PD-L1 in tumor microenvironment mediates resistance to oncolytic immunotherapy Journal Article


Authors: Zamarin, D.; Ricca, J. M.; Sadekova, S.; Oseledchyk, A.; Yu, Y.; Blumenschein, W. M.; Wong, J.; Gigoux, M.; Merghoub, T.; Wolchok, J. D.
Article Title: PD-L1 in tumor microenvironment mediates resistance to oncolytic immunotherapy
Abstract: Intralesional therapy with oncolytic viruses (OVs) leads to the activation of local and systemic immune pathways, which may present targets for further combinatorial therapies. Here, we used human tumor histocultures as well as syngeneic tumor models treated with Newcastle disease virus (NDV) to identify a range of immune targets upregulated with OV treatment. Despite tumor infiltration of effector T lymphocytes in response to NDV, there was ongoing inhibition through programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), acting as a mechanism of early and late adaptive immune resistance to the type I IFN response and T cell infiltration, respectively. Systemic therapeutic targeting of programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1) or PD-L1 in combination with intratumoral NDV resulted in the rejection of both treated and distant tumors. These findings have implications for the timing of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in conjunction with OV therapy and highlight the importance of understanding the adaptive mechanisms of immune resistance to specific OVs for the rational design of combinatorial approaches using these agents. © 2018 American Society for Clinical Investigation. All rights reserved.
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Investigation
Volume: 128
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0021-9738
Publisher: American Society for Clinical Investigation  
Date Published: 2018-04-02
Start Page: 1413
End Page: 1428
Language: English
DOI: 10.1172/jci98047
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC5873884
PUBMED: 29504948
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 1 May 2018 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Jedd D Wolchok
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  2. Taha Merghoub
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  3. Dmitriy Zamarin
    201 Zamarin
  4. Jacob M Ricca
    16 Ricca
  5. Mathieu Gigoux
    23 Gigoux