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@ARTICLE{Prasad:294332,
author = {R. Prasad and A. Rehman and L. Rehman and F. Darbaniyan and
V. Blumenberg$^*$ and M.-L. Schubert and U. Mor and E.
Zamir$^*$ and S. Schmidt$^*$ and T. Hayase and C. Chia-Chi
and L. K. McDaniel and I. Flores and P. Strati and R. Nair
and D. Chihara and L. E. Fayad and S. Ahmed and S. P. Iyer
and M. L. Wang and P. Jain and L. J. Nastoupil and J. R.
Westin and R. Arora and J. G. Turner and F. Khawaja and R.
Wu and J. B. Dennison and M. Menges and M. Hidalgo-Vargas
and K. M. Reid and M. L. Davila and P. Dreger and F. Korell
and A. Schmitt and M. R. Tanner and R. E. Champlin and C. R.
Flowers and E. J. Shpall and S. Hanash and S. S. Neelapu and
M. Schmitt and M. Subklewe$^*$ and J. Fahrmann and C.
Stein-Thoeringer and E. Elinav$^*$ and M. D. Jain and E.
Hayase and R. R. Jenq and N. Y. Saini},
title = {{A}ntibiotic-induced loss of gut microbiome metabolic
output correlates with clinical responses to {CAR} {T}-cell
therapy.},
journal = {Blood},
volume = {145},
number = {8},
issn = {0006-4971},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {American Society of Hematology},
reportid = {DKFZ-2024-02165},
pages = {823-839},
year = {2025},
note = {2025 Feb 20;145(8):823-839},
abstract = {Antibiotic-induced microbiome dysbiosis is widespread in
oncology, adversely affecting outcomes and side effects of
various cancer treatments, including immune checkpoint
inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell
therapies. In this study, we observed that prior exposure to
broad-spectrum ABX with extended anaerobic coverage like
piperacillin-tazobactam and meropenem was associated with
worsened anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy survival outcomes in large
B-cell lymphoma patients (n=422), compared to other ABX
classes. In a discovery subset of these patients (n=67), we
found that the use of these ABX was in turn associated with
substantial dysbiosis of gut microbiome function, resulting
in significant alterations of the gut and blood metabolome,
including microbial effectors such as short-chain fatty
acids (SCFAs) and other anionic metabolites, findings that
were largely reproduced in an external validation cohort
(n=58). Broader evaluation of circulating microbial
metabolites revealed reductions in indole and cresol
derivatives, as well as trimethylamine N-oxide, in patients
who received ABX treatment (discovery n=40, validation
n=28). These findings were recapitulated in an
immune-competent CAR-T mouse model, where meropenem-induced
dysbiosis led to a systemic dysmetabolome and decreased
murine anti-CD19 CAR-T efficacy. Furthermore, we demonstrate
that SCFAs can enhance the metabolic fitness of CAR-T cells,
leading to improved tumor killing capacity. Together, these
results suggest that broad-spectrum ABX deplete
metabolically active commensals whose metabolites are
essential for enhancing CAR-T efficacy, shedding light on
the intricate relationship between ABX exposure, microbiome
function and their impact on CAR-T cell efficacy. This
highlights the potential for modulating the microbiome to
augment CAR-T immunotherapy.},
cin = {D480 / MU01 / HD01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)D480-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)MU01-20160331 /
I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331},
pnm = {314 - Immunologie und Krebs (POF4-314)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-314},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39441941},
doi = {10.1182/blood.2024025366},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/294332},
}