy is approximately 1 day after CTX treatment. Together, our findings highlight factors that may propel the efficacy of chemoimmunotherapy, offering a mechanistic glimpse of the important immune modulatory effects of CTX.
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- Federica Moschella
- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Park YS, Bae JH, Son CH, Lee KS, Kim W, Jung MH, Yang K, Kim SH, Kang CD. Cyclophosphamide potentiates the antitumor effect of immunization with injection of immature dendritic cells into irradiated tumor. Immunol Invest 2011; 40:383-99. [PMID: 21314288 DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2011.552141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Growth of a tumor on the left flank was suppressed by direct injection of immature DCs (iDCs) into the irradiated tumor on the right thigh (IR/DC). This antitumor immune effect of IR/DC was enhanced by pretreatment with CTX (CTX+IR/DC) and this effect was related with increased number of tumor-specific IFN-γ secreting T cells and decreased ratio of CD4(+)CD25(+)/CD4(+) T cells. The treatment with CTX+IR/DC increased or decreased the levels of IL-2 or IL-10, respectively. These results demonstrated that antitumor effect of IR/DC could be augmented by pretreatment with low-dose CTX, suggesting a new antitumor therapeutic modality of chemoradioimmunotherapy.
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- You-Soo Park
- Department of Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan 626-870, Korea
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Mondino A, Dardalhon V, Hess Michelini R, Loisel-Meyer S, Taylor N. Redirecting the immune response: role of adoptive T cell therapy. Hum Gene Ther 2010; 21:533-41. [PMID: 20201627 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2010.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Adoptive T cell therapy is aimed at overcoming constraints of the endogenous immune response. In patients with malignancies, this approach is based on the possibility of administering sufficient numbers of tumor-reactive lymphocytes under conditions in which they will promote a therapeutic response. Although this strategy is potentially applicable to a vast number of malignancies, its efficacy, to date, has been limited. This is likely related to several factors including an insufficient persistence and reactivation of infused cells, insufficient tumor infiltration, and the presence of an immunosuppressive environment. Here, we review the importance of pretransplantation host conditioning and posttransplantation strategies that have been shown to contribute to the therapeutic efficacy of infused T lymphocytes.
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- Anna Mondino
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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Moschella F, Proietti E, Capone I, Belardelli F. Combination strategies for enhancing the efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer patients. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1194:169-78. [PMID: 20536466 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05464.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A major challenge in cancer immunotherapy is the identification of effective strategies for enhancing its clinical efficacy. One approach is based on adjuvants capable of breaking tolerance against tumor-associated antigens. Interferon-alpha(IFN-alpha), an antiviral cytokine with a long record of clinical use, has recently been shown to act as an effective adjuvant in cancer patients. Notably, a special interest is currently focused on the use of dendritic cells (DC) generated in the presence of IFN-alpha (IFN-DC) for the preparation of anticancer vaccines. An additional approach for enhancing the response to immunotherapy relies on its combination with chemotherapy. In fact, an ensemble of results from both studies in animal models and pilot clinical trials suggest that certain chemotherapeutic agents can act, under defined conditions, as strong adjuvants for enhancing the efficacy of immunotherapy. These results open new opportunities for designing mechanism-based combination therapies involving both chemotherapy and new-generation cancer vaccines, including IFN-DC-based vaccines.
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- Federica Moschella
- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Simmons O, Magee M, Nemunaitis J. Current vaccine updates for lung cancer. Expert Rev Vaccines 2010; 9:323-35. [PMID: 20218860 DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Current treatments for lung cancer are far from optimal. Several immunotherapeutic strategies involving vaccines incorporating different tumor-associated antigens to induce immune responses against tumors are being tested in clinical trials internationally. Although small, benefits have indeed been observed from the early studies of these vaccines, and the future is looking brighter for lung cancer patients as a handful of these immunotherapies reach Phase III trials. In addition, optimizing the induced immune response by these vaccines has become a priority, and a number of techniques are being considered, including addition of adjuvants and combining vaccines, which affect synergy based on their mechanism of action. This review is an update on the current vaccines in production, the benefits observed from their most recent studies, and the upcoming plans for improvements in these immunotherapies.
