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Huang M, Fang W, Farrel A, Li L, Chronopoulos A, Nasholm N, Cheng B, Zheng T, Yoda H, Barata MJ, Porras T, Miller ML, Zhen Q, Ghiglieri L, McHenry L, Wang L, Asgharzadeh S, Park J, Gustafson WC, Matthay KK, Maris JM, Weiss WA. ALK upregulates POSTN and WNT signaling to drive neuroblastoma. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113927. [PMID: 38451815 PMCID: PMC11101011 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. While MYCN and mutant anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALKF1174L) cooperate in tumorigenesis, how ALK contributes to tumor formation remains unclear. Here, we used a human stem cell-based model of neuroblastoma. Mis-expression of ALKF1174L and MYCN resulted in shorter latency compared to MYCN alone. MYCN tumors resembled adrenergic, while ALK/MYCN tumors resembled mesenchymal, neuroblastoma. Transcriptomic analysis revealed enrichment in focal adhesion signaling, particularly the extracellular matrix genes POSTN and FN1 in ALK/MYCN tumors. Patients with ALK-mutant tumors similarly demonstrated elevated levels of POSTN and FN1. Knockdown of POSTN, but not FN1, delayed adhesion and suppressed proliferation of ALK/MYCN tumors. Furthermore, loss of POSTN reduced ALK-dependent activation of WNT signaling. Reciprocally, inhibition of the WNT pathway reduced expression of POSTN and growth of ALK/MYCN tumor cells. Thus, ALK drives neuroblastoma in part through a feedforward loop between POSTN and WNT signaling.
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- Miller Huang
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Disease Institutes, and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Sun Y, Florio TJ, Gupta S, Young MC, Marshall QF, Garfinkle SE, Papadaki GF, Truong HV, Mycek E, Li P, Farrel A, Church NL, Jabar S, Beasley MD, Kiefel BR, Yarmarkovich M, Mallik L, Maris JM, Sgourakis NG. Structural principles of peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptor recognition guide therapeutic expansion. Sci Immunol 2023; 8:eadj5792. [PMID: 38039376 PMCID: PMC10782944 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adj5792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Abstract
Peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptors (PC-CARs) recognize oncoprotein epitopes displayed by cell-surface human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and offer a promising strategy for targeted cancer therapy. We have previously developed a PC-CAR targeting a neuroblastoma-associated PHOX2B peptide, leading to robust tumor cell lysis restricted by two common HLA allotypes. Here, we determine the 2.1-angstrom crystal structure of the PC-CAR-PHOX2B-HLA-A*24:02-β2m complex, which reveals the basis for antigen-specific recognition through interactions with CAR complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). This PC-CAR adopts a diagonal docking mode, where interactions with both conserved and polymorphic HLA framework residues permit recognition of multiple HLA allotypes from the A9 serological cross-reactive group, covering a combined global population frequency of up to 46.7%. Biochemical binding assays, molecular dynamics simulations, and structural and functional analyses demonstrate that high-affinity PC-CAR recognition of cross-reactive pHLAs necessitates the presentation of a specific peptide backbone, where subtle structural adaptations of the peptide are critical for high-affinity complex formation, and CAR T cell killing. Our results provide a molecular blueprint for engineering CARs with optimal recognition of tumor-associated antigens in the context of different HLAs, while minimizing cross-reactivity with self-epitopes.
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- Yi Sun
- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Yarmarkovich M, Marshall QF, Warrington JM, Premaratne R, Farrel A, Groff D, Li W, di Marco M, Runbeck E, Truong H, Toor JS, Tripathi S, Nguyen S, Shen H, Noel T, Church NL, Weiner A, Kendsersky N, Martinez D, Weisberg R, Christie M, Eisenlohr L, Bosse KR, Dimitrov DS, Stevanovic S, Sgourakis NG, Kiefel BR, Maris JM. Retraction Note: Cross-HLA targeting of intracellular oncoproteins with peptide-centric CARs. Nature 2023; 623:872. [PMID: 37938785 PMCID: PMC10665177 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06731-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Mark Yarmarkovich
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Yarmarkovich M, Marshall QF, Warrington JM, Premaratne R, Farrel A, Groff D, Li W, di Marco M, Runbeck E, Truong H, Toor JS, Tripathi S, Nguyen S, Shen H, Noel T, Church NL, Weiner A, Kendsersky N, Martinez D, Weisberg R, Christie M, Eisenlohr L, Bosse KR, Dimitrov DS, Stevanovic S, Sgourakis NG, Kiefel BR, Maris JM. Targeting of intracellular oncoproteins with peptide-centric CARs. Nature 2023; 623:820-827. [PMID: 37938771 PMCID: PMC10665195 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06706-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
Abstract
The majority of oncogenic drivers are intracellular proteins, constraining their immunotherapeutic targeting to mutated peptides (neoantigens) presented by individual human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allotypes1. However, most cancers have a modest mutational burden that is insufficient for generating responses using neoantigen-based therapies2,3. Neuroblastoma is a paediatric cancer that harbours few mutations and is instead driven by epigenetically deregulated transcriptional networks4. Here we show that the neuroblastoma immunopeptidome is enriched with peptides derived from proteins essential for tumorigenesis. We focused on targeting the unmutated peptide QYNPIRTTF discovered on HLA-A*24:02, which is derived from the neuroblastoma-dependency gene and master transcriptional regulator PHOX2B. To target QYNPIRTTF, we developed peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptors (PC-CARs) through a counter panning strategy using predicted potentially cross-reactive peptides. We further proposed that PC-CARs can recognize peptides on additional HLA allotypes when presenting a similar overall molecular surface. Informed by our computational modelling results, we show that PHOX2B PC-CARs also recognize QYNPIRTTF presented by HLA-A*23:01, the most common non-A2 allele in people with African ancestry. Finally, we demonstrate potent and specific killing of neuroblastoma cells expressing these HLAs in vitro and complete tumour regression in mice. These data suggest that PC-CARs have the potential to expand the pool of immunotherapeutic targets to include non-immunogenic intracellular oncoproteins and allow targeting through additional HLA allotypes in a clinical setting.
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- Mark Yarmarkovich
- Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Farrel A, Li P, Veenbergen S, Patel K, Maris JM, Leonard WJ. ROGUE: an R Shiny app for RNA sequencing analysis and biomarker discovery. BMC Bioinformatics 2023; 24:303. [PMID: 37516886 PMCID: PMC10386769 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-023-05420-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The growing power and ever decreasing cost of RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) technologies have resulted in an explosion of RNA-Seq data production. Comparing gene expression values within RNA-Seq datasets is relatively easy for many interdisciplinary biomedical researchers; however, user-friendly software applications increase the ability of biologists to efficiently explore available datasets. RESULTS Here, we describe ROGUE (RNA-Seq Ontology Graphic User Environment, https://marisshiny. RESEARCH chop.edu/ROGUE/ ), a user-friendly R Shiny application that allows a biologist to perform differentially expressed gene analysis, gene ontology and pathway enrichment analysis, potential biomarker identification, and advanced statistical analyses. We use ROGUE to identify potential biomarkers and show unique enriched pathways between various immune cells. CONCLUSIONS User-friendly tools for the analysis of next generation sequencing data, such as ROGUE, will allow biologists to efficiently explore their datasets, discover expression patterns, and advance their research by allowing them to develop and test hypotheses.
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- Alvin Farrel
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Laboratory of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Sun Y, Florio TJ, Gupta S, Young MC, Marshall QF, Garfinkle SE, Papadaki GF, Truong HV, Mycek E, Li P, Farrel A, Church NL, Jabar S, Beasley MD, Kiefel BR, Yarmarkovich M, Mallik L, Maris JM, Sgourakis NG. Structural principles of peptide-centric Chimeric Antigen Receptor recognition guide therapeutic expansion. bioRxiv 2023:2023.05.24.542108. [PMID: 37292750 PMCID: PMC10245919 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.24.542108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Peptide-Centric Chimeric Antigen Receptors (PC-CARs), which recognize oncoprotein epitopes displayed by human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) on the cell surface, offer a promising strategy for targeted cancer therapy 1 . We have previously developed a PC-CAR targeting a neuroblastoma- associated PHOX2B peptide, leading to robust tumor cell lysis restricted by two common HLA allotypes 2 . Here, we determine the 2.1 Å structure of the PC-CAR:PHOX2B/HLA-A*24:02/β2m complex, which reveals the basis for antigen-specific recognition through interactions with CAR complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). The PC-CAR adopts a diagonal docking mode, where interactions with both conserved and polymorphic HLA framework residues permit recognition of multiple HLA allotypes from the A9 serological cross-reactivity group, covering a combined American population frequency of up to 25.2%. Comprehensive characterization using biochemical binding assays, molecular dynamics simulations, and structural and functional analyses demonstrate that high-affinity PC-CAR recognition of cross-reactive pHLAs necessitates the presentation of a specific peptide backbone, where subtle structural adaptations of the peptide are critical for high-affinity complex formation and CAR-T cell killing. Our results provide a molecular blueprint for engineering CARs with optimal recognition of tumor-associated antigens in the context of different HLAs, while minimizing cross-reactivity with self-epitopes.
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Krytska K, Casey CE, Pogoriler J, Martinez D, Rathi KS, Farrel A, Berko ER, Tsang M, Sano RR, Kendsersky N, Erickson SW, Teicher BA, Isse K, Saunders L, Smith MA, Maris JM, Mossé YP. Evaluation of the DLL3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate rovalpituzumab tesirine in preclinical models of neuroblastoma. Cancer Res Commun 2022; 2:616-623. [PMID: 36381237 PMCID: PMC9648412 DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Neuroblastomas have neuroendocrine features and often show similar gene expression patterns to small cell lung cancer including high expression of delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3). Here we determine the efficacy of rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T), an antibody drug conjugated (ADC) with a pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dimer toxin targeting DLL3, in preclinical models of human neuroblastoma. We evaluated DLL3 expression in RNA sequencing data sets and performed immunohistochemistry (IHC) on neuroblastoma patient derived xenograft (PDX), human neuroblastoma primary tumor and normal childhood tissue microarrays (TMAs). We then evaluated the activity of Rova-T against 11 neuroblastoma PDX models using varying doses and schedules and compared anti-tumor activity to expression levels. DLL3 mRNA was differentially overexpressed in neuroblastoma at comparable levels to small cell lung cancer, as well as Wilms and rhabdoid tumors. DLL3 protein was robustly expressed across the neuroblastoma PDX array, but membranous staining was variable. The human neuroblastoma array, however, showed staining in only 44% of cases, whereas no significant staining was observed in the normal childhood tissue array. Rova-T showed a clear dose response effect across the 11 models tested, with a single dose inducing a complete or partial response in 3/11 and stable disease in another 3/11 models. No overt signs of toxicity were observed, and there was no treatment-related mortality. Strong membranous staining was necessary, but not sufficient, for anti-tumor activity. Rova-T has activity in a subset of neuroblastoma preclinical models, but heterogeneous expression in these models and the near absence of expression seen in human tumors suggests that any DLL3-targeting clinical trial should be only performed with a robust companion diagnostic to evaluate DLL3 expression for patient selection.
