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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Mutant p53 variants differentially impact replication initiation and activate cGAS-STING to affect immune checkpoint inhibition.

Kang Liu, Lidija A Wilhelms Garan, Fang-Tsyr Lin, Weei-Chin Lin

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A p53Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2026
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  2. Revisiting tumor immunogenicity through the lens of mutant p53: Implications for cancer immunotherapy.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Kang LiuSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Lidija A Wilhelms GaranSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Fang-Tsyr LinSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Weei-Chin LinSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. weeichil@bcm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6804-3205

Funding

Training Program in Cell and Molecular BiologyT32GM136560 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Rachel Nicole Arey, WEEI-CHIN LIN · 2020 to 2026
$3.9M
Novel therapeutics for targeting checkpoint dysfunction in cancerR01CA203824 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI FANG-TSYR LIN, WEEI-CHIN LIN · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
14-3-3tau drives estrogen receptor loss and breast cancer progressionR01CA269971 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI FANG-TSYR LIN, WEEI-CHIN LIN · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA203824NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269971NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136560Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer (Rivkin Center) Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Pilot AwardUnited States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) HT9425-24-1-0045United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) W81XWH-18-1-0329United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) W81XWH-19-1-0369United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) W81XWH-22-1-0226United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) W81XWH-22-1-0534U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA203824U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA269971U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM136560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prior research shows that Akt-dependent phosphorylation of TopBP1 in S phase results in the switch of TopBP1/Treslin binding to TopBP1/E2F1 binding, which is important to prevent replication re-initiation in late S and G2 phases. Here, we demonstrate that contact, but not conformational, mutant p53 can override this switch by binding to both TopBP1 and Treslin, thereby facilitating persistent TopBP1/Treslin interaction in late S and G2 phases, which ultimately leads to over-firing of replication initiation. This increases micronuclei formation, which is further enhanced by genotoxic stressors such as doxorubicin, PARP inhibitors, or ATR inhibitors. Consequently, contact mutant p53 increases the sensitivity of cancer cells to a TopBP1-BRCT7/8 inhibitor combined with PARP or ATR inhibitors. Importantly, contact mutant p53 induces micronuclei formation and MRE11 expression, thereby activating cGAS-STING pathway and enhancing response to immune checkpoint inhibition. This finding is validated in murine mammary tumor allografts and further corroborated by clinical data.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMembrane ProteinsMutationNucleotidyltransferasesTumor Suppressor Protein p53AnimalsCarrier ProteinsCell Line, TumorCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansMiceNuclear ProteinsSTING ProteinCarrier ProteinscGAS protein, humanCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNA-Binding ProteinsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMembrane ProteinsNuclear ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesSTING1 protein, humanSTING ProteinTOPBP1 protein, humanTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID41193733
PMCPMC12589595

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