2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Combination immunotherapy of oral vaccination with immune checkpoint inhibitor for bladder cancer
Project/Area Number |
19K18559
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 56030:Urology-related
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Research Institution | Kobe University |
Principal Investigator |
Koichi Kitagawa 神戸大学, 科学技術イノベーション研究科, 特命助教 (00822884)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | 腫瘍免疫 / ビフィズス菌 / 免疫療法 / 粘膜免疫 / 尿路上皮癌 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we investigated the feasibility of combination therapy of oral vaccination of recombinant Bifidobacterium expressing Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) and immune checkpoint inhibitor (anti-PD-1)for advanced bladder cancer. As the results, the combination therapy of B. longum 420 with anti-PD-1 therapy showed significantly higher anti-tumor efficacy compared with B. longum 420 alone or anti-PD-1 therapy alone in mice bearing MBT-2, a murine bladder cancer cells. The combination therapy induced significantly higher activity of WT1-specific immune responses in mice after treatment. These findings suggested that the combination therapy enhanced the therapeutic efficacy by inducing WT1-specific anti-tumor immune responses against bladder cancer.
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Free Research Field |
腫瘍免疫
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究成果により、組換えビフィズス菌の経口投与が免疫チェックポイント阻害薬の尿路上皮癌に対する癌治療効果を増強することが明らかになった。進行性尿路上皮癌は患者数が多く予後不良であり、また近年適応となった免疫チェックポイント阻害薬の奏効率も20パーセント台と高くは無いため、その奏効率を高める新規併用療法薬の開発が待たれている。当該組換えビフィズス菌はそのような併用療法薬として応用できる可能性があり、研究の進展により尿路上皮癌患者の治療に貢献することができると考えられる。
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