ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020
Mechanistic Insights into Synergy between Melanin-Targeting Radioimmunotherapy and Immunotherapy in Experimental Melanoma.
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- Combining Targeted Radionuclide Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Cancer Treatment.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022Review
- Targeting Melanin in Melanoma with Radionuclide Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Anti-tumor efficacy of a combination therapy with PD-L1 targeted alpha therapy and adoptive cell transfer of PD-1 deficient melanoma-specific human T-lymphocytes.Oncoimmunology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Melanoma incidence continues to rise, and while therapeutic approaches for early stage cases are effective, metastatic melanoma continues to be associated with high mortality. Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has demonstrated clinical success with approved drugs in cohorts of patients with metastatic melanoma and targeted radionuclide therapy strategies showed promise in several clinical trials against various cancers including metastatic melanoma. This led our group to investigate the combination of these two treatments which could be potentially offered to patients with metastatic melanoma not responsive to ICB alone. Previously, we have demonstrated that a combination of humanized anti-melanin antibody conjugated to 213Bismuth and anti-PD-1 ICB reduced tumor growth and increased survival in the Cloudman S91 murine melanoma DBA/2 mouse model. In the current study, we sought to improve the tumoricidal effect by using the long-lived radionuclides 177Lutetium and 225Actinium. Male Cloudman S91-bearing DBA/2 mice were treated intraperitoneally with PBS (Sham), unlabeled antibody to melanin, anti-PD-1 ICB, 177Lutetium or 225Actinium RIT, or a combination of ICB and RIT. Treatment with anti-PD-1 alone or low-dose 177Lutetium RIT alone resulted in modest tumor reduction, while their combination significantly reduced tumor growth and increased survival, suggesting synergy. 225Actinium RIT, alone or in combination with ICB, showed no therapeutic benefit, suggesting that the two radionuclides with different energetic properties work in distinct ways. We did not detect an increase in tumor-infiltrating T cells in the tumor microenvironment, which suggests the involvement of alternative mechanisms that improve the effect of combination therapy beyond that observed in the single therapies.
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