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- Title
Type I IFN blockade uncouples immunotherapy-induced antitumor immunity and autoimmune toxicity.
- Authors
Walsh, Scott R.; Bastin, Donald; Lan Chen; Nguyen, Andrew; Storbeck, Christopher J.; Lefebvre, Charles; Stojdl, David; Bramson, Jonathan L.; Bell, John C.; Yonghong Wan; Chen, Lan; Wan, Yonghong
- Abstract
Despite its success in treating melanoma and hematological malignancies, adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has had only limited effects in solid tumors. This is due in part to a lack of specific antigen targets, poor trafficking and infiltration, and immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. In this study, we combined ACT with oncolytic virus vaccines (OVVs) to drive expansion and tumor infiltration of transferred antigen-specific T cells and demonstrated that the combination is highly potent for the eradication of established solid tumors. Consistent with other successful immunotherapies, this approach elicited severe autoimmune consequences when the antigen targeted was a self-protein. However, modulation of IFN-α/-β signaling, either by functional blockade or rational selection of an OVV backbone, ameliorated autoimmune side effects without compromising antitumor efficacy. Our study uncovers a pathogenic role for IFN-α/-β in facilitating autoimmune toxicity during cancer immunotherapy and presents a safe and powerful combinatorial regimen with immediate translational applications.
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2019, Vol 129, Issue 2, p518
- ISSN
0021-9738
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1172/JCI121004