Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Acquired cancer cell resistance to T cell bispecific antibodies and CAR T targeting HER2 through JAK2 down-modulation

  • Enrique J. Arenas,
  • Alex Martínez-Sabadell,
  • Irene Rius Ruiz,
  • Macarena Román Alonso,
  • Marta Escorihuela,
  • Antonio Luque,
  • Carlos Alberto Fajardo,
  • Alena Gros,
  • Christian Klein,
  • Joaquín Arribas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21445-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Several mechanisms of resistance to T cell-engaging therapies have been described for solid tumors. Here, by using T cell bispecific antibodies and chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) T cells targeting HER2, the authors show that cancer cell intrinsic disruption of interferon-gamma signalling, including downregulation of JAK2, confers resistance to T-cell mediated cytotoxicity.