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Isolation of neoantigen-specific human T cell receptors from different human and murine repertoires

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Title:Isolation of neoantigen-specific human T cell receptors from different human and murine repertoires
Creators Name:Grunert, C., Willimsky, G., Peuker, C.A., Rhein, S., Hansmann, L., Blankenstein, T., Blanc, E., Beule, D., Keller, U., Pezzutto, A. and Busse, A.
Abstract:(1) Background: Mutation-specific T cell receptor (TCR)-based adoptive T cell therapy represents a truly tumor-specific immunotherapeutic strategy. However, isolating neoepitope-specific TCRs remains a challenge. (2) Methods: We investigated, side by side, different TCR repertoires-patients' peripheral lymphocytes (PBLs) and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), PBLs of healthy donors, and a humanized mouse model-to isolate neoepitope-specific TCRs against eight neoepitope candidates from a colon cancer and an ovarian cancer patient. Neoepitope candidates were used to stimulate T cells from different repertoires in vitro to generate neoepitope-specific T cells and isolate the specific TCRs. (3) Results: We isolated six TCRs from healthy donors, directed against four neoepitope candidates and one TCR from the murine T cell repertoire. Endogenous processing of one neoepitope, for which we isolated one TCR from both human and mouse-derived repertoires, could be shown. No neoepitope-specific TCR could be generated from the patients' own repertoire. (4) Conclusion: Our data indicate that successful isolation of neoepitope-specific TCRs depends on various factors such as the heathy donor's TCR repertoire or the presence of a tumor microenvironment allowing neoepitope-specific immune responses of the host. We show the advantage and feasibility of using healthy donor repertoires and humanized mouse TCR repertoires to generate mutation-specific TCRs with different specificities, especially in a setting when the availability of patient material is limited.
Keywords:Neoantigens, T Cell Receptor (TCR) Therapy, Tumor-Specific TCR, Antigen-Specific T Cell, T Cell Receptor Repertoire, Animals, Mice
Source:Cancers
ISSN:2072-6694
Publisher:MDPI
Volume:14
Number:7
Page Range:1842
Date:6 April 2022
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14071842
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