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作者: Kershaw, Nadia J ; Edwards, Emily S J ; van Zelm, Menno C ; Oxley, Ethan P ; Huntington, Nicholas D. ; Garwood, Maximilian M ; Wicks, Ian P ; D'Silva, Damian B ; Edwards, Emily S.J. ; Wiranata, Stephanie ; Goodall, Katharine J. ; Park, Hae-Young ; van Zelm, Menno C. ; Haynes, Nicole M. ; Garwood, Maximilian M. ; Lebenbaum, Ariel G ; D’Silva, Damian B. ; O'Keeffe, Meredith ; Haynes, Nicole M ; Louis, Cynthia ; Oxley, Ethan P. ; Voo, Veronica T F ; Goodall, Katharine J ; Hogarth, P Mark ; Huntington, Nicholas D ; Wong, Lilian L.L. ; Wicks, Ian P. ; Iaria, Josephine ; Dickins, Ross A. ; Kershaw, Nadia J. ; O’Keeffe, Meredith ; Jee Ho, Skye Min ; Hogarth, P. Mark ; Pang, Ee Shan ; Voo, Veronica T.F. ; Hansen, Jacinta ; Dickins, Ross A ; Wong, Lilian L L ; Lebenbaum, Ariel G.
T cell surface CTLA4 sequesters the costimulatory ligands CD80 and CD86 on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to prevent autoimmunity. Therapeutic immunosuppression by recombinant CTLA4-immunoglobulin (Ig) fusion proteins, including abatacept, is also attributed to CD80/CD86 blockade. Recent studies show that CTLA4-Ig binding to APC surface cis-CD80:PD-L1 complexes can release the inhibitory ligand PD-L1, but whether this contributes to T cell inhibition remains unclear. Here, we show that PD-L1 liberation by CTLA4-Ig is strictly limited, both in extent and context, relative to PD-L1-competing anti-CD80 antibodies. At APC surface CD80:PD-L1 ratios exceeding 2:1, CTLA4-Ig therapies fail to release PD-L1 regardless of their CD80 affinity. Additionally, introducing flexibility into CTLA4-Ig by modifying its rigid homodimer interface produces biologics that retain bivalent CD80 binding without dissociating cis-bound PD-L1. These findings demonstrate that CTLA4-Ig therapies liberate PD-L1 through a CD80 reorientation mechanism that imposes a strict context dependence to their PD-1 checkpoint agonism and resultant T cell inhibition.