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ArticleNature communications2024

Loss of NEDD8 in cancer cells causes vulnerability to immune checkpoint blockade in triple-negative breast cancer.

Irineos Papakyriacou, Ginte Kutkaite, Marta Rúbies Bedós, Divya Nagarajan, Liam P Alford, Michael P Menden, Yumeng Mao

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Irineos PapakyriacouScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Ginte KutkaiteComputational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-294X
Marta Rúbies BedósScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-4329
Divya NagarajanScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Liam P AlfordScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Michael P MendenComputational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0267-5792
Yumeng MaoScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Yumeng.Mao@igp.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6142-6628
Uppsala University · SEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Barncancerfonden (Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation) TJ2019-0057Cancerfonden (Swedish Cancer Society) 220474JIAEC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 950293Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) SLL2019/9Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research) FFL21-0043Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2022-01461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint blockade therapy aims to activate the immune system to eliminate cancer cells. However, clinical benefits are only recorded in a subset of patients. Here, we leverage genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens in a Tumor-Immune co-Culture System focusing on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). We reveal that NEDD8 loss in cancer cells causes a vulnerability to nivolumab (anti-PD-1). Genetic deletion of NEDD8 only delays cell division initially but cell proliferation is unaffected after recovery. Since the NEDD8 gene is commonly essential, we validate this observation with additional CRISPR screens and uncover enhanced immunogenicity in NEDD8 deficient cells using proteomics. In female immunocompetent mice, PD-1 blockade lacks efficacy against established EO771 breast cancer tumors. In contrast, we observe tumor regression mediated by CD8+ T cells against Nedd8 deficient EO771 tumors after PD-1 blockade. In essence, we provide evidence that NEDD8 is conditionally essential in TNBC and presents as a synergistic drug target for PD-1/L1 blockade therapy.

Indexed as

Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsNEDD8 ProteinTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCRISPR-Cas SystemsFemaleHumansMiceImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsNEDD8 ProteinNEDD8 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID38678024
PMCPMC11055868
OpenAlexW4395695246

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