Project description:Treatment strategies combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with sesquiterpene lactones have attracted much attention as a promising approach for cancer treatment. We systemically analyzed gene expression profiles of cells in response to two major sesquiterpene lactones, alantolactone and isoalantolactone, and determined whether the sesquiterpene lactone-rich fraction of Inula helenium L. (SFIH) enhances the antitumor effect of anti-PD-1 antibody in MC38 colorectal can-cer-bearing mice. Gene expression and pathway analysis using RNA sequencing data were used to identify the SFIH-driven combined activity with anti-PD-1 antibody. The results showed that SFIH significantly enhanced the antitumor effect of anti-PD-1 antibody by reducing tumor growth and increasing the survival time of mice. Specifically, SFIH exhibited antitumor activity when com-bined with anti-PD-1 antibody, and the effects were further enhanced compared with monotherapy. An analysis of immune cells indicated that combination treatment with SFIH and anti-PD-1 an-tibody significantly increased the proportion of CD8+ T cells. Moreover, combination treatment enhanced antitumor immunity by decreasing the population of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and increasing the number of M1-like macrophages. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed that combination therapy activated immune-related pathways to a greater extent than monotherapy. In conclusion, our integrative analysis demonstrates that SFIH enhances the response of murine tumors to anti-PD-1 antibody. These findings provide insight into developing integrative ther-apeutics and molecular data for the use of natural products as an adjunct treatment for colorectal cancer.
Project description:B cells potentially play a role in the immune response to melanoma, including during treatment with immune modulators. We profiled (transcriptome analysis) effects of anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy on gene expression in B16 melanoma tumors of B cells depleted and WT syngeneic mice. After 7 days of B16 tumors implantation, mice were treated or untreated with anti-PD-L1 antibody (every three days).
Project description:In this study, we explore a new combination therapy of anti-PD-L1 antibody with an immunostimulatory peptide derived from an alarmin high mobility group nucleosome binding protein 1 (HMGN1). Combination treatment of HMGN1 immunostimulatory peptide (minP1) with anti-PD-L1 antibody exerted robust anti-tumor effects in the Colon26 subcutaneous murine model. To understand transcriptomic differences of the immune cell populations in the tumor-bearing mice after treatment with single-agent or combination therapy of minP1 with anti-PD-L1 antibody, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis on CD45+ immune cell populations using the BD Rapsody system, NEBNext UltraII FS library prep kit, and a Illumina Novaseq 6000 S4 flowcell.
2021-07-21 | GSE167192 | GEO
Project description:Investigating anti-PD-1 antibody resistance in melanoma
Project description:We use scRNA-seq to show the differences in tumor-infiltrating immune cells among IgG, anti-PD-1, anti-PSGL-1, and combination anti-PD-1 and anti-PSGL-1 treated mice. We show that anti-PSGL-1 treatment resulted in an increase in neutrophil and T cells, anti-PD-1 treatment resulted in an increase in macrophages, and the combination resulted in an increase in T cells and macrophages when compared to the tumors of IgG treated mice. Additionally, we show that Tregulatory cells are decreased in the tumors of anti-PSGL-1 and combination treated mice. Further, we find that anti-PSGL-1 treated CD8 T cells show upregulation of activation and survival genes, while combination treatment increased effector gene expression in CD8 T cells. Both anti-PSGL-1 treatment and combination treatment increase effector gene expression in CD4 T cells when compared to IgG. This scRNA-seq study shows the impact of IgG, anti-PD-1, anti-PSGL-1, and combination anti-PSGL-1 and anti-PD-1 antibody tteatment on tumor-infiltrating immune cells in B16-GP33 melnoma tumor bearing mice.
