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Eltalkhawy YM, Takahashi N, Ariumi Y, Shimizu J, Miyazaki K, Senju S, Suzu S. iPS cell-derived model to study the interaction between tissue macrophage and HIV-1. J Leukoc Biol 2023; 114:53-67. [PMID: 36976024 DOI: 10.1093/jleuko/qiad024] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Despite effective antiretroviral therapy, HIV-1 persists in cells, including macrophages, which is an obstacle to cure. However, the precise role of macrophages in HIV-1 infection remains unclear because they reside in tissues that are not easily accessible. Monocyte-derived macrophages are widely used as a model in which peripheral blood monocytes are cultured and differentiated into macrophages. However, another model is needed because recent studies revealed that most macrophages in adult tissues originate from the yolk sac and fetal liver precursors rather than monocytes, and the embryonic macrophages possess a self-renewal (proliferating) capacity that monocyte-derived macrophages lack. Here, we show that human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived immortalized macrophage-like cells are a useful self-renewing macrophage model. They proliferate in a cytokine-dependent manner, retain macrophage functions, support HIV-1 replication, and exhibit infected monocyte-derived macrophage-like phenotypes, such as enhanced tunneling nanotube formation and cell motility, as well as resistance to a viral cytopathic effect. However, several differences are also observed between monocyte-derived macrophages and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived immortalized macrophage-like cells, most of which can be explained by the proliferation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived immortalized macrophage-like cells. For instance, proviruses with large internal deletions, which increased over time in individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy, are enriched more rapidly in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived immortalized macrophage-like cells. Interestingly, inhibition of viral transcription by HIV-1-suppressing agents is more obvious in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived immortalized macrophage-like cells. Collectively, our present study proposes that the model of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived immortalized macrophage-like cells is suitable for mimicking the interplay between HIV-1 and self-renewing tissue macrophages, the newly recognized major population in most tissues that cannot be fully modeled by monocyte-derived macrophages alone.
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- Youssef M Eltalkhawy
- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- MiCAN Technologies Inc., Goryo-ohara 1-36, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
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- MiCAN Technologies Inc., Goryo-ohara 1-36, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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- Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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Ueda S, Ushijima M, Irie A, Senju S, Ito K, Hamana H, Kishi H, Ogasawara K, Udaka K, Nishimura Y, Eto M. Tumor antigen vaccine enhances anti-tumor effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors against refractory cancers. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)01215-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Mizoguchi I, Katahira Y, Inoue S, Sakamoto E, Watanabe A, Furusaka Y, Irie A, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Mizukami S, Hirayama K, Nakamura S, Eto K, Hasegawa H, Yoshimoto T. A novel coculture system for assessing respiratory sensitizing potential by IL-4 in T cells. ALTEX 2022; 40:204-216. [PMID: 35229878 DOI: 10.14573/altex.2111181] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Although several in vitro assays that predict the sensitizing potential of chemicals have been developed, none can distinguish between chemical respiratory and skin sensitizers. Recently, we established a new three-dimensional dendritic cell (DC) coculture system consisting of a human airway epithelial cell line, immature DCs derived from human peripheral monocytes, and a human lung fibroblast cell line. In this coculture system, compared to skin sensitizers, respiratory sensitizers showed enhanced mRNA expression in DCs of the key costimulatory molecule OX40 ligand (OX40L), which is important for T helper 2 (Th2) cell differentiation. Herein, we established a new two-step DC/T cell coculture system by adding peripheral allogeneic naïve CD4+ T cells to the DCs stimulated in the DC coculture system. In this DC/T cell coculture system, model respiratory sensitizers, but not skin sensitizers, enhanced mRNA expression of the predominant Th2 marker interleukin-4 (IL-4). To improve the versatility, in place of peripheral monocytes, monocyte-derived proliferating cells called CD14-ML were used in the DC coculture system. As in peripheral monocytes, enhanced mRNA expression of OX40L was induced in CD14-ML by respiratory sensitizers compared to skin sensitizers. When these cell lines were applied to the DC/T cell coculture system with peripheral allogeneic naïve CD4+ T cells, respiratory sensitizers but not skin sensitizers enhanced the mRNA expression of IL-4. Thus, this DC/T cell coculture system may be useful for discriminating between respiratory and skin sensitizers by differential mRNA upregulation of IL-4 in T cells.
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- Izuru Mizoguchi
- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; present address: Reiwa Health Sciences University Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; present address: Reiwa Health Sciences University Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; present address: Reiwa Health Sciences University Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Mizuhashi S, Kubo Y, Fukushima S, Kanemaru H, Nakahara S, Miyasita A, Ishibashi T, Kuriyama H, Kimura T, Masuguchi S, Zhang R, Iwama T, Nakatsura T, Uemura Y, Senju S, Ihn H. Immune cell therapy against disseminated melanoma by utilizing induced pluripotent stem cell-derived myeloid cell lines producing interferon-beta or interleukin-15/interleukin-15 receptor alpha. J Dermatol Sci 2021; 102:133-136. [PMID: 33836927 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2021.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Satoru Mizuhashi
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Tsuchiya N, Zhang R, Iwama T, Ueda N, Liu T, Tatsumi M, Sasaki Y, Shimoda R, Osako Y, Sawada Y, Kubo Y, Miyashita A, Fukushima S, Cheng Z, Nakaki R, Takubo K, Okada S, Kaneko S, Ihn H, Kaisho T, Nishimura Y, Senju S, Endo I, Nakatsura T, Uemura Y. Type I Interferon Delivery by iPSC-Derived Myeloid Cells Elicits Antitumor Immunity via XCR1 + Dendritic Cells. Cell Rep 2020; 29:162-175.e9. [PMID: 31577946 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Type I interferons (IFNs) play important roles in antitumor immunity. We generated IFN-α-producing cells by genetically engineered induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived proliferating myeloid cells (iPSC-pMCs). Local administration of IFN-α-producing iPSC-pMCs (IFN-α-iPSC-pMCs) alters the tumor microenvironment and propagates the molecular signature associated with type I IFN. The gene-modified cell actively influences host XCR1+ dendritic cells to enhance CD8+ T cell priming, resulting in CXCR3-dependent and STING-IRF3 pathway-independent systemic tumor control. Administration of IFN-α-iPSC-pMCs in combination with immune checkpoint blockade overcomes resistance to single-treatment modalities and generates long-lasting antitumor immunity. These preclinical data suggest that IFN-α-iPSC-pMCs might constitute effective immune-stimulating agents for cancer that are refractory to checkpoint blockade.
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- Nobuhiro Tsuchiya
- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan; Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan; Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan; Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan; Key Laboratory of Cancer Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata 573-1010, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Institute of Molecular Hematology, The Second Xiang-ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
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- Division of Hematopoiesis, Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan; Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan.
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Mashima H, Zhang R, Kobayashi T, Hagiya Y, Tsukamoto H, Liu T, Iwama T, Yamamoto M, Lin C, Nakatsuka R, Mishima Y, Watanabe N, Yamada T, Senju S, Kaneko S, Idiris A, Nakatsura T, Ohdan H, Uemura Y. Generation of GM-CSF-producing antigen-presenting cells that induce a cytotoxic T cell-mediated antitumor response. Oncoimmunology 2020; 9:1814620. [PMID: 33457097 PMCID: PMC7781730 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2020.1814620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Immunotherapy using dendritic cells (DCs) is a promising treatment modality for cancer. However, the limited number of functional DCs from peripheral blood has been linked to the unsatisfactory clinical efficacies of current DC-based cancer immunotherapies. We previously generated proliferating antigen-presenting cells (APCs) by genetically engineering myeloid cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC-pMCs), which offer infinite functional APCs for broad applications in cancer therapy. Herein, we aimed to further enhance the antitumor effect of these cells by genetic modification. GM-CSF gene transfer did not affect the morphology, or surface phenotype of the original iPSC-pMCs, however, it did impart good viability to iPSC-pMCs. The resultant cells induced GM-CSF-dependent CD8+ T cell homeostatic proliferation, thereby enhancing antigen-specific T cell priming in vitro. Administration of the tumor antigen-loaded GM-CSF-producing iPSC-pMCs (GM-pMCs) efficiently stimulated antigen-specific T cells and promoted effector cell infiltration of the tumor tissues, leading to an augmented antitumor effect. To address the potential tumorigenicity of iPSC-derived products, irradiation was applied and found to restrict the proliferation of GM-pMCs, while retaining their T cell-stimulatory capacity. Furthermore, the irradiated cells exerted an antitumor effect equivalent to that of bone marrow-derived DCs obtained from immunocompetent mice. Additionally, combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors increased the infiltration of CD8+ or NK1.1+ effector cells and decreased CD11b+/Gr-1+ cells without causing adverse effects. Hence, although GM-pMCs have certain characteristics that differ from endogenous DCs, our findings suggest the applicability of these cells for broad clinical use and will provide an unlimited source of APCs with uniform quality.
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- Hiroaki Mashima
- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan.,Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Biochemistry Team, Bio Science Division, Technology General Division, Materials Integration Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Cancer Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan.,Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (Cira), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Research & Early Development, Brightpath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
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- Research & Early Development, Brightpath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (Cira), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Biochemistry Team, Bio Science Division, Technology General Division, Materials Integration Laboratories, AGC Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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Kimura T, Fukushima S, Okada E, Kuriyama H, Kanemaru H, Kadohisa-Tsuruta M, Kubo Y, Nakahara S, Tokuzumi A, Kajihara I, Makino K, Miyashita A, Aoi J, Makino T, Tsukamoto H, Nishimura Y, Inozume T, Zhang R, Uemura Y, Senju S, Ihn H. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived myeloid cells expressing OX40 ligand amplify antigen-specific T cells in advanced melanoma. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2020; 33:744-755. [PMID: 32353897 DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors improved the survival rate of patients with unresectable melanoma. However, some patients do not respond, and variable immune-related adverse events have been reported. Therefore, more effective and antigen-specific immune therapies are urgently needed. We previously reported the efficacy of an immune cell therapy with immortalized myeloid cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS-ML). In this study, we generated OX40L-overexpressing iPS-ML (iPS-ML-Zsgreen-OX40L) and investigated their characteristics and in vivo efficacy against mouse melanoma. We found that iPS-ML-Zsgreen-OX40L suppressed the progression of B16-BL6 melanoma, and prolonged survival of mice with ovalbumin (OVA)-expressing B16 melanoma (MO4). The number of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells was higher in spleen cells treated with OVA peptide-pulsed iPS-ML-Zsgreen-OX40L than in those without OX40L. The OVA peptide-pulsed iPS-ML-Zsgreen-OX40L significantly increased the number of tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TILs) in MO4 tumor. Flow cytometry showed decreased regulatory T cells but increased effector and effector memory T cells among the TILs. Although we plan to use allogeneic iPS-ML in the clinical applications, iPS-ML showed the tumorgenicity in the syngeneic mice model. Incorporating the suicide gene is necessary to ensure the safety in the future study. Collectively, these results indicate that iPS-ML-Zsgreen-OX40L therapy might be a new method for antigen-specific cancer immunotherapy.
