PMID- 31266784 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200907 LR - 20240220 IS - 2326-6074 (Electronic) IS - 2326-6066 (Print) IS - 2326-6066 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 9 DP - 2019 Sep TI - An Anticancer Drug Cocktail of Three Kinase Inhibitors Improved Response to a Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Vaccine. PG - 1523-1534 LID - 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0684 [doi] AB - Monocyte-derived dendritic cell (moDC)-based cancer therapies intended to elicit antitumor T-cell responses have limited efficacy in most clinical trials. However, potent and sustained antitumor activity in a limited number of patients highlights the therapeutic potential of moDCs. In vitro culture conditions used to generate moDCs can be inconsistent, and moDCs generated in vitro are less effective than natural DCs. On the basis of our study highlighting the ability for certain kinase inhibitors to enhance tumor antigenicity, we therefore screened kinase inhibitors for their ability to improve DC immunogenicity. We identified AKT inhibitor MK2206, DNA-PK inhibitor NU7441, and MEK inhibitor trametinib as the compounds most effective at modulating moDC immunogenicity. The combination of these drugs, referred to as MKNUTRA, enhanced moDC activity over treatment with individual drugs while exhibiting minimal toxicity. An evaluation of 335 activation and T-cell-suppressive surface proteins on moDCs revealed that MKNUTRA treatment more effectively matured cells and reduced the expression of tolerogenic proteins as compared with control moDCs. MKNUTRA treatment imparted to ICT107, a glioblastoma (GBM) DC-based vaccine that has completed phase II trials, an increased ability to stimulate patient-derived autologous CD8(+) T cells against the brain tumor antigens IL13Ralpha2((345-354)) and TRP2((180-188)) In vivo, treating ICT107 with MKNUTRA, prior to injection into mice with an established GBM tumor, reduced tumor growth kinetics. This response was associated with an increased frequency of tumor-reactive lymphocytes within tumors and in peripheral tissues. These studies broaden the application of targeted anticancer drugs and highlight their ability to increase moDC immunogenicity. CI - (c)2019 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Guo, Jitao AU - Guo J AD - Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. FAU - Muse, Elena AU - Muse E AD - Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. FAU - Christians, Allison J AU - Christians AJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5881-3184 AD - Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. FAU - Swanson, Steven J AU - Swanson SJ AD - ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., Westlake Village, California. FAU - Davila, Eduardo AU - Davila E AD - Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. eduardo.davila@ucdenver.edu. AD - Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Initiative, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. AD - University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado. LA - eng GR - I01 BX004935/BX/BLRD VA/United States GR - P30 CA134274/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA207913/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA046934/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - I01 BX002142/BX/BLRD VA/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20190702 PL - United States TA - Cancer Immunol Res JT - Cancer immunology research JID - 101614637 RN - 0 (8-dibenzothiophen-4-yl-2-morpholin-4-yl-chromen-4-one) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring) RN - 0 (MK 2206) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects/therapeutic use MH - Cancer Vaccines/*immunology/therapeutic use MH - Cell Communication MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects/immunology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Neoplasms/*immunology/metabolism/pathology/therapy MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC6726569 MID - NIHMS1533704 EDAT- 2019/07/04 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/08 06:00 PMCR- 2020/03/01 CRDT- 2019/07/04 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/06/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2326-6066.CIR-18-0684 [pii] AID - 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0684 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Immunol Res. 2019 Sep;7(9):1523-1534. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0684. Epub 2019 Jul 2.