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DYRK1B blockade promotes tumoricidal macrophage activity in pancreatic cancer

ABSTRACT: Highly malignant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by an abundant immunosuppressive and fibrotic tumor microenvironment (TME). Future therapeutic attempts therefore demand targeting of both compartments in order to be effective. We show here that Dual Specificity and Tyrosine Phosphorylation-regulated Kinase 1B (DYRK1B) represents a compartment-agnostic anti-cancer target in PDAC. DYRK1B is mainly expressed by pancreatic epithelial cancer cells and modulates the influx and activity of TME-associated macrophages through effects on the cancer cells themselves as well as affecting the tumor secretome. Mechanistically, genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition of DYRK1B strongly attracts tumoricidal macrophages and in addition downregulates the phagocytosis checkpoint and "don't eat me"-signal CD24 on cancer cells, resulting in enhanced tumor cell phagocytosis. Consequently, tumor cells lacking DYRK1B hardly expand in transplantation experiments despite doing so rapidly in culture. Furthermore, combining a small-molecule DYRK1B-directed therapy with mTOR inhibition and conventional chemotherapy stalls the growth of established tumors and results in significant extension of life span in a highly aggressive autochthonous model of PDAC. In light of DYRK inhibitors currently entering clinical phase testing, our data thus provide a novel and clinically translatable approach targeting the cancer cell compartment and its microenvironment, both.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF

ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus

SUBMITTER: Matthias Lauth

PROVIDER: MSV000093747 | MassIVE | Tue Jan 02 04:06:00 GMT 2024

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD048201

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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DYRK1B blockade promotes tumoricidal macrophage activity in pancreatic cancer.

Brichkina Anna A Ems Miriam M Suezov Roman R Singh Rajeev R Lutz Veronika V Picard Felix S R FSR Nist Andrea A Stiewe Thorsten T Graumann Johannes J Daude Michael M Diederich Wibke E WE Finkernagel Florian F Chung Ho-Ryun HR Bartsch Detlef K DK Roth Katrin K Keber Corinna C Denkert Carsten C Huber Magdalena M Gress Thomas M TM Lauth Matthias M

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<h4>Objective</h4>Highly malignant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterised by an abundant immunosuppressive and fibrotic tumour microenvironment (TME). Future therapeutic attempts will therefore demand the targeting of tumours and stromal compartments in order to be effective. Here we investigate whether dual specificity and tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1B (DYRK1B) fulfil these criteria and represent a promising anticancer target in PDAC.<h4>Design</h4>We used trans ...[more]

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