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- Toshihiro Kimura
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center (NCC), Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center (NCC), Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Kuriyama H, Fukushima S, Kimura T, Kubo Y, Nakahara S, Miyashita A, Tsukamoto H, Inozume T, Uemura Y, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Ihn H. 467 Immunotherapy with 4-1BBL-expressing iPScell-derived myeloid lines. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.07.517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Umemoto S, Haruta M, Sakisaka M, Ikeda T, Tsukamoto H, Komohara Y, Takeya M, Nishimura Y, Senju S. Cancer therapy with major histocompatibility complex-deficient and interferon β-producing myeloid cells derived from allogeneic embryonic stem cells. Cancer Sci 2019; 110:3027-3037. [PMID: 31348591 PMCID: PMC6778629 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
We previously established a method to generate myeloid cells with a proliferative capability from pluripotent stem cells and designated them iPS-ML. Human iPS-ML cells share features with physiological macrophages including the capability to infiltrate into cancer tissues. We observed therapeutic effects of human iPS-ML cells expressing interferon β (iPS-ML/interferon (IFN)-β) in xenograft cancer models. However, assessment of host immune system-mediated therapeutic and adverse effects of this therapy is impossible by xenograft models. We currently evaluated the therapeutic effects of a mouse equivalent of human iPS-ML/IFN, a mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived myeloid cell line producing IFN (ES-ML/IFN). The ES-MLs producing IFN-β (β-ML) and IFN-γ (γ-ML) and originating from E14 ES cells derived from the 129 mouse strain (H-2b ) were generated, and the MHC (H-2Kb , Db , and I-Ab ) genes of the ES-ML/IFN were disrupted using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CAS9 method. We used the ES-ML/IFN to treat allogeneic BALB/c mice (H-2d ) transplanted with Colon26 cancer cells. Treatment with β-ML but not with γ-ML cells repressed the growth of colon cancer in the peritoneal cavity and liver. The transferred ES-ML/IFN infiltrated into cancer tissues and enhanced infiltration of T cells into cancer tissues. ES-ML/IFN therapy increased the number of immune cells in the lymphoid organs. Sensitization of both cancer antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and natural killer (NK) cells were enhanced by the therapy, and CD8+ T cells were essential for the therapeutic effect, implying that donor MHC-deficient β-ML exhibited a therapeutic effect through the activation of host immune cells derived from allogeneic recipient mice. The results suggested the usefulness of HLA-deficient human iPS-ML/IFN-β cells for therapy of HLA-mismatched allogeneic cancer patients.
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- Satoshi Umemoto
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Nishimura Y, Fujieda K, Miyashita A, Fukushima S, Ikeda T, Kubo Y, Senju S, Ihn H, Oshiumi H, Tsukamoto H. Abstract 3213: Combination of anti-IL-6 and anti-PD-L1 antibodies synergistically reinvigorates cancer immunity by activating both CTL and Th1 cells in mice. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2019-3213] [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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We previously demonstrated that Th1 differentiation of tumor-specific CD4+ T cells was attenuated in tumor-bearing or aged mice in an IL-6-dependent manner (Nat. Comm. 6: e6702, 2015, Cancer Immunol. Res. 1: 64, 2013). Furthermore we found that accompanied by the systemic increase of soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) in cancer patients, inhibition of IL-6 trans-signaling mediated through the sIL-6R restored the Th1 responses, their helper activity toward CD8+ T cells, and anti-tumor activity in tumor-bearing mice (Cancer Res. 77: 2279, 2017). The systemically increased sIL-6Rs were mainly produced by myeloid cells. Moreover, cMaf-deficient CD4+ T cells were resistant to Th1 suppression and impairment of T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity induced by IL-6/sIL-6R indicating that c-Maf activity was responsible for Th1 suppression. Myeloid cell-derived sIL-6R was also possibly associated with Th1 suppression and c-Maf expression in head and neck cancer patients. These results suggest that targeting a pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-6 enhanced the tumor-specific Th1 responses and subsequent anti-tumor effects. However, IL-6 blockade in turn up-regulated the expression of immune-checkpoint molecule, PD-L1 on melanoma cells. This PD-L1 induction was canceled in IFN-γ-deficient mice or mice depleted of CD4+ T cells, suggesting an important role of CD4+ T cell-derived IFN-γ in the PD-L1 induction in tumor-bearing hosts. On the other hand, in some patients with melanoma, anti-PD-1 antibody, Nivolumab treatment increased the systemic level of IL-6, which were associated with their poor clinical responses. This PD-L1 blockade-evoked IL-6 induction was also observed in melanoma-bearing mice (Cancer Res. 78: 5011, 2018). Considering the mechanistic linkage between IL-6 and PD-1/PD-L1 signals, we found that PD-1/PD-L1 blockade prompted PD-1+macrophages to produce IL-6 in tumor microenvironment. Depletion of macrophages in melanoma-bearing mice revealed that macrophages functioned as a source of IL-6 during PD-L1 blockade, which was responsible for the defective Th1 response. Furthermore, combined blockade of the mutually regulated-immunosuppressive activities mediated by IL-6 and PD-1/PD-L1 signals enhanced the infiltration of IFN-γ-producing CD4+ T cells in tumor tissues, and exerted a synergistic anti-tumor effect, whereas PD-L1 blockade alone did not promote Th1 response. Collectively, these findings suggest that IL-6 is considered to be a rational immunosuppressive target to overcome a narrow therapeutic window of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy. [ This research was financially supported by the JSPS KAKENHI grant nos. 26430165 and 18K07325 to HT, nos. 15H04311 and 16H06498 to YN, and the P-CREATE from the AMED, Japan to YN and HT. ]
Citation Format: Yasuharu Nishimura, Koji Fujieda, Azusa Miyashita, Satoshi Fukushima, Tokunori Ikeda, Yosuke Kubo, Satoru Senju, Hironobu Ihn, Hiroyuki Oshiumi, Hirotake Tsukamoto. Combination of anti-IL-6 and anti-PD-L1 antibodies synergistically reinvigorates cancer immunity by activating both CTL and Th1 cells in mice [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3213.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yasuharu Nishimura
- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 3Department of Clinical Investigation, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 4Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 4Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Okada M, Tada Y, Seki T, Tohyama S, Fujita J, Suzuki T, Shimomura M, Ofuji K, Kishino Y, Nakajima K, Tanosaki S, Someya S, Kanazawa H, Senju S, Nakatsura T, Fukuda K. Selective elimination of undifferentiated human pluripotent stem cells using pluripotent state-specific immunogenic antigen Glypican-3. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 511:711-717. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.02.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Imamura Y, Tashiro H, Tsend-Ayush G, Haruta M, Dashdemberel N, Komohara Y, Tsuboki J, Takaishi K, Ohba T, Nishimura Y, Katabuchi H, Senju S. Novel therapeutic strategies for advanced ovarian cancer by using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived myelomonocytic cells producing interferon beta. Cancer Sci 2018; 109:3403-3410. [PMID: 30142694 PMCID: PMC6215869 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Although first‐line chemotherapy has a high rate of complete responses in ovarian cancer patients, the vast majority of patients present with recurrent disease that has become refractory to conventional chemotherapy. Peritoneal dissemination and malignant ascites are the hallmarks of recurrent or advanced ovarian cancer and severely reduce quality of life. Development of therapeutic measures to treat such patients is eagerly anticipated. Macrophage infiltration is observed in various types of cancer including epithelial ovarian cancer. In addition, macrophages are involved in the formation of spheroids in the malignant ascites of ovarian cancer and promote cancer growth. iPS‐ML, macrophage‐like myelomonocytic cells generated from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, made close contacts with ovarian cancer cells in vitro. We hypothesized that, if we inoculate iPS‐ML‐producing IFN‐β (iPS‐ML/IFN‐β) into the peritoneal cavity of patients with ovarian cancer, IFN‐β produced by the iPS‐ML/IFN‐β would efficiently act on the cancer cells to suppress cancer growth. To evaluate this hypothesis, we injected iPS‐ML/IFN‐β into SCID mice bearing peritoneally disseminated human ovarian cancer cells, SKOV3. Immunohistochemical analysis of the intraperitoneal tumors detected iPS‐ML/IFN‐β infiltrating into the cancer tissues. Therapy with iPS‐ML/IFN‐β significantly suppressed tumor progression. In addition, dramatic reduction of cancer‐related ascites was observed. Collectively, it is suggested that iPS‐ML/IFN‐β therapy offers a new approach for the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
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- Yuko Imamura
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Mother-Child Nursing, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Manh DH, Mizukami S, Dumre SP, Raekiansyah M, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Karbwang J, Huy NT, Morita K, Hirayama K. iPS cell serves as a source of dendritic cells for in vitro dengue virus infection model. J Gen Virol 2018; 99:1239-1247. [PMID: 30058991 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The lack of an appropriate model has been a serious concern in dengue research pertinent to immune response and vaccine development. It remains a matter of impediment in dengue virus (DENV) studies when it comes to an in vitro model, which requires adequate quantity of dendritic cells (DC) with uniform characters. Other sources of DC, mostly monocyte derived DC (moDC), have been used despite their limitations such as quantity, proliferation, and donor dependent characters. Recent development of human iPS cells with consistent proliferation for long, stable, functional characteristics and desired HLA background has certainly offered added advantages. Therefore, we hypothesised that iPS derived cells would be a reliable alternative to the traditional DCs to be used with an in vitro DENV system. To develop a DENV infection and T cell activation model, we utilised iPS cells (HLA-A*24) as the source of DC. iPS-ML-DC was prepared and DENV infectivity was assessed apart from the major surface markers expression and cytokine production potential. Our iPS-ML-DC had major DC markers expression, DENV infection efficiency and cytokine production properties similar to that of moDC. Moreover, DENV infected iPS-ML-DC demonstrated the ability to activate HLA-matched T cell (but not mismatched) in vitro as evidenced by significantly higher proportion of IFN-γ+ CD69+ T cells compared to non-infected iPS-ML-DC. This affirmed the antigen-specific T cell activation by iPS-ML-DC as a function of antigen presenting cells. To conclude, maturation potential, DENV infection efficiency and T cell activation ability collectively suggest that iPS-ML-DC serves as an attractive option of DC for use in DENV studies in vitro.
