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Immunotherapy combinations overcome resistance to bispecific T cell engager treatment in T cell–cold solid tumors
- Source :
- Science Translational Medicine. 13
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021.
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Abstract
- Therapeutic approaches are needed to promote T cell-mediated destruction of poorly immunogenic, "cold" tumors typically associated with minimal response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. Bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) molecules induce redirected lysis of cancer cells by polyclonal T cells and have demonstrated promising clinical activity against solid tumors in some patients. However, little is understood about the key factors that govern clinical responses to these therapies. Using an immunocompetent mouse model expressing a humanized CD3e chain (huCD3e mice) and BiTE molecules directed against mouse CD19, mouse CLDN18.2, or human EPCAM antigens, we investigated the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters and immune correlates associated with BiTE efficacy across multiple syngeneic solid-tumor models. These studies demonstrated that pretreatment tumor-associated T cell density is a critical determinant of response to BiTE therapy, identified CD8+ T cells as important targets and mediators of BiTE activity, and revealed an antagonistic role for CD4+ T cells in BiTE efficacy. We also identified therapeutic combinations, including ICB and 4-1BB agonism, that synergized with BiTE treatment in poorly T cell-infiltrated, immunotherapy-refractory tumors. In these models, BiTE efficacy was dependent on local expansion of tumor-associated CD8+ T cells, rather than their recruitment from circulation. Our findings highlight the relative contributions of baseline T cell infiltration, local T cell proliferation, and peripheral T cell trafficking for BiTE molecule-mediated efficacy, identify combination strategies capable of overcoming resistance to BiTE therapy, and have clinical relevance for the development of BiTE and other T cell engager therapies.
- Subjects :
- CD3 Complex
T cell
medicine.medical_treatment
Antigens, CD19
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
CD19
Mice
Antigen
Neoplasms
Antibodies, Bispecific
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Humans
biology
business.industry
General Medicine
Immunotherapy
Immune checkpoint
Blockade
medicine.anatomical_structure
Claudins
Cancer cell
Cancer research
biology.protein
business
CD8
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19466242 and 19466234
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science Translational Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3186549e7ccd8cfb6494764a71f7cab2