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Effects of durvalumab alone or combined with tremelimumab on preexisting cells in the tumor microenvironment

ABSTRACT: Immune checkpoint blockade with anti–PD-1/L1 or anti–CTLA-4 therapies has shown promising results across multiple cancer types, but the mechanisms within the tumor microenvironment (TME) have not been fully characterized. We used single-cell RNA sequencing to investigate the effects of anti–PD-L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) durvalumab (D) alone and combined with an anti–CTLA-4 mAb, tremelimumab (T), on distinct subsets of immune cells. Upon treatment with D or D+T, two NSCLC tumors showed elevated IFNγ responses, although they differed in magnitude of response but differed in other areas. Our results highlight that D and D+T in the TME have some consistent effects across tumors but also exhibit tumor-specific effects depending on composition and functional state of immune cells in the TME at time of treatment. This complex tumor-specific interplay of diverse immune subtypes in the TME is critical to better understand patient response to immunotherapy.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE131933 | GEO | 2021/09/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Using both global and conditional knockout mice, we demonstrated that the transcription factor Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Family Member E40 (BHLHE40/DEC1) is required in T cells for rejection of mouse syngeneic tumors upon immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) with anti-PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment. Using single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) we profiled intratumoral CD45+ cells from syngeneic mouse sarcomas that (a) grow progressively with control treatment in either Bhlhe40+/+ or Bhlhe40-/- tumor-bearing mice, (b) reject following anti-PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4 ICT in Bhlhe40+/+ tumor-bearing mice, or (c) grow progressively following anti-PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4 in Bhlhe40-/- mice. We performed two separate scRNAseq experiments with the same conditions but harvested tumors on either day 9 post-tumor transplant or day 11 post-tumor transplant. The groups were as follows: (1) Control mAb Bhlhe40+/+, (2) Control mAb Bhlhe40-/-, (3) anti-PD-1 Bhlhe40+/+, (4) anti-PD-1 Bhlhe40-/-, (5) anti-CTLA-4 Bhlhe40+/+, and (6) anti-CTLA-4 Bhlhe40-/-. scRNAseq of intratumoral immune cells in BHLHE40-deficient mice revealed differential ICT-induced immune cell remodeling. These BHLHE40-dependent gene expression alterations were associated with altered metabolism, NF-kB signaling, and IFN- response in subpopulations of intratumoral CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Intratumoral T cells from tumor-bearing Bhlhe40-/- mice also had higher transcript expression of the inhibitory receptor gene Tigit, along with altered transcript expression of chemokine/chemokine receptor granzyme family members. Bhlhe40-/- CD4+ and CD8+ T cells also had reduced ICT-driven IFN- production. Furthermore, BHLHE40 was required for ICT-induced remodeling of macrophages from a CX3CR1+ CD206+ subpopulation to an iNOS+ subpopulation. While anti-PD-1 or anti-CTLA-4 ICT in tumor-bearing Bhlhe40-/- mice led to tumor outgrowth—several BHLHE40-dependent changes were specific to the ICT treatment that was administered.

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Effects of durvalumab alone or combined with tremelimumab on preexisting cells in the tumor microenvironment

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