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ArticleExperimental hematology & oncology2024

Targeting hepcidin in colorectal cancer triggers a TNF-dependent-gasdermin E-driven immunogenic cell death response.

Antonio Di Grazia, Eleonora Franzè, Rachele Frascatani, Federica Laudisi, Teresa Pacifico, Lorenzo Tomassini, Davide Di Fusco, Vincenzo Formica, Giuseppe Sica, Carmine Stolfi and 2 more

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Article in Experimental hematology & oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Iron, inflammation, and intestinal tumors: the crucial triad in colorectal cancer progression and therapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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12 authors.

Antonio Di GraziaDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Eleonora FranzèDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Rachele FrascataniDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Federica LaudisiDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Teresa PacificoDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo TomassiniDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Davide Di FuscoDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo FormicaMedical Oncology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe SicaDepartment of Surgery, University Rome of "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Carmine StolfiDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Ivan MonteleoneDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Giovanni MonteleoneDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy. Gi.Monteleone@Med.uniroma2.it.

Funding

Ministero della Salute, Italy PNRR-MCNT2-2023-12377866.Ministero dell' Università e della Ricerca, Italy PRIN HEAL ITALIA - PE6 (PE_00000019)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions between colorectal cancer (CRC) cells and the noncancerous cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) induce mechanisms for the escape of tumor cells from immune attack. Hepcidin, a peptide that controls immune cell functions, is overproduced by CRC cells. This study aimed to evaluate whether hepcidin acts as a regulator of anti-tumor immunity in CRC. Hepcidin silencing in CRC cells was followed by enhanced TNF-driven caspase-dependent cleavage of GSDM E and death. Mice engrafted with hepcidin-deficient CT26 cells developed fewer and smaller tumors than control mice as a result of the action of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes and were protected from the development of tumors in a vaccination model and exhibited long-lasting tumor protection. Additionally, hepcidin deficiency enhanced the response of mice bearing CT26-derived tumors to anti-PD-1 therapy. These results suggest that targeting hepcidin in CRC cells enhances the production of TNF thereby triggering a caspase/GSDM E-driven lytic cell death with the downstream effect of boosting a robust immune response against tumor antigens.

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Anti-cancer immunityCaspasesLytic cell deathPD-1

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PMID39334507
PMCPMC11437719

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