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Plasma Cells in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Response to Kinase Inhibitor Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade
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Plasma Cells in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Response to Kinase Inhibitor Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103153
ISBN  
9798286434220
DDC  
616.99
저자명  
Lingo, Joshua James.
서명/저자  
Plasma Cells in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Response to Kinase Inhibitor Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade
발행사항  
[Sl] : The University of Iowa, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
182 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Quelle, Dawn.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs) are lethal, Ras-driven sarcomas that fail to respond to chemotherapy and radiation. Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy has provided sustained anti-tumor activity for other cancers but it has disappointingly not yielded promising results as a monotherapy for MPNSTs. The only curative option for patients is complete surgical resection, which is difficult due to the location of the tumor along the nerve. Recent advances in the field have outlined how precursor lesions, plexiform neurofibromas (PNFs), transform into MPNSTs, providing key insight into potentially relevant therapies for patients. Working with a team of investigators at the University of Iowa, we evaluated patient-matched PNFs and MPNSTs to identify drug targets to test preclinically. We found that downstream effectors of Ras, MEK and Cyclin Dependent Kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6), are hyperactivated in MPNSTs and represent actionable clinical targets for the management of these aggressive tumors.In Chapter 2, we demonstrate that combined inhibition of CDK4/6 and MEK effectively combats MPNSTs. Single-agent inhibitors induced modest cell death and senescence in vitro, but the combination works synergistically, surpassing the effects of either drug alone. The combination proved useful in slowing the growth of most patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) tested in immunodeficient mice. Using an immune competent mouse model of de novo MPNSTs, we found that dual CDK4/6-MEK inhibition causes tumor regression by activating anti-tumor immunity. Regressing tumors had a unique phenotype of elevated plasma cells and CD8+ T cells whereas terminal, drug-resistant tumors adopted an immunosuppressive microenvironment characterized by abundant M2 macrophages and increased programmed-death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on tumor cells. I hypothesized that ICB therapy targeting PD-L1 would overcome resistance to CDK4/6-MEK inhibition. Indeed, adjuvant anti-PD-L1 therapy significantly extended tumor regression caused by dual CDK4/6-MEK inhibition and markedly improved survival with some mice achieving apparent cure. These data revealed that inhibitors of CDK4/6 and MEK kinases sensitize MPNSTs to anti-PD-L1 therapy. Such findings are exciting because they suggest that combined inhibition of those kinases remodels an immunologically "cold" microenvironment in MPNSTs to an immunologically "hot" milieu that boosts their response to ICB immunotherapy. In Chapter 3, I explore the role of plasma cells in sarcoma patient survival and MPNST response to therapy. In other human cancers, intratumoral plasma cells correlate with better patient survival and improved response to ICB therapy. My analyses of The Cancer Genome Atlas Sarcoma (TCGA SARC) database concur and show elevated tumor plasma cells prognose increased survival for sarcoma patients. To test the importance of plasma cells in MPNST pathobiology, I compared de novo MPNST initiation, progression, and response to therapy in wild-type mice to AID-/-; µS-/- mice that selectively lack plasma cells. The absence of plasma cells had no effect on MPNST initiation, progression, or the ability of dual CDK4/6-MEK inhibition to cause early tumor regression and delayed outgrowth. By comparison, I discovered that intratumoral plasma cells are required for MPNST response to anti-PD-L1 therapy. MPNSTs lacking plasma cells were less responsive to anti-PD-L1 monotherapy and treatment with CDK4/6-MEK inhibitors no longer sensitized the tumors to anti-PD-L1 therapy. Single cell transcriptomics and RT-qPCR validation revealed that CDK4/6-MEK inhibition activates a pro-inflammatory CD8+ T cell response involving major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation in wild-type tumors. In contrast, MPNSTs lacking plasma cells displayed a CD4+ T cell response with MHC-II molecules on antigen presenting cells. This study provides the first evidence in any tumor type for a critical role of plasma cells in remodeling the immune landscape within drug-treated tumors. Specifically, plasma cells orchestrate a CD8-positive, pro-inflammatory state following CDK4/6-MEK inhibition that is required for response to ICB therapy in MPNSTs. In Chapter 4, I briefly summarize my findings and consider future directions stimulated by this work. First, I highlight the potential value of activating the complement cascade as a functional biomarker of sensitivity to ICB therapy. Second, I propose a role for transforming growth factor beta (TGF) in the MPNST response to dual CDK4/6-MEK inhibition and subsequent acquisition of drug resistance. Finally, I end by discussing unique mechanisms by which plasma cells may control T cell activity through hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/MET signaling. In the Appendix, I discuss how RABL6A (Rab-like GTPase isoform 6A), a newly discovered driver of MPNST progression that was originally identified by our lab may promote the expression of PD-L1 in MPNSTs.Collectively, this thesis describes new insights into MPNST immune biology and novel mechanisms by which clinicians may predict and promote MPNST sensitivity to ICB immunotherapy. The unique role for plasma cells in controlling anti-tumor immunity identified herein is expected to have broad relevance for the effective treatment of other solid cancers with immune-based therapies.
일반주제명  
Oncology
일반주제명  
Immunology
일반주제명  
Molecular biology
일반주제명  
Cellular biology
일반주제명  
Medicine
일반주제명  
Biochemistry
키워드  
CDK4/6
키워드  
Immune checkpoint blockade
키워드  
MEK inhibition
키워드  
Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
키워드  
Programmed-death ligand 1
키워드  
Plasma cells
기타저자  
The University of Iowa Biomedical Science
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12B.
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vating  the  complement  cascade  as  a  functional  biomarker  of  sensitivity  to  ICB  therapy.  Second,  I  propose  a  role  for  transforming  growth  factor  beta  (TGF)  in  the  MPNST  response  to  dual  CDK4/6-MEK  inhibition  and  subsequent  acquisition  of  drug  resistance.  Finally,  I  end  by  discussing  unique  mechanisms  by  which  plasma  cells  may  control  T  cell  activity  through  hepatocyte  growth  factor  (HGF)/MET  signaling.  In  the  Appendix,  I  discuss  how  RABL6A  (Rab-like  GTPase  isoform  6A),  a  newly  discovered  driver  of  MPNST  progression  that  was  originally  identified  by  our  lab  may  promote  the  expression  of  PD-L1  in  MPNSTs.Collectively,  this  thesis  describes  new  insights  into  MPNST  immune  biology  and  novel  mechanisms  by  which  clinicians  may  predict  and  promote  MPNST  sensitivity  to  ICB  immunotherapy.  The  unique  role  for  plasma  cells  in  controlling  anti-tumor  immunity  identified  herein  is  expected  to  have  broad  relevance  for  the  effective  treatment  of  other  solid  cancers  with  immune-based  therapies.
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