| Literature DB >> 33597728 |
Mohamed H S Awwad1, Abdelrahman Mahmoud2,3, Heiko Bruns4, Hakim Echchannaoui5,6, Katharina Kriegsmann1, Raphael Lutz1, Marc S Raab1,7, Uta Bertsch1,8, Markus Munder5, Anna Jauch9, Katja Weisel10, Bettina Maier1, Niels Weinhold1, Hans Jürgen Salwender11, Volker Eckstein1, Mathias Hänel12, Roland Fenk13, Jan Dürig14, Benedikt Brors2,8, Axel Benner15, Carsten Müller-Tidow1,8,16, Hartmut Goldschmidt1,8, Michael Hundemer17.
Abstract
Elimination of suppressive T cells may enable and enhance cancer immunotherapy. Here, we demonstrate that the cell membrane protein SLAMF7 was highly expressed on immunosuppressive CD8+CD28-CD57+ Tregs in multiple myeloma (MM). SLAMF7 expression associated with T cell exhaustion surface markers and exhaustion-related transcription factor signatures. T cells from patients with a high frequency of SLAMF7+CD8+ T cells exhibited decreased immunoreactivity towards the MART-1aa26-35*A27L antigen. A monoclonal anti-SLAMF7 antibody (elotuzumab) specifically depleted SLAMF7+CD8+ T cells in vitro and in vivo via macrophage-mediated antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP). Anti-SLAMF7 treatment of MM patients depleted suppressive T cells in peripheral blood. These data highlight SLAMF7 as a marker for suppressive CD8+ Treg and suggest that anti-SLAMF7 antibodies can be used to boost anti-tumoral immune responses in cancer patients.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID: 33597728 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01172-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Leukemia ISSN: 0887-6924 Impact factor: 11.528