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- Dao Huy Manh
- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.,2Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Leadership Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 3Department of Clinical Product Development, NEKKEN, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.,1Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 5Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 5Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 3Department of Clinical Product Development, NEKKEN, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 3Department of Clinical Product Development, NEKKEN, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 4Department of Virology, NEKKEN, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Tsukamoto H, Fujieda K, Miyashita A, Fukushima S, Ikeda T, Kubo Y, Senju S, Ihn H, Nishimura Y, Oshiumi H. Combined Blockade of IL6 and PD-1/PD-L1 Signaling Abrogates Mutual Regulation of Their Immunosuppressive Effects in the Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Res 2018; 78:5011-5022. [PMID: 29967259 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recently emerging cancer immunotherapies combine the applications of therapeutics to disrupt the immunosuppressive conditions in tumor-bearing hosts. In this study, we found that targeting the proinflammatory cytokine IL6 enhances tumor-specific Th1 responses and subsequent antitumor effects in tumor-bearing mice. IL6 blockade upregulated expression of the immune checkpoint molecule programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) on melanoma cells. This PD-L1 induction was canceled in IFNγ-deficient mice or CD4+ T cell-depleted mice, suggesting that CD4+ T cell-derived IFNγ is important for PD-L1 induction in tumor-bearing hosts. In some patients with melanoma, however, treatment with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab increased systemic levels of IL6, which was associated with poor clinical responses. This PD-L1 blockade-evoked induction of IL6 was reproducible in melanoma-bearing mice. We found that PD-1/PD-L1 blockade prompted PD-1+ macrophages to produce IL6 in the tumor microenvironment. Depletion of macrophages in melanoma-bearing mice reduced the levels of IL6 during PD-L1 blockade, suggesting macrophages are responsible for the IL6-mediated defective CD4+ Th1 response. Combined blockade of the mutually regulated immunosuppressive activities of IL6 and PD-1/PD-L1 signals enhanced expression of T cell-attracting chemokines and promoted infiltration of IFNγ-producing CD4+ T cells in tumor tissues, exerting a synergistic antitumor effect, whereas PD-L1 blockade alone did not promote Th1 response. Collectively, these findings suggest that IL6 is a rational immunosuppressive target for overcoming the narrow therapeutic window of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy.Significance: These findings advance our understanding of IL6-PD1/PD-L1 cross-talk in the tumor microenvironment and provide clues for targeted interventional therapy that may prove more effective against cancer. Cancer Res; 78(17); 5011-22. ©2018 AACR.
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Clinical Investigation, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Clinical Investigation, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Ueda N, Uemura Y, Zhang R, Kitayama S, Iriguchi S, Kawai Y, Yasui Y, Tatsumi M, Ueda T, Liu TY, Mizoro Y, Okada C, Watanabe A, Nakanishi M, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Kuzushima K, Kiyoi H, Naoe T, Kaneko S. Generation of TCR-Expressing Innate Lymphoid-like Helper Cells that Induce Cytotoxic T Cell-Mediated Anti-leukemic Cell Response. Stem Cell Reports 2018; 10:1935-1946. [PMID: 29805109 PMCID: PMC5993651 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
CD4+ T helper (Th) cell activation is essential for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses against malignancy. We reprogrammed a Th clone specific for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)-derived b3a2 peptide to pluripotency and re-differentiated the cells into original TCR-expressing T-lineage cells (iPS-T cells) with gene expression patterns resembling those of group 1 innate lymphoid cells. CD4 gene transduction into iPS-T cells enhanced b3a2 peptide-specific responses via b3a2 peptide-specific TCR. iPS-T cells upregulated CD40 ligand (CD40L) expression in response to interleukin-2 and interleukin-15. In the presence of Wilms tumor 1 (WT1) peptide, antigen-specific dendritic cells (DCs) conditioned by CD4-modified CD40Lhigh iPS-T cells stimulated WT1-specific CTL priming, which eliminated WT1 peptide-expressing CML cells in vitro and in vivo. Thus, CD4 modification of CD40Lhigh iPS-T cells generates innate lymphoid helper-like cells inducing bcr-abl-specific TCR signaling that mediates effectiveanti-leukemic CTL responses via DC maturation, showing potential for adjuvant immunotherapy against leukemia. iPSC-derived T cells have molecular similarity to group 1 innate lymphoid cells iPSC-derived CD40Lhigh T cell-adjuvants induce leukemia-specific CTLs via DCs
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MESH Headings
- Biomarkers
- CD40 Ligand/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunophenotyping
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/immunology
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/mortality
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/metabolism
- WT1 Proteins/immunology
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- Norihiro Ueda
- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan; Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (ACCRI), 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center (NCC), 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan; Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (ACCRI), 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan.
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center (NCC), 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan; Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (ACCRI), 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (ACCRI), 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (ACCRI), 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan; Key Laboratory of Cancer Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Life Science Frontiers, CiRA, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science Frontiers, CiRA, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Life Science Frontiers, CiRA, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Research Center for Stem Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8561, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (ACCRI), 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan; Department of Cellular Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, 4-1-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0001, Japan
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- Shin Kaneko Laboratory, Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Tsuruta M, Ueda S, Yew PY, Fukuda I, Yoshimura S, Kishi H, Hamana H, Hirayama M, Yatsuda J, Irie A, Senju S, Yuba E, Kamba T, Eto M, Nakayama H, Nishimura Y. Bladder cancer-associated cancer-testis antigen-derived long peptides encompassing both CTL and promiscuous HLA class II-restricted Th cell epitopes induced CD4 + T cells expressing converged T-cell receptor genes in vitro. Oncoimmunology 2018; 7:e1415687. [PMID: 29632734 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2017.1415687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
Abstract
DEP domain containing 1 (DEPDC1) and M-phase phosphoprotein 1 (MPHOSPH1) are human cancer testis antigens that are frequently overexpressed in urinary bladder cancer. In a phase I/II clinical trial, a DEPDC1- and MPHOSPH1-derived short peptide vaccine demonstrated promising efficacy in preventing bladder cancer recurrence. Here, we aimed to identify long peptides (LPs) derived from DEPDC1 and MPHOSPH1 that induced both T-helper (Th) cells and tumor-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy donors with the synthetic DEPDC1- and MPHOSPH1-LPs predicted to bind to promiscuous human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules by a computer algorithm induced specific CD4+ T cells as revealed by interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assays. Three of six LPs encompassed HLA-A2- or -A24-restricted CTL epitopes or both, and all six LPs stimulated DEPDC1- or MPHOSPH1-specific Th cells restricted by promiscuous and frequently observed HLA class II molecules in the Japanese population. Some LPs are naturally processed from the proteins in DCs, and the capacity of these LPs to cross-prime CTLs was confirmed in vivo using HLA-A2 or -A24 transgenic mice. The LP-specific and HLA class II-restricted T-cell responses were also observed in PBMCs from patients with bladder cancer. Repeated stimulation of PBMCs with DEPDC1-LPs and MPHOSPH1-LPs yielded clonal Th cells expressing specific T-cell receptor (TCR)-α and β genes. These DEPDC1- or MPHOSPH1-derived LPs may have applications in immunotherapy in patients with bladder cancer, and the TCR genes identified may be useful for monitoring of Th cells specific to LPs in vivo.
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- Miki Tsuruta
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Tumor Immunoanalysis Department, OncoTherapy Science, Inc., Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Tumor Immunoanalysis Department, OncoTherapy Science, Inc., Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Tumor Immunoanalysis Department, OncoTherapy Science, Inc., Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Medicine), University of Toyama, Sugitani, Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Innovative Cancer Immunotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Sugitani, Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.,Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Center for Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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Tsukamoto H, Fujieda K, Senju S, Ikeda T, Oshiumi H, Nishimura Y. Immune-suppressive effects of interleukin-6 on T-cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Cancer Sci 2017; 109:523-530. [PMID: 29090850 PMCID: PMC5834784 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [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] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Accompanied by the growing clinical applications of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients, development of novel therapeutic approaches to reverse the immune-suppressive environment in cancer patients is eagerly anticipated, because the success of cancer immunotherapy is currently limited by immune-suppressive effects in tumor-bearing hosts. Interleukin (IL)-6, a pleotropic proinflammatory cytokine, participates in tumor cell-autonomous processes that are required for their survival and growth, and is therefore known as a poor prognostic factor in cancer patients. In addition, an emerging role of IL-6 in modulating multiple functions of immune cells including T cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages is responsible for the dysfunction of innate and adaptive immunity against tumors. Therefore, the IL-6-targeting approach is of value as a promising strategy for desensitization and prevention of immune-suppressive effects, and should be an effective treatment when combined with current immunotherapies. The aim of the present review is to discuss the immune-suppressive aspects of IL-6, notably with modification of T-cell functions in cancer patients, and their relationship to anti-tumor immune responses and cancer immunotherapy.
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- Hirotake Tsukamoto
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Tsukamoto H, Fujieda K, Senju S, Ikeda T, Oshiumi H, Nishimura Y. Immune-suppressive effects of interleukin-6 on T-cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Cancer Sci 2017. [PMID: 29090850 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13433.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Accompanied by the growing clinical applications of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients, development of novel therapeutic approaches to reverse the immune-suppressive environment in cancer patients is eagerly anticipated, because the success of cancer immunotherapy is currently limited by immune-suppressive effects in tumor-bearing hosts. Interleukin (IL)-6, a pleotropic proinflammatory cytokine, participates in tumor cell-autonomous processes that are required for their survival and growth, and is therefore known as a poor prognostic factor in cancer patients. In addition, an emerging role of IL-6 in modulating multiple functions of immune cells including T cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages is responsible for the dysfunction of innate and adaptive immunity against tumors. Therefore, the IL-6-targeting approach is of value as a promising strategy for desensitization and prevention of immune-suppressive effects, and should be an effective treatment when combined with current immunotherapies. The aim of the present review is to discuss the immune-suppressive aspects of IL-6, notably with modification of T-cell functions in cancer patients, and their relationship to anti-tumor immune responses and cancer immunotherapy.
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- Hirotake Tsukamoto
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Investigation, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Nishimura Project Laboratory, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Kubo Y, Fukushima S, Nakahara S, Miyashita A, Zhang R, Iwama T, Nakatsura T, Uemura Y, Senju S, Ihn H. 539 Immunotherapy against metastatic melanoma with iPS cell-derived myeloid cell lines producing IFN-β or IL-15. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.07.736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Suenaga G, Ikeda T, Masuda T, Motokawa H, Yamashita T, Takamatsu K, Misumi Y, Ueda M, Matsui H, Senju S, Ando Y. Inflammatory state exists in familial amyloid polyneuropathy that may be triggered by mutated transthyretin. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1579. [PMID: 28484271 PMCID: PMC5431548 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01775-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The relationship between familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), which is caused by mutated transthyretin (TTR), and inflammation has only recently been noted. To determine whether inflammation is present in FAP carriers and patients, serum interleukin (IL)−6 concentration in 57 healthy donors (HD), 21 FAP carriers, and 66 FAP patients was examined, with the relationship between IL-6 and TTR assessed in each group by multiple regression analysis and structural equation models (SEM). Compared with HD, IL-6 concentration was elevated in FAP carriers (p = 0.001, 95% CI 0.398–1.571) and patients (p = 0.002, 95% CI 0.362–1.521). Further, SEM indicated a positive relationship between IL-6 and TTR in FAP carriers (p = 0.010, 95% CI 0.019–0.140), but not in HD and FAP patients. In addition, we determined whether TTR induces production of pro-inflammatory cytokines ex vivo. HD-derived CD14 + monocytes and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived myeloid lineage cells from a HD and FAP patient dose-dependently produced IL-6 under mutated and aggregated TTR conditions, compared with wild-type TTR. In conclusion, FAP carriers and patients are in an inflammatory state, with the presence of mutated TTR being a trigger of inflammation, especially in FAP carriers.
