Reciprocal inhibition between TP63 and STAT1 regulates anti-tumor immune response through interferon-γ signaling in squamous cancer.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 25 06 2023
accepted: 11 03 2024
medline: 21 3 2024
pubmed: 21 3 2024
entrez: 21 3 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are common and aggressive malignancies. Immune check point blockade (ICB) therapy using PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies has been approved in several types of advanced SCCs. However, low response rate and treatment resistance are common. Improving the efficacy of ICB therapy requires better understanding of the mechanism of immune evasion. Here, we identify that the SCC-master transcription factor TP63 suppresses interferon-γ (IFNγ) signaling. TP63 inhibition leads to increased CD8

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pubmed: 38509096
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46785-9
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-46785-9
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eng

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Yuan Jiang (Y)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Yueyuan Zheng (Y)

Clinical Big Data Research Center, Scientific Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, China.

Yuan-Wei Zhang (YW)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.

Shuai Kong (S)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Jinxiu Dong (J)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.

Fei Wang (F)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Benjamin Ziman (B)

Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.

Sigal Gery (S)

Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.

Jia-Jie Hao (JJ)

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.

Dan Zhou (D)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
Institutes of Physical Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China.

Jianian Zhou (J)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Allen S Ho (AS)

Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.

Uttam K Sinha (UK)

Department of otolaryngology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.

Jian Chen (J)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.

Shuo Zhang (S)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Chuntong Yin (C)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.

Dan-Dan Wei (DD)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.

Masaharu Hazawa (M)

Cell-Bionomics Research Unit, Innovative Integrated Bio-Research Core, Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.

Huaguang Pan (H)

Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.

Zhihao Lu (Z)

Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.

Wen-Qiang Wei (WQ)

Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.

Ming-Rong Wang (MR)

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.

H Phillip Koeffler (HP)

Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.

De-Chen Lin (DC)

Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA. dechenli@usc.edu.

Yan-Yi Jiang (YY)

Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China. yanyij@cmpt.ac.cn.
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China. yanyij@cmpt.ac.cn.

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