LPA4-mediated vascular network formation increases the efficacy of anti-PD-1 therapy against brain tumors.
By: Daisuke Eino, Yohei Tsukada, Hisamichi Naito, Yonehiro Kanemura, Tomohiro Iba, Taku Wakabayashi, Fumitaka Muramatsu, Hiroyasu Kidoya, Hideyuki Arita, Naoki Kagawa, Yasunori Fujimoto, Kazuhiro Takara, Haruhiko Kishima, Nobuyuki Takakura

Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University.
2018-10-05; doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-0498
Abstract

The structure and function of tumor blood vessels profoundly impacts the tumor microenvironment. Signals mediated through the lysophosphatidic acid receptor 4 (LPA4) promote vascular network formation to restore normal vascular barrier function in subcutaneous tumors and thus improve drug delivery. However, the characteristics of the vasculature vary by organ and tumor types, and how drug delivery and leukocyte trafficking are affected by modification of vascular function by LPA in different cancers is unclear. Here we show that LPA4 activation promotes the formation of fine vascular structures in brain tumors. RhoA/ROCK signaling contributed to LPA-induced endothelial cell-cell adhesion, and RhoA/ROCK activity following LPA4 stimulation regulated expression of VCAM-1. This resulted in increased lymphocyte infiltration into the tumor. LPA improved delivery of exogenous IgG into brain tumors and enhanced the anticancer effect of anti-programmed cell death (PD)-1 antibody therapy. These results indicate the effects of LPA on vascular structure and function apply not only to chemotherapy, but also immunotherapy.



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