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- Kateryna Krytska
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics and Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics and Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Abbvie Stemcentrx, South San Francisco, California
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Kendsersky NM, Mabe NW, Farrel A, Grossmann LD, Odrobina M, Stegmaier K, Maris JM. Abstract 3889: Identification of ADRN-specific, MES-specific, and pan-subtype therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma. Cancer Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2022-3889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Abstract
Background: Neuroblastoma is an extracranial solid tumor of childhood that arises from the developing sympathetic nervous system. Half of patients with high-risk disease do not survive despite multimodal therapy, and survival after relapse is unlikely. Recent studies have characterized two distinct neuroblastoma cell subtypes: the adrenergic (ADRN) subtype of sympathetic noradrenergic-like identity and the mesenchymal (MES) subtype of neural crest-like identity. ADRN-like cells are more aggressive and proliferative, while the MES-like cells are chemotherapy resistant. Neuroblastoma tumors are heterogenous and comprised of both ADRN and MES cell subtypes, which likely leads to differential responses to therapy. Thus, to eliminate cells that may lead to tumor relapse, it is critical to develop therapies against both neuroblastoma subtypes.
Methods: To identify candidate subtype-specific therapeutic targets, we used ssGSEA to classify human neuroblastoma tumors into ADRN- or MES-dominant and performed differential expression. We validated subtype-specific targets in additional datasets and models, including transdifferentiated neuroblastoma cell lines (ADRN-to-MES) after inducible overexpression of the MES transcription factor PRRX1.
Results: We show ADRN-specific expression of known preclinical and clinical neuroblastoma targets with limited or no expression in MES-dominant tumors. We propose CD276 (B7-H3) and L1CAM as pan-subtype targets with similar expression in both subtypes and stable expression after ADRN-to-MES transdifferentiation. In MES-specific neuroblastoma patient samples and cell lines, we identify the receptor tyrosine kinase AXL as a candidate MES target. MES neuroblastoma cell lines are more sensitive to small molecule AXL inhibitors (Cabozantinib, NPS-1034, and ONO-7475) compared to ADRN cell lines. We also observe higher expression of PDL1 and immunosuppressive chemokines in MES-dominant tumors and cell lines. Finally, we detect AXL and Gas6 transcripts in tumor-resident macrophages and fibroblasts, which may further promote immune evasion.
Conclusion: Here we have identified and prioritized ADRN-specific, MES-specific, and pan-subtype neuroblastoma therapeutic targets and suggest AXL-targeted therapy may eliminate both MES-dominant neuroblastoma cells and immune cell populations that contribute to an immunosuppressive microenvironment.
Citation Format: Nathan M. Kendsersky, Nathaniel W. Mabe, Alvin Farrel, Liron D. Grossmann, Michal Odrobina, Kimberly Stegmaier, John M. Maris. Identification of ADRN-specific, MES-specific, and pan-subtype therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 3889.
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- 2Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 2Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Yarmarkovich M, Marshall QF, Warrington JM, Premaratne R, Farrel A, Groff D, Li W, di Marco M, Runbeck E, Truong H, Toor JS, Tripathi S, Nguyen S, Shen H, Noel T, Church NL, Weiner A, Kendsersky N, Martinez D, Weisberg R, Christie M, Eisenlohr L, Bosse KR, Dimitrov DS, Stevanovic S, Sgourakis NG, Kiefel BR, Maris JM. Cross-HLA targeting of intracellular oncoproteins with peptide-centric CARs. Nature 2021; 599:477-484. [PMID: 34732890 PMCID: PMC8599005 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04061-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
The majority of oncogenic drivers are intracellular proteins, thus constraining their immunotherapeutic targeting to mutated peptides (neoantigens) presented by individual human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allotypes1. However, most cancers have a modest mutational burden that is insufficient to generate responses using neoantigen-based therapies2,3. Neuroblastoma is a paediatric cancer that harbours few mutations and is instead driven by epigenetically deregulated transcriptional networks4. Here we show that the neuroblastoma immunopeptidome is enriched with peptides derived from proteins that are essential for tumourigenesis and focus on targeting the unmutated peptide QYNPIRTTF, discovered on HLA-A*24:02, which is derived from the neuroblastoma dependency gene and master transcriptional regulator PHOX2B. To target QYNPIRTTF, we developed peptide-centric chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) using a counter-panning strategy with predicted potentially cross-reactive peptides. We further hypothesized that peptide-centric CARs could recognize peptides on additional HLA allotypes when presented in a similar manner. Informed by computational modelling, we showed that PHOX2B peptide-centric CARs also recognize QYNPIRTTF presented by HLA-A*23:01 and the highly divergent HLA-B*14:02. Finally, we demonstrated potent and specific killing of neuroblastoma cells expressing these HLAs in vitro and complete tumour regression in mice. These data suggest that peptide-centric CARs have the potential to vastly expand the pool of immunotherapeutic targets to include non-immunogenic intracellular oncoproteins and widen the population of patients who would benefit from such therapy by breaking conventional HLA restriction.
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- Mark Yarmarkovich
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Lisco A, Hsu AP, Dimitrova D, Proctor DM, Mace EM, Ye P, Anderson MV, Hicks SN, Grivas C, Hammoud DA, Manion M, Starrett GJ, Farrel A, Dobbs K, Brownell I, Buck C, Notarangelo LD, Orange JS, Leonard WJ, Orestes MI, Peters AT, Kanakry JA, Segre JA, Kong HH, Sereti I. Treatment of Relapsing HPV Diseases by Restored Function of Natural Killer Cells. N Engl J Med 2021; 385:921-929. [PMID: 34469647 PMCID: PMC8590529 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2102715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections underlie a wide spectrum of both benign and malignant epithelial diseases. In this report, we describe the case of a young man who had encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus during adolescence and currently presented with multiple recurrent skin and mucosal lesions caused by HPV. The patient was found to have a pathogenic germline mutation in the X-linked interleukin-2 receptor subunit gamma gene (IL2RG), which was somatically reverted in T cells but not in natural killer (NK) cells. Allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation led to restoration of NK cytotoxicity, with normalization of the skin microbiome and persistent remission of all HPV-related diseases. NK cytotoxicity appears to play a role in containing HPV colonization and the ensuing HPV-related hyperplastic or dysplastic lesions. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Shared Resources.).
