A Pan-Inhibitor of DASH Family Enzymes Induces Immune-mediated Regression of Murine Sarcoma and Is a Potent Adjuvant to Dendritic Cell Vaccination and Adoptive T-cell Therapy

Autor: Terry J. Fry, Jack H. Lai, Barry Jones, Iwona Woznica, Yuxin Liu, Najat Bouchkouj, Shannon M. Larabee, Haiying Qin, Crystal L. Mackall, Brynn B. Duncan, Steven L. Highfill, William W. Bachovchin, Wengen Wu, Youhua Li, Peng Zhao
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Immunotherapy. 36:400-411
ISSN: 1524-9557
Popis: Current multimodality therapy consisting of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation will fail in approximately 40% of patients with pediatric sarcomas and results in substantial long-term morbidity in those who are cured. Immunotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of solid tumors typically generate antigen-specific responses too weak to overcome considerable tumor burden and tumor suppressive mechanisms and are in need of adjuvant assistance. Previous work suggests that inhibitors of DASH (Dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity and/or structural homologues) enzymes can mediate tumor regression via immune-mediated mechanisms. Here we demonstrate that the DASH inhibitor, ARI-4175, can induce regression and eradication of well-established solid tumors, both as a single agent and as an adjuvant to a dendritic cell (DC) vaccine and adoptive cell therapy (ACT) in mice implanted with the M3-9-M rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) cell line. Treatment with effective doses of ARI-4175 correlated with recruitment of myeloid (CD11b+) cells, particularly myeloid dendritic cells (DCs), to secondary lymphoid tissues and with reduced frequency of intratumoral monocytic (CD11b+Ly6-ChiLy6-Glo) myeloid-derived suppressor cells. In immunocompetent mice, combining ARI-4175 with a DC vaccine or ACT with tumor-primed T cells produced significant improvements in tumor responses against well-established M3-9-M tumors. In M3-9-M-bearing immunodeficient (Rag1-/-) mice, ACT combined with ARI-4175 produced greater tumor responses and significantly improved survival compared to either treatment alone. These studies warrant the clinical investigation of ARI-4175 for treatment of sarcomas and other malignancies particularly as an adjuvant to tumor vaccines and ACT.
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