Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a T-cell proliferating factor used for cancer immunotherapy. Here, the authors develop a long-lived variant of IL-2 that, mutated in its binding domain, drives a much more potent tumour regression by depleting CD25+ CD4+regulatory T-cells via targeting them for phagocytosis.

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi, Claudia Loetsch, Daniela Zinkl, Jennifer Jackson, Peter Schofield, Elissa K. Deenick, Cecile King, Tri Giang Phan, Kylie E. Webster, Jonathan Sprent, Daniel Christ
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15373
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spelling doaj-5b8e946c736b4be78cfb86f8d067ec422021-05-11T07:45:43ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-05-018111210.1038/ncomms15373Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cellsRodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi0Claudia Loetsch1Daniela Zinkl2Jennifer Jackson3Peter Schofield4Elissa K. Deenick5Cecile King6Tri Giang Phan7Kylie E. Webster8Jonathan Sprent9Daniel Christ10Immunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchImmunology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical ResearchInterleukin-2 (IL-2) is a T-cell proliferating factor used for cancer immunotherapy. Here, the authors develop a long-lived variant of IL-2 that, mutated in its binding domain, drives a much more potent tumour regression by depleting CD25+ CD4+regulatory T-cells via targeting them for phagocytosis.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15373
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author Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi
Claudia Loetsch
Daniela Zinkl
Jennifer Jackson
Peter Schofield
Elissa K. Deenick
Cecile King
Tri Giang Phan
Kylie E. Webster
Jonathan Sprent
Daniel Christ
spellingShingle Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi
Claudia Loetsch
Daniela Zinkl
Jennifer Jackson
Peter Schofield
Elissa K. Deenick
Cecile King
Tri Giang Phan
Kylie E. Webster
Jonathan Sprent
Daniel Christ
Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells
Nature Communications
author_facet Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi
Claudia Loetsch
Daniela Zinkl
Jennifer Jackson
Peter Schofield
Elissa K. Deenick
Cecile King
Tri Giang Phan
Kylie E. Webster
Jonathan Sprent
Daniel Christ
author_sort Rodrigo Vazquez-Lombardi
title Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells
title_short Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells
title_full Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells
title_fullStr Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells
title_full_unstemmed Potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-Fc fusion proteins requires Fc-mediated depletion of regulatory T-cells
title_sort potent antitumour activity of interleukin-2-fc fusion proteins requires fc-mediated depletion of regulatory t-cells
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2017-05-01
description Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a T-cell proliferating factor used for cancer immunotherapy. Here, the authors develop a long-lived variant of IL-2 that, mutated in its binding domain, drives a much more potent tumour regression by depleting CD25+ CD4+regulatory T-cells via targeting them for phagocytosis.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15373
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