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Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice

Zhili Liu1,2*, Zhen Lu1*, Renwei Jing1*, Bingfeng Zuo1, Xianjun Gao1, Gang Han2, Han Qi1, Li Wu1, Yunde Liu2✉, Haifang Yin1✉

1. Department of Cell Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Medical University, Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin, 300070, China
2. School of Medical Laboratory, Tianjin Medical University, Guangdong Road, Tianjin, 300203, China
* These authors contributed equally as joint first authors.

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Liu Z, Lu Z, Jing R, Zuo B, Gao X, Han G, Qi H, Wu L, Liu Y, Yin H. Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice. Theranostics 2019; 9(14):4006-4018. doi:10.7150/thno.32720. https://www.thno.org/v09p4006.htm
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It is a daunting therapeutic challenge to completely eradicate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from patients. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) -based vaccines appear promising, however the efficacy needs to be improved.

Methods: Here, we explore if fusing high-mobility group nucleosome binding protein 1 (HMGN1), a potent immunoadjuvant, to AFP (lenti-HA) can augment the antitumor immunity of AFP-expressing lentiviral vector (lenti-AFP), a vehicle extensively employed for genetic immunization with high transduction efficacy and good safety profiles. The antitumor immunity of Lenti-HA was systemically assessed in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous HCC models.

Results: Lenti-HA elicited strong anti-HCC effects in mice and amplified the antitumor immunity of lenti-AFP by reducing effective dose 6-fold. Importantly, lenti-HA induced a robust antitumor immune response with prolonged survival rate and improved the immune and tumor microenvironment in mice with carcinogen-induced autochthonous HCC. Lenti-HA localized primarily to lymphoid organs with no preference for specific immune cell types. Activated dendritic cells (DCs), particularly CD103+CD11b- DCs, were also actively recruited to lymph nodes in lenti-HA-treated HCC mice. Moreover, lenti-HA-transduced human DCs elicited stronger immune response than lenti-AFP against HCC cells in vitro.

Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that HMGN1 augments the antitumor immunity of AFP-expressing lentiviral vaccines in HCC mice and human cells in vitro and thus provides a new therapeutic strategy for HCC.

Keywords: HMGN1, lentivirus, immunotherapy, hepatocellular carcinoma


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Liu, Z., Lu, Z., Jing, R., Zuo, B., Gao, X., Han, G., Qi, H., Wu, L., Liu, Y., Yin, H. (2019). Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice. Theranostics, 9(14), 4006-4018. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.32720.

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Liu, Z.; Lu, Z.; Jing, R.; Zuo, B.; Gao, X.; Han, G.; Qi, H.; Wu, L.; Liu, Y.; Yin, H. Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice. Theranostics 2019, 9 (14), 4006-4018. DOI: 10.7150/thno.32720.

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Liu Z, Lu Z, Jing R, Zuo B, Gao X, Han G, Qi H, Wu L, Liu Y, Yin H. Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice. Theranostics 2019; 9(14):4006-4018. doi:10.7150/thno.32720. https://www.thno.org/v09p4006.htm

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Liu Z, Lu Z, Jing R, Zuo B, Gao X, Han G, Qi H, Wu L, Liu Y, Yin H. 2019. Alarmin augments the antitumor immunity of lentiviral vaccine in ectopic, orthotopic and autochthonous hepatocellular carcinoma mice. Theranostics. 9(14):4006-4018.

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