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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2022

Small extracellular vesicles induce resistance to anti-GD2 immunotherapy unveiling tipifarnib as an adjunct to neuroblastoma immunotherapy.

Xiaoming Liu, Carson A Wills, Longgui Chen, Jiawen Zhang, Yuanjun Zhao, Mi Zhou, Jeffrey M Sundstrom, Todd Schell, Vladimir S Spiegelman, Megan M Young and 1 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Effect of Extracellular Vesicles Derived From Tumor Cells on Immune Evasion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  12. Neuroblastoma-A Review of Combination Immunotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  18. Extracellular vesicles as tools and targets in therapy for diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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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.

Xiaoming Liu *Department of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Carson A Wills *Department of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0356-3071
Longgui ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jiawen ZhangDepartment of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yuanjun ZhaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mi ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jeffrey M SundstromDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Todd SchellMicrobiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Vladimir S SpiegelmanDepartment of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Megan M YoungDepartment of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hong-Gang WangDepartment of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA hwang3@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Non-canonical Caspase-8 Activation on Autophagosomal MembranesR01CA222349 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI HONG-GANG WANG · 2018 to 2026
$3.0M
Autophagosome closure by the ESCRT machineryR01GM127954 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI WANG, HONG-GANG · 2018 to 2025
$2.7M
Role and mechanisms of IGF2BP1 in melanoma pathogenesisR01CA243167 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI SPIEGELMAN, VLADIMIR S. · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
Autophagy Heterogeneity and Tumor MetastasisR21CA252748 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI WANG, HONG-GANG · 2021 to 2021
$417k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA222349NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243167NCI NIH HHS R21 CA252748NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127954
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAnti-GD2 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy has significantly improved the overall survival rate for high-risk neuroblastoma patients. However, 40% of patients fail to respond or develop resistance to treatment, and the molecular mechanisms by which this occurs remain poorly understood. Tumor-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) have emerged as critical regulators in modulating the response to immunotherapy. In this study, we investigated the role of neuroblastoma-derived sEVs in promoting resistance to the anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody dinutuximab. Moreover, to determine whether pharmacologic inhibition of sEV secretion sensitizes tumors to dinutuximab treatment, we combined dinutuximab with tipifarnib, a farnesyltransferase inhibitor that inhibits sEV secretion.

methodsWe investigated the role of neuroblastoma-derived sEVs in modulating the response to dinutuximab by utilizing the syngeneic 9464D-GD2 mouse model. The effect of neuroblastoma-derived sEVs in modulating the tumor microenvironment (TME) and host immune system were evaluated by RNA-sequencing and flow cytometry. Importantly, we used this mouse model to investigate the efficacy of tipifarnib in sensitizing neuroblastoma tumors to dinutuximab. The effect of tipifarnib on both the TME and host immune system were assessed by flow cytometry.

resultsWe demonstrated that neuroblastoma-derived sEVs significantly attenuated the efficacy of dinutuximab

conclusionsThese preclinical findings uncover a novel mechanism by which neuroblastoma-derived sEVs modulate the immune system to promote resistance to dinutuximab and suggest that tipifarnib-mediated inhibition of sEV secretion may serve as a viable treatment strategy to enhance the antitumor efficacy of anti-GD2 immunotherapy in high-risk neuroblastoma patients.

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Antineoplastic AgentsExtracellular VesiclesNeuroblastomaAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyMiceQuinolonesTumor MicroenvironmentAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsImmunologic FactorsQuinolonestipifarnibDrug Therapy, CombinationImmunotherapyNeuroblastomaTumor Microenvironment

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PMID35483745
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