Deletion of PTPN22 improves effector and memory CD8+ T cell responses to tumors.

ABSTRACT: Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) has been established as an efficacious methodology for the treatment of cancer. Identifying targets to enhance the antigen recognition, functional capacity and longevity of T cells has the potential to broaden the applicability of these approaches in the clinic. We previously reported that targeting expression of phosphotyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type (PTPN) 22 in effector CD8+ T cells enhances the efficacy of ACT for tumor clearance in mice. In the current work, we demonstrate that, upon ACT, PTPN22-deficient effector CD8+ T cells afford greater protection against tumors expressing very low affinity antigen, but do not survive long-term in vivo. Persistence of CD8+ T cells following tumor clearance is improved by ACT of memory phenotype cells that hav

SUBMITTER: Brownlie RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777814 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature