
尿路メラノーマ肝転移では、活性化、枯渇、および細胞傷害性の3つのサブタイプの腫瘍反応性T細胞が存在する。これらの細胞集団の特性化は、細胞療法の改善につながる可能性がある。


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Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare melanoma originating in the eye’s uvea, with 50% of patients experiencing metastasis predominantly in the liver. In contrast to cutaneous melanoma, there is only a limited effectiveness of combined immune checkpoint therapies, and half of patients succumb to recurrent disease after two years. This study aimed to provide a path towards enhancing immunotherapy efficacy by identifying and functionally validating tumor-reactive T cells in liver metastases of patients with UM. We employed single-cell RNA sequencing of biopsies and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) to identify potential tumor-reactive T cells. Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of UM metastases were created from patients, and tumor sphere cultures were generated from these models for co-culture with autologous or MART1-specific HLA-matched allogenic TILs. Activated T cells were subjected to TCR sequencing, and the TCRs were matched to those found in single-cell sequencing data from biopsies, expanded TILs and in livers or spleens of PDX models injected with TILs. Our findings revealed that tumor-reactive T cells resided not only among activated and exhausted subsets of T cells, but also in a subset of cytotoxic effector cells. In conclusion, combining single-cell sequencing and functional analysis provides valuable insights into which T cells in UM may be useful for cell therapy amplification and marker selection.

### Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

Patient-derived xenografts and single-cell sequencing identifies three subtypes of tumor-reactive lymphocytes in uveal melanoma metastases

肝転移を持つ尿路メラノーマ患者から単一細胞シーケンシングにより同定された3つのサブタイプの腫瘍反応性リンパ球