Mannose receptor (CD206) activation in tumor-associated macrophages enhances adaptive and innate antitumor immune responses

Autor: Raul Calvo, Noel Southall, Lixin Fan, Chan Young Ock, Keyur Talsania, Clayton Yates, Taylor Aiken, Yansong Bian, Zachary Knotts, Yongmei Zhao, Jesse M. Jaynes, Jason White, Abisola Abisoye-Ogunniyan, Taivan Odzorig, Anghesom Ghebremedhin, Myagmarjav Dashnyam, Anton Simeonov, Sarangan Ravichandran, Nathan Pate, Amber E. de Groot, Michael Ronzetti, Xin Hu, Vicky Chen, Jelani C. Zarif, Henry Lopez, Bolormaa Baljinnyam, Parimal Kumar, Dandan Li, Natalia de Val, Theresa Guerin, Wendy Bautista, Ahmad Bin Salam, Rushikesh Sable, Juan J. Marugan, Marc Ferrer, Serguei Kozlov, Victoria Nguyen, Monika Mehta, Balasubramanyam Karanam, Ruksana Amin, Mones Abu-Asab, Udo Rudloff, Anju Singh
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sci Transl Med
ISSN: 1946-6242
1946-6234
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax6337
Popis: Solid tumors elicit a detectable immune response including the infiltration of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Unfortunately, this immune response is co-opted into contributing toward tumor growth instead of preventing its progression. We seek to reestablish an antitumor immune response by selectively targeting surface receptors and endogenous signaling processes of the macrophage subtypes driving cancer progression. RP-182 is a synthetic 10-mer amphipathic analog of host defense peptides that selectively induces a conformational switch of the mannose receptor CD206 expressed on TAMs displaying an M2-like phenotype. RP-182-mediated activation of this receptor in human and murine M2-like macrophages elicits a program of endocytosis, phagosome-lysosome formation, and autophagy and reprograms M2-like TAMs to an antitumor M1-like phenotype. In syngeneic and autochthonous murine cancer models, RP-182 suppressed tumor growth, extended survival, and was an effective combination partner with chemo- or immune checkpoint therapy. Antitumor activity of RP-182 was also observed in CD206(high) patient-derived xenotransplantation models. Mechanistically, via selective reduction of immunosuppressive M2-like TAMs, RP-182 improved adaptive and innate antitumor immune responses, including increased cancer cell phagocytosis by reprogrammed TAMs.
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