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  • Increased T-cell Infiltrati...
    Loveridge, Carolyn J; Mui, Ernest J; Patel, Rachana; Tan, Ee Hong; Ahmad, Imran; Welsh, Michelle; Galbraith, Julie; Hedley, Ann; Nixon, Colin; Blyth, Karen; Sansom, Owen; Leung, Hing Y

    Cancer research, 06/2017, Letnik: 77, Številka: 12
    Journal Article

    Prostate cancer does not appear to respond to immune checkpoint therapies where T-cell infiltration may be a key limiting factor. Here, we report evidence that ablating the growth regulatory kinase can increase T-cell infiltration in an established -deficient mouse model of human prostate cancer. Mice that were doubly mutant in prostate tissue for and (prostate DKO) exhibited a markedly increased median survival with reduced tumor size and proliferation compared with control -mutant mice, the latter of which exhibited increased mRNA expression. A comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed upregulation in prostate DKO mice of the chemokines and , two potent chemoattractants for T lymphocytes. Consistent with this effect, we observed a relative increase in a predominantly CD4 T-cell infiltrate in the prostate epithelial and stroma of tumors from DKO mice. Collectively, our results offer a preclinical proof of concept for ERK5 as a target to enhance T-cell infiltrates in prostate cancer, with possible implications for leveraging immune therapy in this disease. .