Tumor-associated macrophages trigger MAIT cell dysfunction at the HCC invasive margin

Published by Elsevier Inc..

Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells represent an abundant innate-like T cell subtype in the human liver. MAIT cells are assigned crucial roles in regulating immunity and inflammation, yet their role in liver cancer remains elusive. Here, we present a MAIT cell-centered profiling of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using scRNA-seq, flow cytometry, and co-detection by indexing (CODEX) imaging of paired patient samples. These analyses highlight the heterogeneity and dysfunctionality of MAIT cells in HCC and their defective capacity to infiltrate liver tumors. Machine-learning tools were used to dissect the spatial cellular interaction network within the MAIT cell neighborhood. Co-localization in the adjacent liver and interaction between niche-occupying CSF1R+PD-L1+ tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and MAIT cells was identified as a key regulatory element of MAIT cell dysfunction. Perturbation of this cell-cell interaction in ex vivo co-culture studies using patient samples and murine models reinvigorated MAIT cell cytotoxicity. These studies suggest that aPD-1/aPD-L1 therapies target MAIT cells in HCC patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:186

Enthalten in:

Cell - 186(2023), 17 vom: 17. Aug., Seite 3686-3705.e32

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ruf, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Bruhns, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Babaei, Sepideh [VerfasserIn]
Kedei, Noemi [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Lichun [VerfasserIn]
Revsine, Mahler [VerfasserIn]
Benmebarek, Mohamed-Reda [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Chi [VerfasserIn]
Heinrich, Bernd [VerfasserIn]
Subramanyam, Varun [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Wabitsch, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Green, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]
Bauer, Kylynda C [VerfasserIn]
Myojin, Yuta [VerfasserIn]
Greten, Layla T [VerfasserIn]
McCallen, Justin D [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Trehan, Rajiv [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Nur, Amran [VerfasserIn]
Murphy Soika, Dana Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Pouzolles, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Christine N [VerfasserIn]
Chari, Raj [VerfasserIn]
Kleiner, David E [VerfasserIn]
Telford, William [VerfasserIn]
Dadkhah, Kimia [VerfasserIn]
Ruchinskas, Allison [VerfasserIn]
Stovroff, Merrill K [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Jiman [VerfasserIn]
Oza, Kesha [VerfasserIn]
Ruchirawat, Mathuros [VerfasserIn]
Kroemer, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xin Wei [VerfasserIn]
Claassen, Manfred [VerfasserIn]
Korangy, Firouzeh [VerfasserIn]
Greten, Tim F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

APD-1/aPD-L1
CODEX
HCC
Immunotherapy
Innate-like T cells
Journal Article
MAIT cells
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S(3)-CIMA
Tumor immune microenvironment
Tumor-associated macrophages

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.08.2023

Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.026

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360943624