Chromatin Remodelers Are Regulators of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment

©2024 American Association for Cancer Research..

Immune checkpoint inhibitors show remarkable responses in a wide range of cancers, yet patients develop adaptive resistance. This necessitates the identification of alternate therapies that synergize with immunotherapies. Epigenetic modifiers are potent mediators of tumor-intrinsic mechanisms and have been shown to regulate immune response genes, making them prime targets for therapeutic combinations with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Some success has been observed in early clinical studies that combined immunotherapy with agents targeting DNA methylation and histone modification; however, less is known about chromatin remodeler-targeted therapies. Here, we provide a discussion on the regulation of tumor immunogenicity by the chromatin remodeling SWI/SNF complex through multiple mechanisms associated with immunotherapy response that broadly include IFN signaling, DNA damage, mismatch repair, regulation of oncogenic programs, and polycomb-repressive complex antagonism. Context-dependent targeting of SWI/SNF subunits can elicit opportunities for synthetic lethality and reduce T-cell exhaustion. In summary, alongside the significance of SWI/SNF subunits in predicting immunotherapy outcomes, their ability to modulate the tumor immune landscape offers opportunities for therapeutic intervention.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:84

Enthalten in:

Cancer research - 84(2024), 7 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 965-976

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chaudhri, Apoorvi [VerfasserIn]
Lizee, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Hwu, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Rai, Kunal [VerfasserIn]

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Chromatin
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Journal Article
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2244

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367564955