PMID- 37995568 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240104 LR - 20240207 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 126 DP - 2024 Jan 5 TI - Comparative evaluation of antitumor effects of TNF superfamily costimulatory ligands delivered by mesenchymal stem cells. PG - 111249 LID - S1567-5769(23)01576-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111249 [doi] AB - Stimulation of costimulatory receptors serves as an alternative immunotherapeutic strategy other than checkpoint inhibition. However, systemic administration of the agonistic antibodies is associated with severe toxicities, which is one of the major obstacles for their clinical application. This study aimed to develop a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based system for tumor-targeted delivery of TNF superfamily ligands and assess their potential in enhancing antitumor immunity. Here we established an MSC-based system for tumor-targeted delivery of TNF superfamily ligands, including TNFSF4, 9 and 18. The TNFSF receptors (TNFRSFs) were evaluated in mouse models and patient samples for lung and colorectal cancers. TNFRSFs were all expressed at various levels on tumor-infiltrated lymphocytes, with TNFRSF18 being the most prevalent receptor. Human umbilical cord-derived MSCs expressing these costimulatory ligands (MSC-TNFSFs) effectively activated lymphocytes in vitro and elicited antitumor immunity in mice. TNFSF4 showed the least antitumor efficacy in both LLC1 and CT26 tumor models. MSC-TNFSF9 showed the most potent tumor-inhibiting effect in the LLC1 tumor model, while MSCs expressing TNFSF18 in combination with CXCL9 most significantly repressed CT26 tumor growth. Overall, TNFSF9 and TNFSF18 exhibited stronger lymphocyte-stimulating and antitumor activities than TNFSF4. Our study provides evidence that antitumor effects of agonism of different costimulatory receptors may vary in different tumor types and presents a promising approach for targeted delivery of TNF superfamily costimulatory ligands to avoid the systemic toxicities and side effects associated with immune agonist antibodies. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Gui, Liming AU - Gui L AD - Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wang, Zhixue AU - Wang Z AD - Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Lou, Weihua AU - Lou W AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Yekehfallah, Vahid AU - Yekehfallah V AD - Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Current address: Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Basiri, Mohsen AU - Basiri M AD - Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Gao, Wei-Qiang AU - Gao WQ AD - Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wang, You AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: wangyou6433@renji.com. FAU - Ma, Bin AU - Ma B AD - Renji-Med-X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: binma@sjtu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231122 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (OX40 Ligand) RN - 0 (TNFSF4 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - *Antibodies/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Ligands MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism MH - OX40 Ligand/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Costimulatory ligands OT - Costimulatory receptors OT - Mesenchymal stem cells OT - Tumor necrosis factor superfamily COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/11/24 00:42 MHDA- 2023/12/28 06:42 CRDT- 2023/11/23 18:12 PHST- 2023/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/28 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/24 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/23 18:12 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(23)01576-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111249 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2024 Jan 5;126:111249. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111249. Epub 2023 Nov 22.