Intratumoral Delivery of TriMix mRNA Results in T-cell Activation by Cross-Presenting Dendritic Cells

Autor: Sandra Van Lint, Stephanie Du Four, Véronique Flamand, Karine Breckpot, Kevin Van der Jeught, Lukasz Bialkowski, Cleo Goyvaerts, Sarah Maenhout, Lode Goethals, Daphné Benteyn, Dries Renmans, Kris Thielemans, Katleen Broos, Carlo Heirman
Přispěvatelé: Laboratory of Molecullar and Cellular Therapy, Basic (bio-) Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical Imaging, Supporting clinical sciences, Clinical sciences, Physiology, Immunomodulation in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Cancer Immunology Research. 4:146-156
ISSN: 2326-6074
2326-6066
DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0163
Popis: Modulating the activity of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (TiDC) provides opportunities for novel cancer interventions. In this article, we report on our study of the uptake of mRNA by CD8α+ cross-presenting TiDCs upon its intratumoral (i.t.) delivery. We exploited this property to deliver mRNA encoding the costimulatory molecule CD70, the activation stimuli CD40 ligand, and constitutively active Toll-like receptor 4, referred to as TriMix mRNA. We show that TiDCs are reprogrammed to mature antigen-presenting cells that migrate to tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLN). TriMix stimulated antitumor T-cell responses to spontaneously engulfed cancer antigens, including a neoepitope. We show in various mouse cancer models that i.t. delivery of TriMix mRNA results in systemic therapeutic antitumor immunity. Finally, we show that the induction of antitumor responses critically depends on TiDCs, whereas it only partially depends on TDLNs. As such, we provide a platform and a mechanistic rationale for the clinical testing of i.t. administration of TriMix mRNA. Cancer Immunol Res; 4(2); 146–56. ©2015 AACR.
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