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Crizotinib-induced immunogenic cell death in non-small cell lung cancer.

Peng LiuLiwei ZhaoJonathan PolSarah LevesqueAdriana PetrazzuoloChristina PfirschkeCamilla EngblomSteffen RickeltTakahiro YamazakiKristina IribarrenLaura SenovillaLucillia BezuErika VacchelliValentina SicaAndréa MelisTiffany MartinLin XiaHeng YangQingqing LiJinfeng ChenSylvère DurandFanny AprahamianDeborah LefevreSophie BroutinAngelo PaciAmaury BongersVeronique Minard-ColinEric TartourLaurence ZitvogelLionel ApetohYuting MaMikael J PittetOliver KeppGuido Kroemer
Published in: Nature communications (2019)
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) converts dying cancer cells into a therapeutic vaccine and stimulates antitumor immune responses. Here we unravel the results of an unbiased screen identifying high-dose (10 µM) crizotinib as an ICD-inducing tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has exceptional antineoplastic activity when combined with non-ICD inducing chemotherapeutics like cisplatin. The combination of cisplatin and high-dose crizotinib induces ICD in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells and effectively controls the growth of distinct (transplantable, carcinogen- or oncogene induced) orthotopic NSCLC models. These anticancer effects are linked to increased T lymphocyte infiltration and are abolished by T cell depletion or interferon-γ neutralization. Crizotinib plus cisplatin leads to an increase in the expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 in tumors, coupled to a strong sensitization of NSCLC to immunotherapy with PD-1 antibodies. Hence, a sequential combination treatment consisting in conventional chemotherapy together with crizotinib, followed by immune checkpoint blockade may be active against NSCLC.
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