2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Induced pluripotent stem cell expressing 4-1BBL against melanoma
Project/Area Number |
22K20828
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
0901:Oncology and related fields
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Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
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Keywords | 41BB-L / iPS-ML / melanoma |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We divided B6 mice peritoneally seeded with MO4 cells into 5 groups: iPS-ML group, iPS-ML-41BBL group, anti-PD-1 antibody + iPS-ML group, anti-PD-1 antibody + iPS-ML-41BBL group and control group. We confirmed that the combination of anti-PD-1 antibody and 4-1BBL gene-modified iPS cells increased the efficacy of the treatment compared to treatment with anti-PD-1 antibody. Furthermore, we collected tumor tissues after treatment and confirmed that the number of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells was significantly increased in the tumor tissues treated with the combination of anti-PD-1 antibody and 4-1BBL gene-modified iPS cells.
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Free Research Field |
melanoma
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
免疫チェックポイント阻害薬(ICI)の導入によりメラノーマは長期生存が見込めるように大きく変化したが、日本人ではICIの奏功率は3割程度とその効果は限定的である。ICIの無効例ではT細胞の浸潤していない腫瘍が増殖していることが報告されている。 我々は4-1BBL遺伝子改変iPS細胞が腫瘍微小環境をcold tumorからhot tumorに変化させ、ICIである抗PD-1抗体の効果をより高いものにする可能性を示すことができた。さらにiPS-ML-41BBLは強い抗原提示能力も有しているためICIの効果を強固なものにする、メラノーマに対する新しい治療戦略となりうると考える。
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