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Anti-PD-L1 Treatment Results in Functional Remodeling of the Macrophage Compartment.

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:Checkpoint inhibitors like anti-PD1/PD-L1 have demonstrated significant therapeutic efficacy in a subset of patients partly through reinvigoration of CD8 T cells. However, their impact on myeloid cells remains largely unknown. Here, we report that anti-PD-L1 treatment favorably impacts the phenotype and function of tumor macrophages by polarizing the macrophage compartment toward a more proinflammatory phenotype. This phenotype was characterized by a decrease in Arginase-I (ARG1) expression and an increase in iNOS, MHCII, and CD40 expression. Whole-transcriptome profiling further confirmed extensive polarization of both tumor monocytes and macrophages from a suppressive to a proinflammatory, immunostimulatory phenotype. This polarization was driven mainly through IFNγ and was associated with enhanced T-cell activity. Transfer of monocytes into anti-PD-L1-treated tumor-bearing mice led to macrophage differentiation into a more proinflammatory phenotype, with an increase in CD8 T cells expressing granzyme-B and an increase in the CD8/Treg ratio compared with control-treated mice. Although in responsive tumor models, anti-PD-L1 treatment remodeled the macrophage compartment with beneficial effects on T cells, both macrophage reprogramming and depletion were needed to maximize anti-PD-L1 responses in a tumor immune contexture with high macrophage burden. Our results demonstrate that anti-PD-L1 treatment can favorably remodel the macrophage compartment in responsive tumor models toward a more proinflammatory phenotype, mainly through increased IFNγ levels. They also suggest that directly targeting these cells with reprogramming and depleting agents may further augment the breadth and depth of response to anti-PD-L1 treatment in less responsive or more macrophage-dense tumor microenvironments. SIGNIFICANCE: This work demonstrates that increased IFNγ signaling following anti-PD-L1 treatment can remodel the macrophage compartment to enhance T-cell responses.Graphical Abstract: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/79/7/1493/F1.large.jpg.

journal_name

Cancer Res

journal_title

Cancer research

authors

Xiong H,Mittman S,Rodriguez R,Moskalenko M,Pacheco-Sanchez P,Yang Y,Nickles D,Cubas R

doi

10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-3208

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1493-1506

issue

eissn

0008-5472

issn

1538-7445

pii

0008-5472.CAN-18-3208

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Anti-PD-L1 Treatment Results in Functional Remodeling of the Macrophage Compartment.