ArticleNature biotechnology2026
Sustained nitric oxide production by engineered E. coli remodels the tumor microenvironment and potentiates immunotherapy.
Article in Nature biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.
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Abstract
Tumor immunotherapy is often compromised by an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) characterized by abnormal vasculature and exhausted T cells. Here, given the role of nitric oxide (NO) in favorably remodeling the TME, we engineered Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (ECN) with a synthetic arginine-NO circuit (ECN-NO) that modifies the arginine synthesis pathway to constitutively synthesize arginine and enable sustained NO production. Specifically, deletion of the arginine repressor ArgR relieved feedback inhibition of arginine biosynthesis, whereas co-expression of argininosuccinate synthase and lyase (ArgG/ArgH), together with Bacillus subtilis nitric oxide synthase (BsNOS), enabled sustained NO production through enhanced arginine regeneration. Intratumoral colonization of ECN-NO significantly enhanced the antitumor efficacy of anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (αPD-L1) immunotherapy, resulting in durable tumor regression across multiple solid tumor mouse models. Mechanistically, ECN-NO induced vascular normalization and dendritic cell recruitment, alleviated tumor immunosuppression and synergized with αPD-L1 to expand functional CD8
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