Cancer testis antigens in myelodysplastic syndromes revisited: a targeted RNA-seq approach

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  • Lopez, AMH
  • Chen-Liang TH
  • Zurdo M
  • Carrillo-Tornel S
  • Salido EJ
  • Beltrán V
  • Muina, Begona
  • Amigo M
  • Navarro-Villamor N
  • Cifuentes R
  • Antón AI
  • Teruel R
  • Muro M
  • Vicente V
  • Jerez A

Abstract

Cancer-Testis antigens (CTA) are named after the tissues where they are mainly expressed: in germinal and in cancer cells, a process that mimics many gametogenesis features. Mapping accurately the CTA gene expression signature in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a prerequisite for downstream immune target-discovery projects. In this study, we take advantage of the use of azacitidine to treat high-risk MDS and CMML to draw the CTAs landscape, before and after treatment, using anad hoctargeted RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) design for this group of low transcript genes. In 19 patients, 196 CTAs were detected at baseline. Azacitidine did not change the number of CTAs expressed, but it significantly increased or decreased expression in nine and five CTAs, respectively.TFDP3andDDX53, emerged as the main candidates for immunotherapeutic targeting, as they showed three main features: i) a significant derepression on day +28 of cycle one in those patients who achieved complete remission with hypomethylating treatment (FC = 6,p= .008; FC = 2.1,p= .008, respectively), ii) similar dynamics at the protein level to what was observed at the RNA layer, and iii) to elicit significant specific cytotoxic immune responses detected by TFDP3 and DDX53 HLA-A*0201 tetramers. Our study addresses the unmet landscape of CTAs expression in MDS and CMML and revealed a previously unrecognizedTFDP3andDDX53reactivation, detectable in plasma and able to elicit a specific immune response after one cycle of azacitidine.

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ISSN/ISSNe:
2162-402X, 2162-4011

OncoImmunology  Landes Bioscience

Tipo:
Article
Páginas:
1824642-1824642
PubMed:
33101773
Factor de Impacto:
3,049 SCImago
Cuartil:
Q1 SCImago

Citas Recibidas en Web of Science: 4

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Keywords

  • Cancer testis antigens; azacitidine; myelodysplastic syndromes; t-cell response

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