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- Title
Calreticulin exposure dictates the immunogenicity of cancer cell death.
- Authors
Obeid, Michel; Tesniere, Antoine; Ghiringhelli, François; Fimia, Gian Maria; Apetoh, Lionel; Perfettini, Jean-Luc; Castedo, Maria; Mignot, Grégoire; Panaretakis, Theoharis; Casares, Noelia; Métivier, Didier; Larochette, Nathanael; van Endert, Peter; Ciccosanti, Fabiola; Piacentini, Mauro; Zitvogel, Laurence; Kroemer, Guido
- Abstract
Anthracyclin-treated tumor cells are particularly effective in eliciting an anticancer immune response, whereas other DNA-damaging agents such as etoposide and mitomycin C do not induce immunogenic cell death. Here we show that anthracyclins induce the rapid, preapoptotic translocation of calreticulin (CRT) to the cell surface. Blockade or knockdown of CRT suppressed the phagocytosis of anthracyclin-treated tumor cells by dendritic cells and abolished their immunogenicity in mice. The anthracyclin-induced CRT translocation was mimicked by inhibition of the protein phosphatase 1/GADD34 complex. Administration of recombinant CRT or inhibitors of protein phosphatase 1/GADD34 restored the immunogenicity of cell death elicited by etoposide and mitomycin C, and enhanced their antitumor effects in vivo. These data identify CRT as a key feature determining anticancer immune responses and delineate a possible strategy for immunogenic chemotherapy.
- Publication
Nature medicine, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1078-8956
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nm1523