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BACKGROUND: Clinical trials of the KRAS inhibitors adagrasib and sotorasib have shown promising activity in cancers harboring KRAS glycine-to-cysteine amino acid substitutions at codon 12 (KRASG12C). The mechanisms of acquired resistance to these therapies are currently unknown. METHODS: Among patients with KRASG12C -mutant cancers treated with adagrasib monotherapy, we performed genomic and histologic analyses that compared pretreatment samples with those obtained after the development of resistance. Cell-based experiments were conducted to study mutations that confer resistance to KRASG12C inhibitors. RESULTS: A total of 38 patients were included in this study: 27 with non-small-cell lung cancer, 10 with colorectal cancer, and 1 with appendiceal cancer. Putative mechanisms of resistance to adagrasib were detected in 17 patients (45% of the cohort), of whom 7 (18% of the cohort) had multiple coincident mechanisms. Acquired KRAS alterations included G12D/R/V/W, G13D, Q61H, R68S, H95D/Q/R, Y96C, and high-level amplification of the KRASG12C allele. Acquired bypass mechanisms of resistance included MET amplification; activating mutations in NRAS, BRAF, MAP2K1, and RET; oncogenic fusions involving ALK, RET, BRAF, RAF1, and FGFR3; and loss-of-function mutations in NF1 and PTEN. In two of nine patients with lung adenocarcinoma for whom paired tissue-biopsy samples were available, histologic transformation to squamous-cell carcinoma was observed without identification of any other resistance mechanisms. Using an in vitro deep mutational scanning screen, we systematically defined the landscape of KRAS mutations that confer resistance to KRASG12C inhibitors. CONCLUSIONS: Diverse genomic and histologic mechanisms impart resistance to covalent KRASG12C inhibitors, and new therapeutic strategies are required to delay and overcome this drug resistance in patients with cancer. (Funded by Mirati Therapeutics and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03785249.).
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Acetonitrilas/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Colorretais/tratamento farmacológico , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Mutação , Piperazinas/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias do Apêndice/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias do Apêndice/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Conformação Proteica , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/ultraestrutura , Piridinas/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Natural killer (NK) cell activation is well orchestrated by a wide array of NK cell receptor repertoire. T-cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain (TIGIT) receptor was recently defined as an inhibitory receptor that is expressed on NK cells and T cells. TIGIT receptor/poliovirus receptor (PVR) ligand engagement signaling inhibits cytotoxicity mediated by NK and CD8(+) T cells. However, it is unclear how TIGIT/PVR signaling regulates cytokine secretion in NK cells. Here we show that TIGIT/PVR engagement suppresses interferon-γ (IFN-γ) production of NK cells. TIGIT transgenic NK cells generate less IFN-γ undergoing TIGIT/PVR ligation. Moreover, TIGIT knock-out NK cells produce much more IFN-γ. TIGIT/PVR ligation signaling mediates suppression of IFN-γ production via the NF-κB pathway. We identified a novel adaptor ß-arrestin 2 that associates with phosphorylated TIGIT for further recruitment of SHIP1 (SH2-containing inositol phosphatase 1) through the ITT-like motif. Importantly, SHIP1, but not other phosphatases, impairs the TNF receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) autoubiquitination to abolish NF-κB activation, leading to suppression of IFN-γ production in NK cells.
