Depleting regulatory T cells with arginine-rich, cell-penetrating, peptide-conjugated morpholino oligomer targeting FOXP3 inhibits regulatory T-cell function.

Abstract:

:CD4+CD25+regulatory T cells (T(reg)) impair anti-tumor and anti-viral immunity. As there are higher T(reg) levels in cancer patients compared with healthy individuals, there is considerable interest in eliminating them or altering their function as part of cancer or viral immunotherapy strategies. The scurfin transcriptional regulator encoded by the member of the forkhead winged helix protein family (FOXP3) is critical for maintaining the functions of T(reg). We hypothesized that targeting FOXP3 expression with a novel arginine-rich, cell-penetrating, peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino (PPMO) based antisense would eliminate T(reg) and enhance the induction of effector T-cell responses. We observed that the PPMO was taken up by activated T cells in vitro and could downregulate FOXP3 expression, which otherwise increases during antigen-specific T-cell activation. Generation of antigen-specific T cells in response to peptide stimulation was enhanced by pre-treatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with the FOXP3-targeted PPMO. In summary, modulation of T(reg) levels using the FOXP3 PPMO antisense-based genomic strategy has the potential to optimize immunotherapy strategies in cancer and viral immunotherapy.

journal_name

Cancer Gene Ther

journal_title

Cancer gene therapy

authors

Morse MA,Hobeika A,Serra D,Aird K,McKinney M,Aldrich A,Clay T,Mourich D,Lyerly HK,Iversen PL,Devi GR

doi

10.1038/cgt.2011.63

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-01-01 00:00:00

pages

30-7

issue

1

eissn

0929-1903

issn

1476-5500

pii

cgt201163

journal_volume

19

pub_type

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