Abstract
The therapeutic utilities of antiangiogenesis and immunotherapy have been proven in clinics, and cancer patients have benefited from respective therapy. Given that the combination of both therapeutic strategies may further improve the effectiveness, a recombinant human 4-1BBL/tumstatin fusion protein (rh4TFP) library was constructed in the present study to target both angiogenesis and T lymphocyte activation, in which the fragments of an endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor tumstatin and a T lymphocyte costimulatory 4-1BBL are coupled with different linkers. After comparison of different combinations, rh4TFP-2 was found to show a promise on potential antiangiogenic immunotherapy. On one hand, rh4TFP-2 inhibited proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, exhibiting the antiangiogenic activity similar to tumstatin. On the other hand, rh4TFP-2 led to significant increase of T lymphocyte activation for the release of IL-2 and IFN-γ, showing the T lymphocyte activation by 4-1BBL. Moreover, administration of rh4TFP-2 suppressed tumor growth and prolonged survival in a B16F10 melanoma-bearing mouse model. Taken together, the present study provides a new approach of using bifunctional fusion proteins to target both angiogenesis and T lymphocyte activation for cancer therapy.
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