Tumor Suppression by Anti-Fibroblast Activation Protein Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy Targeting Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) constitute a prominent cellular component of the tumor stroma, with various pro-tumorigenic roles. Numerous attempts to target fibroblast activation protein (FAP), a highly expressed marker in immunosuppressive CAFs, have failed to demonstrate anti-tumor efficacy in human clinical trials. Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) is a highly selective tumor therapy that utilizes an antibody-photo-absorbing conjugate activated by near-infrared light. In this study, we examined the therapeutic efficacy of CAF depletion by NIR-PIT in two mouse tumor models. Using CAF-rich syngeneic lung and spontaneous mammary tumors, NIR-PIT against FAP or podoplanin was performed. Anti-FAP NIR-PIT effectively depleted FAP+ CAFs, as well as FAP+ myeloid cells, and suppressed tumor growth, whereas anti-podoplanin NIR-PIT was ineffective. Interferon-gamma production by CD8 T and natural killer cells was induced within hours after anti-FAP NIR-PIT. Additionally, lung metastases were reduced in the treated spontaneous mammary cancer model. Depletion of FAP+ stromal as well as FAP+ myeloid cells effectively suppressed tumor growth in bone marrow chimeras, suggesting that the depletion of both cell types in one treatment is an effective therapeutic approach. These findings highlight a promising therapy for selectively eliminating immunosuppressive FAP+ cells within the tumor microenvironment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 16(2024), 2 vom: 20. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Glabman, Raisa A [VerfasserIn]
Olkowski, Colleen P [VerfasserIn]
Minor, Hannah A [VerfasserIn]
Bassel, Laura L [VerfasserIn]
Kedei, Noemi [VerfasserIn]
Choyke, Peter L [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Noriko [VerfasserIn]

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Cancer therapy
Cancer-associated fibroblast
Fibroblast activation protein
Journal Article
Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy
Tumor microenvironment

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Date Revised 01.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers16020449

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367663015