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Bruss, Christina ; Kellner, Kerstin ; Albert, Veruschka ; Hutchinson, James A. ; Seitz, Stephan ; Ortmann, Olaf ; Brockhoff, Gero ; Wege, Anja K.

Immune Checkpoint Profiling in Humanized Breast Cancer Mice Revealed Cell-Specific LAG-3/PD-1/TIM-3 Co-Expression and Elevated PD-1/TIM-3 Secretion

Bruss, Christina, Kellner, Kerstin, Albert, Veruschka, Hutchinson, James A. , Seitz, Stephan, Ortmann, Olaf , Brockhoff, Gero und Wege, Anja K. (2023) Immune Checkpoint Profiling in Humanized Breast Cancer Mice Revealed Cell-Specific LAG-3/PD-1/TIM-3 Co-Expression and Elevated PD-1/TIM-3 Secretion. Cancers 15 (9), S. 2615.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.54233


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Different immunotherapies have been approved for the treatment of a multiplicity of cancers. However, a large proportion of patients do not respond or develop resistance, meaning that specified treatment combinations are required to enhance individual therapy efficiencies. A combined anti-PD-1/anti-LAG-3 therapy has already been approved for the treatment of melanoma patients. Here, we describe ...

Different immunotherapies have been approved for the treatment of a multiplicity of cancers. However, a large proportion of patients do not respond or develop resistance, meaning that specified treatment combinations are required to enhance individual therapy efficiencies. A combined anti-PD-1/anti-LAG-3 therapy has already been approved for the treatment of melanoma patients. Here, we describe the checkpoint expression patterns and secretion of, e.g., TIM-3, LAG-3, galectin-9 and PD-(L)1/2 in breast cancer-specific humanized tumor mouse models. We quantitatively determine the breast cancer subtype-specific checkpoint co-expression and release. These data profoundly demonstrate the potential of humanized tumor mice as a significant mainstay for preclinical immunotherapeutic trials. Checkpoint blockade is particularly based on PD-1/PD-L1-inhibiting antibodies. However, an efficient immunological tumor defense can be blocked not only by PD-(L)1 but also by the presence of additional immune checkpoint molecules. Here, we investigated the co-expression of several immune checkpoint proteins and the soluble forms thereof (e.g., PD-1, TIM-3, LAG-3, PD-L1, PD-L2 and others) in humanized tumor mice (HTM) simultaneously harboring cell line-derived (JIMT-1, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7) or patient-derived breast cancer and a functional human immune system. We identified tumor-infiltrating T cells with a triple-positive PD-1, LAG-3 and TIM-3 phenotype. While PD-1 expression was increased in both the CD4 and CD8 T cells, TIM-3 was found to be upregulated particularly in the cytotoxic T cells in the MDA-MB-231-based HTM model. High levels of soluble TIM-3 and galectin-9 (a TIM-3 ligand) were detected in the serum. Surprisingly, soluble PD-L2, but only low levels of sPD-L1, were found in mice harboring PD-L1-positive tumors. Analysis of a dataset containing 3039 primary breast cancer samples on the R2 Genomics Analysis Platform revealed increased TIM-3, galectin-9 and LAG-3 expression, not only in triple-negative breast cancer but also in the HER2(+) and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer subtypes. These data indicate that LAG-3 and TIM-3 represent additional key molecules within the breast cancer anti-immunity landscape.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftCancers
Verlag:MDPI
Ort der Veröffentlichung:BASEL
Band:15
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:9
Seitenbereich:S. 2615
Datum4 Mai 2023
InstitutionenMedizin > Lehrstuhl für Chirurgie
Medizin > Lehrstuhl für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (Schwerpunkt Frauenheilkunde)
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WertTyp
10.3390/cancers15092615DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsPROGNOSTIC-FACTOR; MOLECULES LAG-3; ACTIVATION; GALECTIN-9; EXPRESSION; PEMBROLIZUMAB; SURVIVAL; PD-L1; MODEL; HMGB1; humanized tumor mice (HTM); breast cancer; hematopoietic stem cells (HSC); TIM-3; LAG-3; galectin-9; PD-1; PD-L1; soluble checkpoint; immunotherapy
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-542334
Dokumenten-ID54233

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