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SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 58, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abg0117
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Combining immune checkpoint blockades with radiotherapy may enhance abscopal activity, with the timing of alpha PD-1 antibody administration relative to radiotherapy determining the potency of the induced abscopal response.
Although radiotherapy has been used for over a century to locally control tumor growth, alone it rarely induces an abscopal response or systemic antitumor immunity capable of inhibiting distal tumors outside of the irradiation field. Results from recent studies suggest that combining immune checkpoint blockades to radiotherapy may enhance abscopal activity. However, the treatment conditions and underlying immune mechanisms that consistently drive an abscopal response during radiation therapy combinations remain unknown. Here, we analyzed the antitumor responses at primary and distal tumor sites, demonstrating that the timing of alpha PD-1 antibody administration relative to radiotherapy determined the potency of the induced abscopal response. Blockade of the PD-1 pathway after local tumor irradiation resulted in the expansion of polyfunctional intratumoral CD8(+) T cells, a decrease in intratumoral dysfunctional CD8(+) T cells, expansion of reprogrammable CD8(+) T cells, and induction of potent abscopal responses. However, administration of alpha PD-1 before irradiation almost completely abrogated systemic immunity, which associated with increased radiosensitivity and death of CD8(+) T cells. The subsequent reduction of polyfunctional effector CD8(+) T cells at the irradiated tumor site generated a suboptimal systemic antitumor response and the loss of abscopal responses. Therefore, this report maximizes the potential synergy between radiotherapy and alpha PD-1 immunotherapy, information that will benefit clinical combinations of radiotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade.
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