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- Genki Suenaga
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. .,Department of Clinical Investigation, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Tsukamoto H, Fujieda K, Hirayama M, Ikeda T, Yuno A, Matsumura K, Fukuma D, Araki K, Mizuta H, Nakayama H, Senju S, Nishimura Y. Soluble IL6R Expressed by Myeloid Cells Reduces Tumor-Specific Th1 Differentiation and Drives Tumor Progression. Cancer Res 2017. [PMID: 28235765 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-2446.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
IL6 produced by tumor cells promotes their survival, conferring a poor prognosis in patients with cancer. IL6 also contributes to immunosuppression of CD4+ T cell-mediated antitumor effects. In this study, we focused on the impact of IL6 trans-signaling mediated by soluble IL6 receptors (sIL6R) expressed in tumor-bearing hosts. Higher levels of sIL6R circulating in blood were observed in tumor-bearing mice, whereas the systemic increase of sIL6R was not prominent in tumor-bearing mice with myeloid cell-specific conditional deletion of IL6R even when tumor cells produced sIL6R. Abundant sIL6R was released by CD11b+ cells from tumor-bearing mice but not tumor-free mice. Notably, IL6-mediated defects in Th1 differentiation, T-cell helper activity for tumor-specific CD8+ T cells, and downstream antitumor effects were rescued by myeloid-specific deletion of sIL6R. Expression of the T-cell transcription factor c-Maf was upregulated in CD4+ T cells primed in tumor-bearing mice in an IL6-dependent manner. Investigations with c-Maf loss-of-function T cells revealed that c-Maf activity was responsible for IL6/sIL6R-induced Th1 suppression and defective T-cell-mediated antitumor responses. In patients with cancer, myeloid cell-derived sIL6R was also possibly associated with Th1 suppression and c-Maf expression. Our results argued that increased expression of sIL6R from myeloid cells and subsequent c-Maf induction were adverse events for counteracting tumor-specific Th1 generation. Overall, this work provides a mechanistic rationale for sIL6R targeting to improve the efficacy of T-cell-mediated cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Res; 77(9); 2279-91. ©2017 AACR.
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- Hirotake Tsukamoto
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Research Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Tsukamoto H, Fujieda K, Hirayama M, Ikeda T, Yuno A, Matsumura K, Fukuma D, Araki K, Mizuta H, Nakayama H, Senju S, Nishimura Y. Soluble IL6R Expressed by Myeloid Cells Reduces Tumor-Specific Th1 Differentiation and Drives Tumor Progression. Cancer Res 2017; 77:2279-2291. [PMID: 28235765 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-2446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
IL6 produced by tumor cells promotes their survival, conferring a poor prognosis in patients with cancer. IL6 also contributes to immunosuppression of CD4+ T cell-mediated antitumor effects. In this study, we focused on the impact of IL6 trans-signaling mediated by soluble IL6 receptors (sIL6R) expressed in tumor-bearing hosts. Higher levels of sIL6R circulating in blood were observed in tumor-bearing mice, whereas the systemic increase of sIL6R was not prominent in tumor-bearing mice with myeloid cell-specific conditional deletion of IL6R even when tumor cells produced sIL6R. Abundant sIL6R was released by CD11b+ cells from tumor-bearing mice but not tumor-free mice. Notably, IL6-mediated defects in Th1 differentiation, T-cell helper activity for tumor-specific CD8+ T cells, and downstream antitumor effects were rescued by myeloid-specific deletion of sIL6R. Expression of the T-cell transcription factor c-Maf was upregulated in CD4+ T cells primed in tumor-bearing mice in an IL6-dependent manner. Investigations with c-Maf loss-of-function T cells revealed that c-Maf activity was responsible for IL6/sIL6R-induced Th1 suppression and defective T-cell-mediated antitumor responses. In patients with cancer, myeloid cell-derived sIL6R was also possibly associated with Th1 suppression and c-Maf expression. Our results argued that increased expression of sIL6R from myeloid cells and subsequent c-Maf induction were adverse events for counteracting tumor-specific Th1 generation. Overall, this work provides a mechanistic rationale for sIL6R targeting to improve the efficacy of T-cell-mediated cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Res; 77(9); 2279-91. ©2017 AACR.
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- Hirotake Tsukamoto
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Research Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Sakisaka M, Haruta M, Komohara Y, Umemoto S, Matsumura K, Ikeda T, Takeya M, Inomata Y, Nishimura Y, Senju S. Therapy of primary and metastatic liver cancer by human iPS cell-derived myeloid cells producing interferon-β. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:109-119. [PMID: 28008721 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND iPS-ML are myeloid lineage cells with a proliferative capacity derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. This study aimed to examine therapeutic effect of iPS-ML producing interferon-β (iPS-ML/IFN-β) towards primary and metastatic liver cancer and investigate the mechanism of that effect. METHODS We established a xenograft model of liver metastasis by injecting the spleen of SCID mice with MKN-45 human gastric cancer cells and also a primary liver cancer model by injecting SK-HEP-1 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells into the liver. After cancer lesions were established, iPS-ML/IFN-β was administered by intraperitoneal injection, and therapeutic effect was evaluated. RESULTS The i.p. injection of iPS-ML/IFN-β resulted in a significant retardation of cancer progression and prolonged mouse survival. The infiltration of i.p. administered iPS-ML into tumor lesions located below the liver capsule was observed, suggesting tumor-directed migration and penetration of the liver capsule by iPS-ML. The IFN-β concentration in the liver was maintained at levels sufficient to exert an anti-cancer effect for at least 3 days post-injection, accounting for the potent therapeutic effect obtained by injection two to three times per week. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the therapeutic potential of the iPS-ML/IFN-β in patients with liver cancer.
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- Masataka Sakisaka
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.,Department of Transplantation and Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Transplantation and Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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Nakagawa T, Hasegawa Y, Uekawa K, Senju S, Nakagata N, Matsui K, Kim-Mitsuyama S. Transient Mild Cerebral Ischemia Significantly Deteriorated Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease via Angiotensin AT1 Receptor. Am J Hypertens 2017; 30:141-150. [PMID: 27572961 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpw099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ischemic stroke is suggested to be potentially associated with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We hypothesized that cerebral ischemia deteriorates cognitive impairment in AD, through angiotensin II. METHODS We used 5XFAD mouse, a model of AD with vascular and cerebral amyloid-β deposition. Transient cerebral ischemia of mice was induced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAO) for 17 minutes. The posttreatment with olmesartan, an ARB, or vehicle was started at 24 hours after BCCAO and was performed for 5 weeks. Experimental mice consisted of 5 groups: (i) wild-type mice, (ii) wild-type mice with BCCAO, (iii) 5XFAD mice, (iv) 5XFAD mice with BCCAO, (v) 5XFAD mice with BCCAO and olmesartan postadministration. RESULTS BCCAO in 5XFAD caused greater escape latency (P < 0.01) on water maze test than that in wild type, indicating that transient brief cerebral ischemia enhanced cognitive decline in 5XFAD mice. Posttreatment with olmesartan significantly reduced escape latency (P < 0.01) on water maze test, retention trial latency (P < 0.05) on passive avoidance test, and retention time of outer zone (P < 0.01) on open-field test in 5XFAD subjected to BCCAO. This protective effect of olmesartan against cognitive impairment in 5XFAD with BCCAO was associated with the protection of neuron and attenuation of oxidative stress in hippocampus and the suppression of blood-brain barrier disruption. CONCLUSIONS We obtained the evidence that transient brief cerebral ischemia deteriorated cognitive impairment in AD model through AT1 receptor.
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- Takashi Nakagawa
- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of General and Community Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan;
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Hosoi A, Su Y, Torikai M, Jono H, Ishikawa D, Soejima K, Higuchi H, Guo J, Ueda M, Suenaga G, Motokawa H, Ikeda T, Senju S, Nakashima T, Ando Y. Novel Antibody for the Treatment of Transthyretin Amyloidosis. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:25096-25105. [PMID: 27758856 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.738138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a systemic amyloidosis mainly caused by amyloidogenic transthyretin (ATTR). This incurable disease causes death ∼10 years after onset. Although it has been widely accepted that conformational change of the monomeric form of transthyretin (TTR) is very important for amyloid formation and deposition in the organs, no effective therapy targeting this step is available. In this study, we generated a mouse monoclonal antibody, T24, that recognized the cryptic epitope of conformationally changed TTR. T24 inhibited TTR accumulation in FAP model rats, which expressed human ATTR V30M in various tissues and exhibited non-fibrillar deposits of ATTR in the gastrointestinal tracts. Additionally, humanized T24 (RT24) inhibited TTR fibrillation and promoted macrophage phagocytosis of aggregated TTR. This antibody did not recognize normal serum TTR functioning properly in the blood. These results demonstrate that RT24 would be an effective novel therapeutic antibody for FAP.
