An engineered oncolytic virus expressing PD-L1 inhibitors activates tumor neoantigen-specific T cell responses

Oncolytic viruses offer an in situ vaccination approach to activate tumor-specific T cell responses. However, the upregulation of PD-L1 expression on tumor cells and immune cells leads to tumor resistance to oncolytic immunotherapy. In this study, we generate an engineered oncolytic virus that coexpresses a PD-L1 inhibitor and GM-CSF. We find that the oncolytic virus is able to secrete the PD-L1 inhibitor that systemically binds and inhibits PD-L1 on tumor cells and immune cells. Importantly, the intratumoral injection with the oncolytic virus overcomes PD-L1-mediated immunosuppression during both the priming and effector phases, provokes systemic T cell responses against dominant and subdominant neoantigen epitopes derived from mutations, and leads to an effective rejection of both virus-injected and distant tumors. In summary, this engineered oncolytic virus is able to activate tumor neoantigen-specific T cell responses, providing a potent, individual tumor-specific oncolytic immunotherapy for cancer patients, especially those resistant to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 11(2020), 1 vom: 13. März, Seite 1395

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Guan [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Katherine S [VerfasserIn]
Jehng, Tiffany [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Lindsey [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xue F [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Si-Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5TAA004E22
83869-56-1
Antigens, Neoplasm
Antineoplastic Agents
B7-H1 Antigen
CD274 protein, human
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Journal Article
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sargramostim

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.07.2020

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-020-15229-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307581233