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ArticleScience translational medicine2020

Metabolic reprogramming of donor T cells enhances graft-versus-leukemia effects in mice and humans.

Franziska M Uhl, Sophia Chen, David O'Sullivan, Joy Edwards-Hicks, Gesa Richter, Eileen Haring, Geoffroy Andrieux, Sebastian Halbach, Petya Apostolova, Jörg Büscher and 15 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07627568 (Analysis of Biomarkers in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Treated With Menin Inhibition.), which is not on this map. Cited by 82 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT07627568 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Analysis of Biomarkers in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Treated With Menin Inhibition.

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorUniversity of FreiburgRan2026 to 2027Enrolled20ConditionsAcute Myeloid Leukemia
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Franziska M UhlDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8951-6289
Sophia ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
David O'SullivanDepartment of Immunometabolism, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg 79108, Germany.
Joy Edwards-HicksDepartment of Immunometabolism, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg 79108, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9313-5718
Gesa RichterGottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8010, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8809-9775
Eileen HaringDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3834-6878
Geoffroy AndrieuxInstitute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79110, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5389-9481
Sebastian HalbachInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research (IMMZ), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6827-8178
Petya ApostolovaDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3856-5109
Jörg BüscherDepartment of Immunometabolism, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg 79108, Germany.
Sandra DuquesneDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
Wolfgang MelchingerDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
Barbara SauerDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
Khalid ShoumariyehDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7969-1972
Annette Schmitt-GraeffUniversity of Freiburg, Freiburg 79085, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5082-7979
Marina KreutzInternal Medicine III, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg 93042, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8762-9861
Michael LübbertDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
Justus DuysterDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7325-7753
Tilman BrummerGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Freiburg, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg 69120, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4387-7905
Melanie BoerriesInstitute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79110, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3670-0602
Tobias MadlGottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8010, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9725-5231
Bruce R BlazarDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9608-9841
Olaf GroßInstitute of Neuropathology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8660-3619
Erika L PearceDepartment of Immunometabolism, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg 79108, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5592-5439
Robert ZeiserDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany. robert.zeiser@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6565-3393
University of Freiburg · DEMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics · DEMedical University of Graz · ATMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DEUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Trial Design and Biostatistical Support CoreP01CA065493 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI J SUNIL RAO · 1995 to 2026
$48.2M
Transgenic/KnockoutP01AI056299 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2003 to 2023
$42.5M
Enhancing Treg Therapeutic Efficacy in GVHDR01HL118979 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, HIPPEN, KELI L · 2014 to 2025
$6.7M
T-CELL TARGETING FOR GVHDR01HL056067 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 1995 to 2022
$5.4M
In Vivo Prevention of Murine GVHDR37AI034495 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Bruce R Blazar · 2017 to 2026
$5.4M
TUMOR-IMPOSED GLUCOSE RESTRICTIONS ON T CELLS DAMPEN IMMUNITYR01CA181125 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PEARCE, ERIKA L · 2014 to 2017
$989k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA065493NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R01 CA181125NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL056067NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118979NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI056299NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI034495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) has a dismal prognosis. We found that T cells of patients relapsing with AML after allo-HCT exhibited reduced glycolysis and interferon-γ production. Functional studies in multiple mouse models of leukemia showed that leukemia-derived lactic acid (LA) interfered with T cell glycolysis and proliferation. Mechanistically, LA reduced intracellular pH in T cells, led to lower transcription of glycolysis-related enzymes, and decreased activity of essential metabolic pathways. Metabolic reprogramming by sodium bicarbonate (NaBi) reversed the LA-induced low intracellular pH, restored metabolite concentrations, led to incorporation of LA into the tricarboxylic acid cycle as an additional energy source, and enhanced graft-versus-leukemia activity of murine and human T cells. NaBi treatment of post-allo-HCT patients with relapsed AML improved metabolic fitness and interferon-γ production in T cells. Overall, we show that metabolic reprogramming of donor T cells is a pharmacological strategy for patients with relapsed AML after allo-HCT.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteAnimalsHumansMiceTissue DonorsT-LymphocytesTransplantation, Homologous

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PMID33115954
PMCPMC8529950
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