Siglec-15 as an immune suppressor and potential target for normalization cancer immunotherapy

Autor: Jun Wang, Miguel F. Sanmamed, Agedi Boto, Kristina A. Archer, Maria I. Toki, Xue Han, Xu Zhou, Solomon Langermann, David L. Rimm, Xinxin Nie, Melissa Zarr, Lieping Chen, Roy S. Herbst, Thomas O'Neill, Jingwei Sun, Linda N. Liu, Dallas B. Flies, Chang Song, Jian-Ping Zhang
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature medicine
ISSN: 1546-170X
1078-8956
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0374-x
Popis: Overexpression of the B7-H1 (PD-L1) molecule in the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a major immune evasion mechanism in some patients with cancer, and antibody blockade of the B7-H1/PD-1 interaction can normalize compromised immunity without excessive side-effects. Using a genome-scale T cell activity array, we identified Siglec-15 as a critical immune suppressor. While only expressed on some myeloid cells normally, Siglec-15 is broadly upregulated on human cancer cells and tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells, and its expression is mutually exclusive to B7-H1, partially due to its induction by macrophage colony-stimulating factor and downregulation by IFN-γ. We demonstrate that Siglec-15 suppresses antigen-specific T cell responses in vitro and in vivo. Genetic ablation or antibody blockade of Siglec-15 amplifies anti-tumor immunity in the TME and inhibits tumor growth in some mouse models. Taken together, our results support Siglec-15 as a potential target for normalization cancer immunotherapy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE