2024
Plasticity-induced repression of Irf6 underlies acquired resistance to cancer immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Kim I, Diamond M, Yuan S, Kemp S, Kahn B, Li Q, Lin J, Li J, Norgard R, Thomas S, Merolle M, Katsuda T, Tobias J, Baslan T, Politi K, Vonderheide R, Stanger B. Plasticity-induced repression of Irf6 underlies acquired resistance to cancer immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 1532. PMID: 38378697, PMCID: PMC10879147, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46048-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaEpithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionResistance to immunotherapyT cell killingDuctal adenocarcinomaAcquired resistance to immunotherapyResistance to cancer immunotherapyMouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaModel of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaExpression of immune checkpointsInterferon regulatory factor 6Effect of TNF-aEMT transcription factor ZEB1Antigen presentation machineryTumor immune microenvironmentCell-intrinsic defectsPro-apoptotic effectsPresentation machineryCancer immunotherapyImmune checkpointsTumor relapseImmune microenvironmentPrimary resistanceT cellsAcquired resistance
2023
PTEN Loss Confers Resistance to Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Increasing Tumor Infiltration of Regulatory T Cells.
Exposito F, Redrado M, Houry M, Hastings K, Molero-Abraham M, Lozano T, Solorzano J, Sanz-Ortega J, Adradas V, Amat R, Redin E, Leon S, Legarra N, Garcia J, Serrano D, Valencia K, Robles-Oteiza C, Foggetti G, Otegui N, Felip E, Lasarte J, Paz-Ares L, Zugazagoitia J, Politi K, Montuenga L, Calvo A. PTEN Loss Confers Resistance to Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Increasing Tumor Infiltration of Regulatory T Cells. Cancer Research 2023, 83: 2513-2526. PMID: 37311042, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-22-3023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerLung squamous carcinomaAnti-PD-1 therapyRegulatory T cellsCell lung cancerImmunosuppressive microenvironmentLung cancerImmunotherapy resistanceT cellsWorse progression-free survivalCell death protein 1PTEN lossAnti-TGFβ antibodyConversion of CD4PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayProgression-free survivalDeath protein 1Treatment of miceImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentPTEN/PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayAKT/mTOR pathwayPD-L1TLR agonistsTumor rejectionSquamous carcinoma