• 文献标题:   Nanoscale Reduced Graphene Oxide-Mediated Photothermal Therapy Together with IDO Inhibition and PD-L1 Blockade Synergistically Promote Antitumor Immunity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YAN MM, LIU YJ, ZHU XH, WANG XL, LIU LX, SUN HF, WANG C, KONG DL, MA GL
  • 作者关键词:   combinatorial immunotherapy, pdl1, ido inhibition, photothermal therapy, reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Union Med Coll
  • 被引频次:   29
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.8b18751
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Despite the potential efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade for effective treatment of cancer, this therapeutic modality is not generally curative, and only a fraction of patients respond. Combination approaches provide strategies to target multiple antitumor immune pathways to induce synergistic antitumor immunity. Here, a multi-combination immunotherapy, including photothermal therapy (PTT), indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibition, and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) blockade, is introduced for inducing synergistic antitumor immunity. We designed a multifunctional IDO inhibitor (IDOi)-loaded reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-based nanosheets (IDOi/rGO nanosheets) with the properties to directly kill tumor cells under laser irradiation and in situ trigger antitumor immune response. In vivo experiments further revealed that the triggered immune response can be synergistically promoted by IDO inhibition and PD-L1 blockade; the responses included the enhancement of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, including CD45(+) leukocytes, CD4(+) T cells, CD8(+) T cells, and NK cells; the inhibition of the immune suppression activity of regulator T cells (T-rcgs); and the production of INF-gamma. We also demonstrate that the three combinations of PTT, IDO inhibition, and PD-L1 blockade can effectively inhibit the growth of both irradiated tumors and tumors in distant sites without PTT treatment. This work can be thought of as an important proof of concept to target multiple antitumor immune pathways to induce synergistic antitumor immunity.