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Dréan, Raphaelle. "Développement de nano-anticorps antagonistes du point de contrôle immunitaire ILT4 pour une application en immunothérapie antitumorale." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022SORUS446.
Full textILT4 (Immunoglobulin-Like Transcript 4) is an immune checkpoint receptor mainly expressed by myeloid immune cells. In cancer context, ILT4 participates in tumor development by maintaining a protumoral immuno-microenvironment and directly promoting tumor cell proliferation. ILT4 interaction with the non-classical MCH class I molecule HLA-G induces an immunosuppressive microenvironment by promoting tolerogenic myeloid cells. Moreover, the ectopic expression of ILT4 has been reported in several solid tumors. The activation of ILT4 by Angiopoietin-like-2 (ANGPTL2) promotes non-small cell lung tumor cell proliferation and inhibits cell apoptosis. Targeting this new immune checkpoint with blocking antibodies is therefore a promising cancer immunotherapy approach. In light of several drawbacks of classical IgG blocking antibodies in solid cancer, we investigated the potential of VHH-based inhibitors. This small monoclonal antibody format, derived from camelid homodimeric antibodies, combine the binding capacities of antibodies to the properties of small molecules. After immunization of an alpaca and phage-display screening, we selected a VHH with high affinity and specificity to ILT4 that inhibits the interaction of the receptor with both ligands. We validated the VHH’s biological antagonist activity on tumor cells and monocyte-derived pro-tumoral M2 like macrophages in vitro. These results support the potential of this new VHH-based antibody targeting ILT4 in cancer immunotherapy
Hollande, Clémence. "Rôle de dipeptidyl peptidase-4 dans la régulation du trafic leucocytaire au cours du carcinome hépatocellulaire." Thesis, Paris 6, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA066446/document.
Full textDipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4 or CD26)–mediated post-translational modification of chemokines has been shown to negatively regulate lymphocyte trafficking, and its inhibition enhances T cell migration and tumor immunity by preserving functional CXCL10. In extending these initial findings to humans and pre-clinical hepatocellular carcinoma models, we discovered a new mechanism whereby DPP4 inhibition improves anti-tumor responses by eosinophil recruitment. Specifically, administration of DPP4 inhibitors (DPP4i) resulted in higher concentrations of CCL11 (or eotaxin) and increased CCR3-mediated eosinophil migration into mouse tumors. Enhanced tumor control was observed upon treatment with DPP4i, an effect strikingly preserved in Rag2–/– mice, and abrogated only upon depletion of eosinophils or inhibition of their degranulation. We further demonstrated that tumor expression of IL-33 was necessary and sufficient for eosinophil-mediated anti-tumor responses, and that this mechanism contributed to checkpoint inhibitor efficacy. These findings provide new insight into IL-33- and eosinophil-mediated tumor control, revealed when endogenous mechanisms of DPP4 immune regulation are inhibited
Soussan, Sarah. "B lymphocytes and autoantibodies in immune-related adverse events following immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2024. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=https://theses-intra.sorbonne-universite.fr/2024SORUS022.pdf.
Full textImmune checkpoints inhibitors (ICI) have revolutionized the treatment of previously incurable malignancies. Unfortunately, the use of ICI also induces a bystander breakdown of peripheral tolerance leading to immune related Adverse Events (irAEs) in 30-90% of treated patients, drastically reducing quality of life and requiring therapy dose reduction or discontinuation. As ICI directly target T cells, they have been considered the main culprit for irAEs. Nevertheless, T cells cannot fully explain adverse events, and the role of B cells and their associated mechanisms have not been characterized. We therefore studied the involvement of peripheral B-cell compartment in irAEs, using both phenotypic and functional approaches, in two cohorts of solid cancer patients treated with anti-PD-1 and/or anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibodies. Deep phenotyping of B-cell subsets throughout the treatment and at the onset of irAEs has been performed by multi-parametric spectral flow cytometry. Subsequently, to analyze the functions of B-cell subsets, notably their ability to produce antibodies, we set-up a B-cell culture system allowing in vitro differentiation of B cells into antibody-secreting cells. This gave us the opportunity to analyze the antibody production by circulating B cells and their association with irAEs occurence. The screening of circulating B cells phenotype and function was conducted alongside the evaluation of the serum and plasma reactivity of cancer patients by complementary approaches (ELISA, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence assays). We found that, before treatment, patients that develop ICI-induced irAEs exhibit a significantly lower expression on B cell subsets of the FcγRIIB, CD85j and LAIR-1 inhibitory receptors in melanoma patients and higher expression of the CD95 and CXCR5, respectively activating and lymphoid organs re-circulatory markers in lung cancer patients. In addition, increased in baseline abundance of hyper-activated IgD- memory B cell subset or plasmablasts precursor were observed in patients that will undergo irAEs. Moreover, a part of irAEs patients exhibit baseline or ICI-induce circulating autoantibodies which could be directed against the related tissue of irAEs occurrence. Indeed, patients experiencing cardiac/muscular irAEs demonstrated autoantibodies directed against cardiac tissues and well-defined cardiac/muscle antigens. Finally, IgG derived from cardiac/muscular irAEs patients bound to human cardiomyocytes and perturbed the calcium kinetic and the contractibility of cardiac spheroids. These findings highlight a predisposition of irAEs incidence in patients with baseline highly activated and differentiated circulating B cells associated with autoantibody production. Overall, these results support the potential role of the humoral adaptative immunity in the mechanisms of ICI-induced irAEs
Liu, Peng. "Mort cellulaire immunogène induite par le crizotinib dans le cancer poumon non à petites cellules." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS148.
