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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 207, Issue 10, Pages 2195-2206Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20101123
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Novartis
- National Institute on Aging [F30AG030298]
- Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research
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The inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) have recently been shown to modulate nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) signaling downstream of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family receptors, positioning them as essential survival factors in several cancer cell lines, as indicated by the cytotoxic activity of several novel small molecule IAP antagonists. In addition to roles in cancer, increasing evidence suggests that IAPs have an important function in immunity; however, the impact of IAP antagonists on antitumor immune responses is unknown. In this study, we examine the consequences of IAP antagonism on T cell function in vitro and in the context of a tumor vaccine in vivo. We find that IAP antagonists can augment human and mouse T cell responses to physiologically relevant stimuli. The activity of IAP antagonists depends on the activation of NF-kappa B2 signaling, a mechanism paralleling that responsible for the cytotoxic activity in cancer cells. We further show that IAP antagonists can augment both prophylactic and therapeutic antitumor vaccines in vivo. These findings indicate an important role for the IAPs in regulating T cell-dependent responses and suggest that targeting IAPs using small molecule antagonists may be a strategy for developing novel immunomodulating therapies against cancer.
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