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ArticleiScience2021

NMD inhibition by 5-azacytidine augments presentation of immunogenic frameshift-derived neoepitopes.

Jonas P Becker, Dominic Helm, Mandy Rettel, Frank Stein, Alejandro Hernandez-Sanchez, Katharina Urban, Johannes Gebert, Matthias Kloor, Gabriele Neu-Yilik, Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz and 2 more

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Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jonas P BeckerMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Dominic HelmGenomics and Proteomics Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Mandy RettelEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Frank SteinEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Alejandro Hernandez-SanchezMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Katharina UrbanMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Johannes GebertMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias KloorMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Gabriele Neu-YilikMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Magnus von Knebel DoeberitzMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias W HentzeMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Andreas E KulozikMolecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEHeidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DENational Center for Tumor Diseases · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frameshifted protein sequences elicit tumor-specific T cell-mediated immune responses in microsatellite-unstable (MSI) cancers if presented by HLA class I molecules. However, their expression and presentation are limited by nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD). We employed an unbiased immunopeptidomics workflow to analyze MSI HCT-116 cells and identified >10,000 HLA class I-presented peptides including five frameshift-derived InDel neoepitopes. Notably, pharmacological NMD inhibition with 5-azacytidine stabilizes frameshift-bearing transcripts and increases the HLA class I-mediated presentation of InDel neoepitopes. The frameshift mutation underlying one of the identified InDel neoepitopes is highly recurrent in MSI colorectal cancer cell lines and primary patient samples, and immunization with the corresponding neoepitope induces strong CD8

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PMID33981976
PMCPMC8082087
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