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- Andrea Lisco
- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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- From the Laboratories of Immunoregulation (A.L., P.Y., M.V.A., C.G., M.M., I.S.) and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (A.P.H., K.D., L.D.N.), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Experimental Transplantation and Immunotherapy Branch (D.D., S.N.H., J.A.K.) and the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology (G.J.S., C.B.), National Cancer Institute, the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (D.M.P., J.A.S.), the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (A.F., W.J.L.), the Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (H.H.K., I.B.), and the Center for Infectious Disease Imaging (D.A.H.), National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (M.I.O.) - all in Bethesda, MD; Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York (E.M.M., J.S.O.); and the Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (A.T.P.)
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Yarmarkovich M, Warrington JM, Farrel A, Maris JM. Abstract PO-049: SARS-CoV-2 multiepitope vaccine constructs designed to drive long-term immunity in the majority of the population. Clin Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.covid-19-po-049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has precipitated an urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine to be developed and deployed in a highly accelerated timeframe as compared to standard vaccine development processes. Upfront selection of epitopes most likely to induce a safe and effective immune response can accelerate these efforts. Optimally designed vaccines maximize immunogenicity towards regions of proteins that contribute most to protective immunity, while minimizing the antigenic load contributed by unnecessary protein domains that may result in autoimmunity, reactogenicity, or enhanced infectivity. Adopting tools developed for population-scale characterization of HLA presentation of tumor antigens and cross-reactivity of TCRs with tumor self-antigens, we have generated an immunogenicity map of SARS-CoV-2 to inform vaccine design based on analyses across five parameters: 1) stimulation of CD4 and CD8 T cells; 2) immunogenicity across the majority of human HLA alleles; 3) targeting both evolutionarily conserved regions, as well as newly divergent regions of the virus that increase infectivity; 4) targeting linear and conformational B-cell epitopes; and 5) targeting viral regions with the highest degree of dissimilarity to the self-immunopeptidome such as to maximize safety and immunogenicity. Using these analyses, we have generated 11 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine constructs optimized for long-term immunity across the majority of the population. These constructs contain combinations of epitopes selected from our analysis such as to drive affinity-enhanced memory response in combination with current spike protein vaccine strategies, for use as T-cell vaccines, and a stand-alone vaccine designed to drive memory B- and T-cell responses in the majority of the population. Epitopes were optimized using our immunogenicity algorithm to minimize immunogenicity across the junctions between epitopes and cloned into pVAX vectors, using signal peptides targeting the lysosome, ER, and cytoplasmic secretion, such as to promote presentation to CD4, CD8, and B cells, respectively. Finally, we describe methods for identifying immunodominant epitopes arising from vaccination using barcoded, multiplexed tetramers. Vaccine constructs are currently undergoing testing in transgenic mice expressing human HLA-A2. We expect that these constructs will help drive long-term immunity across the population, targeting conserved regions across multiple coronaviruses.
Citation Format: Mark Yarmarkovich, John M. Warrington, Alvin Farrel, John M. Maris. SARS-CoV-2 multiepitope vaccine constructs designed to drive long-term immunity in the majority of the population [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Virtual Meeting: COVID-19 and Cancer; 2020 Jul 20-22. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2020;26(18_Suppl):Abstract nr PO-049.
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Yarmarkovich M, Warrington JM, Farrel A, Maris JM. Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Epitopes Predicted to Induce Long-Term Population-Scale Immunity. Cell Rep Med 2020; 1:100036. [PMID: 32835302 PMCID: PMC7276303 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Here we propose a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design concept based on identification of highly conserved regions of the viral genome and newly acquired adaptations, both predicted to generate epitopes presented on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II across the vast majority of the population. We further prioritize genomic regions that generate highly dissimilar peptides from the human proteome and are also predicted to produce B cell epitopes. We propose sixty-five 33-mer peptide sequences, a subset of which can be tested using DNA or mRNA delivery strategies. These include peptides that are contained within evolutionarily divergent regions of the spike protein reported to increase infectivity through increased binding to the ACE2 receptor and within a newly evolved furin cleavage site thought to increase membrane fusion. Validation and implementation of this vaccine concept could specifically target specific vulnerabilities of SARS-CoV-2 and should engage a robust adaptive immune response in the vast majority of the population.
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- Mark Yarmarkovich
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Healy JR, Hart LS, Shazad AL, Gagliardi ME, Tsang M, Elias J, Ruden J, Farrel A, Rokita JL, Li Y, Wyce A, Barbash O, Batra V, Samanta M, Maris JM, Schnepp RW. Limited antitumor activity of combined BET and MEK inhibition in neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020; 67:e28267. [PMID: 32307821 PMCID: PMC7188563 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma continues to present a formidable challenge to pediatric oncology. Previous studies have shown that Bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) inhibitors can inhibit MYCN expression and suppress MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma in vivo. Furthermore, alterations within RAS-MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signaling play significant roles in neuroblastoma initiation, maintenance, and relapse, and mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) inhibitors demonstrate efficacy in subsets of neuroblastoma preclinical models. Finally, hyperactivation of RAS-MAPK signaling has been shown to promote resistance to BET inhibitors. Therefore, we examined the antitumor efficacy of combined BET/MEK inhibition utilizing I-BET726 or I-BET762 and trametinib in high-risk neuroblastoma. PROCEDURE Utilizing a panel of genomically annotated neuroblastoma cell line models, we investigated the in vitro effects of combined BET/MEK inhibition on cell proliferation and apoptosis. Furthermore, we evaluated the effects of combined inhibition in neuroblastoma xenograft models. RESULTS Combined BET and MEK inhibition demonstrated synergistic effects on the growth and survival of a large panel of neuroblastoma cell lines through augmentation of apoptosis. A combination therapy slowed tumor growth in a non-MYCN-amplified, NRAS-mutated neuroblastoma xenograft model, but had no efficacy in an MYCN-amplified model harboring a loss-of-function mutation in NF1. CONCLUSIONS Combinatorial BET and MEK inhibition was synergistic in the vast majority of neuroblastoma cell lines in the in vitro setting but showed limited antitumor activity in vivo. Collectively, these data do not support clinical development of this combination in high-risk neuroblastoma.
