[HTML][HTML] The immunopeptidome landscape associated with T cell infiltration, inflammation and immune editing in lung cancer

AI Kraemer, C Chong, F Huber, HS Pak, BJ Stevenson… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
AI Kraemer, C Chong, F Huber, HS Pak, BJ Stevenson, M Müller, J Michaux, ER Altimiras…
Nature cancer, 2023nature.com
One key barrier to improving efficacy of personalized cancer immunotherapies that are
dependent on the tumor antigenic landscape remains patient stratification. Although patients
with CD3+ CD8+ T cell-inflamed tumors typically show better response to immune
checkpoint inhibitors, it is still unknown whether the immunopeptidome repertoire presented
in highly inflamed and noninflamed tumors is substantially different. We surveyed 61 tumor
regions and adjacent nonmalignant lung tissues from 8 patients with lung cancer and …
Abstract
One key barrier to improving efficacy of personalized cancer immunotherapies that are dependent on the tumor antigenic landscape remains patient stratification. Although patients with CD3+CD8+ T cell-inflamed tumors typically show better response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, it is still unknown whether the immunopeptidome repertoire presented in highly inflamed and noninflamed tumors is substantially different. We surveyed 61 tumor regions and adjacent nonmalignant lung tissues from 8 patients with lung cancer and performed deep antigen discovery combining immunopeptidomics, genomics, bulk and spatial transcriptomics, and explored the heterogeneous expression and presentation of tumor (neo)antigens. In the present study, we associated diverse immune cell populations with the immunopeptidome and found a relatively higher frequency of predicted neoantigens located within HLA-I presentation hotspots in CD3+CD8+ T cell-excluded tumors. We associated such neoantigens with immune recognition, supporting their involvement in immune editing. This could have implications for the choice of combination therapies tailored to the patient’s mutanome and immune microenvironment.
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