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ArticleNature communications2025

Uncovering the rewired IAP-JAK regulatory axis as an immune-dependent vulnerability of LKB1-mutant lung cancer.

Changfa Shu, Jianfeng Li, Jin Rui, Dacheng Fan, Qiankun Niu, Ruiyang Bai, Danielle Cicka, Sean Doyle, Alafate Wahafu, Xi Zheng and 13 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. 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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23 authors.

Changfa ShuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6216-5623
Jianfeng LiDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jin RuiDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Dacheng FanDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9426-2543
Qiankun NiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ruiyang BaiDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Danielle CickaDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sean DoyleDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Alafate WahafuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Xi ZhengDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yuhong DuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Andrey A IvanovDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-1329
Deon B DoxieDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kavita M DhodapkarWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0587-4172
Jennifer CarlisleDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Taofeek OwonikokoDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Gabriel SicaWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yuan LiuWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8926-3058
Suresh RamalingamDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0757-3106
Madhav V DhodapkarDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-5988
Wei ZhouDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. wzhou2@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6783-9957
Xiulei MoDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. xmo@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-3453
Haian FuDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. hfu@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2362-7979

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA138292 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Ragini Reiney Kudchadkar · 2009 to 2026
$47.5M
Project 3: Inhibiting FAK to enhance immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in LKB1-mutant lung adenocarcinomaP01CA257906 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Yuan Liu · 2022 to 2026
$10.7M
Project 3: Targeting Bax signaling to overcome treatment resistance in NSCLCP50CA217691 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FU, HAIAN, RAMALINGAM, SURESH S · 2019 to 2024
$10.1M
HARNESSING HOST RESPONSE TO PREVENT MYELOMAR35CA197603 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DHODAPKAR, MADHAV V · 2016 to 2022
$5.8M
Systematic discovery of neomorph protein-protein interactions in cancer for oncogenic pathway perturbationU01CA217875 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FU, HAIAN · 2017 to 2021
$4.5M
Discovery of small molecule mutant SMAD4-PPI inducersR37CA255459 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI MO, XIULEI · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Targeted inhibition of ribosomal RNA synthesis in LKB1-deficient cancersR01CA203928 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, WEI · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NCI NIH HHS P01 CA257906NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138292NCI NIH HHS P50 CA217691NCI NIH HHS R01 CA203928NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197603NCI NIH HHS R37 CA255459NCI NIH HHS U01 CA217875U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P01CA257906U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P50CA217691U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA203928U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R35CA197603U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R37CA255459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Harnessing the power of immune system to treat cancer has become a core clinical approach. However, rewiring of intrinsic circuitry by genomic alterations enables tumor cells to escape immune surveillance, leading to therapeutic failure. Uncovering the molecular basis of how tumor mutations induce therapeutic resistance may guide the development of intervention approaches to advance precision immunotherapy. Here we report the identification of the Liver Kinase B1 (LKB1)-Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (IAP)- Janus Kinase 1 (JAK1) dynamic complex as a molecular determinant for immune response of LKB1-mut lung cancer cells. LKB1 alteration exposes a critical dependency of lung cancer cells on IAP for their immune resistance. Indeed, pharmacological inhibition of IAP re-establishes JAK1-regulated Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) expression and DNA sensing signaling, enhances cytotoxic immune cell infiltration, and augmentes immune-dependent anti-tumor activity in an LKB1-mutant immune-competent mouse model. Thus, IAP-JAK1-targeted strategies, like IAP inhibitors, may offer a promising therapeutic approach to restore the responsiveness of immunologically-cold LKB1-mutant tumors to immune checkpoint inhibitors or STING-directed therapies.

Indexed as

Inhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsJanus Kinase 1Lung NeoplasmsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAMP-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMutationSignal TransductionSTING ProteinAMP-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsJAK1 protein, humanJanus Kinase 1Membrane ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSTING1 protein, humanSTING ProteinSTK11 protein, human

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PMCPMC11890758

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