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- Jason R. Healy
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Cancer Epigenetics RU, Oncology R&D, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426
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- Cancer Epigenetics RU, Oncology R&D, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,Corresponding Author(s): John M. Maris, Colket Translational Research Building (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), 3060, 3501 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. . Robert W. Schnepp, Health Sciences Research Building (Emory University School of Medicine), 304, 1760 Haygood Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA,Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA,Corresponding Author(s): John M. Maris, Colket Translational Research Building (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), 3060, 3501 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. . Robert W. Schnepp, Health Sciences Research Building (Emory University School of Medicine), 304, 1760 Haygood Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Yarmarkovich M, Warrington JM, Farrel A, Maris JM. A SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Strategy Focused on Population-Scale Immunity. SSRN 2020:3575161. [PMID: 32714112 PMCID: PMC7366814 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3575161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Here we propose a vaccination strategy for SARS-CoV-2 based on identification of both highly conserved regions of the virus and newly acquired adaptations that are presented by MHC class I and II across the vast majority of the population, are highly dissimilar from the human proteome, and are predicted B cell epitopes. We present 65 peptide sequences that we expect to result in a safe and effective vaccine which can be rapidly tested in DNA, mRNA, or synthetic peptide constructs. These include epitopes that are contained within evolutionarily divergent regions of the spike protein reported to increase infectivity through increased binding to the ACE2 receptor, and within a novel furin cleavage site thought to increase membrane fusion. This vaccination strategy specifically targets unique vulnerabilities of SARS-CoV-2 and should engage a robust adaptive immune response in the vast majority of the human population.
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- Mark Yarmarkovich
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA, 19104; USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA, 19104; USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA, 19104; USA
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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Yarmarkovich M, Warrington JM, Farrel A, Maris JM. A SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Strategy Focused on Population-Scale Immunity. bioRxiv 2020:2020.03.31.018978. [PMID: 32511347 PMCID: PMC7255782 DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.31.018978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Here we propose a vaccination strategy for SARS-CoV-2 based on identification of both highly conserved regions of the virus and newly acquired adaptations that are presented by MHC class I and II across the vast majority of the population, are highly dissimilar from the human proteome, and are predicted B cell epitopes. We present 65 peptide sequences that we expect to result in a safe and effective vaccine which can be rapidly tested in DNA, mRNA, or synthetic peptide constructs. These include epitopes that are contained within evolutionarily divergent regions of the spike protein reported to increase infectivity through increased binding to the ACE2 receptor, and within a novel furin cleavage site thought to increase membrane fusion. This vaccination strategy specifically targets unique vulnerabilities of SARS-CoV-2 and should engage a robust adaptive immune response in the vast majority of the human population.
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Yarmarkovich M, Farrel A, Sison A, di Marco M, Raman P, Parris JL, Monos D, Lee H, Stevanovic S, Maris JM. Immunogenicity and Immune Silence in Human Cancer. Front Immunol 2020; 11:69. [PMID: 32256484 PMCID: PMC7092187 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Despite recent advances in cancer immunotherapy, the process of immunoediting early in tumorigenesis remains obscure. Here, we employ a mathematical model that utilizes the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data to elucidate the contribution of individual mutations and HLA alleles to the immunoediting process. We find that common cancer mutations including BRAF-V600E and KRAS-G12D are predicted to bind none of the common HLA alleles, and are thus “immunogenically silent” in the human population. We identify regions of proteins that are not presented by HLA at a population scale, coinciding with frequently mutated hotspots in cancer, and other protein regions broadly presented across the population in which few mutations occur. We also find that 9/29 common HLA alleles contribute disproportionately to the immunoediting of early oncogenic mutations. These data provide insights into immune evasion of common driver mutations and a molecular basis for the association of particular HLA genotypes with cancer susceptibility.
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- Mark Yarmarkovich
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,The Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Voeller J, Erbe AK, Slowinski J, Rasmussen K, Carlson PM, Hoefges A, VandenHeuvel S, Stuckwisch A, Wang X, Gillies SD, Patel RB, Farrel A, Rokita JL, Maris J, Hank JA, Morris ZS, Rakhmilevich AL, Sondel PM. Combined innate and adaptive immunotherapy overcomes resistance of immunologically cold syngeneic murine neuroblastoma to checkpoint inhibition. J Immunother Cancer 2019; 7:344. [PMID: 31810498 PMCID: PMC6898936 DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0823-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Unlike some adult cancers, most pediatric cancers are considered immunologically cold and generally less responsive to immunotherapy. While immunotherapy has already been incorporated into standard of care treatment for pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, overall survival remains poor. In a mouse melanoma model, we found that radiation and tumor-specific immunocytokine generate an in situ vaccination response in syngeneic mice bearing large tumors. Here, we tested whether a novel immunotherapeutic approach utilizing radiation and immunocytokine together with innate immune stimulation could generate a potent antitumor response with immunologic memory against syngeneic murine neuroblastoma. METHODS Mice bearing disialoganglioside (GD2)-expressing neuroblastoma tumors (either NXS2 or 9464D-GD2) were treated with radiation and immunotherapy (including anti-GD2 immunocytokine with or without anti-CTLA-4, CpG and anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody). Tumor growth, animal survival and immune cell infiltrate were analyzed in the tumor microenvironment in response to various treatment regimens. RESULTS NXS2 had a moderate tumor mutation burden (TMB) while N-MYC driven 9464D-GD2 had a low TMB, therefore the latter served as a better model for high-risk neuroblastoma (an immunologically cold tumor). Radiation and immunocytokine induced a potent in situ vaccination response against NXS2 tumors, but not in the 9464D-GD2 tumor model. Addition of checkpoint blockade with anti-CTLA-4 was not effective alone against 9464D-GD2 tumors; inclusion of CpG and anti-CD40 achieved a potent antitumor response with decreased T regulatory cells within the tumors and induction of immunologic memory. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that a combined innate and adaptive immunotherapeutic approach can be effective against immunologically cold syngeneic murine neuroblastoma. Further testing is needed to determine how these concepts might translate into development of more effective immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of clinically high-risk neuroblastoma.
