CD4 T 细胞将 KRAS 抑制的短暂缓解转化为胰腺癌持久缓解
CD4 T cells convert transient responses to KRAS inhibition to durable remissions in pancreatic cancer
胰腺导管腺癌(PDAC)对大多数疗法包括免疫疗法都耐药,通过免疫检查点阻断重振 CD8 T 细胞不足以诱导长期持久缓解。直接 KRAS 抑制剂(KRASi)显示出临床前景,但获得性耐药常见。研究者在小鼠中模拟 KRASi 反应和复发,发现与化疗或联合检查点阻断不同,一种白介素-21(IL-21)细胞因子模拟物 21h10 诱导了长期持久缓解。其疗效依赖 Th1 极化的 CD4 T 细胞,而不依赖 CD8 T 细胞或肿瘤细胞表达 MHC I 类分子。具体来说,由2型常规树突状细胞(cDC2)致敏的 CD4 T 细胞产生干扰素γ,促进巨噬细胞介导的肿瘤细胞吞噬。用 21h10 离体处理人类 PDAC 标本可诱导浸润 T 细胞产生干扰素γ。因此,IL-21 引发的 CD4 T 细胞在小鼠中发挥抗肿瘤活性,并可能在人中发挥作用。
为什么推荐给您:提出 CD4 T 细胞依赖的新型免疫机制扭转 KRASi 耐药,转化前景明确但为小鼠研究。
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摘要Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is refractory to most therapies, including immunotherapies, for which reinvigoration of CD8 T cells through immune checkpoint blockade is insufficient to induce long-term, durable remissions. Direct KRAS inhibitors (KRASi) have shown clinical promise, although acquired resistance is common. We modeled KRASi response and relapse in mice and demonstrated that, unlike chemotherapy or combinations with checkpoint blockade, an interleukin (IL)-21 cytokine mimic (21h10) induced long-term, durable remissions. Its efficacy depends on T helper 1 (Th1)-polarized CD4 T cells, but not on CD8 T cells or tumor cell expression of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC class I). Specifically, CD4 T cells primed by type 2 conventional dendritic cells (cDC2s) produce interferon γ (IFN-γ), which promotes macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of tumor cells. Ex vivo treatment of human PDAC specimens with 21h10 induces IFN-γ production by infiltrating T cells. Thus, IL-21-elicited CD4 T cells exert antitumor activity in mice and potentially in humans, converting transient responses to KRAS inhibition into durable remissions.