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Salt-inducible kinase 3 protects tumor cells from cytotoxic T-cell attack by promoting TNF-induced NF-κB activation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer immunotherapeutic strategies showed unprecedented results in the clinic. However, many patients do not respond to immuno-oncological treatments due to the occurrence of a plethora of immunological obstacles, including tumor intrinsic mechanisms of resistance to cytotoxic T-cell (TC) attack. Thus, a deeper understanding of these mechanisms is needed to develop successful immunotherapies.

Methods

To identify novel genes that protect tumor cells from effective TC-mediated cytotoxicity, we performed a genetic screening in pancreatic cancer cells challenged with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and antigen-specific TCs.

Results

The screening revealed 108 potential genes that protected tumor cells from TC attack. Among them, salt-inducible kinase 3 (SIK3) was one of the strongest hits identified in the screening. Both genetic and pharmacological inhibitions of SIK3 in tumor cells dramatically increased TC-mediated cytotoxicity in several in vitro coculture models, using different sources of tumor and TCs. Consistently, adoptive TC transfer of TILs led to tumor growth inhibition of SIK3-depleted cancer cells in vivo. Mechanistic analysis revealed that SIK3 rendered tumor cells susceptible to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) secreted by tumor-activated TCs. SIK3 promoted nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) nuclear translocation and inhibited caspase-8 and caspase-9 after TNF stimulation. Chromatin accessibility and transcriptome analyses showed that SIK3 knockdown profoundly impaired the expression of prosurvival genes under the TNF-NF-κB axis. TNF stimulation led to SIK3-dependent phosphorylation of the NF-κB upstream regulators inhibitory-κB kinase and NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha on the one side, and to inhibition of histone deacetylase 4 on the other side, thus sustaining NF-κB activation and nuclear stabilization. A SIK3-dependent gene signature of TNF-mediated NF-κB activation was found in a majority of pancreatic cancers where it correlated with increased cytotoxic TC activity and poor prognosis.

Conclusion

Our data reveal an abundant molecular mechanism that protects tumor cells from cytotoxic TC attack and demonstrate that pharmacological inhibition of this pathway is feasible.

SUBMITTER: Sorrentino A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9174898 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Salt-inducible kinase 3 protects tumor cells from cytotoxic T-cell attack by promoting TNF-induced NF-κB activation.

Sorrentino Antonio A Menevse Ayse Nur AN Michels Tillmann T Volpin Valentina V Durst Franziska Christine FC Sax Julian J Xydia Maria M Hussein Abir A Stamova Slava S Spoerl Steffen S Heuschneider Nicole N Muehlbauer Jasmin J Jeltsch Katharina Marlene KM Rathinasamy Anchana A Werner-Klein Melanie M Breinig Marco M Mikietyn Damian D Kohler Christian C Poschke Isabel I Purr Sabrina S Reidell Olivia O Martins Freire Catarina C Offringa Rienk R Gebhard Claudia C Spang Rainer R Rehli Michael M Boutros Michael M Schmidl Christian C Khandelwal Nisit N Beckhove Philipp P

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 20220501 5

<h4>Background</h4>Cancer immunotherapeutic strategies showed unprecedented results in the clinic. However, many patients do not respond to immuno-oncological treatments due to the occurrence of a plethora of immunological obstacles, including tumor intrinsic mechanisms of resistance to cytotoxic T-cell (TC) attack. Thus, a deeper understanding of these mechanisms is needed to develop successful immunotherapies.<h4>Methods</h4>To identify novel genes that protect tumor cells from effective TC-me ...[more]

PMID: 35606086

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Project description:Background: Cancer immunotherapeutic strategies showed unprecedented results in the clinic. However, many patients do not respond to immuno-oncological treatments due to the occurrence of a plethora of immunological obstacles, including tumor intrinsic mechanisms of resistance to cytotoxic T cell attack. Thus, a deeper understanding of these mechanisms is needed to develop successful immunotherapies. Methods: To identify novel genes that protect tumor cells from effective T cell-mediated cytotoxicity, we performed a genetic screening in pancreatic cancer cells challenged with TILs and antigen-specific T cells. Results: The screening revealed 108 potential genes that protected tumor cells from T cell attack. Among them, salt-inducible kinase 3 (SIK3) was one of the strongest hits identified in the screening. Both genetic and pharmacological inhibition of SIK3 in tumor cells dramatically increased T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in several in vitro co-culture models, using different sources of tumor and T cells. Consistently, adoptive T cell transfer of TILs led to tumor growth inhibition of SIK3 depleted cancer cells in vivo. Mechanistic analysis revealed that SIK3 rendered tumor cells susceptible to TNF secreted by tumor-activated T cells. SIK3 promoted NF-ΚB nuclear translocation and inhibited Caspase-8 and -9 after TNF stimulation. Chromatin accessibility and transcriptome analyses showed that SIK3 knockdown profoundly impaired the expression of pro-survival genes under the TNF-NF-ΚB axis. TNF stimulation led to SIK3-dependent phosphorylation of the NF-κB upstream regulators inhibitory-κB kinase (IKK) and NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha (IκBα) on the one side, and to inhibition of histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4) on the other side, thus sustaining NF-κB activation and nuclear stabilization. A SIK3 dependent gene signature of TNF-mediated NF-κB activation was found in a majority of pancreatic cancers where it correlated with increased cytotoxic T cell activity and poor prognosis.

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Salt-inducible kinase 3 protects tumor cells from cytotoxic T-cell attack by promoting TNF-induced NF-κB activation.

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Salt-inducible kinase 3 protects tumor cells from cytotoxic T-cell attack by promoting TNF-induced NF-κB activation.

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