Targeted Mass Spectrometry Enables Multiplexed Quantification of Immunomodulatory Proteins in Clinical Biospecimens

Targeted Mass Spectrometry Enables Multiplexed Quantification of Immunomodulatory Proteins in Clinical Biospecimens

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Immunotherapies are revolutionizing cancer care, producing durable responses and potentially cures in a subset of patients.However, response rates are low for most tumors, grade 3/4 toxicities lock shock and barrel art are not uncommon, and our current understanding of tumor immunobiology is incomplete.While hundreds of immunomodulatory proteins in the tumor microenvironment shape the anti-tumor response, few of them can be reliably quantified.To address this need, we developed a multiplex panel of targeted proteomic assays targeting 52 peptides representing 46 proteins using peptide immunoaffinity enrichment coupled to multiple reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry.

We validated the assays in tissue and plasma matrices, olea europaea montra where performance figures of merit showed over 3 orders of dynamic range and median inter-day CVs of 5.2% (tissue) and 21% (plasma).A feasibility study in clinical biospecimens showed detection of 48/52 peptides in frozen tissue and 38/52 peptides in plasma.The assays are publicly available as a resource for the research community.