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Salem ML, Cole DJ. Dendritic cell recovery post-lymphodepletion: a potential mechanism for anti-cancer adoptive T cell therapy and vaccination. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2010; 59:341-53. [PMID: 19921513 PMCID: PMC3070377 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-009-0792-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Adoptive transfer of autologous tumor-reactive T cells holds promise as a cancer immunotherapy. In this approach, T cells are harvested from a tumor-bearing host, expanded in vitro and infused back to the same host. Conditioning of the recipient host with a lymphodepletion regimen of chemotherapy or radiotherapy before adoptive T cell transfer has been shown to substantially improve survival and anti-tumor responses of the transferred cells. These effects are further enhanced when the adoptive T cell transfer is followed by vaccination with tumor antigens in combination with a potent immune adjuvant. Although significant progress has been made toward an understanding of the reasons underlying the beneficial effects of lymphodepletion to T cell adoptive therapy, the precise mechanisms remain poorly understood. Recent studies, including ours, would indicate a more central role for antigen presenting cells, in particular dendritic cells. Unraveling the exact role of these important cells in mediation of the beneficial effects of lymphodepletion could provide novel pathways toward the rational design of more effective anti-cancer immunotherapy. This article focuses on how the frequency, phenotype, and functions of dendritic cells are altered during the lymphopenic and recovery phases post-induction of lymphodepletion, and how they affect the anti-tumor responses of adoptively transferred T cells.
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- Mohamed Labib Salem
- Surgery Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA.
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Salem ML, Al-Khami AA, El-Naggar SA, Díaz-Montero CM, Chen Y, Cole DJ. Cyclophosphamide induces dynamic alterations in the host microenvironments resulting in a Flt3 ligand-dependent expansion of dendritic cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2010; 184:1737-47. [PMID: 20083664 PMCID: PMC3066076 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Preconditioning a recipient host with lymphodepletion can markedly augment adoptive T cell therapy. However, the precise mechanisms involved are poorly understood. In a recent study, we observed a significant increase in the circulating levels of dendritic cells (DCs; CD11c(+)CD11b(+)) during the recovery from cyclophosphamide (CTX)-induced lymphodepletion. Herein, we demonstrate that the CTX-induced DC expansion was not altered by adjuvant chemotherapy or tumor burden but was augmented by coadministration of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor. Although the increase in the number of DCs was preceded by a systemic expansion of a population expressing the phenotype of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (Gr-1(+)CD11b(+)), depletion of these Gr-1(+) cells had no effect on the noted expansion. Moreover, when Gr-1(high)CD11b(high) cells were sorted from CTX-treated mice and adoptively transferred into control or CTX-treated recipients, they did not differentiate into DCs. Post-CTX expansion of DCs was associated with proliferation of DCs in bone marrow (BM) during the lymphopenic phase and in the blood and spleen during the recovery phase. Furthermore, adoptive transfer of BM cells from CTX-treated mice produced equal numbers of DCs in the blood of either CTX-treated or untreated recipients. CTX induced a dynamic surge in the expression of growth factors and chemokines in BM, where CCR2 and Flt3 signaling pathways were critical for DC expansion. In sum, our data suggest that CTX induces proliferation of DCs in BM prior to their expansion in the periphery. Targeting DCs at these phases would significantly improve their contribution to the clinical application of lymphodepletion to adoptive immunotherapy.