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- Julie Voeller
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA.,Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 4159 WIMR Bldg., UWCCC, 1111 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53711, USA
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Rokita JL, Rathi KS, Cardenas MF, Upton KA, Jayaseelan J, Cross KL, Pfeil J, Egolf LE, Way GP, Farrel A, Kendsersky NM, Patel K, Gaonkar KS, Modi A, Berko ER, Lopez G, Vaksman Z, Mayoh C, Nance J, McCoy K, Haber M, Evans K, McCalmont H, Bendak K, Böhm JW, Marshall GM, Tyrrell V, Kalletla K, Braun FK, Qi L, Du Y, Zhang H, Lindsay HB, Zhao S, Shu J, Baxter P, Morton C, Kurmashev D, Zheng S, Chen Y, Bowen J, Bryan AC, Leraas KM, Coppens SE, Doddapaneni H, Momin Z, Zhang W, Sacks GI, Hart LS, Krytska K, Mosse YP, Gatto GJ, Sanchez Y, Greene CS, Diskin SJ, Vaske OM, Haussler D, Gastier-Foster JM, Kolb EA, Gorlick R, Li XN, Reynolds CP, Kurmasheva RT, Houghton PJ, Smith MA, Lock RB, Raman P, Wheeler DA, Maris JM. Genomic Profiling of Childhood Tumor Patient-Derived Xenograft Models to Enable Rational Clinical Trial Design. Cell Rep 2019; 29:1675-1689.e9. [PMID: 31693904 PMCID: PMC6880934 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.09.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Accelerating cures for children with cancer remains an immediate challenge as a result of extensive oncogenic heterogeneity between and within histologies, distinct molecular mechanisms evolving between diagnosis and relapsed disease, and limited therapeutic options. To systematically prioritize and rationally test novel agents in preclinical murine models, researchers within the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium are continuously developing patient-derived xenografts (PDXs)-many of which are refractory to current standard-of-care treatments-from high-risk childhood cancers. Here, we genomically characterize 261 PDX models from 37 unique pediatric cancers; demonstrate faithful recapitulation of histologies and subtypes; and refine our understanding of relapsed disease. In addition, we use expression signatures to classify tumors for TP53 and NF1 pathway inactivation. We anticipate that these data will serve as a resource for pediatric oncology drug development and will guide rational clinical trial design for children with cancer.
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- Jo Lynne Rokita
- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA; Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA; Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA; Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA; Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA; Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cancer Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Cancer Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children's Cancer Institute, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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- Department of Global Health Technologies, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
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- Childhood Cancer Data Lab, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA; Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA; Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA; The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
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- Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Preclinical Neurooncology Research Program, Texas Children's Cancer Research Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Division of Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Cancer Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA.
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Coggins GE, Farrel A, Rathi KS, Hayes CM, Scolaro L, Rokita JL, Maris JM. YAP1 Mediates Resistance to MEK1/2 Inhibition in Neuroblastomas with Hyperactivated RAS Signaling. Cancer Res 2019; 79:6204-6214. [PMID: 31672841 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-1415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Relapsed neuroblastomas are enriched with activating mutations of the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway. The MEK1/2 inhibitor trametinib delays tumor growth but does not sustain regression in neuroblastoma preclinical models. Recent studies have implicated the Hippo pathway transcriptional coactivator protein YAP1 as an additional driver of relapsed neuroblastomas, as well as a mediator of trametinib resistance in other cancers. Here, we used a highly annotated set of high-risk neuroblastoma cellular models to modulate YAP1 expression and RAS pathway activation to test whether increased YAP1 transcriptional activity is a mechanism of MEK1/2 inhibition resistance in RAS-driven neuroblastomas. In NLF (biallelic NF1 inactivation) and SK-N-AS (NRAS Q61K) cell lines, trametinib caused a near-complete translocation of YAP1 protein into the nucleus. YAP1 depletion sensitized neuroblastoma cells to trametinib, while overexpression of constitutively active YAP1 protein induced trametinib resistance. Mechanistically, significant enhancement of G1-S cell-cycle arrest, mediated by depletion of MYC/MYCN and E2F transcriptional output, sensitized RAS-driven neuroblastomas to trametinib following YAP1 deletion. These findings underscore the importance of YAP activity in response to trametinib in RAS-driven neuroblastomas, as well as the potential for targeting YAP in a trametinib combination. SIGNIFICANCE: High-risk neuroblastomas with hyperactivated RAS signaling escape the selective pressure of MEK inhibition via YAP1-mediated transcriptional reprogramming and may be sensitive to combination therapies targeting both YAP1 and MEK.
