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ArticleCancer research2015

Bortezomib Improves Adoptive T-cell Therapy by Sensitizing Cancer Cells to FasL Cytotoxicity.

Anil Shanker, Samuel T Pellom, Duafalia F Dudimah, Menaka C Thounaojam, Rachel L de Kluyver, Alan D Brooks, Hideo Yagita, Daniel W McVicar, William J Murphy, Dan L Longo and 1 more

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Article in Cancer research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anil ShankerDepartment of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. Host-Tumor Interactions Research Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. ashanker@mmc.edu sayerst@mail.nih.gov.
Samuel T PellomDepartment of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Duafalia F DudimahDepartment of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Menaka C ThounaojamDepartment of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Rachel L de KluyverCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland.
Alan D BrooksCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland. Basic Sciences Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland.
Hideo YagitaDepartment of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Daniel W McVicarCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland.
William J MurphyDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Departments of Dermatology and Internal Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California.
Dan L LongoLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Thomas J SayersCancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland. Basic Sciences Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, Maryland. ashanker@mmc.edu sayerst@mail.nih.gov.
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Funding

Technologies and Resources CoreU54MD007593 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI ADUNYAH, SAMUEL EVANS · 2012 to 2018
$24.7M
Signal Transduction of Paired Inhibitory Receptors of NK Cells and MacrophagesZIABC010300 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MCVICAR, DANIEL W. · 2009 to 2025
$24.6M
THE MEHARRY RISE INITIATIVER25GM059994 · NIGMS · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MOTLEY-JOHNSON, EVANGELINE D · 1999 to 2021
$23.0M
Translational Pathology CoreU54CA163069 · NCI · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI BALLARD, BILLY RAY · 2011 to 2025
$18.8M
Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health ResearchG12MD007586 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI HILDRETH, JAMES E · 2012 to 2016
$7.8M
Research Training in Cardivascular Biology at MeharryT32HL007737 · NHLBI · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MARTIN, PAMELA M · 1993 to 2025
$4.7M
Promoting tumor cell apoptosis by death ligandsZIABC011056 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SAYERS, THOMAS · 2009 to 2018
$4.4M
Mechanisms of Immune-mediated Tumor Cell DestructionZIABC010012 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SAYERS, THOMAS · 2009 to 2018
$3.3M
Role of Fus1-mediated antitumor CD8T-NK crosstalk in Alzheimer's disease pathologySC1CA182843 · NCI · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI SHANKER, ANIL · 2013 to 2020
$3.1M
Methamphetamine Research Program at Meharry Medical CollegeR24DA036420 · NIDA · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI CHARLTON, CLIVEL G. · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
Notch ligands in regulation of anti-cancer immunityR01CA175370 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CARBONE, DAVID P., DIKOV, MIKHAIL M · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE-MEDIATED TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTIONZ01BC010012 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SAYERS, THOMAS J. · 1996 to 2008
$1.2M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy shows great promise but many patients fail to show objective responses, including in cancers that can respond well, such as melanoma and renal adenocarcinoma. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib sensitizes solid tumors to apoptosis in response to TNF-family death ligands. Because T cells provide multiple death ligands at the tumor site, we investigated the effects of bortezomib on T-cell responses in immunotherapy models involving low-avidity antigens. Bortezomib did not affect lymphocyte or tissue-resident CD11c(+)CD8(+) dendritic cell counts in tumor-bearing mice, did not inhibit dendritic cell expression of costimulatory molecules, and did not decrease MHC class I/II-associated antigen presentation to cognate T cells. Rather, bortezomib activated NF-κB p65 in CD8(+) T cells, stabilizing expression of T-cell receptor CD3ζ and IL2 receptor-α, while maintaining IFNγ secretion to improve FasL-mediated tumor lysis. Notably, bortezomib increased tumor cell surface expression of Fas in mice as well as human melanoma tissue from a responsive patient. In renal tumor-bearing immunodeficient Rag2(-/-) mice, bortezomib treatment after adoptive T-cell immunotherapy reduced lung metastases and enhanced host survival. Our findings highlight the potential of proteasome inhibitors to enhance antitumor T-cell function in the context of cancer immunotherapy.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBortezomibCombined Modality TherapyCytotoxicity, ImmunologicFas Ligand ProteinFlow CytometryHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryImmunotherapy, AdoptiveKidney NeoplasmsMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutAntineoplastic AgentsBortezomibFas Ligand Protein

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PMID26494122
PMCPMC4681610
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