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Arrestinas/metabolismo , Interferon gama/biossíntese , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Receptores Imunológicos/metabolismo , Receptores Virais/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Animais , Arrestinas/genética , Arrestinas/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Capeamento Imunológico/fisiologia , Inositol Polifosfato 5-Fosfatases , Interferon gama/genética , Interferon gama/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/citologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Fosfatidilinositol-3,4,5-Trifosfato 5-Fosfatases , Monoéster Fosfórico Hidrolases/genética , Monoéster Fosfórico Hidrolases/imunologia , Monoéster Fosfórico Hidrolases/metabolismo , Receptores Imunológicos/genética , Receptores Imunológicos/imunologia , Receptores Virais/genética , Receptores Virais/imunologia , Fator 6 Associado a Receptor de TNF/genética , Fator 6 Associado a Receptor de TNF/metabolismo , beta-Arrestina 2 , beta-ArrestinasRESUMO
The granzyme/perforin pathway is a major mechanism for cytotoxic lymphocytes to eliminate virus-infected and tumor cells. The balance between activation and inhibition of the proteolytic cascade must be tightly controlled to avoid self damage. Granzyme H (GzmH) is constitutively expressed in NK cells and induces target cell death; however, how GzmH activity is regulated remains elusive. We reported earlier the crystal structures of inactive D102N-GzmH alone and in complex with its synthetic substrate and inhibitor, as well as defined the mechanisms of substrate recognition and enzymatic activation. In this study, we identified SERPINB1 as a potent intracellular inhibitor for GzmH. Upon cleavage of the reactive center loop at Phe(343), SERPINB1 forms an SDS-stable covalent complex with GzmH. SERPINB1 overexpression suppresses GzmH- or LAK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. We determined the crystal structures of active GzmH and SERPINB1 (LM-DD mutant) in the native conformation to 3.0- and 2.9-Å resolution, respectively. Molecular modeling reveals the possible conformational changes in GzmH for the suicide inhibition. Our findings provide new insights into the inhibitory mechanism of SERPINB1 against human GzmH.
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Granzimas/fisiologia , Serpinas/fisiologia , Catálise , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cromatografia em Gel , Cristalografia por Raios X , Grânulos Citoplasmáticos/enzimologia , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Vetores Genéticos , Granzimas/química , Granzimas/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Células Matadoras Ativadas por Linfocina/imunologia , Modelos Moleculares , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , Proteínas de Neoplasias/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Neoplasias/fisiologia , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Mapeamento de Interação de Proteínas , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/fisiologia , Serpinas/química , Serpinas/isolamento & purificação , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Human granzyme H (GzmH) is constitutively expressed in human NK cells that have important roles in innate immune responses against tumors and viruses. GzmH is a chymotrypsin-like serine protease. Its substrate preference and its mechanism of substrate recognition are poorly understood. To provide structural insights into the substrate recognition mechanisms for GzmH, we solved the crystal structures of a D102N-GzmH mutant alone and in complex with a decapeptide substrate and an inhibitor to 2.2 Å, 2.4 Å, and 2.7 Å, respectively. The Thr(189), Gly(216), and Gly(226) specificity triad in the S1 pocket of GzmH defines its preference for bulky, aromatic residues (Tyr and Phe) at the P1 position. Notably, we discovered that an unusual RKR motif (Arg(39)-Lys(40)-Arg(41)), conserved only in GzmH, helps define the S3' and S4' binding regions, indicating the preference for acidic residues at the P3' and P4' sites. Disruption of the RKR motif or the acidic P3' and P4' residues in the substrate abolished the proteolytic activity of GzmH. We designed a tetrapeptide chloromethylketone inhibitor, Ac-PTSY-chloromethylketone, which can selectively and efficiently block the enzymatic and cytotoxic activity of GzmH, providing a useful tool for further studies on the function of GzmH.
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Granzimas/química , Motivos de Aminoácidos/imunologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Domínio Catalítico/efeitos dos fármacos , Domínio Catalítico/imunologia , Gatos , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem Celular Transformada , Cristalografia por Raios X , Citotoxicidade Imunológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Cães , Granzimas/antagonistas & inibidores , Granzimas/metabolismo , Humanos , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Células K562 , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Pan troglodytes , Ligação Proteica/imunologia , Inibidores de Serina Proteinase/síntese química , Inibidores de Serina Proteinase/farmacologia , Especificidade por Substrato/imunologiaRESUMO
KRASG12C inhibitors (adagrasib and sotorasib) have shown clinical promise in targeting KRASG12C-mutated lung cancers; however, most patients eventually develop resistance. In lung patients with adenocarcinoma with KRASG12C and STK11/LKB1 co-mutations, we find an enrichment of the squamous cell carcinoma gene signature in pre-treatment biopsies correlates with a poor response to adagrasib. Studies of Lkb1-deficient KRASG12C and KrasG12D lung cancer mouse models and organoids treated with KRAS inhibitors reveal tumors invoke a lineage plasticity program, adeno-to-squamous transition (AST), that enables resistance to KRAS inhibition. Transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses reveal ΔNp63 drives AST and modulates response to KRAS inhibition. We identify an intermediate high-plastic cell state marked by expression of an AST plasticity signature and Krt6a. Notably, expression of the AST plasticity signature and KRT6A at baseline correlates with poor adagrasib responses. These data indicate the role of AST in KRAS inhibitor resistance and provide predictive biomarkers for KRAS-targeted therapies in lung cancer.
