机构:[1]Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China[2]MOE Key Laboratory of Glucolipid Metabolic Diseases, Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine Research, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China[3]State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China[4]Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China[5]Translational medicine laboratory, People’s Hospital of Yangjiang City, Guangdong, China[6]Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Impressive clinical benefit is seen in clinic with PD-1 inhibitors on portion of cancer patients. Yet, there remains an urgent need to develop effective synergizers to expand their clinical application. Tumor-associated macrophage (TAM), a type of M2-polarized macrophage, eliminates or suppresses T-cell-mediated anti-tumor responses. Transforming TAMs into M1 macrophages is an attractive strategy of anti-tumor therapy. Here, we conducted a high-throughput screening and found that Carfilzomib potently drove M2 macrophages to express M1 cytokines, phagocytose tumor cells, and present antigens to T cells. Mechanistically, Carfilzomib elicited unfolded protein response (UPR), activated IRE1 alpha to recruit TRAF2, and activated NF-kappa B to transcribe genes encoding M1 markers in M2 macrophages. In vivo, Carfilzomib effectively rewired tumor microenvironment through reprogramming TAMs into M1-like macrophages and shrank autochthonous lung cancers in transgenic mouse model. More importantly, Carfilzomib synergized with PD-1 antibody to almost completely regress autochthonous lung cancers. Given the safety profiles of Carfilzomib in clinic, our work suggested a potentially immediate application of combinational treatment with Carfilzomib and PD-1 inhibitors for patients with solid tumors.
基金:
NSFC (81972778) to L.C., NSFC
(31800723) to Q. Z., the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
(21619101) to L.C., NSFC (81972778) to X. M., GuangDong Basic and Applied
Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515010461) to Q. Z., GuangZhou Basic,
Applied Basic Research Foundation (202102020512) to Q. Z., and NSFC
(81772648) TO Z.L. Authors are grateful to Dr. Huafeng Xie for critical reading
of the manuscript.
第一作者机构:[1]Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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通讯机构:[4]Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China[6]Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Qian Zhou,Jinxia Liang,Tong Yang,et al.Carfilzomib modulates tumor microenvironment to potentiate immune checkpoint therapy for cancer[J].EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE.2022,14(1):doi:10.15252/emmm.202114502.
APA:
Qian Zhou,Jinxia Liang,Tong Yang,Jin Liu,Bo Li...&Liang Chen.(2022).Carfilzomib modulates tumor microenvironment to potentiate immune checkpoint therapy for cancer.EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE,14,(1)
MLA:
Qian Zhou,et al."Carfilzomib modulates tumor microenvironment to potentiate immune checkpoint therapy for cancer".EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE 14..1(2022)