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Suppression of antitumor T cell immunity by the oncometabolite (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate

  • Nat Med. 2018 Aug;24(8):1192-1203. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0095-6.
Lukas Bunse 1 2 3 4 Stefan Pusch 5 6 Theresa Bunse 1 3 7 Felix Sahm 5 6 Khwab Sanghvi 1 4 Mirco Friedrich 1 Dalia Alansary 8 Jana K Sonner 1 Edward Green 1 Katrin Deumelandt 1 4 Michael Kilian 1 4 Cyril Neftel 9 Stefanie Uhlig 10 Tobias Kessler 2 3 11 Anna von Landenberg 1 Anna S Berghoff 11 12 13 Kelly Marsh 14 Mya Steadman 14 Dongwei Zhu 14 Brandon Nicolay 14 Benedikt Wiestler 15 Michael O Breckwoldt 1 16 Ruslan Al-Ali 17 Simone Karcher-Bausch 1 Matthias Bozza 18 Iris Oezen 1 Magdalena Kramer 1 Jochen Meyer 5 6 Antje Habel 5 6 Jessica Eisel 5 6 Gernot Poschet 19 Michael Weller 20 Matthias Preusser 13 21 Minou Nadji-Ohl 22 Niklas Thon 23 Michael C Burger 24 25 Patrick N Harter 25 26 Miriam Ratliff 11 27 Richard Harbottle 18 Axel Benner 28 Daniel Schrimpf 5 6 Jürgen Okun 29 Christel Herold-Mende 30 Sevin Turcan 17 Stefan Kaulfuss 31 Holger Hess-Stumpp 31 Karen Bieback 10 Daniel P Cahill 32 Karl H Plate 25 26 Daniel Hänggi 27 Marion Dorsch 14 Mario L Suvà 9 Barbara A Niemeyer 8 Andreas von Deimling 4 5 Wolfgang Wick 2 3 11 Michael Platten 33 34 35 36
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Clinical Cooperation Unit (CCU) Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 2 Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 3 National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, DKTK, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 4 Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 5 Department of Neuropathology, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 6 DKTK CCU Neuropathology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 7 Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
  • 8 Molecular Biophysics, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
  • 9 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and Department of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • 10 FlowCore Mannheim and Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Mannheim, Germany.
  • 11 DKTK CCU Neurooncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 12 Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • 13 CNS Tumors Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • 14 Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • 15 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Neuro-Kopf-Zentrum, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • 16 Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 17 Max Eder Junior Group on Low Grade Gliomas, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 18 DNA Vectors Unit, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 19 Center for Organismal Studies, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 20 Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 21 Department for Medicine I, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • 22 Department of Neurosurgery, Stuttgart Clinics, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 23 Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
  • 24 Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 25 DKTK Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 26 Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), University Hospital and Medical Faculty, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 27 Neurosurgery Clinic, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
  • 28 Division of Biostatistics, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 29 Metabolic Center Heidelberg, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 30 Division of Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 31 Research and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany.
  • 32 Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • 33 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Clinical Cooperation Unit (CCU) Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. m.platten@dkfz.de.
  • 34 Department of Neurology, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany. m.platten@dkfz.de.
  • 35 National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, DKTK, Heidelberg, Germany. m.platten@dkfz.de.
  • 36 Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany. m.platten@dkfz.de.
Abstract

The oncometabolite (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate (R-2-HG) produced by isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations promotes gliomagenesis via DNA and histone methylation. Here, we identify an additional activity of R-2-HG: tumor cell-derived R-2-HG is taken up by T cells where it induces a perturbation of nuclear factor of activated T cells transcriptional activity and polyamine biosynthesis, resulting in suppression of T cell activity. IDH1-mutant gliomas display reduced T cell abundance and altered calcium signaling. Antitumor immunity to experimental syngeneic IDH1-mutant tumors induced by IDH1-specific vaccine or checkpoint inhibition is improved by inhibition of the neomorphic enzymatic function of mutant IDH1. These data attribute a novel, non-tumor cell-autonomous role to an oncometabolite in shaping the tumor immune microenvironment.

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