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The Hippo Pathway Kinases LATS1/2 Suppress Cancer Immunity.

Toshiro Moroishi, Tomoko Hayashi, Wei-Wei Pan, Yu Fujita, Matthew V Holt, Jun Qin, Dennis A Carson, Kun-Liang Guan

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Article in Cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 265 papers.

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265citing papers in PubMed
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265 citing papers in PubMed, 443 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Toshiro MoroishiDepartment of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Tomoko HayashiDepartment of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Wei-Wei PanDepartment of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China.
Yu FujitaDepartment of Pathology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Matthew V HoltVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jun QinVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Dennis A CarsonDepartment of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Kun-Liang GuanDepartment of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: kuguan@ucsd.edu.
University of California, San Diego · USBaylor College of Medicine · USJiaxing University · CN

Funding

PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION AND GROWTH FACTOR FUNCTIONR01GM051586 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROWN, JOAN HELLER · 1994 to 2024
$7.9M
The mTOR and Hippo pathway in cell growth and cancerR35CA196878 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GUAN, KUN-LIANG · 2015 to 2019
$4.0M
Regulation of the Hippo pathway and its role in uveal melanomaR01EY022611 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GUAN, KUN-LIANG · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA196878NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022611NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400051CNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poorly immunogenic tumor cells evade host immunity and grow even in the presence of an intact immune system, but the complex mechanisms regulating tumor immunogenicity have not been elucidated. Here, we discovered an unexpected role of the Hippo pathway in suppressing anti-tumor immunity. We demonstrate that, in three different murine syngeneic tumor models (B16, SCC7, and 4T1), loss of the Hippo pathway kinases LATS1/2 (large tumor suppressor 1 and 2) in tumor cells inhibits tumor growth. Tumor regression by LATS1/2 deletion requires adaptive immune responses, and LATS1/2 deficiency enhances tumor vaccine efficacy. Mechanistically, LATS1/2-null tumor cells secrete nucleic-acid-rich extracellular vesicles, which induce a type I interferon response via the Toll-like receptors-MYD88/TRIF pathway. LATS1/2 deletion in tumors thus improves tumor immunogenicity, leading to tumor destruction by enhancing anti-tumor immune responses. Our observations uncover a key role of the Hippo pathway in modulating tumor immunogenicity and demonstrate a proof of concept for targeting LATS1/2 in cancer immunotherapy.

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Immune ToleranceAnimalsCancer VaccinesGene DeletionImmunotherapyMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasmsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsTumor Suppressor ProteinsCancer VaccinesLats1 protein, mouseLATS2 protein, mouseProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesToll-Like ReceptorsTumor Suppressor ProteinsB16 melanomacancer immunityexosomeHippoimmunotherapyinterferonLATSTAZToll-like receptorYAP

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PMID27912060
PMCPMC5512418
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