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Acetonitrilas , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Piperazinas , Pirimidinas , Animais , Camundongos , Humanos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras) , Genes ras , MutaçãoRESUMO
There is an urgent need to develop new anti-tuberculosis drugs due to the rising tendency in tuberculosis (TB) around the world. It is known that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) generally infects mammalian host via aerosol route. The pathogenic process has been fully studied that it can initially invade alveolar macrophage, then established stable residence within those phagocytic cells, suggesting that one of the possible ways to prevent this pathogen is to inhibit its invasion and growth in the macrophage. Aptamers from SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment) have been used to rival virulent M. tuberculosis (H37Rv) in our previous work, and the materials to which aptamers bound were proved to be some outer membrane proteins of H37Rv. In the present study, the interaction between M. tuberculosis and macrophage in the presence of aptamers was investigated in more details. The results suggested that the selective aptamers significantly inhibited H37Rv invasion of macrophage in vitro, and the effect correspond to the binding affinity of these aptamers to H37Rv. The values of equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) was calculated by flow cytometry, all in the nanomolar range, showed much higher affinity to H37Rv than M. bovis Bacillus Guerin (BCG). Moreover, the aptamer-treated H37Rv can stimulate IFN-γ, IL-15 and IL-17 secretion of macrophages compared with H37Rv (no treated). In summary, our data indicated that the NK2 aptamer not only acted as anti-tuberculosis agent by inhibiting virulent M. tuberculosis (H37Rv) invasion of macrophage, but also might be used as molecular probe for exploring the interaction between the outer membrane of M. tuberculosis and macrophage.
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Antituberculosos/farmacologia , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/farmacologia , Macrófagos Alveolares/microbiologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Tuberculose/prevenção & controle , Análise de Variância , Antituberculosos/metabolismo , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/genética , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/metabolismo , Pareamento de Bases , Sequência de Bases , Ligação Competitiva/efeitos dos fármacos , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Interleucina-17/metabolismo , Macrófagos Alveolares/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/fisiologia , Técnica de Seleção de AptâmerosRESUMO
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have provided great benefit for patients with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While prior TKIs have demonstrated limited efficacy against exon 20 insertion mutations of EGFR (EGFR Ex20Ins), mobocertinib (TAK-788) is designed to specifically inhibit these Ex20Ins mutations. In a phase I/II clinical trial, mobocertinib demonstrated meaningful benefits among a cohort of platinum-pretreated patients with EGFR Ex20Ins mutant NSCLC. For this cohort, the objective response rate was 28% (95% confidence interval [CI], 20%-37%). The median progression-free survival and duration of response were 7.3 months (95% CI, 5.5-9.2) and 17.5 months (95% CI, 7.4-20.3), respectively, both by independent review committee assessment. On the basis of these results, mobocertinib was granted accelerated approval as the first TKI for treatment of this indication by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2021. This review summarizes the preclinical development of mobocertinib and the early-phase clinical data leading to its approval and discusses potential directions for mobocertinib's development.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases , Humanos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Receptores ErbB/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Mutação , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Granzyme M (GzmM) is a chymotrypsin-like serine protease that preferentially cuts its substrates after Met or Leu. GzmM is constitutively expressed in activated innate effector natural killer (NK) cells. GzmM-induced cell death is consistent with the kinetics of cytotoxicity of NK cells. These suggest that GzmM may play an important role in innate immunity. Our previous work demonstrated that GzmM induces caspase-dependent apoptosis. However, it is unknown about how GzmM causes caspase activation. Here, we showed that the inhibitor of the apoptosis gene family member Survivin is a physiological substrate for GzmM. GzmM hydrolyzes Survivin at Leu-138 to remove the last four C-terminal residues. The truncated form (sur-TF) is more rapidly hydrolyzed through proteasome-mediated degradation. In addition, Survivin is in complex with X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) to inhibit caspase activation as an endogenous inhibitor. Survivin cleavage by GzmM abolishes the stability of the Survivin-XIAP complex and enhances XIAP hydrolysis, which amplifies caspase-9 and 3 activation of target tumor cells. The noncleavable L138A Survivin overexpression can significantly inhibit GzmM-mediated XIAP degradation, caspase activation, and GzmM- and NK cell-induced cytotoxicity. Moreover, Survivin silencing promotes XIAP degradation and enhances GzmM-induced caspase activation as well as GzmM- and NK cell-induced cytolysis of target tumor cells.