Full textAccumulating evidence suggests that certain conventional chemotherapies, radiotherapies, as well as targeted therapies mediate their long-term therapeutic success by inducing immunogenic cell death (ICD), which stimulate the release or exposure of danger-associated molecular patterns from or on cancer cells, causing their recognition by the immune system, thus reinstating immunosurveillance. An unbiased screen identified crizotinib as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is potent in provoking hallmarks of ICD. In subsequent low-throughput validation experiments, crizotinib promoted Calreticulin exposure, ATP secretion, HMGB1 release, as well as ER stress in both human and murine cancer cells, especially if it is combined with normally non-ICD inducing chemotherapeutics such as cisplatin. ICD induced by the combination of chemotherapy and crizotinib was also observed in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells lacking activating mutations of the crizotinib targets ALK and ROS1, suggesting an off-target-mediated mode of action. Comparative studies indicated that exclusively the clinically used (R) isoform of crizotinib was efficient in inducing cell death and stimulating ICD hallmarks whereas the (S) enantiomer lacked those characteristics. When combined with cisplatin, crizotinib-killed fibrosarcoma MCA205 cells as well as lung cancer TC-1 cells efficiently vaccinated syngeneic immunocompetent mice against a re-challenge with live cancer cells of the same types. Crizotinib improved the efficacy of chemotherapy with non-ICD inducers (such as cisplatin and mitomycin C) on three distinct (transplantable, carcinogen- or oncogene induced) orthotopic NSCLC models, none of which relied on the activation of ALK or ROS1. Of note these anticancer effects were completely lost if any of the ICD signals was blocked. These anticancer efficacies in different models were linked to an increased T lymphocyte infiltration as a sign of an immune response and were lost if such tumors grew on immunodeficient (nu/nu) mice that are athymic and hence lack thymus-dependent T lymphocytes, or on immunocompetent mice with a neutralization of interferon-. The combination of cisplatin and crizotinib led to an increase in the expression of CTLA-4, PD-1 and PD-L1 in tumors, coupled to a strong sensitization of NSCLC to immunotherapy with antibodies blocking CTLA-4 and PD-1. Hence, a combination of crizotinib, conventional chemotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade may be active against NSCLC, and these data might facilitate the design of clinical trials to evaluated novel combination regiments for the treatment of NSCLC
Grasselly, Chloé. "Établissement et caractérisation de modèles précliniques de résistance aux inhibiteurs de points de contrôles immunitaires." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE1256/document.
Full textBecause of the limited efficacy and the toxicity of conventional therapies to fight cancer, researchers focused on the new trategies. These efforts lead to the emergence of immunotherapies, whose msot recent actors are the monoclonal antibodies targeting immune checkpoint (ICP). Among those ICP inhibitors, we found antibodies targeting the surface protein « Programmed Cell Death 1 », called anti- PD1, and those targeting its ligand, « Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 », called anti- PDL-1. Those antibodies shown a great efficacy in a wide diveristy of cancers, and are currently used for clinical practice in the case of melanoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma. However, those treatments don’t benefit to all tumor bearing patients, with a mean of 60% of innate resistance, and 25% of acquired resistance following a primary response, variable according to tumor type. Phenomena involved in resistance are currently poorly described. In this context, the aim of my project was to establish in vivo preclinical models of acquired resistance to anti-PD1 and anti-PDL-1. To do that, we used syngeneic renal cancer (RENCA), bladder cancer (MB49 and MBT-2), and colorectal cancer (MC38), and immunocompetent mice, that we have made resistant by serial reimplantations of tumors pieces and serial treatments, inducing a selection pressure until we obtained a resistant phenotype. The efficiency of PD1/PDL-1 axis blocking is strongly linked to the microenvironment composition, as a result we realized an immunophenotyping protocol. We observed anti-tumor cells as T cells, Natural Killer cells, and M1 macrophages, but also cells harboring immunosuppressive functions, as M2 macrophages, MDSC, and Treg. Moreover, some studies have identified an upregulation of alternatives ICP in the context of acquired resistance to anti-PD1, so we also observed the expression of LAG3, TIM3 and TIGIT besides PD1 and PDL-1 expression. We shown that resistance is strongly dependant to the tumor model, even if we identified a decrease of anti-tumor M1 macrophages is models resistant to anti-PD1, and an increase of Treg in models resistant to anti-PDL-1, suggesting a common mechanism of resistance specific to respectively anti PD1 and anti-PDL-1. Following Zaretsky and al. identification of genes involved in interferon pathway in the case of acquired resistance to anti-PD1 in melanoma, we decided to study the molecular profile of resistant tumors. We identified 5 common genes differently modulated between anti-PD1 and anti-PDL-1 resistant models, including SERPINF1 and FCNA which seems to be promising as targets to validate. Lastly, in parallel to establishment and characterization of preclinical models of acquired resistance, we tested new therapeutical approches of anti-PD1 and anti- PDL-1 potentiation in combination with reference chemotherapies. We shown a synergy in wild-type colorectal and bladder cancers (MC38 and MB49), no effect of the combination in metastatic breast cancer 4T1, and an inhibition of anti-PDL 1 effect in bladder cancer MBT-2. Immunphenotyping of tumors allowed us to observe here also high differences between tumor models, both at baseline and after treatments initiation. To conclude, even if our results need a validation with patients samples, we demonstrated that different cellular and molecular modifications could be involved in resistance to anti-PD1 and anti-PDL-1, and that resistance could be bypass with chemotherapy combination, according to tumor type
Paoletti, Audrey. "Étude des étapes précoces de l’infection par le VIH-1 : identification d’un nouveau point de contrôle immunitaire immunitaire impliquant le récepteur P2Y2 et la protéine NLRP3." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLS240.
