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CANCER CELL
Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages 1388-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.08.008
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- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc., Billerica, MA, USA
- National Center for Tumor Disease (NCT)
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [SFB-1389, 404521405]
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The combination of BA fusion protein with radiotherapy shows superior survival in murine tumor models, increasing tumor-infiltrating leukocytes, reprogramming the tumor microenvironment, and attenuating RT-induced fibrosis. This combination has the potential to eradicate therapy-resistant tumors while sparing normal tissue, supporting its clinical translation.
Localized radiotherapy (RT) induces an immunogenic antitumor response that is in part counterbalanced by activation of immune evasive and tissue remodeling processes, e.g., via upregulation of programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). We report that a bifunctional fusion protein that simultaneously inhibits TGF-beta and PD-L1, bintrafusp alfa (BA), effectively synergizes with radiotherapy, leading to superior survival in multiple therapy-resistant murine tumor models with poor immune infiltration. The BA + RT (BART) combination increases tumor-infiltrating leukocytes, reprograms the tumor microenvironment, and attenuates RT-induced fibrosis, leading to reconstitution of tumor immunity and regression of spontaneous lung metastases. Consistently, the beneficial effects of BART are in part reversed by depletion of cytotoxic CM+ T cells. Intriguingly, targeting of the TGF-beta trap to PD-L1+ endothelium and the M2/lipofibroblast-like cell compartment by BA attenuated late-stage RT-induced lung fibrosis. Together, the results suggest that the BART combination has the potential to eradicate therapy-resistant tumors while sparing normal tissue, further supporting its clinical translation.
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