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- Akihiko Hosoi
- From the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (KAKETSUKEN), 1314-1 Kyokushi Kawabe Kikuchi Kumamoto, 869-1298
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- the Departments of Neurology and
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- From the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (KAKETSUKEN), 1314-1 Kyokushi Kawabe Kikuchi Kumamoto, 869-1298
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- the Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, and.,the Department of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University Hospital, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- From the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (KAKETSUKEN), 1314-1 Kyokushi Kawabe Kikuchi Kumamoto, 869-1298
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- From the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (KAKETSUKEN), 1314-1 Kyokushi Kawabe Kikuchi Kumamoto, 869-1298
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- From the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (KAKETSUKEN), 1314-1 Kyokushi Kawabe Kikuchi Kumamoto, 869-1298
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- Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and
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- Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and
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- From the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (KAKETSUKEN), 1314-1 Kyokushi Kawabe Kikuchi Kumamoto, 869-1298,
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Suenaga G, Ikeda T, Komohara Y, Takamatsu K, Kakuma T, Tasaki M, Misumi Y, Ueda M, Ito T, Senju S, Ando Y. Involvement of Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy and Efficacy of Human iPS Cell-Derived Macrophages in Its Treatment. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163944. [PMID: 27695122 PMCID: PMC5047455 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
We hypothesized that tissue-resident macrophages in familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patients will exhibit qualitative or quantitative abnormalities, that may accelerate transthyretin (TTR)-derived amyloid deposition. To evaluate this, we examined the number and subset of tissue-resident macrophages in heart tissue from amyloid-deposited FAP and control patients. In both FAP and control patients, tissue-resident macrophages in heart tissue were all Iba+/CD163+/CD206+ macrophages. However, the number of macrophages was significantly decreased in FAP patients compared with control patients. Furthermore, the proportion of intracellular TTR in CD14+ monocytes was reduced in peripheral blood compared with healthy donors. Based on these results, we next examined degradation and endocytosis of TTR in human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived myeloid lineage cells (MLs), which function like macrophages. iPS-MLs express CD163 and CD206, and belong to the inhibitory macrophage category. In addition, iPS-MLs degrade both native and aggregated TTR in a cell-dependent manner in vitro. Further, iPS-MLs endocytose aggregated, and especially polymerized, TTR. These results suggest that decreased tissue-localized macrophages disrupt clearance of TTR-derived amyloid deposits, leading to progression of a pathological condition in FAP patients. To improve this situation, clinical application of pluripotent stem cell-derived MLs may be useful as an approach for FAP therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Amyloid/metabolism
- Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/etiology
- Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/metabolism
- Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/pathology
- Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/therapy
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism
- Biomarkers
- Case-Control Studies
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type/metabolism
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Macrophages/cytology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Macrophages/transplantation
- Male
- Mannose Receptor
- Mannose-Binding Lectins/metabolism
- Middle Aged
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Myocardium/pathology
- Phenotype
- Prealbumin/metabolism
- Protein Aggregation, Pathological
- Proteolysis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
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- Genki Suenaga
- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- Department of Clinical Research Support Center, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (TI); (YA)
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- Department of Cell Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics Center, Kurume University, School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- * E-mail: (TI); (YA)
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Senju S. iPS-cell derived dendritic cells and macrophages for cancer therapy. Rinsho Ketsueki 2016; 57:1074-9. [PMID: 27599426 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.57.1074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Antibody-based anti-cancer immunotherapy was recently recognized as one of the truly effective therapies for cancer patients. Antibodies against cell surface cancer antigens, such as CD20, and also those against immune-inhibitory molecules called "immune checkpoint blockers", such as CTLA4 or PD1, have emerged. Large-scale clinical trials have confirmed that, in some cases, antibody-based drugs are superior to conventional chemotherapeutic agents. These antibody-based drugs are now being manufactured employing a mass-production system by pharmaceutical companies. Anti-cancer therapy by immune cells, i.e. cell-based immunotherapy, is expected to be more effective than antibody therapy, because immune cells can recognize, infiltrate, and act in cancer tissues more directly than antibodies. In order to achieve cell-based anti-cancer immunotherapy, it is necessary to develop manufacturing systems for mass-production of immune cells. Our group has been studying immunotherapy with myeloid cells derived from ES cells or iPS cells. These pluripotent stem cells can be readily propagated under constant culture conditions, with expansion into a large quantity. We consider these stem cells to be the most suitable cellular source for mass-production of immune cells. This review introduces our studies on anti-cancer therapy with iPS cell-derived dendritic cells and iPS cell-derived macrophages.
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- Satoru Senju
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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Uekawa K, Hasegawa Y, Senju S, Nakagata N, Ma M, Nakagawa T, Koibuchi N, Kim-Mitsuyama S. Intracerebroventricular Infusion of Angiotensin-(1–7) Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment and Memory Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 53:127-33. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-150642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Ken Uekawa
- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
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Hirayama M, Tomita Y, Yuno A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Imamura Y, Sayem MA, Irie A, Yoshitake Y, Fukuma D, Shinohara M, Hamada A, Jono H, Yuba E, Kono K, Yoshida K, Tsunoda T, Nakayama H, Nishimura Y. An oncofetal antigen, IMP-3-derived long peptides induce immune responses of both helper T cells and CTLs. Oncoimmunology 2016; 5:e1123368. [PMID: 27471607 PMCID: PMC4938377 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2015.1123368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Insulin-like growth factor II mRNA-binding protein 3 (IMP-3), an oncofetal antigen identified using genome-wide cDNA microarray analyses, is overexpressed in several malignancies. IMP-3-derived cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes have been used for peptide-based immunotherapies against various cancers. In addition to CTLs, induction of tumor-associated antigen (TAA)-specific helper T (Th) cells is crucial for establishment of effective antitumor immunity. In this study, we aimed to identify IMP-3-derived long peptides (IMP-3-LPs) carrying CTL and promiscuous Th-cell epitopes for use in cancer immunotherapy. IMP-3-derived Th-cell epitopes that bind to multiple HLA-class II molecules were predicted by in silico analysis, and their immunogenicity was determined by utilizing human T cells. We identified two highly immunogenic IMP-3-LPs presented by multiple HLA-class II molecules. One of the IMP-3-LPs encompassed two CTL epitopes that have been used for peptide-vaccine immunotherapy in ongoing clinical trials. IMP-3-LPs-specific Th cells responded to autologous dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with the recombinant IMP-3 proteins, suggesting that these s (LPs) can be naturally processed and presented. The IMP-3-LPs and specific Th cells augmented the expansion of IMP-3-specific CTLs, which was further enhanced by programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) blockade. In addition, IMP-3-LP encapsulated in liposomes was efficiently cross-presented in vitro, and this LP successfully cross-primed CTLs in HLA-A2 transgenic mice (Tgm) in vivo. Furthermore, one of the IMP-3-LPs induced IMP-3-specific Th cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of head-and-neck malignant tumor (HNMT) patients. These findings suggest the potential usefulness of IMP-3-LPs in propagating both Th cells and CTLs and may have implications for IMP-3-LPs-based cancer immunotherapy.
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- Masatoshi Hirayama
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University , Sakai, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University , Sakai, Japan
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- OncoTherapy Science Incorporation, Research and Development Division, Kawasaki, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; AstraZeneca K.K., Oncology, Medical, Tokyo, Japan
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- OncoTherapy Science Incorporation, Research and Development Division, Kawasaki, Japan; Merck-Living Innovation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University , Kumamoto, Japan
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Miyashita A, Fukushima S, Nakahara S, Kubo Y, Tokuzumi A, Yamashita J, Aoi J, Haruta M, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Jinnin M, Ihn H. Immunotherapy against Metastatic Melanoma with Human iPS Cell-Derived Myeloid Cell Lines Producing Type I Interferons. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 4:248-58. [PMID: 26714554 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0096] [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: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, immunotherapy for advanced melanoma has been gaining increased attention. The efficacy of anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 antibodies, anti-programmed cell death 1 antibodies, and the BRAF(V600E) kinase inhibitor has been proven in metastatic melanoma. At the same time, adoptive cell transfer has significant effects against metastatic melanoma; however, it is difficult to apply on a broad scale because of the problems related to cell preparation. To overcome these problems, we developed immune cell therapy using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The benefit of our method is that a large number of cells can be readily obtained. We focused on macrophages for immune cell therapy because macrophage infiltration is frequently observed in solid cancers. In this study, the efficacy of human iPS cell-derived myeloid cell lines (iPS-ML) genetically modified to express type I IFNs against human melanoma cells was examined. The morphology, phagocytic ability, and surface markers of iPS-ML were similar to those of macrophages. The iPS-ML that express type I IFNs (iPS-ML-IFN) showed significant effects in inhibiting the growth of disseminated human melanoma cells in SCID mice. The infiltration of iPS-ML into the tumor nests was confirmed immunohistologically. The iPS-ML-IFNs increased the expression of CD169, a marker of M1 macrophages that can activate antitumor immunity. The iPS-ML-IFNs could infiltrate into tumor tissue and exert anticancer effects in the local tumor tissue. In conclusion, this method will provide a new therapeutic modality for metastatic melanoma.
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- Azusa Miyashita
- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Senju S. A challenge for realization of anti-cancer immunotherapy based on iPS cells. J Reprod Immunol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2015.09.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gandolgor TA, Tashiro H, Tsuboki J, Takaishi K, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Katabuchi H. Basic study aimed at developing novel therapies using human iPS cell-derived cytokine-producing macrophages against ovarian cancer. J Reprod Immunol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2015.09.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sayem MA, Tomita Y, Yuno A, Hirayama M, Irie A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Yuba E, Yoshikawa T, Kono K, Nakatsura T, Nishimura Y. Identification of glypican-3-derived long peptides activating both CD8 + and CD4 + T cells; prolonged overall survival in cancer patients with Th cell response. Oncoimmunology 2015; 5:e1062209. [PMID: 26942076 PMCID: PMC4760284 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2015.1062209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 04/13/2015] [Revised: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In a recent phase I clinical trial, a vaccine consisting of glypican-3 (GPC3)-derived CTL epitopes was found to be safe and induced measurable immune and clinical responses in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to identify GPC3-derived long peptides (GPC3-LPs) carrying promiscuous HLA class II-restricted T helper (Th) cell epitopes. Using a computer algorithm, we predicted GPC3-LPs that can bind to promiscuous HLA class II molecules. Their antigenicity for induction of specific CD4+ T cells in healthy donors or patients with HCC, before and after vaccination with GPC3-SPs, was proven by IFNγ enzyme-linked immunospot assays. Natural processing of these epitopes was confirmed by the immune response of helper T cells to dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with GPC3 proteins. Cross-presentation capacity was assessed in vitro using human DCs and LPs encapsulated in liposomes and in vivo in HLA-A2 transgenic mice (Tgm). All five LPs could induce Th1 cells and were presented by several frequently occurring HLA class II molecules in vitro. Four of them were likely to be naturally processed. One of the LPs encapsulated in liposomes was well cross-presented in vitro; it cross-primed CTLs in HLA-A2 Tgm. LP-specific and HLA class II-restricted CD4+ T-cell responses were observed in 14 of 20 HCC patients vaccinated with GPC3-SPs. Repeated vaccinations enhanced GPC3-LP-specific responses in 8 of 13 patients with HCC. Moreover, the presence of the specific Th cell was correlated with prolonged overall survival (OS). GPC3-LPs can be useful for cancer immunotherapy.
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- Mohammad A Sayem
- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University; Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University ; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University ; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University ; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering; Osaka Prefecture University ; Sakai, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy; Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center; National Cancer Center ; Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering; Osaka Prefecture University ; Sakai, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Immunotherapy; Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center; National Cancer Center ; Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University ; Kumamoto, Japan
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Sayem MA, Tomita Y, Yuno A, Hirayama M, Irie A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Yuba E, Yoshikawa T, Kono K, Nakatsura T, Nishimura Y. Abstract 2503: Efficient crosspresentation of oncofetal antigen (Glypican-3)-derived long peptides encompassing CTL and promiscuous Th cell epitopes using a novel liposome. Cancer Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-2503] [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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Glypican-3 (GPC3), a human oncofetal antigen, is specifically overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and melanoma cells. GPC3-derived short peptides (SPs) vaccine carrying CTL epitopes were safe, and induced measurable immune and some clinical responses in a phase I clinical trial for treatment of HCC (Clin Cancer Res 18:3686, 2012). In this study we aim to identify GPC3-derived long peptides (LPs) carrying promiscuous HLA class II-binding Th1 cell epitopes. We predicted five candidate LPs using computer algorithm and proved antigenicity of all five GPC3-LPs to induce specific CD4+ T-cells by IFN-γ-ELISPOT assays. To determine the restriction HLA molecules involved in antigen presentation, blocking of antigen-induced IFN-γ production was investigated by adding anti-HLA-class II monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Determination of specific restriction HLA molecules were carried out using L cells transfected with single pair of HLA class II α and β genes or allogeneic PBMC with shared HLA-class II molecule and found that these Th cells were restricted by seven frequent HLA class II molecules. Majority of these Th cell lines secreted Th1-type cytokines in response to autologous PBMCs pulsed with the cognate LPs. Th cells induced by four GPC3-LPs responded to autologous DCs pre-loaded with recombinant human GPC3 suggesting a possible natural processing of these LPs from GPC3 protein. One of the LPs was well cross-presented to GPC3-SP-specific CTLs when they were cocultured with DCs preloaded with GPC3-LPs encapsulated in a novel pH-sensitive liposome that can deliver LPs from endosome to cytoplasm. HLA-A2 transgenic mice immunized with the same LP showed increased GPC3-SP-specific and HLA-A2-restricted CTL response as compared to mice immunized with GPC3-SP alone. A part of this augmented response may be attributed to the help of CD4+ T cell response, because this LP stimulated specific mouse I-Ab-restricted CD4+ T cell response in vivo. GPC3-LPs-specific and HLA-Class II-restricted T cell responses were also observed in 12 out of 20 HCC patients vaccinated with GPC3-SPs. These GPC3-LPs may be applicable to immunotherapy of HCC.
