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ArticleNature communications2024

Tumour-intrinsic endomembrane trafficking by ARF6 shapes an immunosuppressive microenvironment that drives melanomagenesis and response to checkpoint blockade therapy.

Yinshen Wee, Junhua Wang, Emily C Wilson, Coulson P Rich, Aaron Rogers, Zongzhong Tong, Evelyn DeGroot, Y N Vashisht Gopal, Michael A Davies, H Atakan Ekiz and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Yinshen Wee *Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Junhua Wang *Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Emily C WilsonDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Coulson P RichDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Aaron RogersDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Zongzhong TongDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Evelyn DeGrootDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Y N Vashisht GopalDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Michael A DaviesDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0977-0912
H Atakan EkizDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gulbahce, Urla, Izmir, Turkey.
Joshua K H TayDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-0626-8662
Chris StubbenBioinformatics Shared Resource, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Kenneth M BoucherCancer Biostatistics Shared Resource, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2833-0127
Juan M OviedoDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Keke C FairfaxDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8382-2960
Matthew A WilliamsDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Sheri L HolmenHuntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Roger K WolffDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Allie H GrossmannDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. allie.grossmann@providence.org.ORCID 0000-0002-7665-1403

Funding

UTAH REGIONAL CANCER CENTERP30CA042014 · NCI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Jared P Rutter · 1986 to 2026
$72.6M
CTSA UM1 Program at University of UtahUM1TR004409 · NCATS · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI RACHEL HESS, Jennifer Juhl Majersik · 2023 to 2026
$21.9M
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in MelanomaP50CA221703 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WARGO, JENNIFER A. · 2019 to 2023
$10.3M
Efficacy of combined inhibition of BRAF, MEK, and FAK in melanoma patient derived xenograftsR01CA121118 · NCI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Sheri L Holmen · 2007 to 2026
$4.7M
Targeting Rheostatic Mechanisms of Melanoma ProgressionR37CA230630 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Allie H. Grossmann · 2020 to 2026
$2.5M
Durable Schistosome induced metabolic alterations to the myeloid lineageR01AI158710 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI AMIEL, EYAL, FAIRFAX, KEKE CELESTE · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
The Role of the Small GTPase ARF6 in Oncogenic Signaling and TumorigenesisK08CA188563 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI GROSSMANN, ALLIE H. · 2015 to 2019
$902k
American Cancer Society (American Cancer Society, Inc.) 133649RSG1901901CSMNCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR004409NCI NIH HHS K08 CA188563NCI NIH HHS P30 CA042014NCI NIH HHS P50 CA221703NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121118NCI NIH HHS R37 CA230630NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI158710U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) W81XWH2210910U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R37CA230630-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumour-host immune interactions lead to complex changes in the tumour microenvironment (TME), impacting progression, metastasis and response to therapy. While it is clear that cancer cells can have the capacity to alter immune landscapes, our understanding of this process is incomplete. Herein we show that endocytic trafficking at the plasma membrane, mediated by the small GTPase ARF6, enables melanoma cells to impose an immunosuppressive TME that accelerates tumour development. This ARF6-dependent TME is vulnerable to immune checkpoint blockade therapy (ICB) but in murine melanoma, loss of Arf6 causes resistance to ICB. Likewise, downregulation of ARF6 in patient tumours correlates with inferior overall survival after ICB. Mechanistically, these phenotypes are at least partially explained by ARF6-dependent recycling, which controls plasma membrane density of the interferon-gamma receptor. Collectively, our findings reveal the importance of endomembrane trafficking in outfitting tumour cells with the ability to shape their immune microenvironment and respond to immunotherapy.

Indexed as

ADP-Ribosylation Factor 6ADP-Ribosylation FactorsCell MembraneImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMelanomaTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansInterferon gamma ReceptorMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProtein TransportReceptors, InterferonADP-Ribosylation Factor 6ADP-Ribosylation FactorsARF6 protein, humanArf6 protein, mouseImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsInterferon gamma ReceptorReceptors, Interferon

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PMID39098861
PMCPMC11298541

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