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Targeting tumor extracellular matrix activates the tumor-draining lymph nodes

Disruption of the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) may alter immune cell infiltration into the tumor and antitumor T cell priming in the tumor-draining lymph nodes (tdLNs). Here, we explore how intratumoral enzyme treatment (ET) of B16 melanoma tumors with ECM-depleting enzyme hyaluronidase alters a...

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Published in:Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Immunotherapy, 2022-12, Vol.71 (12), p.2957-2968
Main Authors: Najibi, Alexander J., Shih, Ting-Yu, Zhang, David K. Y., Lou, Junzhe, Sobral, Miguel C., Wang, Hua, Dellacherie, Maxence O., Adu-Berchie, Kwasi, Mooney, David J.
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Summary:Disruption of the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) may alter immune cell infiltration into the tumor and antitumor T cell priming in the tumor-draining lymph nodes (tdLNs). Here, we explore how intratumoral enzyme treatment (ET) of B16 melanoma tumors with ECM-depleting enzyme hyaluronidase alters adaptive and innate immune populations, including T cells, DCs, and macrophages, in the tumors and tdLNs. ET increased CD103 + DC abundance in the tdLNs, as well as antigen presentation of a model tumor antigen ovalbumin (OVA), eliciting local OVA-specific CD8 + T cell responses. Delivered in combination with a distant cryogel-based cancer vaccine, ET increased the systemic antigen-specific CD8 + T cell response. By enhancing activity within the tdLN, ET may broadly support immunotherapies in generating tumor-specific immunity.
ISSN:0340-7004
1432-0851
DOI:10.1007/s00262-022-03212-6