Full textIn 3 decades infection with the virus of the human immunodeficiency of type 1 (HIV-1) caused over than 34 million deaths and the surge of new multiresistant virus strains require the development of novel antiretroviral strategies.Our laboratories revealed a new signaling pathway involving in the early step of HIV-1 infection, involving a hemichannel (Pannexin-1), a common danger signal (extracellular ATP) and a purinergic receptor (P2Y2). These three cellular events are also players in the immune response; we decided to continue the study of proteins involved in the innate immune response during the early stages of infection by HIV -1.Here we demonstrated during this work a new interaction between the purinergic receptor P2Y2 and protein of the inflammasome NLRP3. We demonstrate that P2Y2-stimulated migration of macrophages is inhibited by NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Conversely, NLRP3-dependent macrophage polarization, interleukin-1 β secretion and pyroptosis are under the control of P2Y2-induced autophagy.Finally, the results suggest that the interaction between NLRP3 and P2Y2 is a new immunological checkpoint that regulates macrophage functions. Following this work, we analyzed the role of this immunological control during infection by HIV -1 and have demonstrated that activation of the inflammasome NLRP3 prevents the activation of the purinergic signaling channel involving ATP, pannexin -1 and the P2Y2 receptor, and which allows the entry of HIV -1 in its target cells. Our research and bring to light the capacity of the NLRP3 inflammasome to represent a new inducible restriction factor of HIV-1.All of this research work highlights the existence in macrophages of a new immune system checkpoint involving NLRP3 protein and P2Y2 receptor and can be modulated in order to develop new therapeutic approaches to fight against the emergence of viruses resistant to conventional retroviral treatments
Dal, Cin Julian. "Analyse tissulaire des myopathies inflammatoires idiopathiques et induites par immune-checkpoint-inhibitor : apport des nouvelles approches transcriptomiques." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2023. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=https://theses-intra.sorbonne-universite.fr/2023SORUS151.pdf.
Full textMyositis are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune pathologies characterized by muscle damage in patients. Myositis are separated into 5 subgroups: dermatomyositis (DM), anti-synthetase syndromes (ASyS), inclusion body myositis (IBM), autoimmune necrotizing myopathies (IMNM) and immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-induced myositis. The pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical phenotype and prognosis of each subgroup are different. Among myositis, this work focused on IMNM and ICI-induced myositis, which have the poorest prognosis. High-resolution, spatial and single-cell transcriptomic studies have made it possible to study the muscle tissue of patients with these myositis. In ICI-induced myositis, these studies have confirmed the cytotoxicity of CD8 T cells and their central role, mainly of a population of resident memory T cells identified in the muscle, as well as macrophages. We propose a pathogenic model based on the reaction of resident memory T cells to ICI treatments. In IMNM, subgroups of macrophages have been identified composed respectively of pro-inflammatory macrophages, anti-inflammatory macrophages, and macrophages close to fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAP). We propose that necrosis can stimulate macrophages and induce their recruitment, which would allow the proliferation of FAPs at the origin of exacerbated fibrosis in patients. Understanding mechanisms among others makes it possible to consider new therapeutic targets and improve patient prognosis
De, Vries-Brilland Manon. "Caractérisation du microenvironnement immunitaire des carcinomes papillaires du rein." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Angers, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023ANGE0017.
