RIG-I promotes immune evasion of colon cancer by modulating PD-L1 ubiquitination

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Colon cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers and exhibits high mortality worldwide. Despite the certain success in the immunotherapy of many tumor types, the limited response of colon cancer to immunotherapy remains a difficult problem. Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) is a crucial component in innate antiviral immunity, but its role in antitumor immunity remains unclear. Here, in this report, we found that silencing RIG-I decreased resistance to tumor cells killed by T cells and attenuated colon tumor growth in immunocompetent mice. Meanwhile, overexpressing RIG-I promoted tumor progression, and high expression of RIG-I sensitized cells to anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) therapy in vivo. Interestingly, we found that RIG-I influenced programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression to promote colon cancer immune evasion without relying on type I interferon stimulation. Mechanistically, RIG-I could compete with Speckle Type POZ protein (SPOP) to bind PD-L1, leading to attenuation of the polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of PD-L1. Collectively, our work reveals new insights into the contribution of RIG-I to driving immune evasion by maintaining the stability of PD-L1 through post-translational modification and provides a promising biomarker of the efficacy of immunotherapy in colon cancer.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 11(2023), 9 vom: 27. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Yangyang [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Lingxiu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Zhenwei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hailin [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ranran [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jialong [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Wenqing [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Qiu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immunity
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Tumor Escape
Tumor Microenvironment

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Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print

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doi:

10.1136/jitc-2023-007313

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NLM362549311