研究概要
将T细胞疗法与TAK981和5-Aza-2'脱氧胞苷联合使用可能是朝着改善临床结局迈出的重要一步。
研究思路结论见上方概要
背景
利用修饰T细胞的细胞免疫疗法为癌症治疗提供了新途径。CD8 T细胞的T细胞受体(TCR)工程使这些细胞能够识别肿瘤相关抗原和肿瘤特异性新抗原。通过提高效力和体内持久性来改善TCR T细胞疗法对临床成功至关重要。
方法
我们评估了一种新型药物组合,以增强TCR疗法在急性髓系白血病(AML)和多发性骨髓瘤(MM)小鼠模型中的效果。
结果
将 TCR 疗法与 SUMO E1 抑制剂 TAK981 和 DNA 甲基化抑制剂 5-Aza-2' 脱氧胞苷联合使用,在两种已建立的 AML 和 MM 体内肿瘤模型中产生了持久而强效的抗肿瘤活性。我们发现,该药物组合引起了强烈的 T 细胞增殖,增强了 T 细胞中的细胞因子信号传导,改善了 T 细胞的持久性,并减少向耗竭表型的分化。同时,该药物组合通过增加 HLA 和共刺激分子,并令人惊讶地降低抑制性配体表达,增强了肿瘤的免疫原性。
展开英文摘要原文
BACKGROUND: Cellular immunotherapy using modified T cells offers new avenues for cancer treatment. T-cell receptor (TCR) engineering of CD8 T cells enables these cells to recognize tumor-associated antigens and tumor-specific neoantigens. Improving TCR T-cell therapy through increased potency and in vivo persistence will be critical for clinical success.
METHODS: We evaluated a novel drug combination to enhance TCR therapy in mouse models for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and multiple myeloma (MM).
RESULTS: Combining TCR therapy with the SUMO E1 inhibitor TAK981 and the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-Aza-2' deoxycytidine resulted in strong antitumor activity in a persistent manner against two in vivo tumor models of established AML and MM. We uncovered that the drug combination caused strong T-cell proliferation, increased cytokine signaling in T cells, improved persistence of T cells, and reduced differentiation towards exhausted phenotype. Simultaneously the drug combination enhanced immunogenicity of the tumor by increasing HLA and co-stimulation and surprisingly reducing inhibitory ligand expression.
CONCLUSION: Combining T-cell therapy with TAK981 and 5-Aza-2' deoxycytidine may be an important step towards improved clinical outcome.
论文信息
- 作者
- Kroonen JS、Wouters AK、de Graaf IJ、Remst DFG、Kumar S、Wachsmann TLA、Teunisse AFAS、Roelands JP
- 第一作者单位
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.Netherlands
- 通讯作者单位
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands vertegaal@lumc.nl m.h.m.heemskerk@lumc.nl.Netherlands
- 期刊
- Journal for immunotherapy of cancer2024 Sep 26