Integrated single-cell profiling dissects cell-state-specific enhancer landscapes of human tumor-infiltrating T cells.
Riegel, D.; Romero-Fernandez, E.; Simon, M.; Adenugba, A. R.; Singer, K.; Mayr, R.; Weber, F.; Imbusch, C. D.; Kreutz, M.; Brors, B.; Ugele, I.; Werner, J. M.; Siska, P. J.; Schmidl, C.
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Despite extensive studies on the chromatin landscape of exhausted T cells, the transcriptional wiring underlying the heterogeneous functional and dysfunctional states of human tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is incompletely understood. Here, we identify tissue-specific and general gene-regulatory landscapes in the wide breadth of CD8+ TIL functional states covering four cancer entities using single-cell chromatin profiling. We map enhancer-promoter interactions in human TILs by integrating single-cell chromatin accessibility with single-cell RNA-seq data from tumor entity-matching samples, and prioritize key elements by super-enhancer analysis. Our results reveal a human core chromatin trajectory to TIL dysfunction and identify involved key enhancers, transcriptional regulators, and deregulated target genes in this process. Finally, we validate enhancer regulation at immunotherapeutically relevant loci by targeting non-coding regulatory elements with potent CRISPR activators and repressors. In summary, our study provides a framework for understanding and manipulating cell-state-specific gene-regulatory cues from human tumor infiltrating lymphocytes.
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