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Single injection of IL-12 coacervate as an effective therapy against B16-F10 melanoma in mice.

ABSTRACT: Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer with one of the fastest increasing incidence rates among solid tumors. The use of checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. ?PD-1 antibody) has recently emerged as a viable alternative to conventional modes of therapy. However, increasing evidence points towards the need for a tumor priming step to improve intratumoral immune cell infiltration. IL-12 is an immune-activating cytokine with such potential and was explored in earlier clinical trials as a highly concentrated systemic infusion. This unfortunately led to severe adverse effects. From this perspective, the localization and gradual release of such a potent immunotherapeutic agent in the tumor microenvironment is desired. This manuscript reports the use of a heparin-based complex coacervate to deliver IL-12, in which heparin-binding motifs on IL-12 allow for its effective encapsulation. IL-12-encapsulated complex coacervates significantly improved the bioactivity of IL-12 and provided protection from proteolytic cleavage in-vitro. Indeed, a single injection of IL-12 coacervate significantly inhibits the in-vivo growth of treated and untreated, contralateral tumor growth in a syngeneic B16F10 mouse melanoma model. Furthermore, tumors in mice receiving IL-12 complex coacervate treatment displayed increased infiltration by natural killer (NK) cells and CD8?⁺ T cells, and a decreased presence of CD4⁺Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cells. This study provides proof-of-concept data supporting the use of complex coacervates for sustained delivery of immunostimulatory proteins as an effective therapeutic strategy against disseminated tumors.

SUBMITTER: Hwang MP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045464 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Single injection of IL-12 coacervate as an effective therapy against B16-F10 melanoma in mice.

Hwang Mintai P MP Fecek Ronald J RJ Qin Tianyue T Storkus Walter J WJ Wang Yadong Y

Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 20191219

Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer with one of the fastest increasing incidence rates among solid tumors. The use of checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. αPD-1 antibody) has recently emerged as a viable alternative to conventional modes of therapy. However, increasing evidence points towards the need for a tumor priming step to improve intratumoral immune cell infiltration. IL-12 is an immune-activating cytokine with such potential and was explored in earlier clinical trials as a highly concen ...[more]

PMID: 31866503

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Project description:Background4-Hydroxycoumarin (4-HC) is a coumarin that lacks anticoagulant activity. 4-HC affects the cytoskeletal stability and decreases cell adhesion and motility of the melanoma cell line B16-F10. Together with integrins and other cytoskeletal proteins, paxillin participates in the regulation of cell adhesion and motility, acting as an adapter protein at focal adhesions. The present study determined the participation of paxillin in the reported effects of 4-HC and analyzed the role of paxillin in the formation of melanoma metastases.Results4-HC decreased protein and mRNA levels of alpha- and beta-paxillin isoforms in B16-F10 cells. Paxillin downregulation correlated with an inadequate translocation of paxillin to focal adhesions and a reduced phosphotyr118-paxillin pool. Consequently, 4-HC altered paxillin-mediated signaling, decreasing the phosphorylation of FAK and the level of GTP-bound Rac-1. These results partially explain the mechanism of the previously reported effects of 4-HC. Additionally, we studied the effect of 4-HC on metastatic potential of B16-F10 cells through experimental metastasis assays. In vitro treatment of cells with 4-HC inhibited their capability to originate pulmonary metastases. 4-HC did not affect cell proliferation or survival, demonstrating that its antimetastatic effect is unrelated to changes on cell viability. We also studied the importance of paxillin in metastasis by transfecting melanoma cells with paxillin-siRNA. Transfection produced a modest reduction on metastatic potential, indicating that: i) paxillin plays a role as inducer of melanoma metastasis; and ii) paxillin downregulation is not sufficient to explain the antimetastatic effect of 4-HC. Therefore, we evaluated other changes in gene expression by differential display RT-PCR analysis. Treatment with 4-HC produced a downregulation of Adhesion Regulating Molecule-1 (ARM-1), which correlated with a decreased adhesion of melanoma cells to lung slides.ConclusionThis study shows that reduced paxillin expression is associated with the impaired cell adhesion and motility seen in 4-HC-treated cells and partially contributes to the antimetastatic effect of 4-HC. In contrast, the role of ARM-1 reduced expression in the effects of 4-HC is still to be clarified. The antimetastatic effect of 4-HC suggests that this compound, or others with similar mode of action, might be useful for the development of adjuvant therapies for melanoma.

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Single injection of IL-12 coacervate as an effective therapy against B16-F10 melanoma in mice.

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Single injection of IL-12 coacervate as an effective therapy against B16-F10 melanoma in mice.

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