Antigen presentation deficiency, mesenchymal differentiation, and resistance to immunotherapy in the murine syngeneic CT2A tumor model
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ABSTRACT: A common cornerstone of preclinical cancer research is the use of syngeneic orthotopic murine tumors as immunocompetent models of human cancers. For glioblastoma research efforts, the GL261 and CT2A lines are frequently used. We systematically characterized these two lines to decipher the cell-intrinsic mechanisms that drive immuno-resistance in CT2A and to define the aspects of human cancer biology that the lines best model. We show that, despite sharing a few canonical genetic or histologic features of human glioblastoma, the transcriptional profiles of GL261 and CT2A tumours most closely resembled those of glioblastomas. CT2A additionally resembled other cancer types transcriptionally, including melanoma. CT2A displayed mesenchymal differentiation, upregulated angiogenesis, and multiple defects in antigen presentation machinery and interferon response pathways. Loss of MHC class I expression was restored in CT2A by interferon-γ treatment, explaining in part the modest efficacy of some immunotherapy combinations for CT2A. Our findings indicate that CT2A may serve as a robust preclinical solid tumor model of adaptive immune resistance.
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Exploris 480
ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)
TISSUE(S): Glioblastoma Cell
DISEASE(S): Glioblastoma
SUBMITTER: Ryuhjin Ahn
LAB HEAD: Forest White
PROVIDER: PXD036720 | Pride | 2023-12-19
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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