Splicing inhibition enhances the antitumor immune response through increased tumor antigen presentation and altered MHC-I immunopeptidome

Abstract The success of cancer immunotherapy relies on the induction of an immunoprotective response targeting tumor antigens (TAs) presented by tumor cells on MHC class I molecules. Alternative translation events emerged as a rich source of TAs and generate the so-called Pioneer Translation Products (PTPs), which are peptides generated from unspliced mRNA. We demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that the splicing inhibitor isoginkgetin and a derived water-soluble and less toxic molecule, IP2, act at the production stage of the PTPs. We showed that IP2 increases PTP-derived antigen presentation in cancer cellsin vitroand decreases tumor growthin vivoin an immune-dependent manner. Furthermore, IP2 treatment induces a long-lasting antitumor response. Finally, we observed that the epitope repertoire displayed on MHC-I molecules is altered upon treatment with IP2 with the modulation of pre-existing peptides and the emergence of novel antigens derived from both coding and allegedly non-coding sequences.Significance IP2 is a new efficient “first in class” immunomodulator of the MHC I presentation pathway. IP2 reduces the growth of sarcoma MCA205 and melanoma B16F10 tumors bearing the PTP-derived SL8 epitope and significantly extends mice survival. IP2 treatment reshape the cancer cell MHC-I immunopeptidome. These findings add to the understanding of the role of the splicing machinery in antigen production and presentation and identify the spliceosome as a druggable target to enhance cancer immunosurveillance..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 12. Sept. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pierson, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Darrigrand, Romain [VerfasserIn]
Rouillon, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Boulpicante, Mathilde [VerfasserIn]
Renko, Zafiarisoa Dolor [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Laiguillon, Marie-Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Lobry, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Alami, Mouad [VerfasserIn]
Apcher, Sébastien [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/512681

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XBI000424188