Abstract
FcγRs are a family of heterogeneous molecules that play opposite roles in immune response and control the effector functions of IgG antibodies. In many cancers, IgG antibodies are produced that recognize cancer cells, form immune complexes and therefore, activate FcγR. The therapeutic efficacy of monoclonal IgG antibodies against hematopoietic and epithelial tumors also argue for an important role of IgG antibodies in anti-tumor defenses. Since the 1980s, a series of lines of evidence in experimental models and in humans strongly suggest that FcγR are involved in the therapeutic activity of monoclonal IgG antibodies by activating the cytotoxic activity of FcγR-positive cells such as NK cells, monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils and by increasing antigen presentation by dendritic cells. Since many cell types co-express activating and inhibitory FcγR, the FcγR-dependent effector functions of IgG anti-tumor antibodies are counterbalanced by the inhibitory FcγRIIB. In addition, some tumor cells express FcγR either constitutively, such as B cell lymphomas or ectopically, such as 40% of human metastatic melanoma. The tumor FcγR isoform is preferentially FcγRIIB, which is functional at least in human metastatic melanoma. This review summarizes these data and discusses how FcγRIIB expression may influence the anti-tumor immune reaction and how beneficial or deleterious this expression could be for the efficiency of therapeutics based on monoclonal anti-tumor antibodies.
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We thank T. Dorval, X. Sastre-Garrau, C. Mathiot, P. Broët, A. Delmer, J. Diebold, T. J. Molina and the GELA for their contributions in the studies described herein. Financial support was given by the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer (ARC-ARECA) and the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM).
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Cassard, L., Cohen-Solal, J., Camilleri-Broët, S. et al. Fc gamma receptors and cancer. Springer Semin Immun 28, 321–328 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00281-006-0058-8
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