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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01126
Keywords
iNKT cell; cancer immonotherapy; preclinical modeling; humanized mice; alpha-GalCer
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- NIH [R01 AI 0919878, U01 GM 111849]
- NIH from the National Cancer Institute [P30CA014089]
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NKT cells are CD1d-restricted innate-like T cells expressing both T cell receptor and NK cell markers. The major group of NKT cells in both human and mice is the invariant NKT (iNKT) cells and the best-known function of iNKT cells is their potent anti-tumor function in mice. Since Its discovery 25 years ago, the prototype ligand of iNKT cells, alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) has been used in over 30 anti-tumor clinical trials with mostly suboptimal outcomes. To realize its therapeutic potential, numerous preclinical models have been developed to optimize the scheme and strategies for alpha-GalCer-based cancer immunotherapies. Nevertheless, since there is no standard protocol for alpha-GalCer delivery, we reviewed the preclinical studies with a focus on B16 melanoma model in the goal of identifying the best treatment schemes for alpha-GalCer treatment. We then reviewed the current progress in developing more clinically relevant mouse models for these preclinical studies, most notably the generation of new mouse models with a humanized CD1d/iNKT cell system. With ever-emerging novel iNKT cell ligands, invention of novel alpha-GalCer delivery strategies and significantly improved preclinical models for optimizing these new strategies, one can be hopeful that the full potential of anti-tumor potential for alpha-GalCer will be realized in the not too distant future.
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