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Human effector CD8+ T cells with an activated and exhausted-like phenotype control tumour growth in vivo in a humanized tumour modelResearch in context
- Source :
- EBioMedicine, Vol 106, Iss , Pp 105240- (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2024.
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Abstract
- Summary: Background: Humanized tumour models could be particularly valuable for cancer immunotherapy research, as they may better reflect human-specific aspects of the interfaces between tumour and immune system of human cancer. However, endogenous antitumour immunity in humanized models is still largely undefined. Methods: We established an autologous humanized mouse tumour model by using NSG mice reconstituted with human immune cells from hematopoietic progenitors and tumours generated from transformed autologous human B cells. We demonstrate growth of solid lymphoid tumours after subcutaneous implantation, infiltration by endogenous human immune cells and immunocompetence of the model. Findings: We found human T cell subsets described in human cancer, including progenitor exhausted (Tpex), terminally exhausted (Tex-term) and tissue-resident (TRM) cells in tumour-bearing humanized mice with accumulation of Tex-term and TRM in the tumour. In addition, we identified tumour-reactive CD8+ T cells through expression of CD137. This subpopulation of de novo arising human CD137+ CD8+ T cells displayed a highly proliferative, fully activated effector and exhausted-like phenotype with enhanced expression of activation and exhaustion markers like PD-1, CD39, CD160, TIM-3, TIGIT and TOX, the senescence marker CD57 (B3GAT1) and cytolytic effector molecules such as PRF1, GZMH and NKG7. Moreover, these CD137+ CD8+ T cells exhibited tumour-specific clonal expansion and presented signature overlap with tumour-reactive CD8+ T cells described in human cancer. We demonstrate superior anticancer activity of this activated and exhausted-like human CD8+ T cell subset by adoptive transfer experiments using recipients bearing autologous human tumours. Mice adoptively transferred with CD137+ CD8+ T cells showed reduced tumour growth and higher CD8+ T cell tumour infiltration, correlating with control of human tumours. Interpretation: We established an immunocompetent humanized tumour model, providing a tool for immunotherapy research and defined effective anticancer activity of human effector CD8+ T cells with an activated and exhausted-like phenotype, supporting clinical exploration of such cells in adoptive T cell therapies. Funding: Swiss Cancer Research foundation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23523964
- Volume :
- 106
- Issue :
- 105240-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- EBioMedicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.97362e817bc54a9186814285396df9bd
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105240