1. Blockade of EGFR improves responsiveness to PD-1 blockade in EGFR -mutated non-small cell lung cancer.
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Sugiyama E, Togashi Y, Takeuchi Y, Shinya S, Tada Y, Kataoka K, Tane K, Sato E, Ishii G, Goto K, Shintani Y, Okumura M, Tsuboi M, and Nishikawa H
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- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung genetics, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Synergism, ErbB Receptors antagonists & inhibitors, ErbB Receptors genetics, Humans, Lung Neoplasms genetics, Mutation, Antibodies, Monoclonal therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung drug therapy, Lung Neoplasms drug therapy, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor antagonists & inhibitors, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use
- Abstract
The clinical efficacy of anti-PD-1 (programmed cell death-1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) against cancers with oncogenic driver gene mutations, which often harbor a low tumor mutation burden, is variable, suggesting different contributions of each driver mutation to immune responses. Here, we investigated the immunological phenotypes in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR )-mutated lung adenocarcinomas, for which anti-PD-1 mAb is largely ineffective. Whereas EGFR -mutated lung adenocarcinomas had a noninflamed TME, CD4
+ effector regulatory T cells, which are generally present in the inflamed TME, showed high infiltration. The EGFR signal activated cJun/cJun N-terminal kinase and reduced interferon regulatory factor-1; the former increased CCL22, which recruits CD4+ regulatory T cells, and the latter decreased CXCL10 and CCL5, which induce CD8+ T cell infiltration. The EGFR inhibitor erlotinib decreased CD4+ effector regulatory T cells infiltration in the TME and in combination with anti-PD-1 mAb showed better antitumor effects than either treatment alone. Our results suggest that EGFR inhibitors when used in conjunction with anti-PD-1 mAb could increase the efficacy of immunotherapy in lung adenocarcinomas., (Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.)- Published
- 2020
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