Citation Format: Mohammad A. Sayem, Yusuke Tomita, Akira Yuno, Masatoshi Hirayama, Atsushi Irie, Hirotake Tsukamoto, Satoru Senju, Eiji Yuba, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Kenji Kono, Tetsuya Nakatsura, Yasuharu Nishimura. Efficient crosspresentation of oncofetal antigen (Glypican-3)-derived long peptides encompassing CTL and promiscuous Th cell epitopes using a novel liposome. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(15 Suppl):Abstract nr 2503. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-2503
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- Mohammad A. Sayem
- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- 3Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- 3Division of Cancer Immunotherapy, Exploratory Oncology Research and Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Kashiwa, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogentics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Hirayama M, Yuno A, Tomita Y, Sayem MA, Tsukamoto H, Irie A, Senju S, Yoshitake Y, Fukuma D, Shinohara M, Yuba E, Kono K, Yoshida K, Nakamura Y, Nakayama H, Nishimura Y. Abstract 2500: Identification of promiscuous oncofetal antigen (IMP-3)-derived long peptides, bearing both Th cell and CTL epitopes. Cancer Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-2500] [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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We recently identified CTL epitopes derived from an oncofetal antigen, insulin-like growth factor II mRNA-binding protein 3 (IMP-3) which was frequently overexpressed in head-and-neck cancers (HNCs) and lung cancers, but not in many normal adult organs, by using genome-wide cDNA microarray analyses. Several phase I/II clinical trials using IMP-3-derived short peptides (SPs) vaccination against several types of malignant tumor are ongoing. Recently we reported the phase I/II clinical trial of multiple tumor-associated-antigen (TAA)-derived SPs vaccinations including IMP-3-SP for advanced HNC patients. In this trial, we observed the vaccinated SPs-specific CTL responses and the prolongation of overall survival of HNC patients (Clin Cancer Res; Nov. 12, 2014 in press). In order to further develop peptides-based cancer immunotherapy, we attempted to identify IMP-3-derived long peptides (LPs) containing both CTL and Th cell epitopes in this study. We successfully identified two promiscuous IMP-3-derived LPs, and one of them encompasses two natural CTL epitopes, and these LPs can stimulate IMP-3-LP-specific Th1 cells restricted by 7 frequent HLA class II molecules. We confirmed that Th cells induced by two LPs responded to autologous dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with IMP-3 protein, suggesting that these IMP-3-derived LPs were possibly naturally processed from IMP-3 protein and presented by DCs. We also demonstrated that one of the IMP-3-derived LPs could cross-prime IMP-3-SP-specific CTLs in vitro in human and in vivo in HLA-A2 transgenic mice. The same LP encapsulated in newly developed pH-sensitive liposome, that can deliver LPs from endosome to cytoplasm, was also found to be efficiently cross presented in vitro to stimulate IMP-3-SP-specific human CTLs. Furthermore, we could induce IMP-3-LP-specific Th cells from a HNC patient vaccinated with an IMP3-derived SP. Immune response to these LPs in many other HNC patients is now under investigation. Taken together, IMP-3-derived LPs may be applicable to cancer immunotherapy.
Citation Format: Masatoshi Hirayama, Akira Yuno, Yusuke Tomita, Mohammad Abu Sayem, Hirotake Tsukamoto, Atsushi Irie, Satoru Senju, Yoshihiro Yoshitake, Daiki Fukuma, Masanori Shinohara, Eiji Yuba, Kenji Kono, Koji Yoshida, Yusuke Nakamura, Hideki Nakayama, Yasuharu Nishimura. Identification of promiscuous oncofetal antigen (IMP-3)-derived long peptides, bearing both Th cell and CTL epitopes. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(15 Suppl):Abstract nr 2500. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-2500
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- Masatoshi Hirayama
- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 3Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osak Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- 3Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osak Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan
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- 4OncoTherapy Science Incorporation, Research and Development Division, Kanagawa, Japan
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- 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Zhang R, Liu TY, Senju S, Haruta M, Hirosawa N, Suzuki M, Tatsumi M, Ueda N, Maki H, Nakatsuka R, Matsuoka Y, Sasaki Y, Tsuzuki S, Nakanishi H, Araki R, Abe M, Akatsuka Y, Sakamoto Y, Sonoda Y, Nishimura Y, Kuzushima K, Uemura Y. Generation of mouse pluripotent stem cell-derived proliferating myeloid cells as an unlimited source of functional antigen-presenting cells. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 3:668-77. [PMID: 25672396 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-14-0117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The use of dendritic cells (DC) to prime tumor-associated antigen-specific T-cell responses provides a promising approach to cancer immunotherapy. Embryonic stem cells (ESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) can differentiate into functional DCs, thus providing an unlimited source of DCs. However, the previously established methods of generating practical volumes of DCs from pluripotent stem cells (PSC) require a large number of PSCs at the start of the differentiation culture. In this study, we generated mouse proliferating myeloid cells (pMC) as a source of antigen-presenting cells (APC) using lentivirus-mediated transduction of the c-Myc gene into mouse PSC-derived myeloid cells. The pMCs could propagate almost indefinitely in a cytokine-dependent manner, while retaining their potential to differentiate into functional APCs. After treatment with IL4 plus GM-CSF, the pMCs showed impaired proliferation and differentiated into immature DC-like cells (pMC-DC) expressing low levels of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-I, MHC-II, CD40, CD80, and CD86. In addition, exposure to maturation stimuli induced the production of TNFα and IL12p70, and enhanced the expression of MHC-II, CD40, and CD86, which is thus suggestive of typical DC maturation. Similar to bone marrow-derived DCs, they stimulated a primary mixed lymphocyte reaction. Furthermore, the in vivo transfer of pMC-DCs pulsed with H-2K(b)-restricted OVA257-264 peptide primed OVA-specific cytotoxic T cells and elicited protection in mice against challenge with OVA-expressing melanoma. Overall, myeloid cells exhibiting cytokine-dependent proliferation and DC-like differentiation may be used to address issues associated with the preparation of DCs.
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- Rong Zhang
- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan. Key Laboratory of Cancer Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Research Center, Division of Analytical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Transcriptome Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Transcriptome Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Research Center, Division of Analytical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
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Ikeda T, Hirata S, Takamatsu K, Haruta M, Tsukamoto H, Ito T, Uchino M, Ando Y, Nagafuchi S, Nishimura Y, Senju S. Suppression of Th1-mediated autoimmunity by embryonic stem cell-derived dendritic cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115198. [PMID: 25522369 PMCID: PMC4270741 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We herein demonstrate the immune-regulatory effect of embryonic stem cell-derived dendritic cells (ES-DCs) using two models of autoimmune disease, namely non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Treatment of pre-diabetic NOD mice with ES-DCs exerted almost complete suppression of diabetes development during the observation period for more than 40 weeks. The prevention of diabetes by ES-DCs was accompanied with significant reduction of insulitis and decreased number of Th1 and Th17 cells in the spleen. Development of EAE was also inhibited by the treatment with ES-DCs, and the therapeutic effect was obtained even if ES-DCs were administrated after the onset of clinical symptoms. Treatment of EAE-induced mice with ES-DCs reduced the infiltration of inflammatory cells into the spinal cord and suppressed the T cell response to the myelin antigen. Importantly, the ES-DC treatment did not affect T cell response to an exogenous antigen. As the mechanisms underlying the reduction of the number of infiltrating Th1 cells, we observed the inhibition of differentiation and proliferation of Th1 cells by ES-DCs. Furthermore, the expression of VLA-4α on Th1 cells was significantly inhibited by ES-DCs. Considering the recent advances in human induced pluripotent stem cell-related technologies, these results suggest a clinical application for pluripotent stem cell-derived dendritic cells as a therapy for T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.
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- Tokunori Ikeda
- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan
- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Medical Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Japan
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Ishimura R, Nagy G, Dotu I, Zhou H, Yang XL, Schimmel P, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Chuang JH, Ackerman SL. RNA function. Ribosome stalling induced by mutation of a CNS-specific tRNA causes neurodegeneration. Science 2014; 345:455-9. [PMID: 25061210 DOI: 10.1126/science.1249749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 306] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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In higher eukaryotes, transfer RNAs (tRNAs) with the same anticodon are encoded by multiple nuclear genes, and little is known about how mutations in these genes affect translation and cellular homeostasis. Similarly, the surveillance systems that respond to such defects in higher eukaryotes are not clear. Here, we discover that loss of GTPBP2, a novel binding partner of the ribosome recycling protein Pelota, in mice with a mutation in a tRNA gene that is specifically expressed in the central nervous system causes ribosome stalling and widespread neurodegeneration. Our results not only define GTPBP2 as a ribosome rescue factor but also unmask the disease potential of mutations in nuclear-encoded tRNA genes.
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- Ryuta Ishimura
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo 1-1-1, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo 1-1-1, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
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Haga E, Endo Y, Haruta M, Koba C, Matsumura K, Takamatsu K, Ikeda T, Nishimura Y, Senju S. Therapy of peritoneally disseminated colon cancer by TAP-deficient embryonic stem cell-derived macrophages in allogeneic recipients. J Immunol 2014; 193:2024-33. [PMID: 25031460 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We established a method to generate a large quantity of myeloid lineage cells from mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells, termed ES cell-derived proliferating myeloid cell lines (ES-ML). ES-ML continuously proliferated in the presence of M-CSF and GM-CSF. ES-ML genetically modified to express an anti-HER2 (neu) mAb single-chain V region fragment reduced the number of cocultured mouse Colon-26 cancer cells expressing HER2. Stimulation of ES-ML with IFN-γ plus LPS or TNF resulted in almost complete killing of the Colon-26 cells by the ES-ML, and the cytotoxicity was mediated, in part, by NO produced by ES-ML. When ES-ML were injected into mice with i.p. established Colon-26 tumors, they efficiently infiltrated the tumor tissues. Injection of ES-ML with rIFN-γ and LPS inhibited cancer progression in the mouse peritoneal cavity. Coinjection of TNF-transfected or untransfected ES-ML with rIFN-γ inhibited cancer growth and resulted in prolonged survival of the treated mice. In this experiment, transporter associated with Ag processing (TAP)1-deficient ES-ML exhibited therapeutic activity in MHC-mismatched allogeneic recipient mice. Despite the proliferative capacity of ES-ML, malignancy never developed from the transferred ES-ML in the recipient mice. In summary, TAP-deficient ES-ML with anticancer properties exhibited a therapeutic effect in allogeneic recipients, suggesting the possible use of TAP-deficient human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived proliferating myeloid cell lines in cancer therapy.
