Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section of Oncology, Lund University, Barngatan 4, 221 85, Lund, Sweden.
Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2024 Feb 27;12(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s40478-024-01740-z.
Immunotherapies with antibody-drug-conjugates (ADC) and CAR-T cells, targeted at tumor surface antigens (surfaceome), currently revolutionize clinical oncology. However, target identification warrants a better understanding of the surfaceome and how it is modulated by the tumor microenvironment. Here, we decode the surfaceome and endocytome and its remodeling by hypoxic stress in glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and aggressive brain tumor in adults. We employed a comprehensive approach for global and dynamic profiling of the surfaceome and endocytosed (endocytome) proteins and their regulation by hypoxia in patient-derived GBM cultures. We found a heterogeneous surface-endocytome profile and a divergent response to hypoxia across GBM cultures. We provide a quantitative ranking of more than 600 surface resident and endocytosed proteins, and their regulation by hypoxia, serving as a resource to the cancer research community. As proof-of-concept, the established target antigen CD44 was identified as a commonly and abundantly expressed surface protein with high endocytic activity. Among hypoxia induced proteins, we reveal CXADR, CD47, CD81, BSG, and FXYD6 as potential targets of the stressed GBM niche. We could validate these findings by immunofluorescence analyses in patient tumors and by increased expression in the hypoxic core of GBM spheroids. Selected candidates were finally confronted by treatment studies, showing their high capacity for internalization and ADC delivery. Importantly, we highlight the limited correlation between transcriptomics and proteomics, emphasizing the critical role of membrane protein enrichment strategies and quantitative mass spectrometry. Our findings provide a comprehensive understanding of the surface-endocytome and its remodeling by hypoxia in GBM as a resource for exploration of targets for immunotherapeutic approaches in GBM.
免疫疗法与抗体药物偶联物(ADC)和嵌合抗原受体 T 细胞(CAR-T 细胞)针对肿瘤表面抗原(表面组),目前正在彻底改变临床肿瘤学。然而,目标的识别需要更好地了解表面组及其如何被肿瘤微环境调节。在这里,我们解码了脑胶质瘤(GBM)中表面组和内吞体(内吞组)及其在缺氧应激下的重塑,GBM 是成人中最常见和最具侵袭性的脑肿瘤。我们采用了一种全面的方法来对患者来源的 GBM 培养物中的表面组和内吞蛋白进行全局和动态分析,并研究其对缺氧的调节。我们发现了一种异质的表面-内吞组谱,以及不同 GBM 培养物对缺氧的反应。我们提供了 600 多个表面驻留和内吞蛋白及其受缺氧调节的定量排名,为癌症研究界提供了一个资源。作为概念验证,我们确定了已建立的靶抗原 CD44 作为一种普遍表达丰富且具有高内吞活性的表面蛋白。在缺氧诱导的蛋白中,我们揭示了 CXADR、CD47、CD81、BSG 和 FXYD6 作为应激性 GBM 生态位的潜在靶标。我们可以通过对患者肿瘤的免疫荧光分析和 GBM 球体缺氧核心的表达增加来验证这些发现。最后,我们通过治疗研究来验证这些候选物,这些候选物表现出了高的内化和 ADC 传递能力。重要的是,我们强调了转录组学和蛋白质组学之间的相关性有限,强调了膜蛋白富集策略和定量质谱的关键作用。我们的研究结果提供了对 GBM 中表面-内吞组及其在缺氧下重塑的全面理解,为探索 GBM 免疫治疗方法的靶标提供了资源。