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- Grace E Coggins
- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. .,Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Veenbergen S, Li P, Raatgeep HC, Lindenbergh-Kortleve DJ, Simons-Oosterhuis Y, Farrel A, Costes LMM, Joosse ME, van Berkel LA, de Ruiter LF, van Leeuwen MA, Winter D, Holland SM, Freeman AF, Wakabayashi Y, Zhu J, de Ridder L, Driessen GJ, Escher JC, Leonard WJ, Samsom JN. IL-10 signaling in dendritic cells controls IL-1β-mediated IFNγ secretion by human CD4 + T cells: relevance to inflammatory bowel disease. Mucosal Immunol 2019; 12:1201-1211. [PMID: 31417161 PMCID: PMC6752724 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-019-0194-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Uncontrolled interferon γ (IFNγ)-mediated T-cell responses to commensal microbiota are a driver of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is crucial for controlling these T-cell responses, but the precise mechanism of inhibition remains unclear. A better understanding of how IL-10 exerts its suppressive function may allow identification of individuals with suboptimal IL-10 function among the heterogeneous population of IBD patients. Using cells from patients with an IL10RA deficiency or STAT3 mutations, we demonstrate that IL-10 signaling in monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs), but not T cells, is essential for controlling IFNγ-secreting CD4+ T cells. Deficiency in IL-10 signaling dramatically increased IL-1β release by moDCs. IL-1β boosted IFNγ secretion by CD4+ T cells either directly or indirectly by stimulating moDCs to secrete IL-12. As predicted a signature of IL-10 dysfunction was observed in a subgroup of pediatric IBD patients having higher IL-1β expression in activated immune cells and macroscopically affected intestinal tissue. In agreement, reduced IL10RA expression was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and a subgroup of pediatric IBD patients exhibited diminished IL-10 responsiveness. Our data unveil an important mechanism by which IL-10 controls IFNγ-secreting CD4+ T cells in humans and identifies IL-1β as a potential classifier for a subgroup of IBD patients.
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- S Veenbergen
- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.,To whom correspondence should be addressed: , Dr. Janneke N. Samsom, PhD; Erasmus University Medical Center-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Room Ee1567A, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Tel: +31-(0)10-7043444; Fax: +31-(0)10-7044761; Sharon Veenbergen:
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sophia Children’s Hospital-Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sophia Children’s Hospital-Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Haga Teaching Hospital, Juliana Children’s Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sophia Children’s Hospital-Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,To whom correspondence should be addressed: , Dr. Janneke N. Samsom, PhD; Erasmus University Medical Center-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Laboratory of Pediatrics, division Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Room Ee1567A, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Tel: +31-(0)10-7043444; Fax: +31-(0)10-7044761; Sharon Veenbergen:
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Coggins GE, Farrel A, Rathi K, Hayes CM, Tang T, Post L, Maris JM. Abstract 2886: The Hippo pathway protein YAP mediates resistance to MEK1/2 inhibition in neuroblastoma. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2019-2886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Relapsed NBs harbor an enrichment in mutations activating RAS-MAPK signaling pathway. The MEK1/2 inhibitor trametinib has shown tumor growth delay but not regressions in NB preclinical models. Recent studies have implicated the Hippo pathway transcriptional coactivator protein YAP in relapsed NBs as well as trametinib resistance in other cancers. We hypothesized that increased YAP transcriptional activity is a mechanism of MEK1/2 inhibition resistance in RAS-driven NBs.
Methods: We screened a panel of NB cell lines for mutations predicted to hyperactive the RAS pathway and for high YAP expression. NLF and SK-N-AS cells were treated with the MEK1/2 inhibitor trametinib (20 nM) over 72hrs, and changes in YAP protein expression and cellular localization were observed via immunoblot. YAP protein expression was modulated in NLF, SK-N-AS, and SK-N-FI cells by siRNA-mediated knockdown, CRISPR-Cas9 genetic knockout, and constitutive overexpression. Effects on survival, proliferation, and signaling were observed with and without trametinib treatment by CellTiter-Glo cell cycle analysis, RT-qPCR, and immunoblot. Synergy studies were performed to assess the combination of trametinib and a YAP/TEAD transcriptional activity inhibitor (Vivace Therapeutics) using Incucyte and CellTiter-Glo.
Results: In nuclear extracts of NLF (biallelic NF1 inactivation) and SK-N-AS (NRAS Q61K), trametinib caused a near-complete translocation of YAP protein into the nucleus after 72 hrs. Transient knockdown and genetic knockouts of YAP in untreated NLF cells had a modest effect by decreasing proliferation by 20% (p<0.01), while combinatorial inhibition of MEK and YAP signaling caused a significant reduction in cellular proliferation by 70% (p<0.001). Overexpression of the constitutively-active form of the YAP protein, YAP-5SA, rescued this effect. Finally, synergy assays between trametinib and a YAP-TEAD transcriptional activity inhibitor produced combination index values< 1, indicating strong synergy.
Conclusion: Prolonged trametinib exposure causes a marked nuclear enrichment of active YAP, and co-inhibition of MEK and YAP in NB models effectively reduces proliferation and survival. Genetic depletion of YAP in NB cell lines caused a significant increase in sensitivity to trametinib, which was rescued with overexpression of a constitutively-active YAP-5SA. We have identified a potential drug combination to target a YAP-driven mechanism of trametinib resistance in RAS-driven NBs to support future development of a novel combination therapy for NB patients.
Citation Format: Grace E. Coggins, Alvin Farrel, Komal Rathi, Colin M. Hayes, Tracy Tang, Leonard Post, John M. Maris. The Hippo pathway protein YAP mediates resistance to MEK1/2 inhibition in neuroblastoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2886.
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- 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Lin M, Whitmire S, Chen J, Farrel A, Shi X, Guo JT. Effects of short indels on protein structure and function in human genomes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9313. [PMID: 28839204 PMCID: PMC5570956 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09287-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Insertions and deletions (indels) represent the second most common type of genetic variations in human genomes. Indels can be deleterious and contribute to disease susceptibility as recent genome sequencing projects revealed a large number of indels in various cancer types. In this study, we investigated the possible effects of small coding indels on protein structure and function, and the baseline characteristics of indels in 2504 individuals of 26 populations from the 1000 Genomes Project. We found that each population has a distinct pattern in genes with small indels. Frameshift (FS) indels are enriched in olfactory receptor activity while non-frameshift (NFS) indels are enriched in transcription-related proteins. Structural analysis of NFS indels revealed that they predominantly adopt coil or disordered conformations, especially in proteins with transcription-related NFS indels. These results suggest that the annotated coding indels from the 1000 Genomes Project, while contributing to genetic variations and phenotypic diversity, generally do not affect the core protein structures and have no deleterious effect on essential biological processes. In addition, we found that a number of reference genome annotations might need to be updated due to the high prevalence of annotated homozygous indels in the general population.
