将类似收费的受体agonists与免疫检查点封锁相结合,会影响抗瘤疫苗的疗效
Donghwan Jeon1, Ethan Hill2, Jena E Moseman1
1Cancer Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Journal for immunotherapy of cancer
|May 3, 2024
概括
将类似收费受体 (TLR) 激动剂与某些免疫检查点抑制剂 (如抗CTLA-4) 结合起来,可以提高癌症疫苗的疗效. 然而,将TLR激动剂与抗PD-1结合在一起,由于调节性T细胞激活,有效性被废除.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 癌症研究 癌症研究
- 疫苗学 疫苗学 疫苗学
背景情况:
- T细胞检查点受体调节T细胞功能和抗瘤功效.
- 收费类受体 (TLR) 激动剂可以调节T细胞激活和PD-1表达.
- 之前的研究结果显示,TLR激动因子减弱了因同源抗原激活的T细胞上的PD-1表达.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否结合TLR激动剂与免疫检查点阻塞可以增强疫苗介导的T细胞抗瘤免疫力.
- 在小鼠瘤模型中评估结合TLR激动剂和各种免疫检查点抑制剂的疗效.
主要方法:
- 结合TLR3和TLR9抗体 (TLR3加TLR9) 和免疫检查点抑制剂 (抗PD-1,抗CTLA-4,抗LAG-3,抗TIM-3,抗VISTA) 与疫苗或疫苗激活的CD8+ T细胞进行了组合.
- 治疗对EG7-OVA或MyC-CaP瘤携带的小鼠进行.
- 评估了瘤的生长,并通过流式细胞计量分析了瘤.
主要成果:
- 与单个治疗相比,SIINFEKL类疫苗,TLR激动剂和抗CTLA-4的组合显示出更高的抗瘤疗效.
- 结合疫苗和TLR激动剂与抗PD-1废除的抗瘤疗效,与TLR激动剂诱导的PD-1抑制和调控性T细胞 (Treg) 激活相关.
- 耗Tregs增强了组合治疗的疗效,即使与抗PD-1一起,这表明Tregs调解了废除.
- 与抗CTLA-4或抗LAG-3的组合显示出比抗TIM-3或抗VISTA的组合更大的抗瘤效果.
结论:
- 将TLR激动剂与抗CTLA-4或抗LAG-3结合起来,可以显著提高癌症疫苗的疗效.
- 使用抗PD-1与TLR激动剂结合使用是无效的,因为Treg激活.
- 对TLR激动剂和免疫检查点封锁的最佳组合对增强人类抗癌疫苗具有前途.
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