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Caspases/metabolismo , Granzimas/metabolismo , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/metabolismo , Caspase 9/metabolismo , Ativação Enzimática , Inativação Gênica , Células HeLa , Humanos , Hidrólise , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose , Células Jurkat , Leucina/química , Interferência de RNA , Survivina , Técnicas do Sistema de Duplo-HíbridoRESUMO
No targeted treatments are currently approved for HER2 exon 20 insertion-mutant lung adenocarcinoma patients. Mobocertinib (TAK-788) is a potent irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) designed to target human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/ERBB2) exon 20 insertion mutations. However, the function of mobocertinib on HER2 exon 20 insertion-mutant lung cancer is still unclear. Here we conducted systematic characterization of preclinical models to understand the activity profile of mobocertinib against HER2 exon 20 insertions. In HER2 exon 20 insertion-mutant cell lines, the IC50 of mobocertinib was higher than poziotinib and comparable with or slightly lower than afatinib, neratinib, and pyrotinib. Mobocertinib had the lowest HER2 exon 20 insertion IC50/wild-type (WT) EGFR IC50 ratio, indicating that mobocertinib displayed the best selectivity profile in these models. Also, mobocertinib showed strong inhibitory activity in HER2 exon 20YVMA allograft and patient-derived xenograft models. In genetically engineered mouse models, HER2 exon 20G776>VC lung tumors exhibited a sustained complete response to mobocertinib, whereas HER2 exon 20YVMA tumors showed only partial and transient response. Combined treatment with a second antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) against HER2, ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1), synergized with mobocertinib in HER2 exon 20YVMA tumors. In addition to the tumor cell autonomous effect, sustained tumor growth control derived from M1 macrophage infiltration and CD4+ T-cell activation. These findings support the ongoing clinical development of mobocertinib (NCT02716116) and provide a rationale for future clinical evaluation of T-DM1 combinational therapy in HER2 exon 20YVMA insertion-mutant lung adenocarcinoma patients. SIGNIFICANCE: This study elucidates the potent inhibitory activity of mobocertinib against HER2 exon 20 insertion-mutant lung cancer and the synergic effect of combined mobocertinib and T-DM1, providing a strong rationale for clinical investigation.
