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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 79, Issue 6, Pages 1113-1123Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-1722
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- NIH [UL1TR000039, P20GM103625, S10OD018445, P20GM103429, P20GM121293]
- Scharlau Family Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
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Identifying controlling features of responsiveness to checkpoint blockade therapies is an urgent goal in oncology research. Our group and others have previously shown melanoma tumors resistant to checkpoint blockade display features of mesenchymal transition, including E-cadherin loss. Here, we present the first in vivo evidence that E-cadherin from tumor cells facilitate immune attack, using a B16F10 melanoma mouse model in which E-cadherin is exogenously expressed (B16. Ecad). We find, compared with vector control, B16. Ecad exhibits delayed tumor growth, reduced metastatic potential, and increased overall survival in vivo. Transplantation of B16. Ecad into Rag1(-/-) and CD103(-/-) mice abrogated the tumor growth delay. This indicates the anti-melanoma response against B16. Ecad is both immune and CD103(+) mediated. Moreover, B16. Ecad showed increased responsiveness to combination immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) compared with vector control. This work establishes a rationale for ICB responses observed in high E-cadherin-expressing tumors and suggests therapeutic advancement through amplifying CD103(+) immune cell subsets.
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