A novel cooperative therapeutic regimen using gene fusion neoantigen-specific TCR-engineered T cells mediated sustained preclinical efficacy in solid tumors independent on inherent mutation profiling

ABSTRACT: Neoantigens derived from non-synonymous somatic mutations, especially gene fusion mutation, are restricted to tumor cells and thus considered ideal targets for T-cell receptor-engineering T-cells (TCR-T) immunotherapy. Adoptive transfer of neoantigen-specific TCR-T cells preferentially exhibit potent cytotoxicity preferentially to tumor cells, and has shown promising efficacy in several preclinical human cancer models. However, most neoantigens are unique to individual patient, which hinders the application of TCR-T cell therapy. In this study, we first discovered a paired / TCR repertoire, Tcr-1, that specifically targeted STY-SSX fusion neoantigen shared by almost all synovial sarcomas. Engineered T-cell expressing Tcr-1 (Tcr-T1) exhibited antigen-specific HLA-A*2402-restricted antitumoral activity against synovial sarcomas cell both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, to furtherly extend its application beyond synovial sarcomas, we innovatively developed a cooperative therapeutic modality, in which exogenous SYT-SSX fusion neoantigen was loaded into enzyme-responsive nanoparticles (NPs) formed by mPEG-PVGLIG-PCL copolymers (FNeo-AgNPs) for tumor targeting delivery. As expected, FNeo-AgNPs were proven of great tumor penetration, and local release. In situ modification was able to direct engineered Tcr-T1 against to other malignant gastric cancer cell line with significant antigen-specific HLA-A*2402-restricted cytotoxicity resulting in remarkable tumor regression and prolonging survival in both subcutaneous and peritoneally disseminated preclinical models, despite of their inherent mutation profiles. With these favorable data, our established cooperative therapeutic modality has a great potential for further clinical investigation, and provide a now insight for future TCR-T cell therapy development.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE243535 | GEO | 2024/11/18

REPOSITORIES: GEO