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Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/tratamento farmacológico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Éxons , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Mutação INDEL , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/genética , Adenocarcinoma de Pulmão/patologia , Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansina/administração & dosagem , Animais , Anticorpos Biespecíficos/administração & dosagem , Apoptose , Proliferação de Células , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos SCID , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
Most EGFR exon 20 insertion (EGFRex20ins) driver mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are insensitive to approved EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). To address the limitations of existing therapies targeting EGFR-mutated NSCLC, mobocertinib (TAK-788), a novel irreversible EGFR TKI, was specifically designed to potently inhibit oncogenic variants containing activating EGFRex20ins mutations with selectivity over wild-type EGFR. The in vitro and in vivo activity of mobocertinib was evaluated in engineered and patient-derived models harboring diverse EGFRex20ins mutations. Mobocertinib inhibited viability of various EGFRex20ins-driven cell lines more potently than approved EGFR TKIs and demonstrated in vivo antitumor efficacy in patient-derived xenografts and murine orthotopic models. These findings support the ongoing clinical development of mobocertinib for the treatment of EGFRex20ins-mutated NSCLC. SIGNIFICANCE: No oral EGFR-targeted therapies are approved for EGFR exon 20 insertion (EGFRex20ins) mutation-driven NSCLC. Mobocertinib is a novel small-molecule EGFR inhibitor specifically designed to target EGFRex20ins mutants. Preclinical data reported here support the clinical development of mobocertinib in patients with NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.See related commentary by Pacheco, p. 1617.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1601.
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Compostos de Anilina/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Éxons , Indóis/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , Compostos de Anilina/farmacologia , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Receptores ErbB , Humanos , Indóis/farmacologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Camundongos , Mutagênese Insercional , Pirimidinas/farmacologia , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
PURPOSE: Evaluating drug responses using primary patient-derived cells ex vivo represents a potentially rapid and efficient approach to screening for new treatment approaches. Here, we sought to identify neratinib combinations in HER2 mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient xenograft-derived organotypic spheroids (XDOTS) using a short-term ex vivo system. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We generated two HER2-mutant NSCLC PDX models [DFCI359 (HER2 exon19 755_757LREdelinsRP) and DFCI315 (HER2 exon20 V777_G778insGSP)] and used the PDX tumors to generate XDOTS. Tumor spheroids were grown in a microfluidic device and treated ex vivo with neratinib-based drug combinations. Live/dead quantification was performed by dual-labeling deconvolution fluorescence microscopy. The most efficacious ex vivo combination was subsequently validated in vivo using the DFCI359 and DFCI315 PDXs and a HER2 YVMA genetically engineered mouse model. RESULTS: Both neratinib and afatinib, but not gefitinib, induced cell death in DFCI359 XDOTS. The combinations of neratinib/trastuzumab and neratinib/temsirolimus enhanced the therapeutic benefit of neratinib alone in DFCI315 and DFCI359. The combination of neratinib and trastuzumab in vivo was more effective compared with single-agent neratinib or trastuzumab and was associated with more robust inhibition of HER2 and downstream signaling. CONCLUSIONS: The XDOTS platform can be used to evaluate therapies and therapeutic combinations ex vivo using PDX tumors. This approach may accelerate the identification and clinical development of therapies for targets with no or few existing models and/or therapies.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Mutação , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos SCID , Quinolinas/administração & dosagem , Receptor ErbB-2/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo , Esferoides Celulares , Trastuzumab/administração & dosagem , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
Plasmid DNA vaccines have been widely explored for use in tuberculosis immunization but their immunogenicity needs improvement. In the present study, we incorporated the bovine herpesvirus 1 VP22 (BVP22)-encoding gene, which encodes a protein that demonstrates a capability for disseminating the expressed antigen to neighbouring cells, into a DNA vector in which it was fused to the Ag85B-encoding gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and investigated whether this linkage could enhance immune response and protective efficacy in C57BL/6 mice compared to plasmid DNA encoding Ag85B alone. After immunization in mice, Ag85B-specific ELISA antibodies and spleen lymphocyte proliferative responses induced by DNA co-expressing BVP22 and Ag85B were significantly higher than those obtained in mice immunized with Ag85B-encoding DNA alone, except for the number of gamma interferon secreting cells. In addition, based on histopathological examination and bacterial-load determination in lung and spleen, protection against intravenous Mtb H37Rv challenge evoked by the BVP22-Ag85B DNA immunization exceeded the response elicited by Ag85B DNA alone, which was not significantly different from that provided by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). These results suggested that DNA vaccine consisting of BVP22 and Ag85B-encoding DNA enhanced immune response and protection against intravenous Mtb H37Rv challenge in mice, indicating that BVP22-encoding DNA might be a promising tool to enhance TB DNA vaccine efficacy.
