Journal
CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY
Volume 63, Issue 10, Pages 1009-1021Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-014-1573-4
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Radiation therapy; Immune therapy; CTLs; Autophagy; Melanoma
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- Donald A. Adam Comprehensive Melanoma Research Center at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
- NIH [CA168536]
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
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There is a significant body of evidence demonstrating that radiation therapy (XRT) enhances the effect of immune therapy. However, the precise mechanisms by which XRT potentiates the immunotherapy of cancer remain elusive. Here, we report that XRT potentiates the effect of immune therapy via induction of autophagy and resultant trafficking of mannose-6-phopsphate receptor (MPR) to the cell surface. Irradiation of different tumor cells caused substantial up-regulation of MPR on the cell surface in vitro and in vivo. Down-regulation of MPR in tumor cells with shRNA completely abrogated the combined effect of XRT and immunotherapy (CTLA4 antibody) in B16F10-bearing mice without changes in the tumor-specific responses of T cells. Radiation-induced MPR up-regulation was the result of redistribution of the receptor to the cell surface. This effect was caused by autophagy with redirection of MPR to autophagosomes in a clathrin-dependent manner. In autophagosomes, MPR lost its natural ligands, which resulted in subsequent trafficking of empty receptor(s) back to the surface. Together, our data demonstrated a novel mechanism by which XRT can enhance the effect of immunotherapy and the molecular mechanism of this process.
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