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- Mohamed L Salem
- Department of Surgery, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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Vaccine Therapy for Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-524-8_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Barve M, Bender J, Senzer N, Cunningham C, Greco FA, McCune D, Steis R, Khong H, Richards D, Stephenson J, Ganesa P, Nemunaitis J, Ishioka G, Pappen B, Nemunaitis M, Morse M, Mills B, Maples PB, Sherman J, Nemunaitis JJ. Induction of Immune Responses and Clinical Efficacy in a Phase II Trial of IDM-2101, a 10-Epitope Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Vaccine, in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008; 26:4418-25. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.16.6462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Purpose Generation of broad cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses against multiple epitopes and tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) may provide effective immunotherapy in patients with cancer. We evaluated a single-vial peptide vaccine consisting of nine HLA-A2 supertype-binding epitopes (two native and seven analog epitopes modified for optimal HLA binding or T-cell receptor stimulation) covering five TAAs and the universal helper pan-DR epitope, formulated as a stable emulsion with incomplete Freund's adjuvant (Montanide ISA 51; Seppic SA, Paris, France). The clinical efficacy, safety, and multiepitope immunogenicity of IDM-2101 was evaluated in patients with stage IIIB or IV non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients and Methods A total of 63 patients were enrolled who were positive for HLA-A2. End points included survival, safety, and immune response. IDM-2101 (previously EP-2101) was administered every 3 weeks for the first 15 weeks, then every 2 months through year 1, then quarterly through year 2, for a total of 13 doses. Epitope-specific cytotoxic and helper T-lymphocyte immunogenic responses were measured by the interferon gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay. Results No significant adverse events were noted. Low-grade erythema and pain at the injection site were the most common adverse effects. One-year survival in the treated patients was 60%, and median survival was 17.3 months. One complete and one partial response were identified. Survival was longer in patients demonstrating an immune response to epitope peptides (P < .001). Conclusion IDM-2101 was well tolerated, and evidence of efficacy was suggested.
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- Minal Barve
- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- From the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers; Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Gradalis Inc; and Texas Oncology Physicians Association, Dallas; Tyler Cancer Center, Tyler, TX; IDM Pharma Inc, Irvine; Pharmexa-Epimmune, San Diego, CA; Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN; Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma WA; Atlanta Cancer Care, Roswell, GA; University of South Alabama, Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL; Cancer Center of the Carolinas, Greenville, SC; and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Welters MJP, Piersma SJ, van der Burg SH. T-regulatory cells in tumour-specific vaccination strategies. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2008; 8:1365-79. [DOI: 10.1517/14712598.8.9.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lauwen MM, Zwaveling S, de Quartel L, Ferreira Mota SC, Grashorn JAC, Melief CJM, van der Burg SH, Offringa R. Self-tolerance does not restrict the CD4+ T-helper response against the p53 tumor antigen. Cancer Res 2008; 68:893-900. [PMID: 18245492 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-3166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Tumorigenesis is frequently associated with mutation and overexpression of p53, which makes it an attractive target antigen for T cell-mediated immunotherapy of cancer. However, the magnitude and breadth of the p53-specific T-cell repertoire may be restricted due to the ubiquitous expression of wild-type p53 in normal somatic tissues. In view of the importance of the CD4+ T-helper cell responses in effective antitumor immunity, we have analyzed and compared the p53-specific reactivity of this T cell subset in p53+/+ and p53-/- C57Bl/6 mice. This response was found to be directed against the same three immunodominant epitopes in both mouse types. Fine-specificity, magnitude, and avidity were not affected by self-tolerance. Immunization of p53-/- and p53+/+ mice with synthetic peptide vaccines comprising the identified epitopes induced equal levels of Th1 immunity. Our findings imply that the p53-specific CD4+ T-cell repertoire is not restricted by self-tolerance and is fully available for the targeting of cancer.