Full textArticle 1: Checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma : papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma (pRCC) is the most common non-clear cell RCC (nccRCC) and a distinct entity, although heterogenous, associated with poor outcomes. The treatment landscape of metastatic pRCC (mpRCC) relied so far on targeted therapies, mimicking previous developments in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. However, antiangiogenics as well as mTOR inhibitors retain only limited activity in mpRCC. As development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) is now underway in patients with mpRCC, we aimed at discussing early activity data and potential for future therapeutic strategies in monotherapy or combination. Expression of immune checkpoints such as PD-L1 and infiltrative immune cells in pRCC could provide insights into their potential immunogenicity, although this is currently poorly described. Based on retrospective and prospective data, efficacy of ICI as single agent remains limited. Combinations with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors, notably with anti-MET inhibitors, harbor promising response rates and may enter the standard of care in untreated patients. Collaborative work is needed to refine the molecular and immune landscape of pRCC, and pursue efforts to set up predictive biomarker-driven clinical trials in these rare tumors. Article 2 : Comprehensive analyses of immune tumor microenvironment in papillary renal cell carcinoma. Background : papillary Renal CellCarcinoma (pRCC) is the most common non-clear cell RCC (nccRCC), and associated with poor outcomes in the metastatic setting. In this study, we aimed to comprehensively evaluate the immune tumor microenvironment (TME) ,largely unknown, of patients with metastatic pRCC and identify potential therapeutic targets. Methods : we performed quantitative gene expression analysis of TME using MCP-counter methodology, on 2 independent cohorts of localized pRCC (n=271 and n=98). We then characterized the TME, using immunohistochemistry (n=38) and RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) (n=30) on metastatic pRCC from the prospective AXIPAP trial cohort. Results: unsupervised clustering identified 2 "TME subtypes", in each of the cohorts : the “immune-enriched” and the “immune-low”.Within AXIPAP trial cohort, the “immune-enriched” cluster was significantly associated with a worse prognosis according to the median overall survival to 8 months (95%CI, 6-29) versus 37 months (95%CI, 20-NA,p=0.001).The 2 immune signatures, Teff and JAVELIN Renal 101 Immuno signature, predictive of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) in ccRCC, were significantly higher in the “immune-enriched” group (adjusted p<0.05). Finally, 5 differentially overexpressed genes were identified, corresponding mainly to B lymphocyte populations. Conclusion : for the first time, using RNA-seqand IHC, we have highlighted a specific immune TME subtype of metastatic pRCC, significantly more infiltrated with T and Bimmune population. This “immune-enriched” group appears to have a worse prognosis and could have a potential predictive value for response to immunotherapy, justifying the confirmation of these results in a cohort of metastatic pRCC treated with CPI and incombination with targeted therapies
Anna, François. "Développement d'une immunothérapie anti-tumorale basée sur un récepteur antigénique chimérique (CAR) ciblant le point de contrôle immunitaire HLA-G : implications pour les tumeurs et leur microenvironnement." Thesis, Université de Paris (2019-....), 2019. https://wo.app.u-paris.fr/cgi-bin/WebObjects/TheseWeb.woa/wa/show?t=4021&f=26655.
Full textOver the last decade, anti-tumor immunotherapies have been a breakthrough in the oncology field following the clinical successes obtained with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPs) or chimeric antigenic receptors (CAR) based therapies. However, they are less effective against solid tumors, especially because of the lack of tumor specific antigen and of a tumor microenvironment capable of inhibiting the immune response favoring the tumor expansion. The HLA-G molecule is an immunosuppressive protein originally exclusively demonstrated to be involved in maternal-fetal tolerance but whose function has been hijacked by tumors to inhibit and escape from immune responses. HLA-G is now identified as an exquisite tumor associated antigen and its inhibition is crucial to restore the anti-tumor immune responses. Yet, no immunotherapy directed against HLA-G has been developed to date.The lack of effective treatment against or targeting HLA-G is related to the inefficiency to induce antibodies against this complex protein since HLA-G could be expressed through several isoforms that are immunosuppressives. In the first part of this study, thanks to an original immunization method based on the use of lentiviral vectors, we demonstrate the possibility to generate antibodies which are capable to recognize the HLA-G interaction domain with its receptors and are expected to inhibit the ICP function of HLA-G. The second part describes a CAR-T cell immunotherapy targeting HLA-G for its TAA properties. We first focused on the regulation and on the expression of the CAR chain at the transcriptional level. This approach was meant to limit the side effects caused by CAR therapies such as continuous activation of the CAR-T cells or elimination of healthy cells expressing the targeted antigen. We then generated two new 3rd generation CARs demonstrated to specifically recognize major HLA-G isoforms expressed by tumor cells and to eradicate HLA-G expressing tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. Several optimizations were carried out on the CAR chain structure to increase CAR-T cells cytotoxic function and to control their persistence through the insertion of the iC9 suicide gene. Given the results presented here, we provide the first vitro and vivo proofs of concept that a CAR therapy directly targeting HLA-G, and more generally an ICP is strikingly efficient.Finally, we discussed the potential for both anti-HLA-G blocking monoclonal antibodies and CAR-T cells immunotherapies against solid tumors and its implication against the tumor microenvironment and possible combinations with other immunotherapies
Tannous, Désirée. "The combination of Gadolinium-based nanoparticles, radiotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors : a novel therapeutic opportunity for cancer treatment." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022UPASL082.
