scholarly journals Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade Strategies to Maximize Immune Response in Gynecological Cancers

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying L. Liu ◽  
Dmitriy Zamarin
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Immune Checkpoint ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Gynecological Cancers

scholarly journals Lenalidomide Enhances Immune Checkpoint Blockade-Induced Immune Response in Multiple Myeloma

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (20) ◽  
pp. 4607-4618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Güllü Görgün ◽  
Mehmet K. Samur ◽  
Kristen B. Cowens ◽  
Steven Paula ◽  
Giada Bianchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Immune Checkpoint ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Checkpoint Blockade

scholarly journals Combination of epigenetic regulation with gene therapy-mediated immune checkpoint blockade induces anti-tumour effects and immune response in vivo

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huapan Fang ◽  
Zhaopei Guo ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Lin Lin ◽  
Yingying Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Therapy ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Epigenetic Regulation ◽  
Immune Checkpoint ◽  
Immune Escape ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Immune Memory ◽  
Escape Mechanism ◽  
Immune Escape Mechanism

AbstractImmunotherapy has become a powerful cancer treatment, but only a small fraction of patients have achieved durable benefits due to the immune escape mechanism. In this study, epigenetic regulation is combined with gene therapy-mediated immune checkpoint blockade to relieve this immune escape mechanism. PPD (i.e., mPEG-b-PLG/PEI-RT3/DNA) is developed to mediate plasmid-encoding shPD-L1 delivery by introducing multiple interactions (i.e., electrostatic, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic interactions) and polyproline II (PPII)-helix conformation, which downregulates PD-L1 expression on tumour cells to relieve the immunosuppression of T cells. Zebularine (abbreviated as Zeb), a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor (DNMTi), is used for the epigenetic regulation of the tumour immune microenvironment, thus inducing DC maturation and MHC I molecule expression to enhance antigen presentation. PPD plus Zeb combination therapy initiates a systemic anti-tumour immune response and effectively prevents tumour relapse and metastasis by generating durable immune memory. This strategy provides a scheme for tumour treatment and the inhibition of relapse and metastasis.

SLAMF8, a novel biomarker for personalized immune checkpoint blockade therapy in gastrointestinal cancer.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14078-e14078
Author(s):  
Qun Zhang ◽  
Lei Cheng ◽  
Jing Hu ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Mi Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Cancer ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Immune Checkpoint ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ◽  
Checkpoint Inhibitors ◽  
Gene Signature ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Normal Tissues ◽  
Ebv Infection

e14078 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have brought great breakthroughs in cancer therapy. Activated immune response is known to be the prerequisite for exerting immunotherapy efficacy. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is associated with longer survival in gastric cancer (GC) patients due to enhanced anti-tumor immune response, and therefore it was reportedly played an important role in modulating immune checkpoint blockade therapy efficacy. However, molecular dimensions underlying the good response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in presence of EBV infection are still unclear. The aim of this study is to identify a gene signature related to EBV induced anti-tumor immune response, and select a tag gene from this signature to predict which patients are most likely to benefit from immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Methods: Two large transcriptome datasets from Gene Expression Omnibus(GEO) database (GSE51575 and GSE62254) were used to screen gene signature for EBV infected gastric cancer tissues. We further selected genes that showed a trend towards differential co-expression independent of EBV infection status. The tag gene of this differential co-expression signature was finally identified by bioinformatics analysis. To make an external validation, we performed RNA sequencing in 20 colorectal caner (CRC) tissues and 20 GC tissues, respectively. Meanwhile, tissue microarrays of CRC cohort (36 paired tumor and normal tissues) and GC cohort (75 paired tumor and normal tissues) were used to analyze the association of SLAMF8 with CD8 protein expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Results: Analysis of GEO datasets indicated 788 genes as feature gene cluster for EBV-positive gastric cancer, from which 290 genes were selected to be characterized by differential co-expression in either EBV-positive or EBV-negative gastric cancers. SLAMF8 was identified as the tag gene for this differential co-expression signature. This signature, tagged by SLAMF8, was successfully validated by our RNA sequencing data in presence of its good performance in dividing CRC and GC patients into two subsets. Moreover, we observed a significant association between SLAMF8 and CD8 expression in our CRC and GC tissue samples, in terms of either mRNA or protein level. Conclusions: SLAMF8, a potential indicator for T cell‐mediated immune response induced by EBV infection, may be served as a biomarker for individualized immune checkpoint blockade therapy in gastrointestinal cancer. Further SLAMF8 guided drug sensitivity tests are warranted to validate our results.

