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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 5515, 2024 Jun 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38951495

ABSTRACT

Like many other viruses, KSHV has two life cycle modes: the latent phase and the lytic phase. The RTA protein from KSHV is essential for lytic reactivation, but how this protein's activity is regulated is not fully understood. Here, we report that linear ubiquitination regulates the activity of RTA during KSHV lytic reactivation and de novo infection. Overexpressing OTULIN inhibits KSHV lytic reactivation, whereas knocking down OTULIN or overexpressing HOIP enhances it. Intriguingly, we found that RTA is linearly polyubiquitinated by HOIP at K516 and K518, and these modifications control the RTA's nuclear localization. OTULIN removes linear polyubiquitin chains from cytoplasmic RTA, preventing its nuclear import. The RTA orthologs encoded by the EB and MHV68 viruses are also linearly polyubiquitinated and regulated by OTULIN. Our study establishes that linear polyubiquitination plays a critically regulatory role in herpesvirus infection, adding virus infection to the list of biological processes known to be controlled by linear polyubiquitination.


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Herpesvirus 8, Human , Immediate-Early Proteins , Trans-Activators , Ubiquitination , Virus Replication , Herpesvirus 8, Human/physiology , Herpesvirus 8, Human/genetics , Herpesvirus 8, Human/metabolism , Humans , Immediate-Early Proteins/metabolism , Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics , HEK293 Cells , Trans-Activators/metabolism , Trans-Activators/genetics , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics , Virus Activation , Herpesviridae Infections/metabolism , Herpesviridae Infections/virology , Cell Nucleus/metabolism
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Cancer Discov ; 14(2): 326-347, 2024 Feb 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37824278

ABSTRACT

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a highly lethal malignancy because of its aggressive nature and the paucity of effective treatment options. Almost all registered drugs have proven ineffective in addressing the needs of patients with PDAC. This is the result of a poor understanding of the unique tumor-immune microenvironment (TME) in PDAC. To identify druggable regulators of immunosuppressive TME, we performed a kinome- and membranome-focused CRISPR screening using orthotopic PDAC models. Our data showed that receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) is a crucial driver of immune evasion of cytotoxic T-cell killing and that genetic or pharmacologic targeting of RIPK2 sensitizes PDAC to anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (anti-PD-1) immunotherapy, leading to prolonged survival or complete regression. Mechanistic studies revealed that tumor-intrinsic RIPK2 ablation disrupts desmoplastic TME and restores MHC class I (MHC-I) surface levels through eliminating NBR1-mediated autophagy-lysosomal degradation. Our results provide a rationale for a novel combination therapy consisting of RIPK2 inhibition and anti-PD-1 immunotherapy for PDAC. SIGNIFICANCE: PDAC is resistant to almost all available therapies, including immune checkpoint blockade. Through in vivo CRISPR screen, we identified that RIPK2 plays a crucial role in facilitating immune evasion by impeding antigen presentation and cytotoxic T-cell killing. Targeting tumor-intrinsic RIPK2 either genetically or pharmacologically improves PDAC to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. See related commentary by Liu et al., p. 208 . This article is featured in Selected Articles from This Issue, p. 201.


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Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal , Pancreatic Neoplasms , Humans , Pancreatic Neoplasms/drug therapy , Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics , Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/genetics , Immunotherapy , T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism , Protein Kinases , Tumor Microenvironment
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Biomaterials ; 295: 122026, 2023 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36731366

ABSTRACT

The tumor microenvironment (TME), comprising cancer cells and stroma, plays a significant role in determining clinical outcomes, which makes targeting cancer cells in the TME an important area of research. One way in which cancer cells in the TME can be specifically targeted is by coating drug-encapsulated nanoparticles (NPs) with homotypic cancer cell membranes. However, incomplete targeting is inevitable for biomimetic nanoformulations coated with only cancer cell membranes because of the inherent heterogeneity of the TME. After observing the structural connection between glioma-associated stromal cells (GASCs) and glioma cells from a clinic, we designed a novel drug delivery system that targets the TME by coating polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) NPs with GASC-glioma cell fusion cell (SG cell) membranes. The resulting SGNPs inherited membrane proteins from both the glioma membrane and GASC membrane, significantly enhancing the tumor targeting efficiency compared to nanoformulations coated with cancer cell membranes alone. We further demonstrated that encapsulation of temozolomide (TMZ) improved the therapeutic efficacy of TMZ in both heterotopic and orthotopic glioma mouse models. Owing to its significant efficacy, our TME-targeting nanoplatform has potential for clinical applications in the treatment of various cancers.


Subject(s)
Glioma , Nanoparticles , Mice , Animals , Tumor Microenvironment , Glioma/pathology , Drug Delivery Systems/methods , Temozolomide/therapeutic use , Cell Membrane/metabolism , Nanotechnology , Nanoparticles/chemistry , Cell Line, Tumor
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