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2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Establishment of cancer photoimmunotherapy allowing simultaneous targeting of tumor-associated antigen and immune checkpoint molecule CTLA-4

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20K12699
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 90130:Medical systems-related
Research InstitutionFukuoka University

Principal Investigator

Shirasu Naoto  福岡大学, 医学部, 講師 (70551422)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 安永 晋一郎  福岡大学, 医学部, 教授 (50336111)
芝口 浩智  福岡大学, 医学部, 講師 (60295061)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords光免疫療法 / CTLA-4 / 免疫チェックポイント分子
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the efficacy of AvIR-PIT, a photoimmunotherapy using avidin conjugated with a near-infrared photosensitizer (AvIR), and biotinylated antibodies (BioAbs) specific to tumor-related antigens and CTLA-4, for not only killing tumor cells but also regulatory T cells. We evaluated AvIR-PIT in vitro using mouse breast cancer-derived 4T-1-luc2 cells and CHO-K1 cells stably expressing CTLA-4, and confirmed that it exhibited a strong and specific cytotoxic effect against surface antigen-positive cells.

Free Research Field

腫瘍免疫学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

コロナ禍の制約の中でin vivoにおけるAvIR-PITの詳細な解析には着手できなかったが、腫瘍関連抗原と免疫チェックポイント分子を同時標的化するAvIR-PITのコンセプトをin vitroにおいて実証することができた。AvIRを用いたPITは今回標的としたCD44やCTLA-4に留まらず、さまざまな細胞表面抗原を標的化して殺傷できるため、より有効な標的分子を対象とすることで、近赤外光照射腫瘍のみならず、転移した遠隔腫瘍に対しても腫瘍免疫応答を惹起するような治療へと展開できる可能性がある。

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Published: 2024-01-30  

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