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TET2 promotes tumor antigen presentation and T cell IFN-γ, which is enhanced by vitamin C
Abstract
Immune evasion by tumors is promoted by low T cell infiltration, ineffective T cell activity directed against the tumor, and reduced tumor antigen presentation. The TET2 DNA dioxygenase gene is frequently mutated in hematopoietic malignancies and loss of TET enzymatic activity is found in a variety of solid tumors. We showed previously that vitamin C (VC), a cofactor of TET2, enhances tumor-associated T cell recruitment and checkpoint inhibitor therapy responses in a TET2-dependent manner. Using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis performed on B16-OVA melanoma tumors, we have shown here that an additional function for TET2 in tumors is to promote expression of certain antigen presentation machinery genes, which is potently enhanced by VC. Consistently, VC promoted antigen presentation in cell-based and tumor assays in a TET2-dependent manner. Quantifying intercellular signaling from the scRNA-seq dataset showed that T cell–derived IFN-γ–induced signaling within the tumor and tumor microenvironment requires tumor-associated TET2 expression, which is enhanced by VC treatment. Analysis of patient tumor samples indicated that TET activity directly correlates with antigen presentation gene expression and with patient outcomes. Our results demonstrate the importance of tumor-associated TET2 activity as a critical mediator of tumor immunity, which is augmented by high-dose VC therapy.
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- Authors
- Cheng, M., Chu, A. K. Y., Li, Z., Yang, S., Smith, M. D., Zhang, Q., Brown, N. G., Marzluff, W. F., Bardeesy, N., Milner, J. J., Welch, J. D., Xiong, Y., & Baldwin, A. S.
- Affiliations
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and
- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Cullgen, Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
- Venue
- JCI Insight
- Published
- 2024-11-22
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 22
- ISSN
- 2379-3708
- PMC
- PMC11601905
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 13
- Language
- en
- Funders
- National Institutes of Heath - US (Research support is provided by NIH grants CA163834, CA197684 (to ASB), by a grant from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (to ASB, NB).)
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