Harnessing tumor immunity with cytotoxics : T cells monitoring in mice bearing lung tumors treated with anti-VEGF and pemetrexed-cisplatin doublet

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BACKGROUND: Successful immunotherapy is restricted to some cancers only, and combinatorial strategies with other drugs could help to improve their efficacy. Here, we monitor T cells in NSCLC model after treatment with cytotoxics (CT) and anti-VEGF drugs, to understand when immune checkpoint inhibitors should be best associated next.

METHODS: In vivo study was performed on BALB/c mice grafted with KLN205 cells. Eight treatments were tested including control, cisplatin and pemetrexed as low (LD CT) and full (MTD CT) dose as single agents, flat dose anti-VEGF and the association anti-VEGF + CT. Full immunomonitoring was performed by flow cytometry on tumor, spleen and blood over 3 weeks.

RESULTS: Immunomodulatory effect was dependent upon both treatments and time. In tumors, combination groups shown numerical lower Treg cells on Day 21. In spleen, anti-VEGF and LD CT group shown higher CD8/Treg ratio on Day 7; on Day 14, higher T CD4 were observed in both combination groups. Finally, in blood, Tregs were lower and CD8/Treg ratio higher, on Day 14 in both combination groups. On Day 21, CD4 and CD8 T cells were higher in the anti-VEGF + MTD CT group.

CONCLUSIONS: Anti-VEGF associated to CT triggers notable increase in CD8/Tregs ratio. Regarding the scheduling, a two-week delay after using anti-VEGF and CT could be the best sequence to optimize antitumor efficacy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

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British journal of cancer - 129(2023), 9 vom: 31. Okt., Seite 1373-1382

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sicard, G [VerfasserIn]
Protzenko, D [VerfasserIn]
Giacometti, S [VerfasserIn]
Barlési, F [VerfasserIn]
Ciccolini, J [VerfasserIn]
Fanciullino, R [VerfasserIn]

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04Q9AIZ7NO
Antineoplastic Agents
Cisplatin
Journal Article
Pemetrexed
Q20Q21Q62J
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 08.11.2023

Date Revised 09.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41416-023-02350-7

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NLM360247830