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ArticleNature immunology2026

SIRT2-mediated deacetylation of LCK governs the magnitude of T cell receptor signaling.

Imene Hamaidi, Pingyan Cheng, Soo Young Jun, Alak Manna, Min-Hsuan Wang, Anh Nguyen, Ismail Can, Min G Zhang, Odesha O Taylor, Luis Uriel Lopez Bailon and 11 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. SIRT2 deacylase modulators control B cell metabolic reprogramming in EBV infection and mitogenic activation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Imene Hamaidi *Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Pingyan Cheng *Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Soo Young JunDepartment of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Alak MannaDepartment of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Min-Hsuan WangTaipei Veterans Generation Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Anh NguyenDepartment of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Ismail CanDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-5326
Min G ZhangDepartment of Drug Discovery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Odesha O TaylorDepartment of Drug Discovery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Luis Uriel Lopez BailonDepartment of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-4279-4977
Bin FangProteomics Core, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-1318
Bradford PerezFlorida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, Trinity Cancer Center, Trinity, FL, USA.
Ben C CreelanThoracic Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Andriy MarusykDepartment of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Dongjun ShinTomocube Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.
Tae Hyun HwangAI Research in Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6668-7269
Anders E BerglundDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-3530
Virginia S ShapiroDepartment of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-341X
Haitao M JiDepartment of Drug Discovery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
José R Conejo-GarciaDepartment of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-4074
Sungjune KimDepartment of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA. Kim.Sungjune@Mayo.Edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7100-1252

Funding

Women's Cancer ProgramP30CA015083 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Felicity Enders · 1985 to 2026
$151.3M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002379 · NCATS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI NILUFER ERTEKIN-TANER · 2017 to 2026
$14.9M
Role of Sirt2 in T Cell Metabolism - ExtensionR37CA248298 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI Sungjune Kim · 2021 to 2026
$2.2M
Mayo Clinic | Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic (CCaTS) TR002379NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002379NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015083NCI NIH HHS R37 CA248298U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) CDMRP W81XWH-22-1-0860U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R37CA248298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell receptor (TCR) signaling is precisely tuned to prevent self-reactivity while allowing protective immunity. Here we found that acetylation modulated TCR signaling. The loss of SIRT2 deacetylase activity in T cells led to amplified calcium mobilization and phosphorylation of key proximal TCR molecules in naive T cells and reversed dampened TCR signaling in anergic T cells. During thymic selection, SIRT2 deficiency lowered the TCR signaling threshold and resulted in a broader TCR repertoire diversity. Mechanistically, we identified acetyl-lysine K228 on the linker region of LCK as a substrate specific for SIRT2 that governed LCK conformation and activity. SIRT2 inhibition in exhausted mouse and human tumor-infiltrating T cells restored TCR responsiveness and antitumor immunity. These findings highlighted SIRT2-modulated protein acetylation as a regulatory mechanism that set the TCR threshold in T cells.

Indexed as

Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)Receptors, Antigen, T-CellSirtuin 2T-LymphocytesAcetylationAnimalsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationSignal TransductionT-Cell ExhaustionLymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)Receptors, Antigen, T-CellSirtuin 2

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PMID41611868
PMCPMC12864039

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