T-cell checkpoint inhibitors show promise but are not standard of care at the time of writing.

Although, the prognosis for patients with this disease has recently improved due to earlier detection of RCC and expansion of treatment possibilities such as mTor inhibitors and VEGFR-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors, these treatments rarely yield complete responses. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 85% of renal cancers, of which clear cell RCC (ccRCC) is the most prevalent form.

We conclude that selective engagement of TNFR2 by TNF can drives RCC CD133+ proliferation and thereby increase sensitivity to cell cycle-dependent cytotoxicity. Importantly, cyclophosphamide triggered much more cell death in RCC CD133+ and NK CD133+cells pre-treated with R2TNF as compared to untreated controls. In contrast, R1TNF increased TNFR1 expression and promoted cell death. In organ cultures, R2TNF increased expression of TNFR2 and promoted cell cycle entry of both RCC CD133+ and NK CD133+ but effects were greater in RCC CD133+. We compared treating organ cultures of ccRCC vs adjacent nontumour kidney (NK) and RCC CD133+ vs NK CD133 + (NK CD133+) cell cultures with wild-type TNF (wtTNF) or TNF muteins selective for TNFR1 (R1TNF) or TNFR2 (R2TNF). Since tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), signalling through TNFR2, induces proliferation of malignant renal tubular epithelial cells, we investigated whether TNFR2 might similarly affect RCC CD133+cells. We hypothesized that killing of ccRCC CD133 + (RCC CD133+) cells by cytotoxic agents might be enhanced by inducing them to divide. These cells fail to form tumors upon transplantation but support tumor formation by differentiated malignant cells. Compared to normal kidney, renal clear cell carcinomas (ccRCC) contain increased numbers of interstitial, non-hematopoietic CD133 +cells that express stem cell markers and exhibit low rates of proliferation.

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