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Spatial profiling reveals association between WNT pathway activation and T-cell exclusion in acquired resistance of synovial sarcoma to NY-ESO-1 transgenic T-cell therapy

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Background Genetically engineered T-cell immunotherapies for adoptive cell transfer (ACT) have emerged as a promising form of cancer treatment, but many of these patients develop recurrent disease. Furthermore, delineating mechanisms… Click to show full abstract

Background Genetically engineered T-cell immunotherapies for adoptive cell transfer (ACT) have emerged as a promising form of cancer treatment, but many of these patients develop recurrent disease. Furthermore, delineating mechanisms of resistance may be challenging since the analysis of bulk tumor profiling can be complicated by spatial heterogeneity. Methods Tumor samples were collected from a patient with synovial sarcoma who developed acquired resistance to ACT targeting NY-ESO-1. Biopsies (primary, progressive metastasis, and recurrence) were subjected to bulk tumor DNA and RNA sequencing, as well as high-dimensional spatial profiling of RNA and protein targets. Untreated and progressive lesions were compared with identified patterns associated with acquired resistance to ACT. Results Gene expression patterns due to immune activity and infiltration were diluted in bulk tumor sequencing. The metastasis was enriched for tumor regions with increased CTNNB1 (encoding beta-catenin), which were negatively associated with the expression of T-cell surface proteins and antigen presentation machinery. Spatial profiling was most highly concordant with bulk sequencing in the lesions with decreased spatial heterogeneity. Conclusions Complementary use of bulk and spatial profiling enables more accurate interrogation of tumor specimens, particularly to address complex questions regarding immunotherapeutic mechanisms. Our study uses this approach to demonstrate a mechanism of T-cell exclusion and resistance to cellular immunotherapy in synovial sarcoma.

Keywords: acquired resistance; cell; tumor; resistance; spatial profiling; synovial sarcoma

Journal Title: Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Year Published: 2022

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