利用液体活检揭示耐药机制并指导个性化免疫治疗。

Leveraging liquid biopsy to uncover resistance mechanisms and guide personalized immunotherapy.

作者信息

Dalloul Zeinab, Briend Jana Grenel, Diawara Mariama, Taylor Catherine, Ouellette Rodney J

机构信息

Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Dr Georges L. Dumont University Hospital, Vitalite Health Network, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

出版信息

Transl Oncol. 2025 Jun 24;59:102445. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2025.102445.

Abstract

Cancer therapy has been revolutionized by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that create a new paradigm among cancer immunotherapies. These agents restore the immune system capacity to fight cancer through blocking the action of major immune checkpoint proteins that suppress immune responses such as programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), which tumors exploit for immune escape. Another advancement is the absence of known biomarkers involves ICIs, which can further be translated into new liquid tests like liquid biopsies, indicating the immune status of the patient. Liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive method for identifying tumor-derived components such as circulating tumor cells, cell-free DNA and extracellular vesicles (EVs) from body fluids for analysis. Researchers increasingly use liquid biopsy for biomarkers discovery and patient stratification into clinical applications. Even though immunotherapy has great advances, still there are obstacles faced while using ICIs. Many patients fail to respond to the treatment because of the heterogeneous mechanisms of resistance. Immunotherapy resistance is a dynamic interplay between tumors and their surrounding stroma. To understand this variability, humanized mice models are increasingly used for mirroring human immune responses. Such models offer insight into cancer immunotherapy when human immune system is engrafted into mice, and EV and biomarker profiles are established in those models. EVs reflect differences in tumor characteristics and the immune landscape around tumors to develop personalized strategies to enhance ICI efficacy. This may improve patient prognosis, giving reason to hope for better, more effective treatments.

摘要

免疫检查点抑制剂(ICIs)彻底改变了癌症治疗方式,在癌症免疫治疗领域开创了新的范例。这些药物通过阻断主要免疫检查点蛋白的作用来恢复免疫系统对抗癌症的能力,这些蛋白会抑制免疫反应,如程序性细胞死亡蛋白1(PD-1)、程序性死亡配体1(PD-L1)和细胞毒性T淋巴细胞相关蛋白4(CTLA-4),肿瘤会利用这些蛋白进行免疫逃逸。另一项进展是,ICIs不存在已知的生物标志物,这可以进一步转化为新的液体检测方法,如液体活检,以指示患者的免疫状态。液体活检是一种微创方法,用于从体液中识别肿瘤衍生成分,如循环肿瘤细胞、游离DNA和细胞外囊泡(EVs),以便进行分析。研究人员越来越多地将液体活检用于生物标志物发现和患者分层,以应用于临床。尽管免疫疗法取得了巨大进展,但在使用ICIs时仍面临障碍。许多患者由于耐药机制的异质性而对治疗无反应。免疫治疗耐药是肿瘤与其周围基质之间的动态相互作用。为了理解这种变异性,越来越多地使用人源化小鼠模型来模拟人类免疫反应。当将人类免疫系统植入小鼠体内,并在这些模型中建立EV和生物标志物谱时,此类模型有助于深入了解癌症免疫治疗。EVs反映了肿瘤特征和肿瘤周围免疫格局的差异,从而制定个性化策略以提高ICI疗效。这可能会改善患者的预后,让人有理由期待更好、更有效的治疗方法。

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