Full textScientific discoveries linked to radiotherapy are in continuous progress and almost 60% of cancer diagnosed patients are treated with radiotherapy. However, radiation therapy still faces many limitations due to radioresistance and the side effects inflected on healthy tissues. To overcome these factors, a particular interest has been aroused on the role that nanomedicine could play in the improvement of immune-mediated anti-tumor response. In this context, we decided to assess the ability of the combination of Gadolinium nanoparticles (AGuIX) with ionizing radiation (IR) to stimulate an anti-tumor immunological response and to increase the effectiveness of radiotherapy combined to immune checkpoint blockers.AGuIX are very small nanoparticles composed of a polysiloxane matrix and gadolinium chelates. Thanks to the magnetic properties of gadolinium, these nanoparticles play the role of a contrast agent, in addition to its radiosensitizing properties, thus allowing a better targeting and an enhanced therapeutic index.Our work reveals the ability of the AGuIX+IR combination to induce genomic instability and to stimulate immunomodulatory cell signaling pathways in treated human and murine cancer cells. In parallel, we demonstrate the anti-tumor activity of this combination by assessing tumor growth and overall survival using a preclinical model of immunocompetent mice bearing tumors. Our results strongly demonstrate a synergistic effect of AGuIX + IR combination on tumor growth and overall survival by stimulating the immune system. Finally, we reveal the capacity of AGuIX + IR combination to overcome immune checkpoint blockers resistance.In conclusion, our work shows that the combination of AGuIX+IR stimulates immunomodulatory signaling pathways, induces a strong synergistic anti-tumor response and helps overcoming resistance to immunotherapies
Nougue, Manon. "Rôle immunomodulateur du système lymphatique lors du développement tumoral mammaire." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Toulouse 3, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023TOU30261.
Full textThe lymphatic system is a unidirectional vascular network transporting lymph, enabling drainage of interstitial fluids, transport of intestinal lipids, and also immune monitoring and tolerance. Nevertheless, the lymphatic system is involved in many pathologies, and particularly in tumor progression. Indeed, the lymphatic system promotes the metastatic spread, carried by lymphatic vessels to distant organs. More recently, the lymphatic system has been identified as a key regulator of immune responses during tumor development. The immune system is essential for tumor detection and establishment of anti-tumor lymphocyte responses. However, at advanced stages of tumor development, immune escape mechanisms are established in favor of tumor growth. These mechanisms are mediated not only by tumors themselves, but also by various players in the tumor environment. The lymphatic system is one of these players, particularly found in breast tumor environment. Advanced-stage breast adenocarcinomas respond to immunotherapies that target immune checkpoints responsible for immune escape. Indeed, the lymphatic system potentiates tumor response to these immunotherapies, playing a dual role in immunomodulation in the tumor context. Lymphatic vessels are able to recruit T cells to the tumor site to stimulate anti-tumor immune surveillance, but are also able to generate T cell immunosuppressive mechanisms through the expression of immune checkpoints. During my thesis, I therefore studied immunomodulatory mechanisms of the lymphatic system during mammary tumor development. I observed that the lymphatic system controls a switch from immune surveillance to immunosuppression, particularly induced by ligands of TIGIT immune checkpoint. I have shown that activation of tumor lymphatic vessels leads to overexpression of Nectin-2, which inhibits T cells overexpressing TIGIT. This in turn reduces cytotoxic CD8+ T cell responses to promote tumor growth
Bendavid-Anquetil, Céline. "Rôle des anticorps monoclonaux au cours des myopathies auto-immunes : de l’étude des auto-anticorps spécifiques des myopathies nécrosantes auto-immunes à la description physiopathologique des myosites induites par l’immunothérapie anti-tumorale." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021SORUS257.
Full textMyositis is a rare autoimmune disease that may occur spontaneously, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, or be induced by treatments such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Among myositis, this work focused on the study of two entities: immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), and ICI-induced myositis. Inflammatory myopathies are separated into homogeneous subgroups in terms of clinical, biological, and histological phenotype thanks to the identification of myositis-specific autoantibodies. Each of these entities is associated with antibodies that play a role in the occurrence of the disease by different mechanisms. In IMNM, anti-SRP (signal recognition particle) autoantibodies appear to play a direct pathogenic role via activation of the classical complement pathway. Thirteen anti-SRP autoantibodies from patient samples were produced, including five autoantibodies specifically recognizing SRP by two different techniques. These human anti-SRP autoantibodies will be used to develop models of IMNM and to understand their mechanisms of action as well as to define their antigenic targets. Regarding ICI-induced myositis, therapeutic monoclonal antibodies directed against inhibitory co-stimulatory molecules induce a break of immune tolerance within the muscle tissue. The description of a series of patients from pharmacovigilance database allowed us to characterize a specific clinical phenotype associated with a poor prognosis, particularly in the case of associated myocarditis. The study of the systemic immune response and of the muscle transcriptomic profile has highlighted a central role of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and macrophages in the pathophysiology of the disease.Eventually, the description of pathophysiological mechanisms is mandatory to identify new therapeutic targets and then improve myositis treatment strategy
Miloro, Giorgia. "Déterminer le rôle du récepteur de mort Fas/CD95 dans la co-stimulation des cellules T." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Côte d'Azur, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020COAZ6036.
