Prostate cancer (PCa) does not appear to respond to immune checkpoint therapies where T cell infiltration may be a key limiting factor. Here we report evidence that ablating the growth regulatory kinase Erk5 can increase T cell infiltration in an established Pten-deficient mouse model of human PCa. Mice that were doubly mutant in prostate tissue for Pten and Erk5 (prostate DKO) exhibited a markedly increased median survival with reduced tumor size and proliferation compared to control Pten-mutant mice, the latter of which exhibited increased Erk5 mRNA expression. A comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed upregulation in prostate DKO mice of the chemokines Ccl5 and Cxcl10, two potent chemoattractants for T lymphocytes. Consistent with this effect, we observed a relative increase in a predominantly CD4+ T cell infiltrate in the prostate epithelial and stroma of tumors from DKO mice. Collectively, our results offer a preclinical proof of concept for ERK5 as a target to enhance T cell infiltrates in prostate cancer, with possible implications for leveraging immune therapy in this disease.
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