PMID- 34104540 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210802 LR - 20220107 IS - 2162-402X (Electronic) IS - 2162-4011 (Print) IS - 2162-4011 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2021 May 24 TI - Low-dose CDK4/6 inhibitors induce presentation of pathway specific MHC ligands as potential targets for cancer immunotherapy. PG - 1916243 LID - 10.1080/2162402X.2021.1916243 [doi] LID - 1916243 AB - Cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) lead to cell-cycle arrest but also trigger T cell-mediated immunity, which might be mediated by changes in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) ligands. We investigated the effects of CDK4/6i, abemaciclib and palbociclib, on the immunopeptidome at nontoxic levels in breast cancer cell lines by biochemical identification of HLA ligands followed by network analyses. This treatment led to upregulation of HLA and revealed hundreds of induced HLA ligands in breast cancer cell lines. These new ligands were significantly enriched for peptides derived from proteins involved in the "G1/S phase transition of cell cycle" including HLA ligands from CDK4/6, Cyclin D1 and the 26S regulatory proteasomal subunit 4 (PSMC1). Interestingly, peptides from proteins targeted by abemaciclib and palbociclib, were predicted to be the most likely to induce a T cell response. In strong contrast, peptides induced by solely one of the drugs had a lower T cell recognition score compared to the DMSO control suggesting that the observed effect is class dependent. This general hypothesis was exemplified by a peptide from PSMC1 which was among the HLA ligands with highest prediction scores and which elicited a T cell response in healthy donors. Overall, these data demonstrate that CDK4/6i treatment gives rise to drug-induced HLA ligands from G1/S phase transition, that have the highest chance for being recognized by T cells, thus providing evidence that inhibition of a distinct cellular process leads to increased presentation of the involved proteins that may be targeted by immunotherapeutic agents. CI - (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. FAU - Charles, Angel AU - Charles A AD - Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA. FAU - Bourne, Christopher M AU - Bourne CM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9290-4223 AD - Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA. FAU - Korontsvit, Tanya AU - Korontsvit T AD - Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA. FAU - Aretz, Zita E H AU - Aretz ZEH AD - Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA. FAU - Mun, Sung Soo AU - Mun SS AD - Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA. FAU - Dao, Tao AU - Dao T AD - Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA. FAU - Klatt, Martin G AU - Klatt MG AD - Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA. FAU - Scheinberg, David A AU - Scheinberg DA AD - Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA. AD - Pharmacology Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA. LA - eng GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA055349/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 CA241894/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210524 PL - United States TA - Oncoimmunology JT - Oncoimmunology JID - 101570526 RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK4 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6) SB - IM MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 MH - *Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6 MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy MH - Ligands MH - *Neoplasms MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors PMC - PMC8158036 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CDK4/6 OT - HLA ligandome OT - abemaciclib OT - antigen presentation OT - breast cancer OT - cell cycle OT - combination therapeutics OT - immuntherapy OT - mass spectometry OT - palbociclib EDAT- 2021/06/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/03 06:00 PMCR- 2021/05/24 CRDT- 2021/06/09 06:48 PHST- 2021/06/09 06:48 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1916243 [pii] AID - 10.1080/2162402X.2021.1916243 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncoimmunology. 2021 May 24;10(1):1916243. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2021.1916243.