Full textFas (CD95/TNFRSF6), a type-I transmembrane receptor of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily, is a well-known cell death activator. However, it has been also implicated in non-cell death processes including cell survival, differentiation, migration. Whereas the molecular cascade that initiates apoptosis upon Fas engagement with its ligand FasL is particularly well described, the informations concerning the molecular mechanisms underlying the Fas mediated non-apoptotic pathways are sparse.As indicated by the induction of autoimmunity and lymphoproliferation in ALPS patients harboringmutations in either the receptor or its ligand, the Fas/FasL system plays a major role in T cell immune homeostasis and thus, in the control of autoimmunity and cancer. On one side, the Fas mediated death has been described critical for (i) the deletion of autoreactive lymphocytes, and thus in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance; (ii) the control of the number of lymphocytes activated by weak antigens during pathogen infections.On the other side, and beyond cell death induction, some Fas non-death pathways have been described in T cells, among which the role of Fas as co-regulatory receptor for the TCR during its activation. Despite the potential importance of this role in immunotherapeutic strategies, only few and controversial studies related to this involvement were done. Indeed, whereas several studies have described Fas as a TCR co-stimulatory receptor, others defined an inhibition of T cell activation by Fas-TCR concomitant stimulation. In this context, the aim of my PhD project consisted into molecularly dissect the Fas-TCR co-signaling.By using both primary T cells and cell lines bearing a specific transgenic TCR, we could define Fas as a costimulatory receptor. By exploiting biochemical approaches as well as flow cytometry and microscopy we could decipher the Fas-TCR crosstalk both at functional and molecular level. First, we show that Fas-TCR costimulation occurs in both naïve and in memory T cells as well as in both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subpopulations.Molecularly, we could describe that Fas enhances the TCR signaling at membrane proximal level, since the phosphorylation of the first proteins involved in TCR activation is increased. Furthermore, both membrane-bound and soluble FasL are capable to initiate Fas co-stimulatory signal. Lastly, we could exclude the involvement of FADD and Caspase-8, first actors of Fas signaling, in the co-activation, and even more importantly, the involvement of the death domain of Fas cytoplasmic tail, unveiling the implication of another Fas receptor domain. To describe the molecular mechanisms and the context where Fas-TCR co-stimulation occurs might be of an outstanding importance in the comprehension of Fas physiopathology in T cells and for future studies that might involve its potential for immunotherapeutic strategies
Dupaty, Léa. "Evaluation in vivo de protéines immunorégulatrices dérivées de CTLA-4 et de PD-L1 pour leur capacité à inhiber les réponses immunitaires dans le contexte de la thérapie génique musculaire par AAV." Thesis, Normandie, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018NORMR133/document.
Full textGene therapy consist into introducing genetic material into cells to treat genetic disorders. Most gene therapies use viral vectors to carry the gene within target cells. In case of monogenic disorders, adeno-associated viruses (AAV) has become a vector of choice because of its lack of pathogenicity, its large tropism and its capacity to transduce quiescent cells. The use of AAV is approved in Europe to treat a rare lysosomal storage disease and has recently been approved by the FDA to treat a genetic cause of blindness. However, most clinical trials face immune responses directed against AAV components which may be highly immunogenic. This deleterious immunogenicity often lead to the trial failure. In addition, transgenic protein can also be immunogenic, aimaing to the destruction of transduced cells and ultimatly to gene therapy failure. In clinic, immunosuppressive drug remain the only option to counteract unwanted immune responses. These drugs possess infectious and tumorigenic side effects, therefore strategies aiming to rather capable to induce tolerance toward the transgenic protein are being developped and needed. The objectif of this work was to implement a new strategy aiming to study the immunoregulatory and tolerogenic effect of fusion proteins derived from CTLA-4 and PD-L1. We used a murin model recapitulating the immunes responses induced by an AAV coding for an immunogenic model protein, ovalbumin (Ova) presented in previous studies by our group and others. Then, we synthesized AAV coding for our newly designed immunoregulatory protein and injected them into mice along with AAV-Ova. This strategy of vectorized immunoregulation (VIR) allowed to evaluate the intrinsic capacity of each individual proteins to modulate immune responses against Ova directly in vivo. Eventually, this work allow to 1) assess the benefits and limits of the VIR strategy, 2) the deletrious long-term effects of CTLA-4/Fc on central and peripheral Tregs in mice, 3) to demonstrate the interest of new molecules specifically derived from PD-L1/Fc over the immune tolerance through the long-term persistance of Ova transgene
Wierz, Marina. "Characterization of the Tumor Microenvironment in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Mass Cytometry : Implications for Immunotherapy Dual PD1/LAG3 Immune Checkpoint Blockade Limits Tumor Development in a Murine Model of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia High-dimensional Mass Cytometry Analysis Revealed Microenvironment Complexity in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPASL020.
