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CD8 T cell tolerance to a tumor-associated self-antigen is reversed by CD4 T cells engineered to express the same T cell receptor

Ghorashian, S; Veliça, P; Chua, I; McNicol, AM; Carpenter, B; Holler, A; Nicholson, E; ... Stauss, HJ; + view all (2015) CD8 T cell tolerance to a tumor-associated self-antigen is reversed by CD4 T cells engineered to express the same T cell receptor. Journal of Immunology , 194 (3) 1080 - 1089. 10.4049/jimmunol.1401703. Green open access

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Abstract

Ag receptors used for cancer immunotherapy are often directed against tumor-associated Ags also expressed in normal tissues. Targeting of such Ags can result in unwanted autoimmune attack of normal tissues or induction of tolerance in therapeutic T cells. We used a murine model to study the phenotype and function of T cells redirected against the murine double minute protein 2 (MDM2), a tumor-associated Ag that shows low expression in many normal tissues. Transfer of MDM2-TCR-engineered T cells into bone marrow chimeric mice revealed that Ag recognition in hematopoietic tissues maintained T cell function, whereas presentation of MDM2 in nonhematopoietic tissues caused reduced effector function. TCR-engineered CD8(+) T cells underwent rapid turnover, downmodulated CD8 expression, and lost cytotoxic function. We found that MDM2-TCR-engineered CD4(+) T cells provided help and restored cytotoxic function of CD8(+) T cells bearing the same TCR. Although the introduction of the CD8 coreceptor enhanced the ability of CD4(+) T cells to recognize MDM2 in vitro, the improved self-antigen recognition abolished their ability to provide helper function in vivo. The data indicate that the same class I-restricted TCR responsible for Ag recognition and tolerance induction in CD8(+) T cells can, in the absence of the CD8 coreceptor, elicit CD4 T cell help and partially reverse tolerance. Thus MHC class I-restricted CD4(+) T cells may enhance the efficacy of therapeutic TCR-engineered CD8(+) T cells and can be readily generated with the same TCR.

Type: Article
Title: CD8 T cell tolerance to a tumor-associated self-antigen is reversed by CD4 T cells engineered to express the same T cell receptor
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401703
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1401703
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2015 The Authors This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 Unported license.
Keywords: Adoptive Transfer, Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm, Autoantigens, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Communication, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Gene Expression, Immune Tolerance, Immunophenotyping, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Phenotype, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Transduction, Genetic
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1459766
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