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Oncoimmunology. 2017 Jul 13;6(10):e1349587. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1349587. eCollection 2017.

Blocking C5aR signaling promotes the anti-tumor efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade.

Oncoimmunology

Haoran Zha, Xiao Han, Ying Zhu, Fei Yang, Yongsheng Li, Qijing Li, Bo Guo, Bo Zhu

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Cancer, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China.
  2. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Immunotherapy, Chongqing, P.R. China.
  3. Department of Immunology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China.
  4. Department of Pathogenic Biology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China.
  5. Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 29123963 PMCID: PMC5665063 DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1349587

Abstract

Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy has achieved great success in the clinic; however, only a small fraction of cancer patient benefit from PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapy, and overcoming resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade has thus become a primary priority. In this study, we demonstrated that administration of PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies resulted in the activation of the complement system and massive generation of C5a. Generation of C5a did not change the accumulation of MDSCs in either the tumor or spleen but enhanced their inhibitory potential. In addition, blockade of C5a-C5aR signaling in combination with PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies greatly enhanced the anti-tumor efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. Overall, these data indicate an immunosuppressive role of C5a in the context of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapy and provide a strong incentive to clinically explore combination therapies using a C5a antagonist.

Keywords: MDSCs; PD-1 treatment resistance; complement C5a; immune checkpoint blockade; tumor immunotherapy

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