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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2026

Multi-omics analysis identifies PUS7 as an immune modulator driving NETs-mediated macrophage polarization in pancreatic cancer.

Jike Fang, Shiye Ruan, Yajie Wang, Yue Chen, Fuxin Huang, Zhongyan Zhang, Chuanzhao Zhang, Baohua Hou, Shanzhou Huang

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  1. Pseudouridine synthase 7 as a context-specific therapeutic target in cancer.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2026
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Jike FangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shiye RuanDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yajie WangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yue ChenDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Fuxin HuangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhongyan ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Chuanzhao ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Baohua HouDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shanzhou HuangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

Funding

Basic and applied basic research funding Guangdong Province 2025A1515012422National Natural Science Foundation of China 8210101087National Natural Science Foundation of China 82573899the Science and Technology Program of Maoming 2024kjcxLX046Wu Jieping Medical Fundation 320.6750.2025-18-11Young Talent Support Project of Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology QT2024-037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudouridine synthases (PUS) have been implicated in various cancers, yet their roles in pancreatic cancer immunity remain unclear. Through integrative multi-omics analyses combining genomics, transcriptomics, and clinical datasets, we evaluated associations between PUS family genes and oncogenic features, including tumour microenvironment scores, immune infiltration, cancer stemness, and prognosis. Among them, PUS7 and PUS3 showed the strongest correlations with tumour-promoting phenotypes, with high PUS7 expression in PDAC predicting poor overall survival. Functional assays revealed that PUS7 overexpression markedly enhanced PDAC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Transcriptomic profiling demonstrated that PUS7 promotes neutrophil extracellular traps formation, identifying it as a key regulator of NET-mediated immune modulation. Single-cell RNA sequencing of orthotopic mouse models showed PUS7 overexpression reduced macrophage infiltration and skewed macrophage polarization towards the M2 phenotype while suppressing M1 polarization. We found that PUS7 reshapes the PDAC immune landscape primarily by inducing NETs, which drive macrophage polarization from M1 to M2, fostering immune suppression and tumour progression. The PUS7-NET-M2/M1 axis thus represents a novel mechanism of PDAC pathogenesis and a potential therapeutic target in this lethal malignancy. HIGHLIGHTS: PUS7 enhances pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression by modulating the tumour immune microenvironment. PUS7 induces neutrophil extracellular trap formation within pancreatic tumours. NETs reprogram tumour-associated macrophages from an M1 to an M2 phenotype, promoting immune suppression.

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Extracellular TrapsMacrophagesPancreatic NeoplasmsAnimalsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalHumansMiceMultiomicsTumor Microenvironmentmacrophage polarizationneutrophil extracellular trapspancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPUS7PUS familytumour microenvironment

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PMID41496500
PMCPMC12775584

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