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Supplemental Figure S8 from Reprogramming Cancer into Antigen-Presenting Cells as a Novel Immunotherapy

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posted on 2023-05-04, 08:20 authored by Miles H. Linde, Amy C. Fan, Thomas Köhnke, Aaron C. Trotman-Grant, Sarah F. Gurev, Paul Phan, Feifei Zhao, Naomi L. Haddock, Kevin A. Nuno, Eric J. Gars, Melissa Stafford, Payton L. Marshall, Christopher G. Dove, Ian L. Linde, Niklas Landberg, Lindsay P. Miller, Robbie G. Majzner, Tian Yi Zhang, Ravindra Majeti

TR-APC induction in solid tumor models attenuates tumor growth kinetics and prolongs survival

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

United States Department of Health and Human Services

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Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation)

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF)

Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI)

Stanford Bio-X

J. Benjamin Eckenhoff Fund

Stinehart-Reed Award

Ludwig Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research and Medicine

Stanford Graduate Fellowship

Baker Fellowship

Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program

Stanford Human Biology

Stanford Undergraduate Advising and Research Grant

A.P. Giannini Foundation (APGF)

American Society of Hematology (ASH)

Blavatnik Family Foundation (BFF)

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Emerson Collective (Emerson)

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ARTICLE ABSTRACT

Therapeutic cancer vaccination seeks to elicit activation of tumor-reactive T cells capable of recognizing tumor-associated antigens (TAA) and eradicating malignant cells. Here, we present a cancer vaccination approach utilizing myeloid-lineage reprogramming to directly convert cancer cells into tumor-reprogrammed antigen-presenting cells (TR-APC). Using syngeneic murine leukemia models, we demonstrate that TR-APCs acquire both myeloid phenotype and function, process and present endogenous TAAs, and potently stimulate TAA-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. In vivo TR-APC induction elicits clonal expansion of cancer-specific T cells, establishes cancer-specific immune memory, and ultimately promotes leukemia eradication. We further show that both hematologic cancers and solid tumors, including sarcomas and carcinomas, are amenable to myeloid-lineage reprogramming into TR-APCs. Finally, we demonstrate the clinical applicability of this approach by generating TR-APCs from primary clinical specimens and stimulating autologous patient-derived T cells. Thus, TR-APCs represent a cancer vaccination therapeutic strategy with broad implications for clinical immuno-oncology. Despite recent advances, the clinical benefit provided by cancer vaccination remains limited. We present a cancer vaccination approach leveraging myeloid-lineage reprogramming of cancer cells into APCs, which subsequently activate anticancer immunity through presentation of self-derived cancer antigens. Both hematologic and solid malignancies derive significant therapeutic benefit from reprogramming-based immunotherapy.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1027

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