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ArticleCell death and differentiation2023

PML at mitochondria-associated membranes governs a trimeric complex with NLRP3 and P2X7R that modulates the tumor immune microenvironment.

Sonia Missiroli, Mariasole Perrone, Roberta Gafà, Francesco Nicoli, Massimo Bonora, Giampaolo Morciano, Caterina Boncompagni, Saverio Marchi, Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska, Bianca Vezzani and 10 more

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Sonia MissiroliDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4530-617X
Mariasole PerroneDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8617-2705
Roberta GafàDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Francesco NicoliDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Massimo BonoraDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5752-3318
Giampaolo MorcianoDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Caterina BoncompagniDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Saverio MarchiDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
Magdalena Lebiedzinska-ArciszewskaLaboratory of Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2725-5551
Bianca VezzaniDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5869-6301
Giovanni LanzaDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Franz KricekNBS-C Bioscience & Consulting GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Alessandro BorghiDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Francesco FioricaDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, AULSS 9 Scaligera, Verona, Italy.
Keisuke ItoRuth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Departments of Cell Biology and Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6702-9735
Mariusz R WieckowskiLaboratory of Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.
Francesco Di VirgilioDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3566-1362
Luigi AbelliDepartment of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Section of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0344-4841
Paolo PintonDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7108-6508
Carlotta GiorgiDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine and Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies (LTTA), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. carlotta.giorgi@unife.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2494-7405
University of Ferrara · ITInstytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego · PLAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USMarche Polytechnic University · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

The Roles of Lipid Metabolism in the Maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem CellsR01DK098263 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI Keisuke Ito · 2013 to 2026
$5.2M
Dissecting the canonical and non-canonical functions of Tet2 in hematopoietic stem cells and hematologic disordersR01HL148852 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Meelad Dawlaty, Keisuke Ito · 2019 to 2026
$4.4M
Single cell approach to uncovering factors regulating HSC division symmetry in vivoR01DK115577 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI ITO, KEISUKE, LIN, CHARLES P. · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148852NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098263NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115577
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uncontrolled inflammatory response arising from the tumor microenvironment (TME) significantly contributes to cancer progression, prompting an investigation and careful evaluation of counter-regulatory mechanisms. We identified a trimeric complex at the mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs), in which the purinergic P2X7 receptor - NLRP3 inflammasome liaison is fine-tuned by the tumor suppressor PML. PML downregulation drives an exacerbated immune response due to a loss of P2X7R-NLRP3 restraint that boosts tumor growth. PML mislocalization from MAMs elicits an uncontrolled NLRP3 activation, and consequent cytokines blast fueling cancer and worsening the tumor prognosis in different human cancers. New mechanistic insights are provided for the PML-P2X7R-NLRP3 axis to govern the TME in human carcinogenesis, fostering new targeted therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPromyelocytic Leukemia ProteinReceptors, Purinergic P2X7Tumor MicroenvironmentCytokinesHumansInflammasomesMitochondriaCytokinesInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPML protein, humanPromyelocytic Leukemia ProteinReceptors, Purinergic P2X7

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PMID36450825
PMCPMC9713080
OpenAlexW4310642876

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