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The ICOS/ICOSL Pathway Is Required for Optimal Antitumor Responses Mediated by Anti–CTLA-4 Therapy

Fu, Tihui, He, Qiuming, Sharma, Padmanee·2011·Cancer Research

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Abstract

The anti-CTL-associated antigen 4 (anti-CTLA-4) antibody ipilimumab is the first agent to show improved survival in a randomized phase III trial that enrolled patients with metastatic melanoma. Studies are ongoing to identify mechanisms that elicit clinical benefit in the setting of anti-CTLA-4 therapy. We previously reported that treated patients had an increase in the frequency of T cells expressing the inducible costimulator (ICOS) molecule, a T-cell-specific molecule that belongs to the CD28/CTLA-4/B7 immunoglobulin superfamily. ICOS and its ligand (ICOSL) have been shown to play diverse roles in T-cell responses such as mediating autoimmunity as well as enhancing the development/activity of regulatory T cells. These seemingly opposing roles have made it difficult to determine whether the ICOS/ICOSL pathway is necessary for antitumor responses. To determine whether the ICOS/ICOSL pathway might play a causal role in the antitumor effects mediated by anti-CTLA-4, we conducted studies in ICOS-sufficient and ICOS-deficient mice bearing B16/BL6 melanoma. We show that ICOS(+) T cells comprised a population of Th1 cytokine producing and tumor antigen-specific effector cells. Furthermore, in the absence of ICOS, antitumor T-cell responses elicited by anti-CTLA-4 are significantly diminished, thereby impairing tumor rejection. Our findings establish that the ICOS/ICOSL pathway is necessary for the optimal therapeutic effect of anti-CTLA-4, thus implicating this pathway as a target for future combinatorial strategies to improve the efficacy of anti-CTLA-4 therapy.

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Authors
Fu, T., He, Q., & Sharma, P.
Affiliations
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Venue
Cancer Research
Published
2011-08-11
Volume
71
Issue
16
Pages
5445-5454
ISSN
  • 0008-5472 (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-7445
OpenAlex
W2141756397
Cited by
243
References
48
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FWCI
7.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cancer Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
CTLA-4 blockade, ipilimumab, metastatic melanoma, B16-BL6 melanoma, antitumor T-cell responses, tumor rejection, CTLA-4, regulatory T cells, autoimmunity
MeSH terms
Animals, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Melanoma, Experimental, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Proteins, Antigens, CD, Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating, Mice, CTLA-4 Antigen, Inducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator Ligand

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