Volume 145, Issue 11 pp. 3112-3125
Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment

CD4 T cells target colorectal cancer antigens upregulated by oxaliplatin

Jeanne Galaine

Jeanne Galaine

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

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Célia Turco

Célia Turco

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

University Hospital of Besançon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Besançon, France

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Charline Vauchy

Charline Vauchy

INSERM CIC-1431, University Hospital of Besançon, Clinical Investigation Center un Biotherapy, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire INCREASE, LabEx LipSTIC, Besançon, France

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Bernard Royer

Bernard Royer

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

University Hospital of Besançon, Department of pharmacotoxicology, Besançon, France

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Patricia Mercier-Letondal

Patricia Mercier-Letondal

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

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Lise Queiroz

Lise Queiroz

INSERM CIC-1431, University Hospital of Besançon, Clinical Investigation Center un Biotherapy, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire INCREASE, LabEx LipSTIC, Besançon, France

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Romain Loyon

Romain Loyon

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

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Virginie Mouget

Virginie Mouget

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

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Romain Boidot

Romain Boidot

Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Platform for Transfer to Cancer Biology, Dijon, France

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Caroline Laheurte

Caroline Laheurte

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM CIC-1431, CHRU Besançon, Plateforme de BioMonitoring, Besançon, France

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Zaher Lakkis

Zaher Lakkis

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

University Hospital of Besançon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Besançon, France

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Marine Jary

Marine Jary

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

University Hospital of Besançon, Department of Medical Oncology, Besançon, France

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Olivier Adotévi

Olivier Adotévi

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

University Hospital of Besançon, Department of Medical Oncology, Besançon, France

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Christophe Borg

Christophe Borg

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

University Hospital of Besançon, Department of Medical Oncology, Besançon, France

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Yann Godet

Corresponding Author

Yann Godet

Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR1098, Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur/Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique, Besançon, France

Correspondence to: Yann Godet, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 8, rue du Docteur Jean-François-Xavier Girod, BP 1937, 25020 Besançon Cedex, France, Tel.: 33-3-81-61-56-15, Fax: 33-3-81-66-97-08, E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 09 August 2019
Citations: 41
C.T. and C.V. contributed equally to this work
Conflict of interest: The authors have declared no conflict of interest.

Abstract

Immune checkpoint blockade has proven its efficacy in hypermutated subtypes of metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRC). Immunogenic potential can also be observed with conventional chemotherapies, but this property has never been explored thoroughly in CRC patients. The CRC therapeutic arsenal includes oxaliplatin, a well-characterized platinum drug already described as immunogenic. Here, we investigated the impact of the oxaliplatin-based treatment on mCRC immunopeptidome. We demonstrated that oxaliplatin-resistant CRC cell lines overexpressed telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), colorectal-associated-tumor antigen-1 (COA-1) and mesothelin tumor-associated antigens. We identified new HLA class-II-restricted and promiscuous peptides derived from COA-1 and mesothelin. The two naturally processed peptides COA-1331-345 and Meso366-380 appear to be the most immunogenic in mCRC patients. A prospective cohort of 162 mCRC patients enabled us to explore the impact of oxaliplatin exposure on the antitumor-specific immune response. Interestingly, chemotherapy-naive mCRC patients present high immune CD4 T-cell responses directed against TERT, COA-1 and mesothelin-derived peptides. These antitumor T-cell responses were maintained after 3 months of oxaliplatin-based treatment. Altogether, these findings highlight the interest of immunostimulatory agents to improve the management of chemoresistant mCRC patients. Finally, the high frequency of immune responses targeting the new immunogenic peptides derived from COA-1 and mesothelin support their use in immunomonitoring strategies.

Abstract

What's new?

Oxaliplatin, like other platinum drugs, kills cancer cells through induction of DNA damage, but immunomodulatory properties have also been described. Here the authors examined the immunopeptidome in oxaliplatin-resistant colon cancer cell lines. They identified novel MHC class II-restricted peptides derived from overexpressed tumor antigens and show that these are immunogenic in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin. These findings may lead to new immunotherapeutic approaches to oxaliplatin-resistant colon cancer.

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