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- Title
Reversal of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase–mediated cancer immune suppression by systemic kynurenine depletion with a therapeutic enzyme.
- Authors
Triplett, Todd A; Garrison, Kendra C; Marshall, Nicholas; Donkor, Moses; Blazeck, John; Lamb, Candice; Qerqez, Ahlam; Dekker, Joseph D; Tanno, Yuri; Lu, Wei-Cheng; Karamitros, Christos S; Ford, Kyle; Tan, Bing; Zhang, Xiaoyan M; McGovern, Karen; Coma, Silvia; Kumada, Yoichi; Yamany, Mena S; Sentandreu, Enrique; Fromm, George
- Abstract
Therapeutic inhibition of the immunosuppressive IDO1–TDO pathway in tumors is achieved in vivo with an enzyme. Increased tryptophan (Trp) catabolism in the tumor microenvironment (TME) can mediate immune suppression by upregulation of interferon (IFN)-γ-inducible indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1) and/or ectopic expression of the predominantly liver-restricted enzyme tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO)1,2,3,4,5. Whether these effects are due to Trp depletion in the TME or mediated by the accumulation of the IDO1 and/or TDO (hereafter referred to as IDO1/TDO) product kynurenine (Kyn) remains controversial5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. Here we show that administration of a pharmacologically optimized enzyme (PEGylated kynureninase; hereafter referred to as PEG-KYNase) that degrades Kyn into immunologically inert, nontoxic and readily cleared metabolites inhibits tumor growth. Enzyme treatment was associated with a marked increase in the tumor infiltration and proliferation of polyfunctional CD8+ lymphocytes. We show that PEG-KYNase administration had substantial therapeutic effects when combined with approved checkpoint inhibitors or with a cancer vaccine for the treatment of large B16-F10 melanoma, 4T1 breast carcinoma or CT26 colon carcinoma tumors. PEG-KYNase mediated prolonged depletion of Kyn in the TME and reversed the modulatory effects of IDO1/TDO upregulation in the TME.
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2022, Vol 40, Issue 8, p758
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt.4180