DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion neoantigens elicit rare endogenous T cell responses that potentiate cell therapy for fibrolamellar carcinoma

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Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is a liver tumor with a high mortality burden and few treatment options. A promising therapeutic vulnerability in FLC is its driver mutation, a conserved DNAJB1-PRKACA gene fusion that could be an ideal target neoantigen for immunotherapy. In this study, we aim to define endogenous CD8 T cell responses to this fusion in FLC patients and evaluate fusion-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) for use in cellular immunotherapies. We observe that fusion-specific CD8 T cells are rare and that FLC patient TCR repertoires lack large clusters of related TCR sequences characteristic of potent antigen-specific responses, potentially explaining why endogenous immune responses are insufficient to clear FLC tumors. Nevertheless, we define two functional fusion-specific TCRs, one of which has strong anti-tumor activity in vivo. Together, our results provide insights into the fragmented nature of neoantigen-specific repertoires in humans and indicate routes for clinical development of successful immunotherapies for FLC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Cell reports. Medicine - 5(2024), 3 vom: 19. März, Seite 101469

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kirk, Allison M [VerfasserIn]
Crawford, Jeremy Chase [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Ching-Heng [VerfasserIn]
Guy, Cliff [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Kirti [VerfasserIn]
Kozlik, Tanya [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Ravi K [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Shanzou [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Phuong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Bell, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Mettelman, Robert C [VerfasserIn]
Allen, E Kaitlynn [VerfasserIn]
Pogorelyy, Mikhail V [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyunjin [VerfasserIn]
Minervina, Anastasia A [VerfasserIn]
Awad, Walid [VerfasserIn]
Bajracharya, Resha [VerfasserIn]
White, Toni [VerfasserIn]
Long, Donald [VerfasserIn]
Gordon, Brittney [VerfasserIn]
Morrison, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Glazer, Evan S [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Yixing [VerfasserIn]
Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Yarchoan, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Sethupathy, Praveen [VerfasserIn]
Croft, Nathan P [VerfasserIn]
Purcell, Anthony W [VerfasserIn]
Federico, Sara M [VerfasserIn]
Stewart, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Gottschalk, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Zamora, Anthony E [VerfasserIn]
DeRenzo, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Strome, Scott E [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Paul G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CD8 T cell
Cell therapy
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunits
DNAJB1 protein, human
DNAJB1-PRKACA
EC 2.7.11.11
Fibrolamellar carcinoma
Gene fusion
HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Neoantigen
PRKACA protein, human
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
T cell receptor
TCR repertoire

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101469

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369977211