Multimodal stimulation screens reveal unique and shared genes limiting T cell fitness

Chun Pu Lin; Pierre L. Levy; Astrid Alflen; Georgi Apriamashvili; Maarten A. Ligtenberg; David W. Vredevoogd; Onno B. Bleijerveld; Ferhat Alkan; Yuval Malka; Liesbeth Hoekman; Ettai Markovits; Austin George; Joleen J.H. Traets; Oscar Krijgsman; Alex van Vliet; Joanna Poźniak; Carlos Ariel Pulido-Vicuña; Beaunelle de Bruijn; Susan E. van Hal-van Veen; Julia Boshuizen; Pim W. van der Helm; Judit Díaz-Gómez; Hamdy Warda; Leonie M. Behrens; Paula Mardesic; Bilal Dehni; Nils L. Visser; Jean Christophe Marine; Gal Markel; William J. Faller; Maarten Altelaar; Reuven Agami; Michal J. Besser; Daniel S. Peeper

doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2024.02.016

Multimodal stimulation screens reveal unique and shared genes limiting T cell fitness

Chun Pu Lin, Pierre L. Levy, Astrid Alflen, Georgi Apriamashvili, Maarten A. Ligtenberg, David W. Vredevoogd, Onno B. Bleijerveld, Ferhat Alkan, Yuval Malka, Liesbeth Hoekman, Ettai Markovits, Austin George, Joleen J.H. Traets, Oscar Krijgsman, Alex van Vliet, Joanna Poźniak, Carlos Ariel Pulido-Vicuña, Beaunelle de Bruijn, Susan E. van Hal-van Veen, Julia BoshuizenPim W. van der Helm, Judit Díaz-Gómez, Hamdy Warda, Leonie M. Behrens, Paula Mardesic, Bilal Dehni, Nils L. Visser, Jean Christophe Marine, Gal Markel, William J. Faller, Maarten Altelaar, Reuven Agami, Michal J. Besser, Daniel S. Peeper^*

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Abstract

Genes limiting T cell antitumor activity may serve as therapeutic targets. It has not been systematically studied whether there are regulators that uniquely or broadly contribute to T cell fitness. We perform genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screens in primary CD8 T cells to uncover genes negatively impacting fitness upon three modes of stimulation: (1) intense, triggering activation-induced cell death (AICD); (2) acute, triggering expansion; (3) chronic, causing dysfunction. Besides established regulators, we uncover genes controlling T cell fitness either specifically or commonly upon differential stimulation. Dap5 ablation, ranking highly in all three screens, increases translation while enhancing tumor killing. Loss of Icam1-mediated homotypic T cell clustering amplifies cell expansion and effector functions after both acute and intense stimulation. Lastly, Ctbp1 inactivation induces functional T cell persistence exclusively upon chronic stimulation. Our results functionally annotate fitness regulators based on their unique or shared contribution to traits limiting T cell antitumor activity.

Original language	English
Article number	e10
Pages (from-to)	623-645
Number of pages	23
Journal	Cancer Cell
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.02.016
Publication status	Published - 8 Apr 2024

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Keywords

activation-induced cell death
cancer immunotherapy
CRISPR-Cas9 screen
Ctbp1
Dap5
dysfunction
effector function
exhaustion
Icam1
T cells

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Lin, C. P., Levy, P. L., Alflen, A., Apriamashvili, G., Ligtenberg, M. A., Vredevoogd, D. W., Bleijerveld, O. B., Alkan, F., Malka, Y., Hoekman, L., Markovits, E., George, A., Traets, J. J. H., Krijgsman, O., van Vliet, A., Poźniak, J., Pulido-Vicuña, C. A., de Bruijn, B., van Hal-van Veen, S. E., ... Peeper, D. S. (2024). Multimodal stimulation screens reveal unique and shared genes limiting T cell fitness. Cancer Cell, 42(4), 623-645. Article e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.02.016

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Multimodal stimulation screens reveal unique and shared genes limiting T cell fitness

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