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Antígenos de Bactérias/genética , Genes Bacterianos/genética , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genética , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/imunologia , Vacinas contra a Tuberculose/imunologia , Vacinas de DNA/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Antibacterianos/biossíntese , Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/imunologia , Proliferação de Células , Feminino , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Genes Bacterianos/imunologia , Células HeLa , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Pulmão/patologia , Linfócitos/imunologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Distribuição Aleatória , Baço/citologia , Tuberculose/imunologia , Tuberculose/prevenção & controle , Vacinas contra a Tuberculose/normas , Vacinas de DNA/normasRESUMO
Purpose:HER2 (or ERBB2) aberrations, including both amplification and mutations, have been classified as oncogenic drivers that contribute to 2% to 6% of lung adenocarcinomas. HER2 amplification is also an important mechanism for acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). However, due to limited preclinical studies and clinical trials, currently there is still no available standard of care for lung cancer patients with HER2 aberrations. To fulfill the clinical need for targeting HER2 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we performed a comprehensive preclinical study to evaluate the efficacy of a third-generation TKI, osimertinib (AZD9291).Experimental Design: Three genetically modified mouse models (GEMM) mimicking individual HER2 alterations in NSCLC were generated, and osimertinib was tested for its efficacy against these HER2 aberrations in vivoResults: Osimertinib treatment showed robust efficacy in HER2wt overexpression and EGFR del19/HER2 models, but not in HER2 exon 20 insertion tumors. Interestingly, we further identified that combined treatment with osimertinib and the BET inhibitor JQ1 significantly increased the response rate in HER2-mutant NSCLC, whereas JQ1 single treatment did not show efficacy.Conclusions: Overall, our data indicated robust antitumor efficacy of osimertinib against multiple HER2 aberrations in lung cancer, either as a single agent or in combination with JQ1. Our study provides a strong rationale for future clinical trials using osimertinib either alone or in combination with epigenetic drugs to target aberrant HER2 in patients with NSCLC. Clin Cancer Res; 24(11); 2594-604. ©2018 AACRSee related commentary by Cappuzzo and Landi, p. 2470.
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Acrilamidas/farmacologia , Compostos de Anilina/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Mutação , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Animais , Biomarcadores Tumorais , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/diagnóstico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Éxons , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Camundongos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Receptor ErbB-2/antagonistas & inibidores , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) has the highest malignancy among all lung cancers, exhibiting aggressive growth and early metastasis to distant sites. For 30 years, treatment options for SCLC have been limited to chemotherapy, warranting the need for more effective treatments. Frequent inactivation of TP53 and RB1 as well as histone dysmodifications in SCLC suggest that transcriptional and epigenetic regulations play a major role in SCLC disease evolution. Here we performed a synthetic lethal screen using the BET inhibitor JQ1 and an shRNA library targeting 550 epigenetic genes in treatment-refractory SCLC xenograft models and identified HDAC6 as a synthetic lethal target in combination with JQ1. Combined treatment of human and mouse SCLC cell line-derived xenograft tumors with the HDAC6 inhibitor ricolinostat (ACY-1215) and JQ1 demonstrated significant inhibition of tumor growth; this effect was abolished upon depletion of NK cells, suggesting that these innate immune lymphoid cells play a role in SCLC tumor treatment response. Collectively, these findings suggest a potential new treatment for recurrent SCLC.Significance: These findings identify a novel therapeutic strategy for SCLC using a combination of HDAC6 and BET inhibitors. Cancer Res; 78(13); 3709-17. ©2018 AACR.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Azepinas/farmacologia , Desacetilase 6 de Histona/antagonistas & inibidores , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/tratamento farmacológico , Proteínas/antagonistas & inibidores , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão/tratamento farmacológico , Triazóis/farmacologia , Animais , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Azepinas/uso terapêutico , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Desacetilase 6 de Histona/genética , Humanos , Ácidos Hidroxâmicos/farmacologia , Ácidos Hidroxâmicos/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Camundongos , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/genética , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Pirimidinas/farmacologia , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão/genética , Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão/patologia , Mutações Sintéticas Letais/genética , Resultado do Tratamento , Triazóis/uso terapêutico , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
