| First Author | Kim KD | Year | 2017 |
| Journal | Nat Commun | Volume | 8 |
| Pages | 15365 | PubMed ID | 28504276 |
| Mgi Jnum | J:250392 | Mgi Id | MGI:5920808 |
| Doi | 10.1038/ncomms15365 | Citation | Kim KD, et al. (2017) Targeted calcium influx boosts cytotoxic T lymphocyte function in the tumour microenvironment. Nat Commun 8:15365 |
| abstractText | Adoptive cell transfer utilizing tumour-targeting cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) is one of the most effective immunotherapies against haematological malignancies, but significant clinical success has not yet been achieved in solid tumours due in part to the strong immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment. Here, we show that suppression of CTL killing by CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell (Treg) is in part mediated by TGFbeta-induced inhibition of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) production, leading to a decrease in T cell receptor (TCR)-dependent intracellular Ca2+ response. Highly selective optical control of Ca2+ signalling in adoptively transferred CTLs enhances T cell activation and IFN-gamma production in vitro, leading to a significant reduction in tumour growth in mice. Altogether, our findings indicate that the targeted optogenetic stimulation of intracellular Ca2+ signal allows for the remote control of cytotoxic effector functions of adoptively transferred T cells with outstanding spatial resolution by boosting T cell immune responses at the tumour sites. |
