Journal: Science (New York, N.Y.)
Article Title: Rewiring STAT signaling from the cell surface with Trikine immunotherapeutics
doi: 10.1126/science.adx9954
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A-B ) Mouse CD8+ T cells were treated with indicated cytokines for 24 hours prior to RNA isolation for bulk RNAseq analysis; (A) Geneset enrichment analysis (GSEA) for DEGs between IL-2/21-Trikine-treated vs sIL2-treated mouse CD8+ T cells (left) and heatmap of leading-edge genes (right). The DEG ranks were projected onto two gene sets defined based on a previously published ChIP-seq data . pSTAT3-promoted genes, genes with stronger ChIP peaks in STAT3-WT mice. (B) Relative expression of stemness genes Tcf7 , Bach2 , Il7r , Slamf6 , and Sell between mouse CD8+ T cells treated with either sIL-2 or IL-2/21-Trikine. Results from one independent experiment with 3 technical replicates. ( C-F ), C57BL/6 mice bearing established s.c. B16F10 tumors received intravenous (i.v.) adoptive cell transfer (ACT) of pmel CD8+ T cells (1 x 10 7 ) that were preconditioned for 7 days with sIL-2, sIL-2 + IL-21, or IL-2/21-Trikine on day 5, followed by i.p. injections of cytokine (5 μg functional cytokine) every other day until day 12 (n = 5 animals); the experimental timeline (C), average tumor growth curves (D), average weight change curves (E), and survival curves (F). Results from one independent experiment. ( G-I ) Healthy C57BL/6 mice were dosed with 10 μg functional dose of sIL-2, IL-21, sIL-2 + IL-21, IL-2/21-Trikine or PBS every other day for four total doses (n = 10 mice); experimental timeline (G) percent weight change at study endpoint (H), serum amyloid A concentrations at study endpoint (I). Results are combined from 2 independent experiments. ( J-M ), C57BL/6 mice bearing established s.c. B16F10 tumors received intravenous (i.v.) adoptive cell transfer (ACT) of pmel CD8+ T cells (1 x 10 7 ) that were preconditioned for 7 days with sIL-2, sIL-2 + IL-21, or IL-2/21-Trikine on day 5, followed by i.p. injections of cytokine (2.5 μg functional cytokine) every other day until day 12 (n = 14/15 animals); the experimental timeline (J), average tumor growth curves (K), average weight change curves (L), and survival curves (M). Results are combined from 2 independent experiments. ( N ) Proportions of pmel T cell memory populations, TCM and TEM in the draining lymph node 16 days post tumor injection from mice receiving low dose regimen (J-M) (n = 8). Results representative of 2 independent experiments. ( O-P ) MFI of Sca1 (O) and IL7Ra (P) cells in the draining lymph node 12 days post ACT compared to on the day of ACT from mice receiving low dose regimen (J) (n = 8). Results representative of 2 independent experiments. ( Q ) Intratumoral, live Thy1.1+CD8+ cells were sorted from dissociated tumor 12 days after ACT as in (J) and sent for scRNA-seq. 8 transcriptionally distinct clusters are seen by UMAP (left) and cluster composition by treatment is displayed (right). scRNAseq data is from one independent experiment. Schematics in C, G, and J created using BioRender.com .
Article Snippet: TCR-transgenic Thy1.1 + pmel-1 (pmel) mice (B6.Cg-Thy1a/Cy Tg(TcraTcrb)8Rest/J) were originally purchased from the Jackson Laboratory and maintained in the Stanford University-Lorry Lokey (SIM1) Facility.
Techniques: Isolation, RNA sequencing, ChIP-sequencing, Expressing, Functional Assay, Injection