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Author: Bozza, Matthias ; Oezen, Iris ; Alansary, Dalia ; Marsh, Kelly ; Dorsch, Marion ; Green, Edward ; Schrimpf, Daniel ; Cahill, Daniel P ; Kilian, Michael ; Bunse, Lukas ; Zhu, Dongwei ; Hänggi, Daniel ; Platten, Michael ; Ratliff, Miriam ; Sanghvi, Khwab ; Herold-Mende, Christel ; Al-Ali, Ruslan ; Kramer, Magdalena ; Harter, Patrick N ; Nicolay, Brandon ; Bieback, Karen ; Wick, Wolfgang ; Benner, Axel ; Uhlig, Stefanie ; Bunse, Theresa ; Poschet, Gernot ; Preusser, Matthias ; von Landenberg, Anna ; Wiestler, Benedikt ; Friedrich, Mirco ; Deumelandt, Katrin ; Meyer, Jochen ; Burger, Michael C ; Kaulfuss, Stefan ; Nadji-Ohl, Minou ; Steadman, Mya ; Plate, Karl H ; Neftel, Cyril ; Weller, Michael ; Hess-Stumpp, Holger ; Thon, Niklas ; Habel, Antje ; Niemeyer, Barbara A ; Sonner, Jana K ; Harbottle, Richard ; Okun, Jürgen ; Turcan, Sevin ; Berghoff, Anna S ; Pusch, Stefan ; Breckwoldt, Michael O ; Sahm, Felix ; Kessler, Tobias ; Suvà, Mario L ; Karcher-Bausch, Simone ; Eisel, Jessica ; von Deimling, Andreas
The oncometabolite (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate (R-2-HG) produced by isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations promotes gliomagenesis via DNA and histone methylation. Here, we identify an additional activity of R-2-HG: tumor cell-derived R-2-HG is taken up by T cells where it induces a perturbation of nuclear factor of activated T cells transcriptional activity and polyamine biosynthesis, resulting in suppression of T cell activity. IDH1-mutant gliomas display reduced T cell abundance and altered calcium signaling. Antitumor immunity to experimental syngeneic IDH1-mutant tumors induced by IDH1-specific vaccine or checkpoint inhibition is improved by inhibition of the neomorphic enzymatic function of mutant IDH1. These data attribute a novel, non-tumor cell-autonomous role to an oncometabolite in shaping the tumor immune microenvironment.