scholarly journals Synergy between Toxoplasma gondii type I ΔGRA17 immunotherapy and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibition triggers the regression of targeted and distal tumors

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e002970
Author(s):  
Yu-Chao Zhu ◽  
Hany M Elsheikha ◽  
Jian-Hua Wang ◽  
Shuai Fang ◽  
Jun-Jun He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Tumor Growth ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Immune Checkpoint ◽  
Immune Cell ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Complete Regression ◽  
Type I

BackgroundIn this study, we hypothesize that the ability of the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii to modulate immune response within the tumor might improve the therapeutic effect of immune checkpoint blockade. We examined the synergetic therapeutic activity of attenuated T. gondii RH ΔGRA17 strain and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) treatment on both targeted and distal tumors in mice.MethodsThe effects of administration of T. gondii RH ΔGRA17 strain on the tumor volume and survival rate of mice bearing flank B16-F10, MC38, or LLC tumors were studied. We characterized the effects of ΔGRA17 on tumor biomarkers’ expression, PD-L1 expression, immune cells infiltrating the tumors, and expression of immune-related genes by using immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, NanoString platform, and real-time quantitative PCR, respectively. The role of immune cells in the efficacy of ΔGRA17 plus PD-L1 blockade therapy was determined via depletion of immune cell subtypes.ResultsTreatment with T. gondii ΔGRA17 tachyzoites and anti-PD-L1 therapy significantly extended the survival of mice and suppressed tumor growth in preclinical mouse models of melanoma, Lewis lung carcinoma, and colon adenocarcinoma. Attenuation of the tumor growth was detected in the injected and distant tumors, which was associated with upregulation of innate and adaptive immune pathways. Complete regression of tumors was underpinned by late interferon-gamma-producing CD8+ cytotoxic T cells.ConclusionThe results from these models indicate that intratumoral injection of ΔGRA17 induced a systemic effect, improved mouse immune response, and sensitized immunologically ‘cold’ tumors and rendered them sensitive to immune checkpoint blockade therapy.

scholarly journals CCL21-DC tumor antigen vaccine augments anti-PD-1 therapy in lung cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-275
Author(s):  
Sherven Sharma ◽  
◽  
Pournima Kadam ◽  
Ram P Singh ◽  
Michael Davoodi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Tumor Antigen ◽  
Immune Checkpoint ◽  
Cancer Vaccines ◽  
Tumor Antigens ◽  
Immune Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Checkpoint Blockade ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines

<abstract> <p>Targeting inhibitory immune checkpoint molecules has highlighted the need to find approaches enabling the induction and activation of an immune response against cancer. Therapeutic vaccination, which can induce a specific immune response against tumor antigens, is an important approach to consider. Although this approach has shown low clinical efficacy when combined with other treatment modalities, therapeutic cancer vaccines will have a better outcome when combined with immune checkpoint blockade therapy with potential for cancer free survival. In this review, we will discuss the results of our two recent publications in preclinical lung cancer models. Our studies reveal that anti-PD-1 administered in combination with CCL21-DC tumor antigen therapeutic vaccines eradicate lung cancer. The results of these studies highlight the importance of combination therapy of immune checkpoint blockade and therapeutic cancer vaccines for lung cancer patients.</p> </abstract>

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