Pharmacological intervention of PRMT5 links the E2F pathway with tumor associated antigens derived from the non-coding genome
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ABSTRACT: E2F activity impacts on an extensive gene network mediated in part by PRMT5-dependent arginine methylation which widens its functional role in gene expression control. We show here that the PRMT5-E2F1 axis has an additional and unexpected level of control through facilitating expression of the non-coding genome where long non-coding (lnc) genes are direct targets for PRMT5 and E2F1. The expression of some lncRNAs results in their translation into small proteins, which then give rise to peptides which populate the MHC class I antigen presentation machinery. Pharmacological inhibition of PRMT5 alters the expression of lncRNA genes and thereby the repertoire lncRNA-derived peptides presented as MHC bound peptides. Delayed tumor growth upon PRMT5 inhibition reflects an influx of lncRNA peptide-specific cytotoxic CD8 T cells. When presented to the immune system as a stand-alone therapeutic vaccine, lncRNA-derived MHC-bound peptides are immunogenic and drive a potent anti-tumor T cell response with a significant delay in tumor growth. Our results show that the PRMT5 through its control of the E2F pathway influences expression of the non-coding genome and derived peptides presented to the immune system, which can subsequently be harnessed to deliver an effective stand-alone cancer vaccine. These results have important implications for deploying pharmacological intervention to manipulate gene expression and antigen presentation to the immune system and deploying new types of cancer vaccine. They also indicate that cell cycle control through the E2F pathway is intimately connected with immune recognition.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE181401 | GEO | 2023/01/26
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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