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@ARTICLE{Soliman:302852,
author = {N. Soliman and T. Nedelko and G. Mandracci and S. Enssle
and V. Grass and J. C. Fischer and F. Bassermann$^*$ and H.
Poeck and S. Kobold$^*$ and N. El Khawanky and S. Heidegger},
title = {{T}argeting {I}ntracellular {I}nnate {RNA}-{S}ensing
{S}ystems {O}vercomes {R}esistance to {CAR} {T}-cell
{T}herapy in {S}olid {T}umors.},
journal = {Cancer research},
volume = {85},
number = {14},
issn = {0099-7013},
address = {Philadelphia, Pa.},
publisher = {AACR},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-01392},
pages = {2679 - 2693},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Despite the remarkable success of chimeric antigen receptor
(CAR) T cells in certain hematologic malignancies, only
modest responses have been achieved in solid tumors.
Defective cell death pathways have recently been suggested
as a tumor-intrinsic form of resistance to CAR T-cell
treatment. In this study, we showed that insufficient
activity of the innate RNA-sensing receptor system retinoic
acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)/mitochondrial antiviral
signaling protein (MAVS) leads to tumor cell-inherent
resistance to CAR T-cell attack. Active RIG-I/MAVS signaling
in tumor cells primed intrinsic mitochondrial apoptosis
pathways and expression of cell death receptors, which
funneled into CAR T-cell-triggered cell death. CAR T-cell
reliance on tumor-intrinsic RIG-I signaling was observed in
various murine and human cancer types, independent of the
CAR construct used, and the dependence was most pronounced
under conditions with low target antigen expression or low
effector/target ratios. RIG-I-induced proapoptotic priming
of CAR T-cell susceptibility involved auto-/paracrine type-I
IFN signaling loops and could spread to bystander tumor
cells. Strong tumor-intrinsic RIG-I/MAVS signaling imprinted
an activated cytolytic phenotype on tumor-interacting CAR T
cells. Agonist-mediated targeting of the RIG-I pathway in
the tumor microenvironment rendered murine melanoma
susceptible to CAR T-cell therapy in vivo with enhanced
infiltration of active CAR T cells. Together, these data
identify insufficient RIG-I/MAVS activity and associated
impaired cell death signaling in malignant cells as a
resistance mechanism to CAR T cells. Targeting
tumor-intrinsic RIG-I is a potential strategy to sensitize
solid tumors to CAR T-cell treatment.Insufficient activity
of the RIG-I/MAVS pathway is a tumor intrinsic resistance
mechanism to CAR T cells, providing the rationale for
targeting RIG-I to optimize CAR T efficacy in patients with
solid cancers.},
keywords = {Animals / Humans / Mice / Immunotherapy, Adoptive: methods
/ Receptors, Chimeric Antigen: immunology / Receptors,
Chimeric Antigen: metabolism / DEAD Box Protein 58:
metabolism / DEAD Box Protein 58: immunology / Signal
Transduction / Neoplasms: therapy / Neoplasms: immunology /
Neoplasms: pathology / Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing:
metabolism / Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing:
immunology / Apoptosis / Immunity, Innate / Cell Line, Tumor
/ Tumor Microenvironment / Receptors, Immunologic /
Receptors, Chimeric Antigen (NLM Chemicals) / DEAD Box
Protein 58 (NLM Chemicals) / RIGI protein, human (NLM
Chemicals) / Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing (NLM
Chemicals) / MAVS protein, human (NLM Chemicals) /
Receptors, Immunologic (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {MU01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)MU01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40305099},
pmc = {pmc:PMC12260516},
doi = {10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-3425},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/302852},
}