Project description:MC38 tumors resistant to anti-PD-1 treatment (MC38-resistant) were generated through serial in vivo passaging, and global gene expression analysis was used to compare resistant and parental tumors. MC38 and MC38-resistant tumors exhibited widespread changes in global gene expression.
Project description:Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine with diverse roles in homeostasis, inflammation, and cancer. In multiple syngeneic mouse tumor models, we found that blockade of IL-6 signaling (using an IL6R-blocking antibody) synergized with anti-PD-L1 therapy to drive potent anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses and tumor rejection. To better characterize the cell-intrinsic effects of IL-6 signaling in tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells during anti-PD-L1 therapy, we generated mice with genetic IL6R deficiency restricted to CD8 T cells by crossing IL6R.loxp and E8i.CD8.Cre mice (CD8ΔIL6R mice). Compared to WT littermate controls, we found that CD8ΔIL6R mice had stronger respones to anti-PD-L1 therapy in terms of improved CD8 T cell function (e.g. increased production of IFNγ and TNF, measured by flow cytometry) and enhanced tumor control, suggesting that direct IL-6 signaling in CD8 T cells is sufficient to impair anti-tumor immunity. In this study we aimed to characterize the phenotype of IL6R-deficient CD8 T cells in more detail via whole-transcriptome profiling. CD8ΔIL6R and WT littermates were implanted with MC38 tumors in the right flank; when tumors reached ~150mm3 in volume, animals were randomized to isotype control or anti-PD-L1 treatment. CD8 T cells were FACS-purified from tumor tissue 7 days later and profiled by bulk RNAseq. Compared to cells from WT mice, CD8 T cells from CD8ΔIL6R mice showed increased expression of interferon-driven gene signatures, increased expression of cell cycle genes, and increased expression of genes critical for oxidative phosphorylation. In contrast, WT cells had higher expression of genes associated with naive and memory precursor cells. Thus, IL-6 signaling in tumor-reactive CD8 T cells limits their capacity to differentiate into potent anti-tumor effectors.
Project description:Checkpoint inhibitors like anti-PD1/PD-L1 have demonstrated significant therapeutic efficacy in a subset of patients partly through reinvigoration of CD8 T cells. However, their impact on myeloid cells remains largely unknown. Here we report that anti-PD-L1 treatment favorably impacts the phenotype and function of tumor macrophages by polarizing the macrophage compartment towards a more pro-inflammatory phenotype. This phenotype was characterized by a decrease in Arginase-I (ARG1) expression and an increase in iNOS, MHCII, and CD40 expression. Whole-transcriptome profiling further confirmed extensive polarization of both tumor monocytes and macrophages from a suppressive to a pro-inflammatory, immuno-stimulatory phenotype. This polarization was driven mainly through IFNγ and was associated with enhanced T cell activity. Transfer of monocytes into anti-PD-L1-treated tumor-bearing mice led to macrophage differentiation into a more pro-inflammatory phenotype, with an increase in CD8 T cells expressing granzyme B and an increase in the CD8/Treg ratio compared to control-treated mice. While in responsive tumor models anti-PD-L1 treatment remodeled the macrophage compartment with beneficial effects on T cells, both macrophage reprogramming and depletion were needed to maximize anti-PD-L1 responses in a tumor immune contexture with high macrophage burden. Our results demonstrate that anti-PD-L1 treatment can favorably remodel the macrophage compartment in responsive tumor models towards a more pro-inflammatory phenotype, mainly through increased IFNγ levels. They also suggest that directly targeting these cells with reprogramming and depleting agents may further augment the breadth and depth of response to anti-PD-L1 treatment in less responsive or more macrophage-dense tumor microenvironments. The "SAMPLE_ID" sample characteristic is a sample identifier internal to Genentech. The ID of this project in Genentech's ExpressionPlot database is NGS1772.
Project description:We treated mice bearing MC38 tumors with anti-PD-1 antibody (twice each week) or D18 (once one week). CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells and DCs were respectively isolated from tumors by FACS and RNA-seq performed. The goals of this study are to identify the activated cellular pathways in different subtype cells with the combination treatment. Samples were sequenced on an Illumina Hiseq 4000 instrument. The sequence reads were aligned to mouse mm10 reference genome using STAR (2.4.0) and then assembled and quantified by HTSeq (0.6.1) with Gencode M8 as annotation. DESeq2 was used for differential gene expression analysis among subgroups. Hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis were plotted applying FactoMineR and gplots libraries in R. log2 [FPKM] was calculated for each gene. We found that Granzyme, IFNγ, TNF were up-regulated and the related interferon induction pathway was activated in CD8+ T cells; the Th1 pathway and interferon signaling pathway were activated in CD4+ T cells; the expression of interferon-related and antigen-presenting machinery-related genes were increased in DCs by the combination treatment.
Project description:Purpose: Use RNA-seq to characterize the anti-tumor immune response induced by ALPN-202 and compare to that of anti-PD-L1 treatment alone. Methods: mRNA was isolated from MC38/hPD-L1 tumors 72 hours after a single dose of ALPN-202 (n=4), anti-PD-L1 mAb (durvalumab) (n=4), or Fc control (n=4). Results: ALPN-202 treatment resulted in elevated expression of multiple T cell, NK cell, myeloid cell genes. Additionally, there was a strong increase in genes commonly associated with a proinflammatory response including cytokines, chemokines and surface markers. Conclusions: ALPN-202 treatment resulted in a strong anti-tumor immune response that was more potent than that generated by blockade of PD-L1 alone.
Project description:Immune surveillance escaping is essential for survival of original tumor. Considering PB-020’s good pharmacokinetic properties, combined effect of PB-020 and immunotherapy drugs is worth studying. As PB-020 can effectively suppress mouse colorectal cancer cell lines in cell culture, we tested the effect of combining PB-020 with the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody RMP1-14 on the growth of subcutaneously implanted MC38 cells to C57BL/6 mice as a syngeneic mouse model of colorectal cancer. To clarify the molecular mechanism underling this anti-cancer therapy, we executed RNA sequencing of tumor sample obtained from the experiment above.
Project description:To determine differential metabolic gene expression in distinct cell populations from subcutaneous MC38 tumors at baseline and in response to rapamycin, tumors from mice treated with vehicle or rapamycin were harvested, reconstituted to single cell suspensions, and flow sorted into cancer cell (CD45-), tumor-associated macrophage (TAM, CD45+ CD11b+ Ly6G- Ly6C lo F4/80 hi), monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cell (M-MDSC, CD45+ CD11b+ Ly6G- Ly6C hi), CD8 T cell (CD45+ CD3+ CD8a+), and CD4 T cell (CD45+ CD3+ CD8a-) populations. RNA was extracted and transcripts were quantified by the NanoString nCounter Metabolic Pathways Panel.