Full textChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most frequent leukemia in adults, is characterized by the accumulation of mature B lymphocytes in peripheral blood and lymphoid tissues. The progression of CLL is highly dependent on complex interactions within the tumor microenvironment (TME) and despite recent advances in CLL treatment targeting the TME, CLL remains an incurable disease. Therefore, we wanted to deeply characterize the immune landscape in the TME in murine and human CLL to identify novel potential targets for an immunotherapeutic approach. For this purpose, we performed a comprehensive and extensive characterization by high-dimensional mass cytometry to establish an extensive cartography of immune cell subsets. We demonstrated that relevant changes in the immune cell composition, especially the expansion of specific lymphoid and myeloid immune cell subsets, are associated with strong immune suppression thereby contributing to an escape phenotype in CLL. These CLL-associated changes can be restored in preclinical models by a dual PD1/LAG3 immune checkpoint blockade. Moreover, we demonstrated a high T cell heterogeneity between patients that can be stratified according to their T cell profile, and the correlation of specific T cell subsets with time to initial treatment, highlighting their potential prognostic value. In conclusion, with this first CyTOF study in CLL, we expanded the current knowledge of the phenotypic complexity of the TME. We demonstrated that dual targeting of immune checkpoints efficiently controlled CLL development in preclinical models and therefore could have potential benefits in CLL to restore a functional anti-tumor immunity
Xie, Wei. "Transcription Inhibitor Lurbinectedin and Oncolytic Peptide LTX-401 trigger Immunogenic Cell Death and Synergize With Immune Checkpoint Blockade Lurbinectedin Synergizes With Immune Checkpoint Blockade To Generate Anticancer Immunity Tumor Lysis With LTX-401 Creates Anticancer Immunity Autophagy Induction by Thiostrepton Improves the Efficacy of Immunogenic Chemotherapy Oncolysis With DTT-205 and DTT-304 Generates Immunological Memory in Cured Animals." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPASL072.
Full textCancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, despite the existence of standard treatment, innovative therapeutic strategies and drugs are still in urgent demand. The combination of immunogenic cell death (ICD) inducing drugs and immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) seems to be a promising modality. In this thesis, we demonstrated Lurbinectedin, a transcription inhibitor newly approved for relapsed lung cancer treatment, triggers hallmarks of ICD in four different human and murine cell lines in vitro. Vaccinated with Lurbinectedin-treated fibrosarcoma cell protects immunocompetent mice from rechallenge with syngeneic tumours. Lurbinectedin restrains transplanted fibrosarcoma growth in an immune dependent manner. Both transplanted MCA205 cancer and hormone/carcinogen induced breast cancer were sensitized by Lurbinectedin to PD-1 and CTLA-4 double ICBs. Of note, long-term immunological memory was generated in cured mice. Further, we evaluated the anticancer capacity of LTX-401, an oncolytic peptide designed for local immunotherapy. Sequential intratumoral injections of LTX-401 dramatically retards subcutaneous MCA205 and TC-1 tumour growth in immunocompetent host, yet shows limited therapeutic effect of anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4 ICBs. Moreover, sequential LTX-401 treatment with double ICBs exhibits systemic antitumor immunity to both treated and abscopal tumour. In conclusion, lurbinectedin and LTX-401 induce cancer cell immunogenic cell death and enhance the anticancer effects of immune chekcpoint blockade. These results lay the experimental foundation of combination regiments and may facilitate the clinical trial design
Grosjean, Iris. "SQSTM1, une protéine de plateforme à la croisée de la réponse aux dommages à l’ADN et de la réponse à l’immunothérapie dans le cancer : rôles des rétrovirus endogènes." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Côte d'Azur, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020COAZ6037.
Full textNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the deadliest cancer in the world, due to acquired resistance to genotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy (DNA-damaging agents, named DDAs hereafter) and targeted therapies. Immunotherapy (including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)) is a real revolution in patient care. This strategy has indeed had a positive impact, turning into treatable advanced cancers without "actionable" targets that were considered incurable. Survival at 5-year has increased from 5% with conventional treatment to 20% with immunotherapies and up to 50/60% for melanoma and lung cancer with therapies combining ICIs and DDAs. The current challenge in clinical trials is to develop combined therapeutic strategies that increase efficacy while limiting resistance to different treatments. Elucidating resistance mechanisms is essential to propose new robust predictive biomarkers and new therapeutic approaches to improve the efficacy of ICIs.We have hypothesized that resistance to DDAs and ICIs is mediated by intrinsic tumor mechanisms, some of which may be shared. Thus, we have studied the action of DDAs and their molecular consequences that lead to immune evasion. Through three complementary approaches (in silico, in vivo on patient cohorts and in vitro), we identify the p62/SQSTM1 scaffold protein as a key molecular mediator capable of predicting and controlling sensibility to DDAs and ICIs. We report for the first time that SQSTM1 causes a "HOT" tumor immune profile, while downregulating DNA repair mechanisms. In addition, SQSTM1 is essential for the DDAs-induced reactivation of human endogenous retroviruses (hERVs). Downstream, hERVs induce an innate antiviral response, resulting in the expression of interferons, MHC-I and PD-L1, leading to tumor immune evasion.In conclusion, i) we propose SQSTM1 as a predictive biomarker for selecting patients who may benefit from ICI plus DDA combination strategies, and ii) we highlight a biological rationale for the efficacy of such strategies in refractory lung cancer, aimed at promoting their use and thus improving the prognosis of NSCLC
Cohen, Romain. "Caractérisation phénotypique et clinique des cancers colorectaux métastatiques avec instabilité des microsatellites Clinical and molecular characterization of hereditary and sporadic metastatic colorectal cancer harbouring microsatellite instability/DNA mismatch repair deficiency Association of primary resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic colorectal cancer with misdiagnosis of microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency status." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUS313.
