[PDF][PDF] A phenotypic signature that identifies neoantigen-reactive T cells in fresh human lung cancers

K Hanada, C Zhao, R Gil-Hoyos, JJ Gartner… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
K Hanada, C Zhao, R Gil-Hoyos, JJ Gartner, C Chow-Parmer, FJ Lowery, S Krishna
Cancer Cell, 2022cell.com
A common theme across multiple successful immunotherapies for cancer is the recognition
of tumor-specific mutations (neoantigens) by T cells. The rapid discovery of such antigen
responses could lead to improved therapies through the adoptive transfer of T cells
engineered to express neoantigen-reactive T cell receptors (TCRs). Here, through CITE-seq
(cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes by sequencing) and TCR-seq of non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), we develop a neoantigen …
Summary
A common theme across multiple successful immunotherapies for cancer is the recognition of tumor-specific mutations (neoantigens) by T cells. The rapid discovery of such antigen responses could lead to improved therapies through the adoptive transfer of T cells engineered to express neoantigen-reactive T cell receptors (TCRs). Here, through CITE-seq (cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes by sequencing) and TCR-seq of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), we develop a neoantigen-reactive T cell signature based on clonotype frequency and CD39 protein and CXCL13 mRNA expression. Screening of TCRs selected by the signature allows us to identify neoantigen-reactive TCRs with a success rate of 45% for CD8+ and 66% for CD4+ T cells. Because of the small number of samples analyzed (4 patients), generalizability remains to be tested. However, this approach can enable the quick identification of neoantigen-reactive TCRs and expedite the engineering of personalized neoantigen-reactive T cells for therapy.
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