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ArticleNature communications2023

Long non-coding RNA-derived peptides are immunogenic and drive a potent anti-tumour response.

Wojciech Barczak, Simon M Carr, Geng Liu, Shonagh Munro, Annalisa Nicastri, Lian Ni Lee, Claire Hutchings, Nicola Ternette, Paul Klenerman, Alexander Kanapin and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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97citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wojciech Barczak *Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9603-2028
Simon M Carr *Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4327-0425
Geng LiuLaboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
Shonagh MunroArgonaut Therapeutics Ltd, Oxford Science Park, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford, OX4 4GA, UK.
Annalisa NicastriThe Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK.
Lian Ni LeePeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3915-3015
Claire HutchingsPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.
Nicola TernetteThe Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9283-0743
Paul KlenermanPeter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4307-9161
Alexander KanapinCentre for Computational Biology, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia.
Anastasia SamsonovaCentre for Computational Biology, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-9353-9173
Nicholas B La ThangueLaboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK. nick.lathangue@oncology.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-2568-3736
University of Oxford · GBPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University · RUCancer Research UK · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) 5 is over-expressed in a variety of cancers and the master transcription regulator E2F1 is an important methylation target. We have explored the role of PRMT5 and E2F1 in regulating the non-coding genome and report here a striking effect on long non-coding (lnc) RNA gene expression. Moreover, many MHC class I protein-associated peptides were derived from small open reading frames in the lncRNA genes. Pharmacological inhibition of PRMT5 or adjusting E2F1 levels qualitatively altered the repertoire of lncRNA-derived peptide antigens displayed by tumour cells. When presented to the immune system as either ex vivo-loaded dendritic cells or expressed from a viral vector, lncRNA-derived peptides drove a potent antigen-specific CD8 T lymphocyte response, which translated into a significant delay in tumour growth. Thus, lncRNA genes encode immunogenic peptides that can be deployed as a cancer vaccine.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsRNA, Long NoncodingCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansPeptidesProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IPeptidesPRMT5 protein, humanProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID36841868
PMCPMC9968330
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