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- Marjolein M Lauwen
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Song GY, Gibson G, Haq W, Huang ECC, Srivasta T, Hollstein M, Daftarian P, Wang Z, Diamond D, Ellenhorn JDI. An MVA vaccine overcomes tolerance to human p53 in mice and humans. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2007; 56:1193-205. [PMID: 17219151 PMCID: PMC11030254 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-006-0270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2006] [Accepted: 11/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The cellular regulatory protein p53 is overexpressed by almost 50% of all malignancies making it an attractive target for a vaccine approach to cancer. A number of immunotherapy approaches targeting p53 have been evaluated successfully in murine models, but translation of these preclinical findings to the clinic has been unsuccessful. Prior studies in our laboratory employing murine models demonstrated that a modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) vaccine expressing murine p53 could stimulate p53 specific immunity. Systemic administration of the MVA vaccine was able to effect the rejection of established tumors. To better understand the immunologic mechanisms that underlie the vaccine function of human p53, we utilized a murine model in which the murine germ line copy of p53 was replaced with a modified human one. These mice, referred to as Hupki, were evaluated as a tolerant model to explore the capacity of MVA expressing human p53 to overcome tolerance and reject human p53-expressing tumors. RESULTS MVAp53 immunization of Hupki mice resulted in the generation of p53-specific CD8(+) T cells and the rejection of a highly aggressive murine mammary carcinoma cell line 4T1(H-2d) transfected with human p53 (4T1p53). An immunologic correlate of tumor protection was evaluated utilizing an overlapping peptide library spanning the full length of human p53. This reagent was also used in combination with MVAp53 to stimulate p53-specific CD8(+) T cell responses in cancer patients. CONCLUSION These studies demonstrate the potential of MVAp53 to overcome tolerance to p53 for cancer immunotherapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cancer Vaccines/immunology
- Cancer Vaccines/pharmacology
- Cancer Vaccines/therapeutic use
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/immunology
- Cells, Cultured/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
- Female
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/immunology
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunotherapy, Active
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Peptide Fragments/chemical synthesis
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Transfection
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/chemistry
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/immunology
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- Guang-Yun Song
- Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Division of Genetic Alterations in Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
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- Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA USA
- Division of Surgery, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010 USA
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Bracci L, Moschella F, Sestili P, La Sorsa V, Valentini M, Canini I, Baccarini S, Maccari S, Ramoni C, Belardelli F, Proietti E. Cyclophosphamide enhances the antitumor efficacy of adoptively transferred immune cells through the induction of cytokine expression, B-cell and T-cell homeostatic proliferation, and specific tumor infiltration. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:644-53. [PMID: 17255288 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Immunotherapy is a promising antitumor strategy, which can be successfully combined with current anticancer treatments, as suggested by recent studies showing the paradoxical chemotherapy-induced enhancement of the immune response. The purpose of the present work is to dissect the biological events induced by chemotherapy that cooperate with immunotherapy in the success of the combined treatment against cancer. In particular, we focused on the following: (a) cyclophosphamide-induced modulation of several cytokines, (b) homeostatic proliferation of adoptively transferred lymphocytes, and (c) homing of transferred lymphocytes to secondary lymphoid organs and tumor mass. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Here, we used the adoptive transfer of tumor-immune cells after cyclophosphamide treatment of tumor-bearing mice as a model to elucidate the mechanisms by which cyclophosphamide can render the immune lymphocytes competent to induce tumor rejection. RESULTS The transfer of antitumor immunity was found to be dependent on CD4(+) T cells and on the cooperation of adoptively transferred cells with the host immune system. Of note, tumor-immune lymphocytes migrated specifically to the tumor only in mice pretreated with cyclophosphamide. Cyclophosphamide treatment also promoted homeostatic proliferation/activation of transferred B and T lymphocytes. Optimal therapeutic responses to the transfer of immune cells were associated with the cyclophosphamide-mediated induction of a "cytokine storm" [including granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-7, IL-15, IL-2, IL-21, and IFN-gamma], occurring during the "rebound phase" after drug-induced lymphodepletion. CONCLUSIONS The ensemble of these data provides a new rationale for combining immunotherapy and chemotherapy to induce an effective antitumor response in cancer patients.