KRAS mutation is present in approximately 30% of human lung adenocarcinomas. Although recent advances in targeted therapy have shown great promise, effective targeting of KRAS remains elusive, and concurrent alterations in tumor suppressors render KRAS-mutant tumors even more resistant to existing therapies. Contributing to the refractoriness of KRAS-mutant tumors are immunosuppressive mechanisms, such as increased presence of suppressive regulatory T cells (Treg) in tumors and elevated expression of the inhibitory receptor PD-1 on tumor-infiltrating T cells. Treatment with BET bromodomain inhibitors is beneficial for hematologic malignancies, and they have Treg-disruptive effects in a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) model. Targeting PD-1-inhibitory signals through PD-1 antibody blockade also has substantial therapeutic impact in lung cancer, although these outcomes are limited to a minority of patients. We hypothesized that the BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 would synergize with PD-1 blockade to promote a robust antitumor response in lung cancer. In the present study, using Kras+/LSL-G12D ; Trp53L/L (KP) mouse models of NSCLC, we identified cooperative effects between JQ1 and PD-1 antibody. The numbers of tumor-infiltrating Tregs were reduced and activation of tumor-infiltrating T cells, which had a T-helper type 1 (Th1) cytokine profile, was enhanced, underlying their improved effector function. Furthermore, lung tumor-bearing mice treated with this combination showed robust and long-lasting antitumor responses compared with either agent alone, culminating in substantial improvement in the overall survival of treated mice. Thus, combining BET bromodomain inhibition with immune checkpoint blockade offers a promising therapeutic approach for solid malignancies such as lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Immunol Res; 6(10); 1234-45. ©2018 AACR.
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Azepinas/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Proteínas Nucleares/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/antagonistas & inibidores , Triazóis/uso terapêutico , Transferência Adotiva , Animais , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/imunologia , Citocinas/imunologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/imunologia , Camundongos Nus , Camundongos Transgênicos , Mutação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/deficiênciaRESUMO
Although most activating mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) are sensitive to available EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), a subset with alterations in exon 20 of EGFR and HER2 are intrinsically resistant and lack an effective therapy. We used in silico, in vitro, and in vivo testing to model structural alterations induced by exon 20 mutations and to identify effective inhibitors. 3D modeling indicated alterations restricted the size of the drug-binding pocket, limiting the binding of large, rigid inhibitors. We found that poziotinib, owing to its small size and flexibility, can circumvent these steric changes and is a potent inhibitor of the most common EGFR and HER2 exon 20 mutants. Poziotinib demonstrated greater activity than approved EGFR TKIs in vitro and in patient-derived xenograft models of EGFR or HER2 exon 20 mutant NSCLC and in genetically engineered mouse models of NSCLC. In a phase 2 trial, the first 11 patients with NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 mutations receiving poziotinib had a confirmed objective response rate of 64%. These data identify poziotinib as a potent, clinically active inhibitor of EGFR and HER2 exon 20 mutations and illuminate the molecular features of TKIs that may circumvent steric changes induced by these mutations.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Receptores ErbB/genética , Éxons/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Receptor ErbB-2/genética , Afatinib/farmacologia , Afatinib/uso terapêutico , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Linhagem Celular , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/genética , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Camundongos , Mutagênese Insercional/genética , Mutação/genética , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Quinazolinas/farmacologia , Quinazolinas/uso terapêutico , Carga TumoralRESUMO
