RRC ID 30403
著者 Ding ZC, Lu X, Yu M, Lemos H, Huang L, Chandler P, Liu K, Walters M, Krasinski A, Mack M, Blazar BR, Mellor AL, Munn DH, Zhou G.
タイトル Immunosuppressive myeloid cells induced by chemotherapy attenuate antitumor CD4+ T-cell responses through the PD-1-PD-L1 axis.
ジャーナル Cancer Res
Abstract In recent years, immune-based therapies have become an increasingly attractive treatment option for patients with cancer. Cancer immunotherapy is often used in combination with conventional chemotherapy for synergistic effects. The alkylating agent cyclophosphamide (CTX) has been included in various chemoimmunotherapy regimens because of its well-known immunostimulatory effects. Paradoxically, cyclophosphamide can also induce suppressor cells that inhibit immune responses. However, the identity and biologic relevance of these suppressor cells are poorly defined. Here we report that cyclophosphamide treatment drives the expansion of inflammatory monocytic myeloid cells (CD11b(+)Ly6C(hi)CCR2(hi)) that possess immunosuppressive activities. In mice with advanced lymphoma, adoptive transfer (AT) of tumor-specific CD4(+) T cells following cyclophosphamide treatment (CTX+CD4 AT) provoked a robust initial antitumor immune response, but also resulted in enhanced expansion of monocytic myeloid cells. These therapy-induced monocytes inhibited long-term tumor control and allowed subsequent relapse by mediating functional tolerization of antitumor CD4(+) effector cells through the PD-1-PD-L1 axis. PD-1/PD-L1 blockade after CTX+CD4 AT therapy led to persistence of CD4(+) effector cells and durable antitumor effects. Depleting proliferative monocytes by administering low-dose gemcitabine effectively prevented tumor recurrence after CTX+CD4 AT therapy. Similarly, targeting inflammatory monocytes by disrupting the CCR2 signaling pathway markedly potentiated the efficacy of cyclophosphamide-based therapy. Besides cyclophosphamide, we found that melphalan and doxorubicin can also induce monocytic myeloid suppressor cells. These findings reveal a counter-regulation mechanism elicited by certain chemotherapeutic agents and highlight the importance of overcoming this barrier to prevent late tumor relapse after chemoimmunotherapy.
巻・号 74(13)
ページ 3441-53
公開日 2014-7-1
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-3596
PII 0008-5472.CAN-13-3596
PMID 24780756
PMC PMC4079842
MeSH Animals Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / pharmacology B7-H1 Antigen / immunology* CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology* Cell Line, Tumor Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy Combined Modality Therapy Cyclophosphamide / pharmacology Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives Deoxycytidine / pharmacology Doxorubicin / pharmacology Female Immunosuppression Therapy Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology Immunotherapy, Adoptive Lymphocyte Activation / immunology Lymphoma / drug therapy Lymphoma / immunology* Melphalan / pharmacology Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Myeloid Cells / immunology* Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor / immunology* Receptors, CCR2 / antagonists & inhibitors
IF 9.727
引用数 67
WOS 分野 ONCOLOGY
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC00904