Project description:Only a subset of patients responds to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma. A preclinical model recapitulating the clinical activity of ICB would provide a valuable platform for mechanistic studies. We used melanoma tumors arising from an Hgftg;Cdk4R24C/R24C genetically engineered mouse (GEM) model to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-mouse PD-L1 antibody similar to the anti-human PD-L1 antibodies durvalumab and atezolizumab. Consistent with clinical observations for ICB in melanoma, anti-PD-L1 treatment elicited complete and durable response in a subset of melanoma-bearing mice. We also observed tumor growth delay or regression followed by recurrence. For early treatment assessment, we analyzed gene expression profiles, T cell infiltration, and T cell receptor (TCR) signatures in regressing tumors compared to tumors exhibiting no response to anti-PD-L1 treatment. We found that CD8+ T cell tumor infiltration corresponded to response to treatment, and that anti-PD-L1 gene signature response indicated an increase in antigen processing and presentation, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, and natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. TCR sequence data suggest that an anti-PD-L1-mediated melanoma regression response requires not only an expansion of the TCR repertoire that is unique to individual mice, but also tumor access to the appropriate TCRs. Thus, this melanoma model recapitulated the variable response to ICB observed in patients and exhibited biomarkers that differentiate between early response and resistance to treatment, providing a valuable platform for prediction of successful immunotherapy.
Project description:Only a subset of patients responds to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma. A preclinical model recapitulating the clinical activity of ICB would provide a valuable platform for mechanistic studies. We used melanoma tumors arising from an Hgftg;Cdk4R24C/R24C genetically engineered mouse (GEM) model to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-mouse PD-L1 antibody similar to the anti-human PD-L1 antibodies durvalumab and atezolizumab. Consistent with clinical observations for ICB in melanoma, anti-PD-L1 treatment elicited complete and durable response in a subset of melanoma-bearing mice. We also observed tumor growth delay or regression followed by recurrence. For early treatment assessment, we analyzed gene expression profiles, T cell infiltration, and T cell receptor (TCR) signatures in regressing tumors compared to tumors exhibiting no response to anti-PD-L1 treatment. We found that CD8+ T cell tumor infiltration corresponded to response to treatment, and that anti-PD-L1 gene signature response indicated an increase in antigen processing and presentation, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, and natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. TCR sequence data suggest that an anti-PD-L1-mediated melanoma regression response requires not only an expansion of the TCR repertoire that is unique to individual mice, but also tumor access to the appropriate TCRs. Thus, this melanoma model recapitulated the variable response to ICB observed in patients and exhibited biomarkers that differentiate between early response and resistance to treatment, providing a valuable platform for prediction of successful immunotherapy.
Project description:B16 Mouse melanoma cells (MO5) grow in syngeneic C57BL/6 mice. Anti-PD-1 Ab as an Immunecheck point inhibitor and/or metformin were administered on day 7 after tumor inoculation to mice. The tumor growth was decreased by either anti-PD-1 Ab or metformin treatment. Anti- tumor effect was more pronounced by the combination therapy of anti-PD-1 Ab and metformin. The mechanism underlying the superior effect of the combination therapy to mono-therapies were investigated by RNA sequencing of tumor infiltrating CD8+ cells (CD8TILs) and tumor cells. As a result, CD8TILs with the combination therapy was found to express IFNg and GzmB and to activate IRF1/8, STAT1/2, NFkB, TBX21. Moreover, tumor cells were found to activate IRF1/8, STAT1/2, NFkB, indicating that tumor cells sharply responded to IFNg produced from CD8TILs. The IFNg was also found to downregulate metabolism both glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) of tumor cells, while it upregulates metabolism of CD8T cells. Collectively, the metabolic competition between CD8TILs and tumor cells was found to shift to the advantage of CD8TILs over tumor cells, resulting in the strong inhibition of tumor growth by the combination therapy of anti-PD-1 Ab and metformin.
Project description:We studied the impact of a combination of chemotherapy and PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade on tumor progression in the PyMT mammary carcinoma mouse model compared to each treatment as monotherapy. To gain insight into the reasons underlying improved efficacy of combined chemoimmunotherapy, whole transcriptome profiling of tumors of mice receiving either a control antibody, anti-PD-1 antibody, doxorubicin chemotherapy + a control antibody or doxorubicin chemotherapy + anti-PD-1 antibody was performed via next generation mRNA sequencing, in triplicates, on a NextSeq 550 high-throughput bench top sequencer.