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- Eriko Haga
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan; and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Swain S, Nishimura Y. Age-associated increase of IL-6 dampens anti-tumor immune responses through attenuating Th1 differentiation of tumor-specific CD4 T cells (TUM7P.928). The Journal of Immunology 2014. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.192.supp.203.10] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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With age immune function progressively decreases and pro-inflammatory status is concomitantly developed. We focused on the impact of this inflammatory environment on tumor-specific CD4 T cells. We demonstrated that in contrast to tumor elimination in young hosts, adoptive transfer of OVA-specific young CD4 T cells and vaccination with OVA peptide-pulsed DC failed to induce efficient regression of OVA-expressing tumor cells in aged hosts. This was consistent with the result that in aged mice generation of tumor-specific Th1 cells was significantly attenuated. Interestingly, a blockade of IL-6 signaling partially restored Th1 differentiation of donor CD4 T cells and elicited tumor regression in aged hosts, but did not alter their expansion, IL-2 or IL-17A production. Furthermore, in vitro analyses revealed that IL-6 directly acted on CD4 T cells to attenuate Th1 differentiation. IL-6 blockade also restored the defect in an ability of tumor-specific CD4 T cells to promote anti-tumor CD8 T cells induction in aged mice. These results were confirmed by aged IL-6-deficient mice. However, the Th1-mediated help for tumor-specific CD8 T cells was not observed in aged mice when IFN-γ-deficient CD4 T cells were transferred into anti-IL-6 Ab-treated mice. These results imply that systemic increase of IL-6 is an extrinsic factor counteracting tumor-specific Th1 differentiation, and is responsible for the age-associated defect in mounting protective anti-tumor immunity in aged individuals.
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- Hirotake Tsukamoto
- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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- 2University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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- 1Department of Immunogenetics, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan
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Tomita Y, Yuno A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Yoshimura S, Osawa R, Kuroda Y, Hirayama M, Irie A, Hamada A, Jono H, Yoshida K, Tsunoda T, Kohrogi H, Yoshitake Y, Nakamura Y, Shinohara M, Nishimura Y. Identification of CDCA1-derived long peptides bearing both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell epitopes: CDCA1-specific CD4+ T-cell immunity in cancer patients. Int J Cancer 2014; 134:352-66. [PMID: 24734272 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We recently identified a novel cancer-testis antigen, cell division cycle associated 1 (CDCA1) using genome-wide cDNA microarray analysis, and CDCA1-derived cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-epitopes. In this study, we attempted to identify CDCA1-derived long peptides (LPs) that induce both CD4+ helper T (Th) cells and CTLs. We combined information from a recently developed computer algorithm predicting HLA class II-binding peptides with CDCA1-derived CTL-epitope sequences presented by HLA-A2 (A*02:01) or HLA-A24 (A*24:02) to select candidate CDCA1-LPs encompassing both Th cell epitopes and CTL-epitopes. We studied the immunogenicity of CDCA1-LPs and the cross-priming potential of LPs bearing CTL-epitopes in both human in vitro and HLA-class I transgenic mice in vivo. Then we analyzed the Th cell response to CDCA1 in head-and-neck cancer (HNC) patients before and after vaccination with a CDCA1-derived CTL-epitope peptide using IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assays. We identified two CDCA1-LPs, CDCA1(39–64)-LP and CDCA1(55–78)-LP, which encompass naturally processed epitopes recognized by Th cells and CTLs. CDCA1-specific CTLs were induced through cross-presentation of CDCA1-LPs in vitro and in vivo. In addition, CDCA1-specific Th cells enhanced induction of CDCA1-specific CTLs. Furthermore, significant frequencies of CDCA1-specific Th cell responses were detected after short-term in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with CDCA1-LPs in HNC patients (CDCA1(39–64)-LP, 74%; CDCA1(55–78)-LP, 68%), but not in healthy donors. These are the first results demonstrating the presence of CDCA1-specific Th cell responses in HNC patients and underline the possible utility of CDCA1-LPs for propagation of both CDCA1-specific Th cells and CTLs.
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Tomita Y, Yuno A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Kuroda Y, Hirayama M, Imamura Y, Yatsuda J, Sayem MA, Irie A, Hamada A, Jono H, Yoshida K, Tsunoda T, Daigo Y, Kohrogi H, Yoshitake Y, Nakamura Y, Shinohara M, Nishimura Y. Identification of immunogenic LY6K long peptide encompassing both CD4 + and CD8 + T-cell epitopes and eliciting CD4 + T-cell immunity in patients with malignant disease. Oncoimmunology 2014; 3:e28100. [PMID: 25340007 PMCID: PMC4203508 DOI: 10.4161/onci.28100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Received: 01/01/2014] [Revised: 02/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Identification of peptides that activate both tumor-specific helper T (Th) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are important for the induction of effective antitumor immune responses. We focused on a long peptide (LP) derived from lymphocyte antigen 6 complex locus K (LY6K) encompassing both candidate Th epitopes and a known CTL epitope. Using IFNγ ELISPOT assays as a marker of activated T cells, we studied the immunogenicity and cross-priming potential of LY6K-LP, assaying human immune cell responses in vitro and immunologic activities in HLA-A24 transgenic mice in vivo. We identified LY6K172–191-LP as an effective immunogen spanning naturally processed epitopes recognized by T helper type 1 (Th1) cells and CTLs. LY6K-specific CTLs were induced through cross-presentation of LY6K172–191-LP in vitro and in vivo. In addition, LY6K172–191-LP enhanced induction of LY6K-specific CTLs among the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of head-and-neck malignant tumor (HNMT) patients. LY6K172–191-LP-specific Th1 immunologic response following 1 week in vitro stimulation of PBMCs with LY6K172–191-LP were detected in 16 of 21 HNMT patients (76%) vaccinated with CTL-epitope peptides and 1 of 11 HNMT patients (9%) prior to vaccination, but not in 9 healthy donors. Our results are the first to demonstrate the presence of LY6K-specific Th1 cell responses in HNMT patients and underscore the possible utility of LY6K172–191-LP for the induction and propagation of both LY6K-specific Th1 cells and CTLs.
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- Yusuke Tomita
- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; Department of Respiratory Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University; Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine; Human Genome Center; Institute of Medical Science; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan ; OncoTherapy Science Incorporation; Research and Development Division; Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine; Human Genome Center; Institute of Medical Science; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan ; OncoTherapy Science Incorporation; Research and Development Division; Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine; Human Genome Center; Institute of Medical Science; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan ; Department of Medical Oncology and Cancer Center; Shiga University of Medical Science; Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; Department of Medicine; University of Chicago; Chicago, IL USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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Senju S, Koba C, Haruta M, Matsunaga Y, Matsumura K, Haga E, Sasaki Y, Ikeda T, Takamatsu K, Nishimura Y. Application of iPS cell-derived macrophages to cancer therapy. Oncoimmunology 2014; 3:e27927. [PMID: 24800175 PMCID: PMC4008454 DOI: 10.4161/onci.27927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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We established a method to produce a large quantity of myeloid cells from human inducible pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). When injected intraperitoneally into mice carrying established peritoneal tumors, iPSC-derived myeloid cells (iPS-MCs) efficiently accumulated within neoplastic lesions. The intraperitoneal injection of iPS-MCs expressing interferon β significantly inhibited the growth of human gastric and pancreatic cancers implanted in the peritoneal cavity of immunocompromised mice.
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- Satoru Senju
- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan ; CREST; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kumamoto University; Kumamoto, Japan
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Yatsuda J, Irie A, Harada K, Michibata Y, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Tomita Y, Yuno A, Hirayama M, Abu Sayem M, Takeda N, Shibuya I, Sogo S, Fujiki F, Sugiyama H, Eto M, Nishimura Y. Establishment of HLA-DR4 transgenic mice for the identification of CD4+ T cell epitopes of tumor-associated antigens. PLoS One 2013; 8:e84908. [PMID: 24386437 PMCID: PMC3875545 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Reports have shown that activation of tumor-specific CD4+ helper T (Th) cells is crucial for effective anti-tumor immunity and identification of Th-cell epitopes is critical for peptide vaccine-based cancer immunotherapy. Although computer algorithms are available to predict peptides with high binding affinity to a specific HLA class II molecule, the ability of those peptides to induce Th-cell responses must be evaluated. We have established HLA-DR4 (HLA-DRA*01:01/HLA-DRB1*04:05) transgenic mice (Tgm), since this HLA-DR allele is most frequent (13.6%) in Japanese population, to evaluate HLA-DR4-restricted Th-cell responses to tumor-associated antigen (TAA)-derived peptides predicted to bind to HLA-DR4. To avoid weak binding between mouse CD4 and HLA-DR4, Tgm were designed to express chimeric HLA-DR4/I-Ed, where I-Ed α1 and β1 domains were replaced with those from HLA-DR4. Th cells isolated from Tgm immunized with adjuvant and HLA-DR4-binding cytomegalovirus-derived peptide proliferated when stimulated with peptide-pulsed HLA-DR4-transduced mouse L cells, indicating chimeric HLA-DR4/I-Ed has equivalent antigen presenting capacity to HLA-DR4. Immunization with CDCA155-78 peptide, a computer algorithm-predicted HLA-DR4-binding peptide derived from TAA CDCA1, successfully induced Th-cell responses in Tgm, while immunization of HLA-DR4-binding Wilms' tumor 1 antigen-derived peptide with identical amino acid sequence to mouse ortholog failed. This was overcome by using peptide-pulsed syngeneic bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BM-DC) followed by immunization with peptide/CFA booster. BM-DC-based immunization of KIF20A494-517 peptide from another TAA KIF20A, with an almost identical HLA-binding core amino acid sequence to mouse ortholog, successfully induced Th-cell responses in Tgm. Notably, both CDCA155-78 and KIF20A494-517 peptides induced human Th-cell responses in PBMCs from HLA-DR4-positive donors. Finally, an HLA-DR4 binding DEPDC1191-213 peptide from a new TAA DEPDC1 overexpressed in bladder cancer induced strong Th-cell responses both in Tgm and in PBMCs from an HLA-DR4-positive donor. Thus, the HLA-DR4 Tgm combined with computer algorithm was useful for preliminary screening of candidate peptides for vaccination.
