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Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells
Novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed for patients with high-risk Ewing sarcoma and for the reduction of severe side effects for all patients. Immunotherapy may fill this need, but its successful application has been hampered by a lack of knowledge on the composition and function of the E...
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American Association for Cancer Research
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10595530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37823774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0027 |
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author | Visser, Lindy L. Bleijs, Margit Margaritis, Thanasis van de Wetering, Marc Holstege, Frank C. P. Clevers, Hans |
author_facet | Visser, Lindy L. Bleijs, Margit Margaritis, Thanasis van de Wetering, Marc Holstege, Frank C. P. Clevers, Hans |
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description | Novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed for patients with high-risk Ewing sarcoma and for the reduction of severe side effects for all patients. Immunotherapy may fill this need, but its successful application has been hampered by a lack of knowledge on the composition and function of the Ewing sarcoma immune microenvironment. Here, we explore the immune microenvironment of Ewing sarcoma, by single-cell RNA sequencing of 18 Ewing sarcoma primary tissue samples. Ewing sarcoma is infiltrated by natural killer, T, and B cells, dendritic cells, and immunosuppressive macrophages. Ewing sarcoma–associated T cells show various degrees of dysfunction. The antigen-presenting cells found in Ewing sarcoma lack costimulatory gene expression, implying functional impairment. Interaction analysis reveals a clear role for Ewing sarcoma tumor cells in turning the Ewing sarcoma immune microenvironment into an immunosuppressive niche. These results provide novel insights into the functional state of immune cells in the Ewing sarcoma tumor microenvironment and suggest mechanisms by which Ewing sarcoma tumor cells interact with, and shape, the immune microenvironment. SIGNIFICANCE: This study is the first presenting a detailed analysis of the Ewing sarcoma microenvironment using single-cell RNA sequencing. We provide novel insight into the functional state of immune cells and suggests mechanisms by which Ewing tumor cells interact with, and shape, their immune microenvironment. These insights provide help in understanding the failures and successes of immunotherapy in Ewing sarcoma and may guide novel targeted (immuno) therapeutic approaches. |
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spelling | pubmed-105955302023-10-25 Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells Visser, Lindy L. Bleijs, Margit Margaritis, Thanasis van de Wetering, Marc Holstege, Frank C. P. Clevers, Hans Cancer Res Commun Research Article Novel therapeutic strategies are urgently needed for patients with high-risk Ewing sarcoma and for the reduction of severe side effects for all patients. Immunotherapy may fill this need, but its successful application has been hampered by a lack of knowledge on the composition and function of the Ewing sarcoma immune microenvironment. Here, we explore the immune microenvironment of Ewing sarcoma, by single-cell RNA sequencing of 18 Ewing sarcoma primary tissue samples. Ewing sarcoma is infiltrated by natural killer, T, and B cells, dendritic cells, and immunosuppressive macrophages. Ewing sarcoma–associated T cells show various degrees of dysfunction. The antigen-presenting cells found in Ewing sarcoma lack costimulatory gene expression, implying functional impairment. Interaction analysis reveals a clear role for Ewing sarcoma tumor cells in turning the Ewing sarcoma immune microenvironment into an immunosuppressive niche. These results provide novel insights into the functional state of immune cells in the Ewing sarcoma tumor microenvironment and suggest mechanisms by which Ewing sarcoma tumor cells interact with, and shape, the immune microenvironment. SIGNIFICANCE: This study is the first presenting a detailed analysis of the Ewing sarcoma microenvironment using single-cell RNA sequencing. We provide novel insight into the functional state of immune cells and suggests mechanisms by which Ewing tumor cells interact with, and shape, their immune microenvironment. These insights provide help in understanding the failures and successes of immunotherapy in Ewing sarcoma and may guide novel targeted (immuno) therapeutic approaches. American Association for Cancer Research 2023-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10595530/ /pubmed/37823774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0027 Text en © 2023 The Authors; Published by the American Association for Cancer Research https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Visser, Lindy L. Bleijs, Margit Margaritis, Thanasis van de Wetering, Marc Holstege, Frank C. P. Clevers, Hans Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells |
title | Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells |
title_full | Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells |
title_fullStr | Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells |
title_full_unstemmed | Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells |
title_short | Ewing Sarcoma Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Functionally Impaired Antigen-presenting Cells |
title_sort | ewing sarcoma single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals functionally impaired antigen-presenting cells |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10595530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37823774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0027 |
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