Combination PD-1 and PD-L1 Blockade Promotes Durable Neoantigen-Specific T Cell-Mediated Immunity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Adam L. Burrack, Ellen J. Spartz, Jackson F. Raynor, Iris Wang, Margaret Olson, Ingunn M. Stromnes

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Abstract

Burrack et al. investigate tumor-specific T cells during immunotherapy of pancreas cancer. T cells accumulate intratumorally yet rapidly exhaust. Combined PD-1 + PD-L1 blockade promotes peripheral T cell expansion, TNFα production, and eradication of spontaneous tumor recurrence in 50% of animals. Tumor variants defective in IFNγ-inducible Tap1 and MHC class I ultimately emerge.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2140-2155.e6
JournalCell reports
Volume28
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 20 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Pamela Rosato for help generating the CB tetramer. We thank the NIH Tetramer Core for generously supplying us with fluorescently labeled Ova 257–264 :H-2K b tetramer. We thank Dr. Jason Mitchell at the Center for Immunology (CFI) for initial help with microscopy. We thank colleagues at the CFI at the University of Minnesota for helpful discussions. A.L.B. is supported by a computational training award from the American Association of Immunologists . E.J.S. is supported in part by an Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. I.W. is part of the Wayzata High Schools Honors Mentor Connection Program in Minnesota. M.O. is supported by the University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). I.M.S. is supported by an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award ( 17-20-25-STRO ), an Institutional Research Grant ( 124166-IRG-58-001-55-IRG65 ) from the American Cancer Society , and support from the Masonic Cancer Center ( University of Minnesota Medical School ).

Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Pamela Rosato for help generating the CB tetramer. We thank the NIH Tetramer Core for generously supplying us with fluorescently labeled Ova257?264:H-2Kb tetramer. We thank Dr. Jason Mitchell at the Center for Immunology (CFI) for initial help with microscopy. We thank colleagues at the CFI at the University of Minnesota for helpful discussions. A.L.B. is supported by a computational training award from the American Association of Immunologists. E.J.S. is supported in part by an Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. I.W. is part of the Wayzata High Schools Honors Mentor Connection Program in Minnesota. M.O. is supported by the University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). I.M.S. is supported by an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award (17-20-25-STRO), an Institutional Research Grant (124166-IRG-58-001-55-IRG65) from the American Cancer Society, and support from the Masonic Cancer Center (University of Minnesota Medical School). I.M.S. and A.L.B. designed the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. A.L.B. E.S. J.F.R. I.W. and M.O. conducted experiments and analyzed data. I.M.S. supervised the study and is guarantor of the study. The authors declare no competing interests.

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Keywords

  • PD-1
  • PD-L1
  • PDA
  • T cells
  • acquired resistance
  • immunotherapy
  • neoepitope
  • pancreatic cancer

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