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- Junji Yatsuda
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Division of Transgenic Technology, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Microbiological Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tokushima, Japan
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- Microbiological Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Cancer Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Tomita Y, Yuno A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Kuroda Y, Hirayama M, Irie A, Kawahara K, Yatsuda J, Hamada A, Jono H, Yoshida K, Tsunoda T, Kohrogi H, Yoshitake Y, Nakamura Y, Shinohara M, Nishimura Y. Identification of promiscuous KIF20A long peptides bearing both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell epitopes: KIF20A-specific CD4+ T-cell immunity in patients with malignant tumor. Clin Cancer Res 2013. [PMID: 23714729 DOI: 10.1158/10780432.ccr-13-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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PURPOSE To identify long peptides (LP) derived from a novel tumor-associated antigen (TAA), kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A), which induce tumor-specific T-helper type 1 (TH1) cells and CTLs. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We combined information from a recently developed computer algorithm predicting HLA class II-binding peptides with KIF20A-derived CTL-epitope sequences presented by HLA-A2 (A*02:01) or HLA-A24 (A*24:02) to select candidate promiscuous TH1-cell epitopes containing CTL epitopes. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) derived from healthy donors or patients with head-and-neck malignant tumor (HNMT) were used to study the immunogenicity of KIF20A-LPs, and the in vitro cross-priming potential of KIF20A-LPs bearing CTL epitopes. We used HLA-A24 transgenic mice to address whether vaccination with KIF20A-LP induces efficient cross-priming of CTLs in vivo. The TH1-cell response to KIF20A-LPs in HNMT patients receiving immunotherapy with TAA-derived CTL-epitope peptides was analyzed using IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assays. RESULTS We identified promiscuous KIF20A-LPs bearing naturally processed epitopes recognized by CD4(+) T cells and CTLs. KIF20A-specific CTLs were induced by vaccination with a KIF20A-LP in vivo. KIF20A expression was detected in 55% of HNMT by immunohistochemistry, and significant frequencies of KIF20A-specific TH1 cell responses were detected after short-term in vitro stimulation of PBMCs with KIF20A-LPs in 50% of HNMT patients, but not in healthy donors. Furthermore, these responses were associated with KIF20A expression in HNMT tissues. CONCLUSIONS These are the first results showing the presence of KIF20A-specific TH1 cell responses in HNMT patients and underline the possible utility of KIF20A-LPs for propagation of TH1 cells and CTLs.
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- Yusuke Tomita
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Haruta M, Tomita Y, Imamura Y, Matsumura K, Ikeda T, Takamatsu K, Nishimura Y, Senju S. Generation of a large number of functional dendritic cells from human monocytes expanded by forced expression of cMYC plus BMI1. Hum Immunol 2013; 74:1400-8. [PMID: 23811433 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Anticancer vaccination therapies with monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC) are widely conducted. A large number of primary monocytes (approximately 10(8) cells) are needed to generate the number of DC required to achieve an effect upon vaccination, and monocytes are usually purified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained by apheresis procedure, which is somehow invasive for cancer patients. As a means to facilitate the generation of DC for therapeutic use, we herein report a method to amplify human monocytes. We found that lentivirus-mediated transduction of cMYC along with BMI1 induced proliferation of CD14(+) monocytes derived from 9 out of 12 blood donors, and we named the monocyte-derived proliferating cells CD14-ML. Their proliferation continued for 3-5 weeks in the presence of M-CSF and GM-CSF, resulting in 20-1000-fold amplification. Importantly, the expanded CD14-ML differentiated into fully functional DC (CD14-ML-DC) upon the addition of IL-4 to the culture. We successfully stimulated autologous CD8(+) T cells with CD14-ML-DC pulsed with cytomegalovirus peptide or MART-1 peptide to generate antigen-specific CTL lines. This is the first report describing the method for in vitro expansion of human peripheral blood monocytes.
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- Miwa Haruta
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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Koba C, Haruta M, Matsunaga Y, Matsumura K, Haga E, Sasaki Y, Ikeda T, Takamatsu K, Nishimura Y, Senju S. Therapeutic effect of human iPS-cell-derived myeloid cells expressing IFN-β against peritoneally disseminated cancer in xenograft models. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67567. [PMID: 23826321 PMCID: PMC3691167 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We recently developed a method to generate myeloid cells with proliferation capacity from human iPS cells. iPS-ML (iPS-cell-derived myeloid/macrophage line), generated by introducing proliferation and anti-senescence factors into iPS-cell-derived myeloid cells, grew continuously in an M-CSF-dependent manner. A large number of cells exhibiting macrophage-like properties can be readily obtained by using this technology. In the current study, we evaluated the possible application of iPS-ML in anti-cancer therapy. We established a model of peritoneally disseminated gastric cancer by intraperitoneally injecting NUGC-4 human gastric cancer cells into SCID mice. When iPS-ML were injected intraperitoneally into the mice with pre-established peritoneal NUGC-4 tumors, iPS-ML massively accumulated and infiltrated into the tumor tissues. iPS-ML expressing IFN-β (iPS-ML/IFN-β) significantly inhibited the intra-peritoneal growth of NUGC-4 cancer. Furthermore, iPS-ML/IFN-β also inhibited the growth of human pancreatic cancer MIAPaCa-2 in a similar model. iPS-ML are therefore a promising treatment agent for peritoneally disseminated cancers, for which no standard treatment is currently available.
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- Chihiro Koba
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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Tomita Y, Yuno A, Tsukamoto H, Senju S, Kuroda Y, Hirayama M, Irie A, Kawahara K, Yatsuda J, Hamada A, Jono H, Yoshida K, Tsunoda T, Kohrogi H, Yoshitake Y, Nakamura Y, Shinohara M, Nishimura Y. Identification of promiscuous KIF20A long peptides bearing both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell epitopes: KIF20A-specific CD4+ T-cell immunity in patients with malignant tumor. Clin Cancer Res 2013; 19:4508-20. [PMID: 23714729 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-13-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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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PURPOSE To identify long peptides (LP) derived from a novel tumor-associated antigen (TAA), kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A), which induce tumor-specific T-helper type 1 (TH1) cells and CTLs. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We combined information from a recently developed computer algorithm predicting HLA class II-binding peptides with KIF20A-derived CTL-epitope sequences presented by HLA-A2 (A*02:01) or HLA-A24 (A*24:02) to select candidate promiscuous TH1-cell epitopes containing CTL epitopes. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) derived from healthy donors or patients with head-and-neck malignant tumor (HNMT) were used to study the immunogenicity of KIF20A-LPs, and the in vitro cross-priming potential of KIF20A-LPs bearing CTL epitopes. We used HLA-A24 transgenic mice to address whether vaccination with KIF20A-LP induces efficient cross-priming of CTLs in vivo. The TH1-cell response to KIF20A-LPs in HNMT patients receiving immunotherapy with TAA-derived CTL-epitope peptides was analyzed using IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assays. RESULTS We identified promiscuous KIF20A-LPs bearing naturally processed epitopes recognized by CD4(+) T cells and CTLs. KIF20A-specific CTLs were induced by vaccination with a KIF20A-LP in vivo. KIF20A expression was detected in 55% of HNMT by immunohistochemistry, and significant frequencies of KIF20A-specific TH1 cell responses were detected after short-term in vitro stimulation of PBMCs with KIF20A-LPs in 50% of HNMT patients, but not in healthy donors. Furthermore, these responses were associated with KIF20A expression in HNMT tissues. CONCLUSIONS These are the first results showing the presence of KIF20A-specific TH1 cell responses in HNMT patients and underline the possible utility of KIF20A-LPs for propagation of TH1 cells and CTLs.
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- Yusuke Tomita
- Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Tsukamoto H, Nishikata R, Senju S, Nishimura Y. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells attenuate TH1 development through IL-6 production to promote tumor progression. Cancer Immunol Res 2013; 1:64-76. [PMID: 24777249 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-13-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [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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Collaborative action between tumor cells and host-derived suppressor cells leads to peripheral tolerance of T cells to tumor antigens. Here, we showed that in tumor-bearing mice, generation of tumor antigen-specific effector T-helper cells (TH1) was significantly attenuated, and impaired TH1 differentiation was restored by the temporal blockade of interleukin (IL)-6 activity at the T-cell priming phase. Furthermore, we found that Gr-1(+) myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) served as a source of IL-6 in tumor-bearing mice. Adoptive transfer of effector CD4(+) T cells revealed that MDSC-sensitized effector CD4(+) T cells were less potent in mounting antitumor immune responses, although effector T cells generated together with Gr-1(+) cells from tumor-free mice eradicated established tumors. CD8(+) T cells, IFN-γ, and MHC-class II expression in host mice were indispensable for the antitumor activity initiated by effector CD4(+) T cells. Despite comparable suppressive activity of IL-6(+/+) and IL-6(-/-) MDSC on primary T-cell activation, transfer of IL-6(+/+) MDSC, but not IL-6(-/-) MDSC, dampened the efficient induction of effector TH1 cells and counteracted CD4(+) T cell-mediated antitumor immunity including cognate help for CD8(+) T cells in vivo. These findings suggest that, apart from the inhibitory effects on primary T-cell activation, MDSC promote tumor progression by attenuating functional differentiation of tumor-specific CD4(+) T cells into effector TH1 cells through IL-6 production to promote tumor progression. This novel mode of MDSC-induced tolerance of effector CD4(+) T cells should be considered as the basis for the rational design of effective T cell-mediated antitumor therapies.
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- Hirotake Tsukamoto
- Authors' Affiliation: Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Woo KC, Kim TD, Lee KH, Kim DY, Kim S, Lee HR, Kang HJ, Chung SJ, Senju S, Nishimura Y, Kim KT. Modulation of exosome-mediated mRNA turnover by interaction of GTP-binding protein 1 (GTPBP1) with its target mRNAs. FASEB J 2011; 25:2757-69. [PMID: 21515746 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-178715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Eukaryotic mRNA turnover is among most critical mechanisms that affect mRNA abundance and are regulated by mRNA-binding proteins and the cytoplasmic exosome. A functional protein, guanosine-triphosphate-binding protein 1 (GTPBP1), which associates with both the exosome and target mRNAs, was identified. The overexpression of GTPBP1 accelerated the target mRNA decay, whereas the reduction of the GTPBP1 expression with RNA interference stabilized the target mRNA. GTPBP1 has a putative guanosine-triphosphate (GTP)-binding domain, which is found in members of the G-protein family and Ski7p, a well-known core factor of the exosome-mediated mRNA turnover pathway in yeast. Analyses of protein interactions and mRNA decay demonstrated that GTPBP1 modulates mRNA degradation via GTP-binding-dependent target loading. Moreover, GTPBP1-knockout models displayed multiple mRNA decay defects, including elevated nocturnal levels of Aanat mRNA in pineal glands, and retarded degradation of TNF-α mRNA in lipopolysaccharide-treated splenocytes. The results of this study suggest that GTPBP1 is a regulator and adaptor of the exosome-mediated mRNA turnover pathway.
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- Kyung-Chul Woo
- Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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