Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7649
Authors: Salomon, Nadja
Selmi, Abderaouf
Grunwitz, Christian
Kong, Anthony
Stanganello, Eliana
Neumaier, Jennifer
Petschenka, Jutta
Diken, Mustafa
Kreiter, Sebastian
Türeci, Özlem
Sahin, Ugur
Vascotto, Fulvia
Title: Local radiotherapy and E7 RNA-LPX vaccination show enhanced therapeutic efficacy in preclinical models of HPV16+ cancer
Online publication date: 30-Aug-2022
Year of first publication: 2022
Language: english
Abstract: Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is a causative agent for several cancers types (genital, anal and head and neck region). The HPV E6 and E7 proteins are oncogenic drivers and thus are ideal candidates for therapeutic vaccination. We recently reported that a novel ribonucleic acid lipoplex (RNA-LPX)-based HPV16 vaccine, E7 RNA-LPX, mediates regression of mouse HPV16+ tumors and establishes protective T cell memory. An HPV16 E6/E7 RNA-LPX vaccine is currently being investigated in two phase I and II clinical trials in various HPV-driven cancer types; however, it remains a high unmet medical need for treatments for patients with radiosensitive HPV16+ tumors. Therefore, we set out to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of E7 RNA-LPX vaccine combined with standard-of-care local radiotherapy (LRT). We demonstrate that E7 RNA-LPX synergizes with LRT in HPV16+ mouse tumors, with potent therapeutic effects exceeding those of either monotherapy. Mode of action studies revealed that the E7 RNA-LPX vaccine induced high numbers of intratumoral-E7-specific CD8+ T cells, rendering cold tumors immunologically hot, whereas LRT primarily acted as a cytotoxic therapy, reducing tumor mass and intratumor hypoxia by predisposing tumor cells to antigen-specific T cell-mediated killing. Overall, LRT enhanced the effector function of E7 RNA-LPX-primed T cell responses. The therapeutic synergy was dependent on total radiation dose, rather than radiation dose-fractionation. Together, these results show that LRT synergizes with E7 RNA-LPX and enhances its anti-tumor activity against HPV16+ cancer models. This work paves into a new translational therapy for HPV16+ cancer patients.
DDC: 610 Medizin
610 Medical sciences
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 04 Medizin
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7649
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: Cancer immunology immunotherapy
71
Pages or article number: 1975
1988
Publisher: Springer
Publisher place: Berlin u.a.
Issue date: 2022
ISSN: 1432-0851
Publisher DOI: 10.1007/s00262-021-03134-9
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