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A major chromatin regulator determines resistance of tumor cells to T cell–mediated killing

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Pan, Deng, Kobayashi, Aya, Jiang, Peng, Ferrari de Andrade, Lucas, Tay, Rong En, Luoma, Adrienne M., Tsoucas, Daphne, Qiu, Xintao +8 more·2018·Science

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SNF'ing out antitumor immunity: Immune checkpoint inhibitors induce durable tumor regressions in some, but not all, cancer patients. Understanding the mechanisms that determine tumor sensitivity to these drugs could potentially expand the number of patients who benefit (see the Perspective by Ghorani and Quezada). Pan et al. discovered that tumor cells in which a specific SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex had been experimentally inactivated were more sensitive to T cell–mediated killing. The cells were more responsive to interferon-γ, leading to increased secretion of cytokines that promote antitumor immunity. Miao et al. examined the genomic features of tumors from patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who had been treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Tumors harboring inactivating mutations in PBRM1 , which encodes a subunit of the same SWI/SNF complex, were more likely to respond to the drugs. Science , this issue p. 770 , p. 801 ; see also p. 745

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  • Pooled in vivo and in vitro CRISPR-Cas9 based screening have nominated several tumour intrinsic drivers of resistance to immunotherapy, but therapeutic applications of these findings remain limited.

    “Pooled in vivo and in vitro CRISPR-Cas9 based screening have nominated several tumour intrinsic drivers of resistance to immunotherapy 4,8-11 , but therapeutic applications of these findings remain limited.”
  • TBK1 has been nominated as a candidate immune evasion gene.

    “thus it is surprising that TBK1 has been nominated as a candidate immune evasion gene 4,9-11”

    From Targeting TBK1 to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy (2023) · cites this paper as [10]

    The Discovery and Pathways sections identify several genes and pathways involved in resistance to T cell–mediated killing, but the passages do not name TBK1. Searches for “TBK1” and “TANK-binding kinase 1” found no passage in our copy nominating it as an immune-evasion gene; page numbers were unavailable. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • CRISPR/Cas9 KO screens in murine models or engineered human cell lines identified putative novel immune evasion mechanisms involving chromatin regulators, TNFα signaling, SOX4, PTPN2, and APLNR, but their clinical relevance is unclear.

    “CRISPR/Cas9 KO screens in murine models or engineered human cell lines testing tumor-T cell interactions identified putative novel mechanisms of immune evasion involving chromatin regulators10, TNFα signaling11, SOX412, PTPN213, and APLNR10, yet their clinical relevance is unclear.”
  • CD49f, an integrin associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, was induced.

    “consistent with prior reports12, induction of CD49f, which encodes an integrin associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT).”
  • Previous screens used antigen-specific T cells targeting model tumor-associated antigens such as OVA, gp100, and NY-ESO-1.

    “In previous screens, antigen-specific T cells targeting model tumor associated antigen (TAA), such as OVA, gp100, and NY-ESO-1, were used (Manguso et al., 2017; Pan et al., 2018; Patel et al., 2017).”

    From Protein Barcodes Enable High-Dimensional Single-Cell CRISPR Screens (2018) · cites this paper as Pan et al., 2018

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Authors
Pan, D., Kobayashi, A., Jiang, P., Ferrari de Andrade, L., Tay, R. E., Luoma, A. M., Tsoucas, D., Qiu, X., Lim, K., Rao, P., Long, H. W., Yuan, G.-C., Doench, J., Brown, M., Liu, X. S., & Wucherpfennig, K. W.
Affiliations
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
  • Astellas Pharma (Japan) (JP)
  • Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Pan, Deng
  • Kobayashi, Aya
  • Jiang, Peng
  • Liu, X. Shirley
  • Wucherpfennig, Kai W.
Venue
Science
Published
2018-02-16
Volume
359
Issue
6377
Pages
770-775
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2782124401
Cited by
852
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 96 · 2024: 92 · 2023: 107 · 2022: 123 · 2021: 117 · 2020: 143 · 2019: 86 · 2018: 47
FWCI
36.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (R01CA173750)
  • Astellas Pharma
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
SWI/SNF complex, PBRM1, immune checkpoint inhibitors, T cell-mediated killing, antitumor immunity, interferon-gamma, renal cell carcinoma, chromatin regulation
MeSH terms
CRISPR-Associated Protein 9, Bromodomain Containing Proteins, Animals, Bacterial Proteins, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, DNA-Binding Proteins, Endonucleases, Genetic Testing, Humans, Immunotherapy, Interferon-gamma, Melanoma, Experimental, Skin Neoplasms, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Transcription Factors, HMGB Proteins, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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