项目编号 PRJNA924727
项目标题 Human CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes mediate potent tumor control via tumor cell HLA 2 class II expression in a humanized immune system mouse model
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数据类型 Transcriptome or Gene expression
样品范围 Multispecies
描述信息 Efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer can be limited by dysfunction of CD8 T cells or down-regulation of HLA class I. Tumor control mechanisms independent of the CD8/HLA-I axis would bypass these limitations. CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) have been detected in diverse human cancers. However, their independent roles in tumor immunity are underexplored. Here, we report CD4 T cell-dependent spontaneous tumor regression and subsequent memory responses in a humanized immune system (HIS) mouse model. HT-29 tumors, which upregulate HLA class II expression in response to IFN-γ, regressed or were eliminated in a subset of tumor implanted HIS mice. Mice with regressing tumors showed increased cytotoxic CD4 T cells in blood and tumors and enhanced HLA-II expression on tumor cells compared to mice with progressing tumors. The intratumoral CD4 T cell subset associated with tumor regression expressed multiple cytotoxic markers and exhibited clonal expansion. Notably, tumor control was abrogated by depletion of CD4 but not CD8 T cells. CD4 T cells derived from tumor-regressing mice exhibited HLA-II-dependent and tumor cell-specific killing ex vivo. Taken together, our study demonstrates a critical role of human CD4 CTLs in mediating potent tumor control independent of CD8 T cells and provides a novel platform to study human CD4 CTL-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Overall design: Data includes untreated same donor-engrafted StRG47 HIS mice implanted with HT-29 colon tumor. Tumor samples were collected after 1 month and sorted human CD45+ and mouse CD45+ for sequencing. There are 11 samples in total, 5 StRG47 HIS regressors and 6 StRG47 HIS progressors. The single cell data is aligned to both the human and mouse genome and the TCR data is aligned to human.
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发布日期 2023-04-25
提交单位 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc
数据来源 NCBI

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