Purpose: Despite the challenge to directly target mutant KRAS due to its high GTP affinity, some agents are under development against downstream signaling pathways, such as MEK inhibitors. However, it remains controversial whether MEK inhibitors can boost current chemotherapy in KRAS-mutant lung tumors in clinic. Considering the genomic heterogeneity among patients with lung cancer, it is valuable to test potential therapeutics in KRAS mutation-driven mouse models.Experimental Design: We first compared the pERK1/2 level in lung cancer samples with different KRAS substitutions and generated a new genetically engineered mouse model whose tumor was driven by KRAS G12C, the most common KRAS mutation in lung cancer. Next, we evaluated the efficacy of selumetinib or its combination with chemotherapy, in KRASG12C tumors compared with KRASG12D tumors. Moreover, we generated KRASG12C/p53R270H model to explore the role of a dominant negative p53 mutation detected in patients in responsiveness to MEK inhibition.Results: We determined higher pERK1/2 in KRASG12C lung tumors compared with KRASG12D Using mouse models, we further identified that KRASG12C tumors are significantly more sensitive to selumetinib compared with KrasG12D tumors. MEK inhibition significantly increased chemotherapeutic efficacy and progression-free survival of KRASG12C mice. Interestingly, p53 co-mutation rendered KRASG12C lung tumors less sensitive to combination treatment with selumetinib and chemotherapy.Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that unique KRAS mutations and concurrent mutations in tumor-suppressor genes are important factors for lung tumor responses to MEK inhibitor. Our preclinical study supports further clinical evaluation of combined MEK inhibition and chemotherapy for lung cancer patients harboring KRAS G12C and wild-type p53 status. Clin Cancer Res; 24(19); 4854-64. ©2018 AACR.
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Benzimidazóis/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinase 1/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas p21(ras)/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Aloenxertos , Animais , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administração & dosagem , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinase 1/antagonistas & inibidores , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Camundongos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Células NIH 3T3 , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagemRESUMO
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are considered one of the key contributors to chemoresistance and tumor recurrence. Therefore, the precise identification of reliable CSC markers and clarification of the intracellular signaling involved in CSCs remains a great challenge in fields relating to cancer biology. Here, we implemented a novel chemoresistant prostate cancer patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model in NOD/SCID mice and identified CD54 as a candidate gene among the most highly enriched gene expression profiles in prostate tumors exposed to chronic cisplatin administration. Additional in vitro and in vivo assays showed that CD54 played a critical role in the self-renewal and tumorigenesis of prostate CSCs. Moreover, silencing CD54 greatly reduced the tumorigenesis of prostate cancers both in vitro and in vivo and significantly extended the survival time of tumor-bearing mice in a prostate cancer xenograft model. Dissection of the molecular mechanism revealed that the p38-Notch1 axis was the main downstream signaling pathway in CD54-mediated regulation of CSCs in prostate cancers. Together, these results established that CD54 could be a novel reliable prostate CSC marker and provided a new potential therapeutic target in prostate cancer via CD54-Notch1 signaling.
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Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/fisiopatologia , Receptor Notch1/metabolismo , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Inativação Gênica , Xenoenxertos , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos NOD , Camundongos SCID , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) phenotypic conversion to myofibroblasts (MFs) represents a crucial event in cardiac fibrosis that leads to impaired cardiac function. However, regulation of this phenotypic transformation remains unclear. Here, we showed that sirtuin-7 (Sirt7) plays an important role in the regulation of MFs differentiation. Sirt7 expression and phosphorylation were upregulated in CFs upon angiotensin-II (Ang-II) stimulation. Sirt7 depletion by siRNA in CFs resulted in decreased cell proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Further, examination of Sirt7-depleted CFs demonstrated significantly lower expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), the classical marker of MFs differentiation, and decreased formation of focal adhesions. Moreover, overexpression of Sirt7 increased α-SMA expression in Ang-II treated CFs and exacerbated Ang-II-induced MFs differentiation. Moreover, Sirt7 depletion could largely reverse Ang-II induced increase of nuclear translocalization and activity of smad2 and extracellular regulated kinases (ERK) in CFs. Importantly, the increased differentiation of CFs to MFs was also abolished by smad2 siRNA or U0126. Our findings reveal a novel role of Sirt7 and its phosphorylation in the phenotypic conversion of CFs to MFs and might lead to the development of new therapeutic and prognostic tools for cardiac fibrosis.