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- Laura Bracci
- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Pukhalsky A, Shmarina G, Alioshkin V, Sabelnikov A. Alkylating drugs applied in non-cytotoxic doses as a novel compounds targeting inflammatory signal pathway. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 72:1432-8. [PMID: 16620792 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Revised: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 03/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alkylating drugs (ADs) belonging to the nitrogen mustard family are commonly used as cytostatic and immunosuppressive agents. Our previous in vitro studies demonstrated that in the case of gradual dose decrease, the number of targets for alkylation in the cell is also reduced and the drug switches from brutal cytostatic to cell growth modifier. At doses of 0.3 microg/ml and lower, the effects of ADs are no longer associated with DNA damage or stress/MAPK pathways activation. Instead, the disruption of signal transduction by the IL-2beta and/or TNFalpha cell surface receptors is observed. As a result, ADs in the doses 100-fold lower than cytostatic ones are capable to modify lymphocyte activity including the activity of regulatory T cells. We hypothesized that ADs may have a beneficial effect in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Indeed, the application of non-cytotoxic doses of an AD melphalan reduces the severity of murine experimental colitis. Daily administration of melphalan (25 microg/kg body weight) markedly reduced the severity of DSS-colitis as determined by clinical and histological criteria. Moreover, the beneficial effect of melphalan was also shown in asthmatic patients. In 60% of these patients histological and ultrastructural signs of bronchial epithelium regeneration were also revealed. Thus, ADs at non-cytotoxic concentrations exert beneficial effect both in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Such anti-inflammatory activity is thought to be due to blocking of signal transduction through various cell surface receptor including IL-2R and TNFR. Consequently different steps of inflammatory cascade turn out to be inhibited.
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- A Pukhalsky
- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia.
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Taieb J, Chaput N, Schartz N, Roux S, Novault S, Ménard C, Ghiringhelli F, Terme M, Carpentier AF, Darrasse-Jèze G, Darrasse-Jèse G, Lemonnier F, Zitvogel L. Chemoimmunotherapy of tumors: cyclophosphamide synergizes with exosome based vaccines. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:2722-9. [PMID: 16493027 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.5.2722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cell-derived exosomes (DEX) are nanomeric vesicles harboring MHC/peptide complexes capable of promoting primary T cell responses and tumor rejection in the presence of adjuvants. In this study, we show that, in the absence of adjuvants, DEX mediate potent Ag-dependent antitumor effects against preestablished tumors in mice pretreated with immunopotentiating dosing of cyclophosphamide. Cyclophosphamide could 1) abolish the suppressive function of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, 2) markedly enhance the magnitude of secondary but not primary CTL responses induced by DEX vaccines, 3) synergize with DEX in therapy but not prophylaxis tumor models. Therefore, therapeutic vaccines such as DEX aimed at boosting tumor-primed effector T cells could benefit procedures that minimize the effects of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating/pharmacology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cancer Vaccines/immunology
- Cancer Vaccines/therapeutic use
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclophosphamide/pharmacology
- Cytoplasmic Vesicles/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Female
- Humans
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive/methods
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/drug therapy
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
- Vaccines, Subunit/therapeutic use
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- Julien Taieb
- ERM-0208 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Faculté Kremlin Bicêtre, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Honeychurch J, Glennie MJ, Illidge TM. Cyclophosphamide Inhibition of Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody–Based Therapy of B Cell Lymphoma Is Dependent on CD11b+ Cells. Cancer Res 2005; 65:7493-501. [PMID: 16103104 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-3808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based immunotherapy is now established as an important option for treating some cancers. The antitumor effects may be further enhanced by combining mAb with conventional chemotherapy. Certain novel immunomodulatory mAbs such as anti-CD40 have shown significant activity in preclinical models. We therefore assessed the efficacy of combining anti-CD40 mAb, known to elicit CTL responses against murine lymphoma models with the commonly used cytotoxic drug, cyclophosphamide. Using the syngeneic tumor model, BCL1, we have shown that timing of cyclophosphamide relative to mAb is critical to therapeutic outcome. Pretreatment with cyclophosphamide 7 to 10 days prior to mAb results in markedly reduced survival levels, similar to that achieved with cyclophosphamide alone. Conversely, when anti-CD40 is given before cyclophosphamide, the level of tumor protection was moderately increased. In vivo tracking experiments reveal that pretreatment with cyclophosphamide leads to diminished CTL expansion, as well as an increased number of CD11b+ cells that display an activated phenotype. These latter cells are able to inhibit T-cell proliferation, at least in part via production of nitric oxide, but do not induce T-cell apoptosis. Furthermore, adoptive transfer of the induced CD11b+ cells is sufficient to inhibit anti-CD40 therapy in tumor-bearing recipients. We have shown that the timing of cyclophosphamide relative to mAb administration is critical to the therapeutic outcome, and although the combination can improve survival, cyclophosphamide given prior to immunotherapy may generate a population of myeloid cells that can interfere with CTL responses and compromise the therapeutic outcome.
