Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Tumor-intrinsic interferon signaling drives pancreatic cancer resistance to tumor mucin1-targeted CAR T cell therapy
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1618415
Figure Lengend Snippet: Engagement of CAR T cell with PDA induces function loss of CAR T cells and up-regulation of immune checkpoints. (A) Loss of CAR T cell cytotoxicity. CAR T cells or Mock T cells were co-cultured with MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII cells at E:T ratio of 5:1 or cultured with media alone for overnight. Then the live CAR T cells and Mock T cells were isolated from the first round co-culture, and they were added to the fresh MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII plates at E:T ratio of 2:1 or 5:1 for 24hr as the second round of co-culture. At the end of culture, tumor cell lysis against MiaPaCa-2 (left panel) or against HPAFII (right panel) was determined using MTT assay. The percentage of lysis was calculated using the formula: [(OD of co-culture with Mock T cells– OD of co-culture with CAR T cells)/OD of co-culture with Mock T cells] ×100. The mock T cells and CAR T cells are from the same pair for calculation. Data are presented as the mean ± SD from quadruplicate. The statistical difference was conducted for cytolysis of CAR T cells retrieved from co-culture with PDA cells when compared with cytolysis of CAR T cells retrieved from culture with media alone. ****p<0.0001 (Multiple unpaired t tests with Welch’s correction). (B) Increase of CD25 expression on CAR T cells after engagement with PDA. CAR T cells were co-cultured with MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII cells at E:T ratio of 5:1 or cultured with media alone for overnight. Then CAR T cells were stained and analyzed for CD25 expression on CAR-positive and CAR-negative live cells after gating on CD4 + T cells and CD8 + T cells. (C) Expression of ICs on CAR T cells. Cell culture was performed same as in (B) . IC expression on CAR-positive and CAR-negative live cells were displayed after gating on CD4 + T cells and CD8 + T cells. (D) The retaining of tMUC1 and up-regulation of PD-L1 on PDA. After rinsing off suspension cells in co-culture from (B) , adherent MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII cells were stained and analyzed for tMUC1 and PD-L1. PDA cells cultured in media alone were included as baseline control. (E) Suppressing tumor IFN signaling blocks CAR T cells-induced PD-L1 increase. MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII cells were pre-treated with JAKi at 25μM overnight. Then JAKi was removed, and CAR T cells were added in the absence of JAKi at E:T ratio of 5:1, calculated based on the initial number of PDA cells plated. After 24hr treatment with CAR T cells, live adherent PDA cells were stained and analyzed for PD-L1 expression. (F) Effectiveness of PD-L1 blocking antibody. CAR T cells-treated HPAFII cells were pre-incubated with PD-L1 blocking antibody at the indicated doses, followed by PD-L1-PE staining. (G) Blocking PD-L1 partially reversed HPAFII resistance to CAR T cell lysis. MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII cells were treated with CAR T cells or Mock T cells in the presence of PD-L1 blocking antibody or its isotype control for 24hr. PDA cell lysis was determined using MTT assay. Data are presented as the mean ± SD from quadruplicate. The statistical difference was conducted for cytolysis of CAR T cells with PD-L1 blocking antibody when compared with cytolysis of CAR T cells with media alone. ****p<0.0001 (unpaired t tests with Welch’s correction). (H) Involvement of ICAM-1 and CXCL10 in CAR T cell cytotoxicity. MiaPaCa-2 or HPAFII cells were treated with CAR T cells or Mock T cells in the presence of anti-ICAM-1 or anti-CXCL10 antibodies for 24hr. PDA cell lysis was determined using MTT assay. Data are presented as the mean ± SD from quadruplicate. The statistical difference was conducted for cytolysis of CAR T cells with neutralizing antibody when compared with cytolysis of CAR T cells with media alone. **p<0.01 (unpaired t tests with Welch’s correction).
Article Snippet: On the following day, PDA cells were pre-incubated with PD-L1 blocking antibody (10μg/ml) or its isotype control antibody (10μg/ml; Cat# 400348; BioLegend), anti-ICAM-1 neutralizing antibody (5μg/ml; Cat# AF720; R&D Systems), anti-CXCL10 neutralizing antibody (5μg/ml; Cat# MAB266-100; R&D Systems), or fresh media alone for 2hr.
Techniques: Cell Culture, Isolation, Co-Culture Assay, Lysis, MTT Assay, Expressing, Staining, Suspension, Control, Blocking Assay, Incubation