1. Agonistic CD40 therapy induces tertiary lymphoid structures but impairs responses to checkpoint blockade in glioma.
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van Hooren L, Vaccaro A, Ramachandran M, Vazaios K, Libard S, van de Walle T, Georganaki M, Huang H, Pietilä I, Lau J, Ulvmar MH, Karlsson MCI, Zetterling M, Mangsbo SM, Jakola AS, Olsson Bontell T, Smits A, Essand M, and Dimberg A
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- Animals, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Brain Neoplasms drug therapy, CD11b Antigen, Cell Line, Tumor, Cytokines, Female, Gene Expression, Glioma pathology, Humans, Immunoglobulin G genetics, Immunotherapy, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Myeloid Cells, Phenotype, T-Lymphocytes, Tumor Microenvironment immunology, CD40 Antigens immunology, Glioma drug therapy, Tertiary Lymphoid Structures immunology
- Abstract
Gliomas are brain tumors characterized by an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Immunostimulatory agonistic CD40 antibodies (αCD40) are in clinical development for solid tumors, but are yet to be evaluated for glioma. Here, we demonstrate that systemic delivery of αCD40 in preclinical glioma models induces the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) in proximity of meningeal tissue. In treatment-naïve glioma patients, the presence of TLS correlates with increased T cell infiltration. However, systemic delivery of αCD40 induces hypofunctional T cells and impairs the response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in pre-clinical glioma models. This is associated with a systemic induction of suppressive CD11b
+ B cells post-αCD40 treatment, which accumulate in the tumor microenvironment. Our work unveils the pleiotropic effects of αCD40 therapy in glioma and reveals that immunotherapies can modulate TLS formation in the brain, opening up for future opportunities to regulate the immune response.- Published
- 2021
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