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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Optogenetically engineered Septin-7 enhances immune cell infiltration of tumor spheroids.

Jiaxing Chen, Brianna Hnath, Congzhou M Sha, Lynne Beidler, Todd D Schell, Nikolay V Dokholyan

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Optogenetic engineering for precision cancer immunotherapy.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2025
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6 authors.

Jiaxing ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.
Brianna HnathDepartment of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.
Congzhou M ShaDepartment of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.ORCID 0000-0001-5301-9459
Lynne BeidlerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.
Todd D SchellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.ORCID 0000-0002-6788-6518
Nikolay V DokholyanDepartment of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033.ORCID 0000-0002-8225-4025

Funding

Nanoscale programming of cellular and physiological phenotypes: EquipmentR35GM134864 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Nikolay Dokholyan · 2020 to 2026
$5.2M
HHS | NIH (NIH) 1R35 GM134864NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134864
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies have achieved great success in eradicating some liquid tumors, whereas the preclinical results in treating solid tumors have proven less decisive. One of the principal challenges in solid tumor treatment is the physical barrier composed of a dense extracellular matrix, which prevents immune cells from penetrating the tissue to attack intratumoral cancer cells. Here, we improve immune cell infiltration into solid tumors by manipulating septin-7 functions in cells. Using protein allosteric design, we reprogram the three-dimensional structure of septin-7 and insert a blue light-responsive light-oxygen-voltage-sensing domain 2 (LOV2), creating a light-controllable septin-7-LOV2 hybrid protein. Blue light inhibits septin-7 function in live cells, inducing extended cell protrusions and cell polarization, enhancing cell transmigration efficiency through confining spaces. We genetically edited human natural killer cell line (NK92) and mouse primary CD8

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OptogeneticsSeptinsSpheroids, CellularAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorHumansKiller Cells, NaturalMiceNeoplasmsProtein EngineeringSeptinscell transmigrationoptogeneticsseptin-7tumor spheroid

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PMID39441641
PMCPMC11536090

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