UMMS Affiliation
Program in Molecular Medicine; Diabetes Center of Excellence
Publication Date
2018-03-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cancer Biology | Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy | Neoplasms
Abstract
Establishment of an in vivo small animal model of human tumor and human immune system interaction would enable preclinical investigations into the mechanisms underlying cancer immunotherapy. To this end, nonobese diabetic (NOD).Cg- Prkdc(scid)IL2rg(tm1Wjl)/Sz (null; NSG) mice were transplanted with human (h)CD34(+) hematopoietic progenitor and stem cells, which leads to the development of human hematopoietic and immune systems [humanized NSG (HuNSG)]. HuNSG mice received human leukocyte antigen partially matched tumor implants from patient-derived xenografts [PDX; non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), sarcoma, bladder cancer, and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)] or from a TNBC cell line-derived xenograft (CDX). Tumor growth curves were similar in HuNSG compared with nonhuman immune-engrafted NSG mice. Treatment with pembrolizumab, which targets programmed cell death protein 1, produced significant growth inhibition in both CDX and PDX tumors in HuNSG but not in NSG mice. Finally, inhibition of tumor growth was dependent on hCD8(+) T cells, as demonstrated by antibody-mediated depletion. Thus, tumor-bearing HuNSG mice may represent an important, new model for preclinical immunotherapy research.
Keywords
checkpoint inhibitor, mouse model, patient-derived xenograft, pembrolizumab
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DOI of Published Version
10.1096/fj.201700740R
Source
FASEB J. 2018 Mar;32(3):1537-1549. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700740R. Epub 2018 Jan 3. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
29146734
Repository Citation
Wang M, Brehm MA, Greiner DL. (2018). Humanized mice in studying efficacy and mechanisms of PD-1-targeted cancer immunotherapy. Open Access Articles. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201700740R. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3351
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Comments
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