Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive form of lung cancer with limited treatment options. Patients often respond well to initial chemo-immunotherapy but relapse quickly, necessitating new strategies to enhance immune responsiveness. Recent research explores combining DNA-damaging therapies with immunotherapy to activate the STING pathway and improve the antitumor immune response. The addition of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) inhibitors, such as DNA-PKcs inhibitors, after chemotherapy has shown promise in activating innate immune sensors and enhancing CD8+ T cell and NK cell pathways in SCLC models. This approach could potentially reshape the tumor microenvironment and sustain an antitumor immune response, offering a maintenance strategy for SCLC treatment.

DNA-PK inhibition sustains the antitumor innate immune response in small cell lung cancer / De Rosa, C., Morgillo, F., Amato, L., Iommelli, F., De Rosa, V., Tirino, V., Papaccio, F., Tuccillo, C., Di Guida, G., D'Angiolella, D.M., Di Liello, A., Zappavigna, S., Caraglia, M., Gambardella, A., Nardone, V., Ramkumar, K., Wang, Q.i., Wang, J., De Vita, F., Ciardiello, D., et al.. - In: ISCIENCE. - ISSN 2589-0042. - 28:3(2025). [10.1016/j.isci.2025.111943]

DNA-PK inhibition sustains the antitumor innate immune response in small cell lung cancer

Servetto, Alberto;
2025

Abstract

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive form of lung cancer with limited treatment options. Patients often respond well to initial chemo-immunotherapy but relapse quickly, necessitating new strategies to enhance immune responsiveness. Recent research explores combining DNA-damaging therapies with immunotherapy to activate the STING pathway and improve the antitumor immune response. The addition of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) inhibitors, such as DNA-PKcs inhibitors, after chemotherapy has shown promise in activating innate immune sensors and enhancing CD8+ T cell and NK cell pathways in SCLC models. This approach could potentially reshape the tumor microenvironment and sustain an antitumor immune response, offering a maintenance strategy for SCLC treatment.
2025
DNA-PK inhibition sustains the antitumor innate immune response in small cell lung cancer / De Rosa, C., Morgillo, F., Amato, L., Iommelli, F., De Rosa, V., Tirino, V., Papaccio, F., Tuccillo, C., Di Guida, G., D'Angiolella, D.M., Di Liello, A., Zappavigna, S., Caraglia, M., Gambardella, A., Nardone, V., Ramkumar, K., Wang, Q.i., Wang, J., De Vita, F., Ciardiello, D., et al.. - In: ISCIENCE. - ISSN 2589-0042. - 28:3(2025). [10.1016/j.isci.2025.111943]
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