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肿瘤条件性 IL-15 前体细胞因子以有限毒性重新激活抗肿瘤免疫

英文原题:Tumor-conditional IL-15 pro-cytokine reactivates anti-tumor immunity with limited toxicity.

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Tumor-conditional IL-15 pro-cytokine reactivates anti-tumor immunity with limited toxicity.

PubMed 2021/08/10(内容时间) Cell Res Q1 · IF 31.1(JCR 2025)

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中文摘要

IL-15 是一种有前景的细胞因子,可扩增 NK 和 CD8+ T 细胞用于肿瘤免疫治疗,但其应用受到剂量限制性、靶向非肿瘤毒性的制约。

在此,我们开发了一种在肿瘤微环境(TME)内被激活的下一代 IL-15。这种 pro-IL-15 将 IL-15Rβ 的胞外域通过肿瘤富集的基质金属蛋白酶(MMP)可切割肽连接子融合至 sIL-15-Fc 的 N 端,以阻断其活性。与 sIL-15-Fc 不同,pro-IL-15 不激活 NK 细胞和 T 细胞的外周扩增,从而降低全身毒性,但仍保留高效的抗肿瘤能力。在多种小鼠肿瘤中,pro-IL-15 的抗肿瘤效应依赖于瘤内 CD8+ T 细胞和 IFN-γ。Pro-IL-15 增加肿瘤组织内的干性 TCF1+ Tim-3- CD8+ T 细胞,并有助于克服免疫检查点阻断(ICB)耐药。

此外,pro-IL-15 在炎症较少的 TUBO 肿瘤模型中与当前酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)靶向治疗产生协同作用,提示 pro-IL-15 有助于克服靶向治疗耐药。

我们的结果证明了一种下一代 IL-15 细胞因子,能够激发强效抗肿瘤活性而无严重毒性。

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IL-15 is a promising cytokine to expand NK and CD8 + T cells for cancer immunotherapy, but its application is limited by dose-limiting, on-target off-tumor toxicity.

Here, we have developed a next-generation IL-15 that is activated inside the tumor microenvironment (TME). This pro-IL-15 has the extracellular domain of IL-15Rβ fused to the N-terminus of sIL-15-Fc through a tumor-enriched Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) cleavable peptide linker to block its activity.

Unlike sIL-15-Fc, pro-IL-15 does not activate the peripheral expansion of NK cells and T cells, thus reducing systemic toxicity, but it still preserves efficient anti-tumor abilities. In various mouse tumors, the anti-tumor effect of pro-IL-15 depends on intratumoral CD8 + T cells and IFN-γ. Pro-IL-15 increases the stem-like TCF1 + Tim-3 - CD8 + T cells within tumor tissue and helps overcome immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) resistance.

Moreover, pro-IL-15 synergizes with current tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeted-therapy in a poorly inflamed TUBO tumor model, suggesting that pro-IL-15 helps overcome targeted-therapy resistance.

Our results demonstrate a next-generation IL-15 cytokine that can stimulate potent anti-tumor activity without severe toxicity.

论文信息

作者
Guo J、Liang Y、Xue D、Shen J、Cai Y、Zhu J、Fu YX、Peng H
第一作者单位
Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.China
通讯作者单位
Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. hpeng@moon.ibp.ac.cn.China
文献类型
非美国政府资助研究
期刊
Cell research2021 Nov
原文标识
PubMed 34376814 · DOI 10.1038/s41422-021-00543-4