PTPN1/2 inhibition induces highly functional terminal effector CD8 T cells through autocrine IL-10

Abstract Increased understanding of the modulatory pathways controlling CD8 T cell responses has led to the formulation of successful checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapies against cancer. However, their effectiveness is limited to a few tumor types, motivating the search for novel combinatorial strategies. PTPN1 and PTPN2 are two homologous protein tyrosine phosphatases recently proposed as potent intracellular checkpoints. Furthermore, their catalytic domain is a propitious target for small-molecule pharmacological intervention. Herein we investigated the potential effects of conditional genetic deletion of either or both phosphatases in mouse CD8 T cells, one of the main effectors in cancer immunotherapy. Our results demonstrated that hemizygous deletion of PTPN1 in a PTPN2 deficient background heightens the enhanced effector phenotype already observed in PTPN2 defective CD8 T cells. This functional gain is mediated by an autocrine IL-10 positive feedback loop. Pharmacological inhibition with a PTPN1/2 small-molecule inhibitor yielded similar results, highlighting the importance of simultaneously inhibiting both phosphatases. Our study uncovers a novel mechanism by which the downregulation of PTPN1 and PTPN2 act as a powerful tool for potentiating CD8 cytotoxic responses..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 11. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Perez-Quintero, Luis-Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Poirier, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Cordoba, Zuzet [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Chu-Han [VerfasserIn]
Aubry, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Carli, Cedric [VerfasserIn]
Kamyabiazar, Samaneh [VerfasserIn]
Pacis, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Zolotarov, Yevgen [VerfasserIn]
Pike, Kelly-Anne [VerfasserIn]
Delisle, Jean-Sebastien [VerfasserIn]
Tremblay, Michel L. [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2023.04.17.537264

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XBI039294897