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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Profilin-1 Deficiency Activates STING to Drive T Cell-Mediated Anti-Tumor Immunity in Breast Cancer.

Ian Eder, Masoumeh Baghaei, Sudeep Maurya, Virginia Yu, Elijah Wilson, Abrahim Kashkoush, Jia-Jin Liu, Silvia Liu, Jianhua Luo, Walter J Storkus and 1 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Ian EderBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Masoumeh BaghaeiBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Sudeep MauryaBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Virginia YuBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Elijah WilsonBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abrahim KashkoushBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jia-Jin LiuPathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Silvia LiuPathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jianhua LuoPathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Walter J StorkusBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Partha RoyBioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001858 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RADOMSKI, THOMAS, RUBIO, DORIS M · 2016 to 2025
$11.1M
Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering/RegenerationT32EB001026 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DUNCAN, ANDREW W, MONGA, SATDARSHAN SINGH · 2003 to 2024
$5.5M
Profilin biology in breast cancerR01CA248873 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ROY, PARTHA · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Transcriptional Regulation of Dormancy and Emergence in Breast CancerR01CA271095 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI PARTHA ROY · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
Discovery of Cell-based Chemical Probes Targeting Aberrant Angiogenesis in the EyeR21EY032632 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HURYN, DONNA M, KOES, DAVID RYAN · 2022 to 2023
$426k
Pfn1’s Role in Genomic Stability and Immune Response in Breast CancerF31CA306130 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ian Eder · 2025 to 2026
$100k
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001858NCI NIH HHS F31 CA306130NCI NIH HHS R01 CA248873NCI NIH HHS R01 CA271095NEI NIH HHS R21 EY032632NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB001026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysregulation of actin-binding protein Profilin1 (Pfn1) in tumor cells has prominent impacts on the tumor-intrinsic aspects of tumor progression. However, whether and how modulation of Pfn1 expression in tumor cells influences immune surveillance in cancer is not known. We utilized an inducible CRISPR/Cas9 knockout (KO) model to first demonstrate that triggering Pfn1 depletion in breast cancer cells leads to features of genomic instability (polyploidy, micronuclei, and DNA damage) and intrinsic defects in both homologous-recombination- and non-homologous end-joining-mediated double-stranded DNA repair. Pfn1-deficient breast cancer cells exhibit nuclear envelope abnormality and the accumulation of cytosolic DNA. This leads to activation of the nucleic acid-sensing cGAS-STING pathway and the type-I interferon (IFN) response including STING-mediated upregulation of pro-inflammatory chemokines. In an immunocompetent mouse model of breast cancer, triggering Pfn1 loss selectively in tumor cells promotes an immunogenic tumor microenvironment marked by a striking increase in intratumoral presence of CD8

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breast cancercGAS-STINGDNA repairProfilintumor immunity

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PMID42327017
PMCPMC13278159

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