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ArticlePloS one2025

Muscleblind-like proteins are novel modulators of the tumor-immune microenvironment.

Austin M Gabel, Edie I Crosse, Andrea E Belleville, Simon J Hogg, Siegen A McKellar, Omar Abdel-Wahab, James D Thomas, Robert K Bradley

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Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Austin M GabelComputational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Edie I CrosseComputational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0477-7365
Andrea E BellevilleComputational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Simon J HoggMolecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America.
Siegen A McKellarComputational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Omar Abdel-WahabMolecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America.
James D ThomasComputational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Robert K BradleyComputational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8046-1063

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
University of Washington Medical Scientist Training Program: MD/PhDT32GM007266 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HORWITZ, MARSHALL S. · 1985 to 2023
$30.4M
Genetic and molecular basis for SRSF2 mutations in myelodysplasiaR01HL128239 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Omar Abdel-Wahab, Robert K Bradley · 2015 to 2026
$8.0M
University of Washington Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM153182 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARSHALL S. HORWITZ · 2024 to 2026
$5.3M
Functional and molecular consequences of SF3B1 mutations in human hematopoietic stem cellsR01HL151651 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Robert K Bradley, Sergei Doulatov · 2020 to 2026
$4.0M
Interrogating the minor spliceosome to understand and treat leukemiaR01CA251138 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI ABDEL-WAHAB, OMAR, BRADLEY, ROBERT K · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
High-Performance Compute Cluster for Comprehensive Cancer and Infectious Diseases ResearchS10OD028685 · OD · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BRADLEY, PHILIP · 2020 to 2020
$2.0M
Biological and Therapeutic Consequences of RNA Dysregulation in Cancer Immune EvasionK99CA263168 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI THOMAS, JAMES DOUGLAS · 2022 to 2022
$130k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA263168NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251138NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128239NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151651NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007266NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM153182NIH HHS S10 OD028685
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exploiting the immune system to eradicate cancer cells is an area of intense clinical study. However, the mechanisms that shape the tumor-immune microenvironment are incompletely understood. Here, we identify Muscleblind-like (MBNL) proteins as novel modulators of the tumor-immune microenvironment across diverse cancers. We demonstrate that loss of tumor MBNL expression results in an attenuated response to interferon gamma and reduced tumor antigen presentation in melanoma, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer cells. Parallel experiments in a syngeneic mouse melanoma model revealed that MBNL loss reduces tumor cell killing by CD8 + T cells in vitro and facilitates tumor escape from cytotoxic CD8 + T cell infiltration in vivo. Finally, we extended these studies to 29 human cancer types to find that MBNL expression levels are strongly associated with gene expression signatures of T cell tumor infiltration. These insights suggest that MBNL proteins play important roles in shaping the immune landscape across diverse malignancies.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsRNA-Binding ProteinsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsAntigen PresentationCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLInterferon-gammaRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID40305509
PMCPMC12043120

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