2021
Targeting resistance to radiation-immunotherapy in cold HNSCCs by modulating the Treg-dendritic cell axis
Knitz MW, Bickett TE, Darragh LB, Oweida AJ, Bhatia S, Van Court B, Bhuvane S, Piper M, Gadwa J, Mueller AC, Nguyen D, Nangia V, Osborne DG, Bai X, Ferrara SE, Boss MK, Goodspeed A, Burchill MA, Tamburini BAJ, Chan ED, Pickering CR, Clambey ET, Karam SD. Targeting resistance to radiation-immunotherapy in cold HNSCCs by modulating the Treg-dendritic cell axis. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2021, 9: e001955. PMID: 33883256, PMCID: PMC8061827, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell Line, TumorCombined Modality TherapyDendritic CellsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHead and Neck NeoplasmsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitLymphocyte DepletionMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPhenotypeRadiation Dose HypofractionationRadiation ToleranceRepressor ProteinsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTumor BurdenTumor MicroenvironmentTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9ConceptsCombination radiation therapyRadiation therapyDendritic cellsLymph nodesMouse modelRadioresistant tumorsRegulatory T-cell depletionT cell effector responsesTumor-draining lymph nodesNeck squamous cell carcinomaOral squamous cell carcinoma tumorsT cell-dependent responsesSquamous cell carcinoma tumorsAnti-CD137 treatmentDC activation statusGy x 5Higher Treg numbersPlasticity of TregsAdoptive transfer studiesT-cell depletionSquamous cell carcinomaCell-dependent responsesOrthotopic mouse modelTumor necrosis factorαNew therapeutic opportunities
2017
Replication Stress Leading to Apoptosis within the S-phase Contributes to Synergism between Vorinostat and AZD1775 in HNSCC Harboring High-Risk TP53 Mutation
Tanaka N, Patel AA, Tang L, Silver NL, Lindemann A, Takahashi H, Jaksik R, Rao X, Kalu NN, Chen TC, Wang J, Frederick MJ, Johnson F, Gleber-Netto FO, Fu S, Kimmel M, Wang J, Hittelman WN, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Osman AA. Replication Stress Leading to Apoptosis within the S-phase Contributes to Synergism between Vorinostat and AZD1775 in HNSCC Harboring High-Risk TP53 Mutation. Clinical Cancer Research 2017, 23: 6541-6554. PMID: 28790110, PMCID: PMC5724758, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-0947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNA DamageDNA ReplicationDrug SynergismFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHumansHydroxamic AcidsMiceMutationNuclear ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein-Tyrosine KinasesPyrazolesPyrimidinesPyrimidinonesRisk FactorsS PhaseSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckTumor Suppressor Protein p53VorinostatConceptsOrthotopic mouse modelHNSCC cellsOral cancerMouse modelNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCombination of vorinostatProlongs animal survivalHNSCC cell linesClin Cancer ResClonogenic survival assaysAdvanced HNSCCAdvanced headStandard therapyCell carcinomaCure rateEffective therapyClinical investigationCell cycleP53 mutationsTumor growthVorinostatAnimal survivalAZD1775Cancer Res