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- Jamie Honeychurch
- Cancer Research UK Oncology Unit, Tenovus Research Laboratory, Cancer Sciences Division, School of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire
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van der Burg SH, Menon AG, Redeker A, Franken KLMC, Drijfhout JW, Tollenaar RAEM, Hartgrink HH, van de Velde CJH, Kuppen PJK, Melief CJM, Offringa R. Magnitude and polarization of P53-specific T-helper immunity in connection to leukocyte infiltration of colorectal tumors. Int J Cancer 2003; 107:425-33. [PMID: 14506743 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The tumor antigen p53 is mutated frequently and overexpressed in colorectal cancer. As a result, patients with this type of cancer commonly display p53-specific T-helper (Th) immunity. Examination of the cytokines produced by these Th-cells showed that a majority of the proliferative p53-specific T cell cultures produced none of the key cytokines (IFNgamma, TNFalpha, IL-4, IL-5 or IL-10), indicating that these p53-specific Th-responses are not polarized. In patients who exhibited p53-specific reactivity against multiple p53-epitopes, non-polarized responses could be found side by side with polarized Th-responses that produced INFgamma or other cytokines such as IL-10. Patients who exhibited p53-specific IFNgamma-producing Th cell-immunity before surgical excision of the tumor displayed higher numbers of tumor infiltrating intraepithelial leukocytes (p = 0.04) than patients lacking such responses, suggesting that the systemic presence of p53-specific Th-cells positively affects local tumor-immunity. Our data concerning the polarization-state of p53-specific Th immunity in colorectal cancer patients support the use of vaccine formulations that induce strong Th1-polarized p53-specific immunity to ensure proper (re-)programming of the anti-tumor response.
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- Sjoerd H van der Burg
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Gomez GG, Hutchison RB, Kruse CA. Chemo-immunotherapy and chemo-adoptive immunotherapy of cancer. Cancer Treat Rev 2001; 27:375-402. [PMID: 11908930 DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.2001.0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) and chemo-adoptive immunotherapy (CAIT) regimens tested in the past decade are summarized. From them we have learned a great deal about the interactions between various chemotherapeutic agents, immune modulating agents and effector cells. The most commonly reported result in multi-modality experiments with CAIT has been a synergistic enhancement in antitumor activity. Clinical trials usually demonstrated improvement in patient quality of life, an extension of survival time, and occasional complete regression of tumor. In many animal models, this enhancement often meant the complete regression and apparent cure of tumor in the animal. One mechanism by which this synergistic enhancement takes place appears to be a suppression of tumor-associated suppressor T cell activity by the chemotherapeutic agents, thereby inducing enhanced cytolytic activity against tumor by the adoptively transferred, activated effector cells. In CAIT the most commonly used drug has been cyclophosphamide. In CIT a wide variety of chemotherapy agents have been used but none of the clinical trials made use of cyclophosphamide. Thus, direct comparisons are not possible. Suggestive of the intricate regulatory processes involved, many CIT studies indicate a synergy only when specific doses of chemotherapy and immunotherapy agents are given, and in a specific sequence. CIT has become less toxic, is being handled on a cost-effective outpatient basis, while maintaining similar objective response rates to earlier inpatient treatments. In the future, CAIT and CIT will probably have an increasing role in the management of patients with specific cancers.
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- G G Gomez
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Campus Box B184, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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