Histone marks identify novel transcription factors that parse CAR-T subset-of-origin, clinical potential and expansion

Autor: S. Fiorenza, Y. Zheng, J. Purushe, T. J. Bock, J. Sarthy, D. H. Janssens, A. S. Sheih, E. L. Kimble, D. Kirchmeier, T. D. Phi, J. Gauthier, A. V. Hirayama, S. R. Riddell, Q. Wu, R. Gottardo, D. G. Maloney, J. Y. H. Yang, S. Henikoff, C. J. Turtle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52503-2
Popis: Abstract Chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cell (CAR-T) immunotherapy has revolutionised blood cancer treatment. Parsing the genetic underpinnings of T cell quality and CAR-T efficacy is challenging. Transcriptomics inform CAR-T state, but the nature of dynamic transcription during activation hinders identification of transiently or minimally expressed genes, such as transcription factors, and over-emphasises effector and metabolism genes. Here we explore whether analyses of transcriptionally repressive and permissive histone methylation marks describe CAR-T cell functional states and therapeutic potential beyond transcriptomic analyses. Histone mark analyses improve identification of differences between naïve, central memory, and effector memory CD8 + T cell subsets of human origin, and CAR-T derived from these subsets. We find important differences between CAR-T manufactured from central memory cells of healthy donors and of patients. By examining CAR-T products from a clinical trial in lymphoma (NCT01865617), we find a novel association between the activity of the transcription factor KLF7 with in vivo CAR-T accumulation in patients and demonstrate that over-expression of KLF7 increases in vitro CAR-T proliferation and IL-2 production. In conclusion, histone marks provide a rich dataset for identification of functionally relevant genes not apparent by transcriptomics.
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