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ArticleNature communications2025

FcRn-silencing of IL-12Fc prevents toxicity of local IL-12 therapy and prolongs survival in experimental glioblastoma.

Michal Beffinger, Linda Schellhammer, Betül Taskoparan, Sereina Deplazes, Ulisse Salazar, Nazanin Tatari, Frauke Seehusen, Leopold von Balthazar, Carl Philipp Zinner, Sabine Spath and 12 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Michal Beffinger *Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6916-7517
Linda Schellhammer *Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6044-033X
Betül Taskoparan *Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1890-1547
Sereina DeplazesInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-0064-3160
Ulisse SalazarInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8041-3222
Nazanin TatariBrain Tumor Immunotherapy and Biology Lab, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-6121
Frauke SeehusenLaboratory for Animal Model Pathology (LAMP), Institute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Leopold von BalthazarInstitute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Waedenswil, Switzerland.
Carl Philipp ZinnerInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1609-0920
Sabine SpathInCephalo AG, Allschwil, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-1951
Tala ShekarianBrain Tumor Immunotherapy and Biology Lab, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Marie-Françoise RitzBrain Tumor Immunotherapy and Biology Lab, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-9987
Marta McDaidBrain Tumor Immunotherapy and Biology Lab, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Pascal EgloffInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Iwan ZimmermannInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-4749
Hideho OkadaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-9920
E Sally WardCancer Sciences Unit, Centre for Cancer Immunology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Jack RohrerInstitute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Waedenswil, Switzerland.
Markus A SeegerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1761-8571
Thorsten BuchInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-9074
Gregor HutterBrain Tumor Immunotherapy and Biology Lab, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-3902
Johannes Vom BergInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland. johannes.vomberg@uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4086-1564

Funding

Preclinical development of breakthrough immunotherapy for brain tumorsR35NS105068 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI OKADA, HIDEHO · 2018 to 2025
$6.0M
Krebsliga Schweiz (Ligue Suisse Contre le Cancer) KFS-382-02-2016, KFS-4146-02-2017, KFS-5306-02-2021NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS105068Novartis Stiftung für Medizinisch-Biologische Forschung (Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological Research) 16C231Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) PP00P3_144823Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) PP00P3_176974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma remains a challenging indication for immunotherapy: the blood-brain barrier hampers accessibility for systemic treatments and the immunosuppressive microenvironment impedes immune attack. Intratumoral therapy with the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-12 (IL-12) can revert immunosuppression but leakage into the circulation causes treatment-limiting toxicity. Here we engineer an IL-12Fc fusion cytokine with reduced binding to the neonatal Fc receptor FcRn. FcRn-silenced IL-12Fc avoids FcRn-mediated brain export, thus exhibits prolonged brain retention and reduced blood levels, which prevents toxicity. In murine glioblastoma, FcRn-silenced IL-12Fc induces more durable responses with negligible systemic cytokine exposure and boosts the efficacy of radio- and chemotherapy. It triggers anti-tumor responses independently of peripheral T cell influx or lymphopenia and leads to inflammatory polarization of the tumor microenvironment in patient-derived glioblastoma explants. FcRn-silencing of IL-12Fc may unlock the full potential of IL-12 for brain cancer therapy and could be further applied to containing the activity of other therapeutics targeting neurological diseases.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHistocompatibility Antigens Class IInterleukin-12Receptors, FcAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmunotherapyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTumor MicroenvironmentFc receptor, neonatalHistocompatibility Antigens Class IInterleukin-12Receptors, FcRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID40404625
PMCPMC12098678

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