Targeting cathepsin B by cycloastragenol enhances antitumor immunity of CD8 T cells via inhibiting MHC-I degradation

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BACKGROUND: The loss of tumor antigens and depletion of CD8 T cells caused by the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway are important factors for tumor immune escape. In recent years, there has been increasing research on traditional Chinese medicine in tumor treatment. Cycloastragenol (CAG), an effective active molecule in Astragalus membranaceus, has been found to have antiviral, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and other functions. However, its antitumor effect and mechanism are not clear.

METHODS: The antitumor effect of CAG was investigated in MC38 and CT26 mouse transplanted tumor models. The antitumor effect of CAG was further analyzed via single-cell multiomics sequencing. Target responsive accessibility profiling technology was used to find the target protein of CAG. Subsequently, the antitumor mechanism of CAG was explored using confocal microscopy, coimmunoprecipitation and transfection of mutant plasmids. Finally, the combined antitumor effect of CAG and PD-1 antibodies in mice or organoids were investigated.

RESULTS: We found that CAG effectively inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Our single-cell multiomics atlas demonstrated that CAG promoted the presentation of tumor cell-surface antigens and was characterized by the enhanced killing function of CD8+ T cells. Mechanistically, CAG bound to its target protein cathepsin B, which then inhibited the lysosomal degradation of major histocompatibility complex I (MHC-I) and promoted the aggregation of MHC-I to the cell membrane, boosting the presentation of the tumor antigen. Meanwhile, the combination of CAG with PD-1 antibody effectively enhanced the tumor killing ability of CD8+ T cells in xenograft mice and colorectal cancer organoids.

CONCLUSION: Our data reported for the first time that cathepsin B downregulation confers antitumor immunity and explicates the antitumor mechanism of natural product CAG.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 10(2022), 10 vom: 28. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deng, Guoliang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Lisha [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Binglin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xiaofan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qinchang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hongqi [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiaoqi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Dongdong [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Haibo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antigen Presentation
Antigens, Neoplasm
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Cathepsin B
Cycloastragenol
EC 3.4.22.1
Journal Article
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor Escape
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Date Completed 01.11.2022

Date Revised 22.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jitc-2022-004874

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348214723