Relaxin-expressing oncolytic adenovirus induces remodeling of physical and immunological aspects of cold tumor to potentiate PD-1 blockadeopen access
- Authors
- Jung, Bo-Kyeong; Ko, Hae Young; Kang, Hyunji; Hong, JinWoo; Ahn, Hyo Min; Na, Youjin; Kim, Hyeongi; Kim, Jin Su; Yun, Chae-Ok
- Issue Date
- Aug-2020
- Publisher
- BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
- Keywords
- immunotherapy; lymphocytes; tumor-infiltrating; oncolytic virotherapy; radioimmunotherapy; tumor microenvironment
- Citation
- JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER, v.8, no.2, pp.1 - 16
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 16
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/3697
- DOI
- 10.1136/jitc-2020-000763
- ISSN
- 2051-1426
- Abstract
- Background Currently, several antibody (Ab)-based therapies have shown excellent therapeutic effects in the clinic. Nonetheless, Ab penetration into tumor tissues is limited due to abnormal vasculature, tumor interstitial pressure, and excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation, thus demanding novel strategies to overcome these barriers. Methods The intratumoral distribution of therapeutic Abs were detected by fluorescence microscopy or positron emission tomography in both human gastric xenograft and syngeneic pancreatic hamster tumor models. The antitumor efficacy by combination of oncolytic adenovirus (Ad), which coexpresses relaxin (RLX), interleukin (IL)-12, and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (oAd/IL12/GM-RLX) and antibody against the programmed cell death protein 1 (alpha PD-1) was examined in hamster subcutaneous and orthotopic pancreatic tumor models. The immunological aspects of these combination therapy regimen were assessed by flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry in subcutaneous hamster tumor models. Results Relaxin-expressing oncolytic Ad effectively degraded tumor ECM and enhanced the tumor penetration of trastuzumab in comparison with trastuzumab monotherapy. Based on these results, an oAd/IL12/GM-RLX was used to enhance the potency of immune checkpoint blockade. The combination of the oAd/IL12/GM-RLX and alpha PD-1 promoted a concomitant degradation of the tumor ECM and amelioration of the immunosuppressive tumor niches, ultimately enhanced intratumoral infiltration of both alpha PD-1 and activated T cells. Of note, the combination therapy was able to elicit a potent and durable antitumor immune response against cold tumors that were refractory to immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy. Conclusions Our findings are the first to demonstrate that expression of four genes (IL-12p35, IL-12p40, GM-CSF, and RLX) mediated by a single oncolytic Ad vector can promote remodeling of both physical and immunological aspects of the tumor niches to overcome the major limitations of Ab-based therapies that have emerged in recent clinical trials.
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