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ArticleScience advances2023

Synthetic enforcement of STING signaling in cancer cells appropriates the immune microenvironment for checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Larsen Vornholz, Sophie E Isay, Zsuzsanna Kurgyis, Daniel C Strobl, Patricia Loll, Mohammed H Mosa, Malte D Luecken, Michael Sterr, Heiko Lickert, Christof Winter and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Larsen VornholzInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8054-5603
Sophie E IsayInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0495-2944
Zsuzsanna KurgyisInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3958-4205
Daniel C StroblInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Patricia LollInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6844-1334
Mohammed H MosaInstitute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Malte D LueckenInstitute of Computational Biology, Department of Computational Health, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7464-7921
Michael SterrInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Heiko LickertInstitute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
Christof WinterInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0253-9056
Florian R GretenInstitute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3928-6080
Henner F FarinInstitute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1558-5366
Fabian J TheisInstitute of Computational Biology, Department of Computational Health, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2419-1943
Jürgen RulandInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8381-3597
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DETechnical University of Munich · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) enhance anticancer immunity by releasing repressive signals into tumor microenvironments (TMEs). To be effective, ICIs require preexisting immunologically "hot" niches for tumor antigen presentation and lymphocyte recruitment. How the mutational landscape of cancer cells shapes these immunological niches remains poorly defined. We found in human and murine colorectal cancer (CRC) models that the superior antitumor immune response of mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient CRC required tumor cell-intrinsic activation of cGAS-STING signaling triggered by genomic instability. Subsequently, we synthetically enforced STING signaling in CRC cells with intact MMR signaling using constitutively active STING variants. Even in MMR-proficient CRC, genetically encoded gain-of-function STING was sufficient to induce cancer cell-intrinsic interferon signaling, local activation of antigen-presenting cells, recruitment of effector lymphocytes, and sensitization of previously "cold" TMEs to ICI therapy in vivo. Thus, our results introduce a rational strategy for modulating cancer cell-intrinsic programs via engineered STING enforcement to sensitize resistant tumors to ICI responsiveness.

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Colonic NeoplasmsSignal TransductionAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsGenomic InstabilityHumansMiceTumor Microenvironment

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PMID36921054
PMCPMC10017047
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