Full textMicrosatellite instability (MSI) is a tumor phenotype linked to somatic or germline inactivating alterations of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. MSI is observed in approximately 5% of metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRC) and has recently emerged as a major positive predictive biomarker for the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICKi) amongst mCRC patients. The objectives of my work was to clinically and molecularly characterize MSI mCRC, to evaluate the accuracy of MSI screening methods and the response to immunotherapy in the context of ICKi clinical trials. Fist, I show that sporadic and inherited MSI mCRC display distinct natural history (Cohen et al., Eur J Cancer 2017). In a second work, I show that MSI testing in routine practice is associated with almost 10% of false positives due to misinterpration of IHC and PCR assays. Moreover, these false-positives are the main cause of mCRC primary resistance to ICKi observed in clinical trials (Cohen*, Hain* et al., JAMA Oncol. 2018). After summarizing the literature concerning MSI, its consequences on CRC and immunotherapy, I present the results of the nosologic and diagnostic works developed during this doctoral thesis. Then I will go on perspectives in the context of MSI cancer
Ben, Saad Elham. "Étude de l'endocytose du récepteur PD-1 dans les lymphocytes T humains." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23924.
Full textPD-1 (Programmed Cell death protein -1) is a co-inhibitory receptor expressed on the surface of activated T cells. It plays an important role in maintaining peripheral tolerance and protecting against autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. However, permanent expression of PD-1 and its ligands PD-L1/ PD-L2 (PD-Ls) disrupts the immune response against pathogens and tumor cells. Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) targeting the PD-1/PD-Ls axis has revolutionized the treatment of many cancers. Nivolumab (nivo) and pembrolizumab (pembro) are two anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) that block the interaction between PD-1 and its ligands. They have shown promising results in the treatment of multiple types of cancers such as melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, etc. Surprisingly, despite the success of anti-PD-1 in cancer immunotherapy, no-one has defined the destiny of surface PD-1 following antibody binding. Therefore, the objective of my master thesis was to define the fate of surface PD-1 following antibody binding and whether different anti-PD-1 Abs in the clinic differ in their ability to induce PD-1 endocytosis. The study of PD-1 endocytosis was performed on human T lymphocytes obtained from peripheral blood of healthy donors and activated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 Ab or concanavalin A to express PD-1 receptor. Data analysis by flow cytometry showed that following anti-PD-1 Ab binding, 50% of PD-1 becomes endocytosed by 30min. In addition, we found that the PD-1 receptor is internalised upon its engagement with nivo and pembro and that most of the receptor is endocytosed within 30 min. However, 32 to 50% of the receptors are resistant to endocytosis. The comparative analysis of nivo and pembro has revealed a statistically significant difference (p=0.03) between the internalisation rate of the PD-1/nivo complex versus PD-1/pembro (46% versus 25% by 30min, respectively). Even at high concentrations of pembro, nivo induces better internalization of PD-1, suggesting that nivo could be more effective than pembro. Our study showed for the first time that ICB involves not only in the blockade of PD-1/PD-Ls interaction, but also in the endocytosis of PD-1 receptors from the surface of human T-cells, which differs between nivolumab and pembrolizumab. These results could be exploited to increase the therapeutic potential of nivolumab and pembrolizumab in cancer treatment. Keywords: PD-1 receptor, PD-1 ligands, T lymphocytes, Immune checkpoint blockade, Anti-PD1 antibodies, Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab, Endocytosis, Cancer
Desfossés-Baron, Kristelle. "L'acide valproïque inhibe la progression dans le cycle cellulaire chez Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/16241.
Full textAcetylation is an essential post-translational modification involved in many important cellular processes such as regulation of chromatin structure and proteins interactions. Two enzyme families, lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases, allow proper regulation of this modification both on histones and non-histones proteins. In recent years, the discovery of small deacetylase inhibitors has led to promising novel therapy in the treatment against various diseases such as cancer. Valproic acid, a class I and II deacetylase inhibitor, has been shown to have antiproliferative effects in various models. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying this effect remain unknown. This thesis highlights the pH-dependent effects of VPA on numerous important cellular pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our results demonstrate that VPA inhibits the transition from G1 to S phase of the cell cycle by its action on the expression of G1 cyclins. Moreover, VPA inhibits the activation of the main kinase involved in the cell wall integrity pathway. Furthermore, VPA exposure also leads to DNA replication arrest in a DNA damage-independent manner. This is a unique effect that, to our knowledge, is not observable with other agents that inhibit S phase progression.