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The stress response regulator HSF1 modulates natural killer cell anti-tumour immunity

ABSTRACT: Diverse cellular insults converge on activation of the heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), which regulates the proteotoxic stress response to maintain protein homoeostasis. HSF1 regulates numerous gene programmes beyond the proteotoxic stress response in a cell-type- and context-specific manner to promote malignancy. However, the role(s) of HSF1 in immune populations of the tumour microenvironment remain elusive. Here, we leverage an in vivo model of HSF1 activation and single-cell transcriptomic tumour profiling to show that augmented HSF1 activity in natural killer (NK) cells impairs cytotoxicity, cytokine production, and subsequent anti-tumour immunity. Mechanistically, HSF1 directly binds and regulates the expression of key mediators of NK cell effector function. This work demonstrates that HSF1 regulates the immune response under the stress conditions of the tumour microenvironment. These findings have important implications for enhancing the efficacy of adoptive NK cell therapies and for designing combinatorial strategies including modulators of NK cell-mediated tumour killing. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE167552 | GEO | 2021/02/26

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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