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- Maoxuan Lin
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
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UNLABELLED Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression through binding to specific target DNA sites. Accurate annotation of transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) at genome scale represents an essential step toward our understanding of gene regulation networks. In this article, we present a structure-based method for computational prediction of TFBSs using a novel, integrative energy (IE) function. The new energy function combines a multibody (MB) knowledge-based potential and two atomic energy terms (hydrogen bond and π interaction) that might not be accurately captured by the knowledge-based potential owing to the mean force nature and low count problem. We applied the new energy function to the TFBS prediction using a non-redundant dataset that consists of TFs from 12 different families. Our results show that the new IE function improves the prediction accuracy over the knowledge-based, statistical potentials, especially for homeodomain TFs, the second largest TF family in mammals. CONTACT jguo4@uncc.edu SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Alvin Farrel
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Farrel A, Guo JT. An efficient algorithm for improving structure-based prediction of transcription factor binding sites. BMC Bioinformatics 2017; 18:342. [PMID: 28715997 PMCID: PMC5514533 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-017-1755-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Gene expression is regulated by transcription factors binding to specific target DNA sites. Understanding how and where transcription factors bind at genome scale represents an essential step toward our understanding of gene regulation networks. Previously we developed a structure-based method for prediction of transcription factor binding sites using an integrative energy function that combines a knowledge-based multibody potential and two atomic energy terms. While the method performs well, it is not computationally efficient due to the exponential increase in the number of binding sequences to be evaluated for longer binding sites. In this paper, we present an efficient pentamer algorithm by splitting DNA binding sequences into overlapping fragments along with a simplified integrative energy function for transcription factor binding site prediction. Results A DNA binding sequence is split into overlapping pentamers (5 base pairs) for calculating transcription factor-pentamer interaction energy. To combine the results from overlapping pentamer scores, we developed two methods, Kmer-Sum and PWM (Position Weight Matrix) stacking, for full-length binding motif prediction. Our results show that both Kmer-Sum and PWM stacking in the new pentamer approach along with a simplified integrative energy function improved transcription factor binding site prediction accuracy and dramatically reduced computation time, especially for longer binding sites. Conclusion Our new fragment-based pentamer algorithm and simplified energy function improve both efficiency and accuracy. To our knowledge, this is the first fragment-based method for structure-based transcription factor binding sites prediction. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12859-017-1755-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alvin Farrel
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
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Darwanto A, Farrel A, Rogstad DK, Sowers LC. Characterization of DNA glycosylase activity by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2009; 394:13-23. [PMID: 19607800 PMCID: PMC3990469 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The DNA of all organisms is persistently damaged by endogenous reactive molecules. Most of the single-base endogenous damage is repaired through the base excision repair (BER) pathway that is initiated by members of the DNA glycosylase family. Although the BER pathway is often considered to proceed through a common abasic site intermediate, emerging evidence indicates that there are likely distinct branches reflected by the multitude of chemically different 3' and 5' ends generated at the repair site. In this study, we have applied matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) to the analysis of model DNA substrates acted on by recombinant glycosylases. We examine the chemical identity of several possible abasic site and nicked intermediates generated by monofunctional and bifunctional glycosylases. Our results suggest that the intermediate from endoIII/Nth might not be a simple beta-elimination product as described previously. On the basis of (18)O incorporation experiments, we propose a new mechanism for the endoIII/Nth family of glycosylases that may resolve several of the previous controversies. We further demonstrate that the use of an array of lesion-containing oligonucleotides can be used to rapidly examine the substrate preferences of a given glycosylase. Some of the lesions examined here can be acted on by more than one glycosylase, resulting in a spectrum of damaged intermediates for each lesion, suggesting that the sequence and coordination of repair activities that act on these lesions may influence the biological outcome of damage repair.
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- Agus Darwanto
- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Cui Z, Theruvathu JA, Farrel A, Burdzy A, Sowers LC. Characterization of synthetic oligonucleotides containing biologically important modified bases by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2008; 379:196-207. [PMID: 18485883 PMCID: PMC3985270 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Revised: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Oligonucleotides containing modified bases are commonly used for biochemical and biophysical studies to assess the impact of specific types of chemical damage on DNA structure and function. In contrast to the synthesis of oligonucleotides with normal DNA bases, oligonucleotide synthesis with modified bases often requires modified synthetic or deprotection conditions. Furthermore, several modified bases of biological interest are prone to further damage during synthesis and oligonucleotide isolation. In this article, we describe the application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) to the characterization of a series of modified synthetic oligonucleotides. The potential for and limits in obtaining high mass accuracy for confirming oligonucleotide composition are discussed. Examination of the isotope cluster is also proposed as a method for confirming oligonucleotide elemental composition. MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of the unpurified reaction mixture can be used to confirm synthetic sequence and to reveal potential problems during synthesis. Analysis during and after purification can yield important information on depurination and base oxidation. It can also reveal unexpected problems that can occur with nonstandard synthesis, deprotection, or purification strategies. Proper characterization of modified oligonucleotides is essential for the correct interpretation of experiments performed with these substrates, and MALDI-TOF-MS analysis provides a simple yet extensive method of characterization that can be used at multiple stages of oligonucleotide production and use.
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- Zhengfang Cui
- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
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- Department of Basic Science, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
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Katz L, Nauriyal V, Nagaraj S, Finch A, Sproule C, Farrel A, Rich P, IR Research Group. Infrared Imaging for Detection of Compartment Syndrome. Acad Emerg Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.03.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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