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ArticleScience advances2024

Identification of VISTA regulators in macrophages mediating cancer cell survival.

Abdalla M Abdrabou, Sharif U Ahmed, Mengqi Jonathan Fan, Bill T V Duong, Kangfu Chen, Pei-Ying Lo, Julia M Mayes, Fatemeh Esmaeili, Amin GhavamiNejad, Hossein Zargartalebi and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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14 authors.

Abdalla M AbdrabouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-2514-0173
Sharif U AhmedDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6330-9406
Mengqi Jonathan FanDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Bill T V DuongDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6846-9652
Kangfu ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5077-2223
Pei-Ying LoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-2925-0528
Julia M MayesDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-5778-0022
Fatemeh EsmaeiliDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1403-268X
Amin GhavamiNejadDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0712-5653
Hossein ZargartalebiDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6330-3215
Randy Singh AtwalDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sichun LinTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7070-5765
Stephane AngersDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7241-9044
Shana O KelleyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3360-5359

Funding

Development of microfluidic enabled CRISPR-Cas9 functional genetic screening technologies for target discovery in cancer immunotherapyR01CA260170 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO · PI ANGERS, STEPHANE, KELLEY, SHANA O · 2021 to 2025
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA260170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous human cancers have exhibited the ability to elude immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies. This type of resistance can be mediated by immune-suppressive macrophages that limit antitumor immunity in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we elucidate a strategy to shift macrophages into a proinflammatory state that down-regulates V domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) via inhibiting AhR and IRAK1. We used a high-throughput microfluidic platform combined with a genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen to identify regulators of VISTA levels. Functional characterization showed that the knockdown of these hits diminished VISTA surface levels on macrophages and sustained an antitumor phenotype. Furthermore, targeting of both AhR and IRAK1 in mouse models overcame resistance to ICB treatment. Tumor immunophenotyping indicated that infiltration of cytotoxic CD8

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B7 AntigensCell SurvivalInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesMacrophagesTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMembrane ProteinsMiceNeoplasmsB7 AntigensImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsInterleukin-1 Receptor-Associated KinasesMembrane ProteinsVSIR protein, humanVsir protein, mouse

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PMID39602545
PMCPMC11601207

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