Anti-KIR antibody enhancement of anti-lymphoma activity of natural killer cells as monotherapy and in combination with anti-CD20 antibodies

Holbrook E. Kohrt, Ariane Thielens, Aurelien Marabelle, Idit Sagiv-Barfi, Caroline Sola, Fabien Chanuc, Nicolas Fuseri, Cécile Bonnafous, Debra Czerwinski, Amanda Rajapaksa, Erin Waller, Sophie Ugolini, Eric Vivier, François Romagné, Ronald Levy, Mathieu Bléry, Pascale André

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Natural killer (NK) cells mediate antilymphoma activity by spontaneous cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) when triggered by rituximab, an anti- CD20monoclonal antibody (mAb) used to treat patients with B-cell lymphomas. The balance of inhibitory and activating signals determines the magnitude of the efficacy of NK cells by spontaneous cytotoxicity. Here, using a killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) transgenic murine model, we show that blockade of the interface of inhibitory KIRs with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I antigens on lymphoma cells by anti-KIR antibodies prevents a tolerogenic interaction and augments NK-cell spontaneous cytotoxicity. In combination with anti-CD20 mAbs, anti-KIR treatment induces enhanced NKcell- mediated, rituximab-dependent cytotoxicity against lymphoma in vitro and in vivo in KIR transgenic and syngeneic murine lymphomamodels. These results support a therapeutic strategy of combination rituximab and KIR blockade through lirilumab, illustrating the potential efficacy of combining a tumor-targeting therapy with an NK-cell agonist, thus stimulating the postrituximab antilymphoma immune response. (Blood. 2014;123(5):678-686).

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)678-686
Nombre de pages9
journalBlood
Volume123
Numéro de publication5
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 30 janv. 2014
Modification externeOui

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