Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

A small-molecule P2RX7 activator promotes anti-tumor immune responses and sensitizes lung tumor to immunotherapy

  • Laetitia Douguet,
  • Serena Janho dit Hreich,
  • Jonathan Benzaquen,
  • Laetitia Seguin,
  • Thierry Juhel,
  • Xavier Dezitter,
  • Christophe Duranton,
  • Bernhard Ryffel,
  • Jean Kanellopoulos,
  • Cecile Delarasse,
  • Nicolas Renault,
  • Christophe Furman,
  • Germain Homerin,
  • Chloé Féral,
  • Julien Cherfils-Vicini,
  • Régis Millet,
  • Sahil Adriouch,
  • Alina Ghinet,
  • Paul Hofman,
  • Valérie Vouret-Craviari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20912-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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A limited percentage of patients with non-small cell lung cancer respond to immunotherapy. Here the authors show that HEI3090, a chemical positive modulator of the purinergic P2RX7 receptor, promotes IL-18 mediated anti-tumor immune responses and sensitizes lung cancer to anti-PD-1 therapy in preclinical models.