VentX promotes tumor specific immunity and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors

Autor: Yi Le, Hong Gao, Joanna Le, Jason L. Hornick, Ronald Bleday, Jon Wee, Zhenglun Zhu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 108731- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108731
Popis: Summary: Immune suppression within tumor microenvironments (TME) have been implicated in limited efficacy of immune check point inhibitors (ICIs) against solid tumors. Down-regulated VentX expression in tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) underlies phagocytotic anergic phenotype of TAMs, which govern immunological state of TME. In this study, using a tumor immune microenvironment enabling model system (TIME-EMS) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we found that PD-1 antibody modestly activates cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) within the NSCLC-TME but not the status of TIME. We showed that the restoration of VentX expression in TAMs reignites the phagocytotic function of TAMs, which in turn, transforms TIME, activates CTLs in a tumor-specific manner and promotes efficacy of PD-1 antibody against NSCLC but not toxicity on normal lung epithelial cells. Supported by in vivo data on NSG-PDX models of primary human NSCLC, our study revealed potential venues to promote the efficacy of ICI against solid tumors through VentX-based mechanisms.
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