Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42467776›Full record

ArticleScience advances2026

Iron overload suppresses LKB1 and induces IL36G anti-tumor immunity in PDAC metastasis.

Douglas E Biancur, Harsha Venkatesh, Amy Crawford, Yealeen Jeong, Albert S W Sohn, Kevin S Kapner, Keisuke Yamamoto, Elaine Y Lin, Robert S Banh, Mohamad Assi and 8 more

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Douglas E BiancurDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8800-7124
Harsha VenkateshDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Amy CrawfordDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6147-7716
Yealeen JeongDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7850-5418
Albert S W SohnPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7869-4362
Kevin S KapnerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2306-2373
Keisuke YamamotoPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6323-9540
Elaine Y LinPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3057-4163
Robert S BanhPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1959-4622
Mohamad AssiPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.
Beny ShapiroDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine; New York, New York 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1067-3458
Peter YuPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0384-9865
Soomin C SongDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9581-0991
William A CoetzeeDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016 USA.
Andrew J AguirreDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0701-6203
Alisha N JonesDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2084-3625
Alec C KimmelmanPerlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-9465-8411
Richard PossematoDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; New York, NY 10016 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2401-0030

Funding

Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MARK Reid PHILIPS · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
The RAS and P13K Pathways in Pancreatic AdenocarcinomaP01CA117969 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KALLURI, RAGHU · 2006 to 2025
$41.7M
Identifying Metabolic Dependencies of Pancreatic CancersR35CA232124 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI KIMMELMAN, ALEC · 2018 to 2024
$6.5M
Roles of Endothelial and Smooth Muscle KATP Channels in Myocardial Ischemic InjuryR01HL146514 · NHLBI · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI COETZEE, WILLIAM A, LEFER, DAVID JOSEPH · 2020 to 2023
$3.0M
Functional interaction between cardiac Na channels and KATP channelsR01HL148609 · NHLBI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI COETZEE, WILLIAM A, DELMAR, MARIO · 2020 to 2023
$2.7M
Functional Relevance of Pyrimidine Sensing and Response Pathways in Tumor Metabolism and Cancer TherapyR01CA286141 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Richard Lewis Possemato · 2024 to 2026
$2.7M
K12 Training for Clinical and Translational Oncology ResearchersK12CA270377 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Janice M. Mehnert · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Targeting Metabolic Liabilities in CancerR01CA214948 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI POSSEMATO, RICHARD LEWIS · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Regulation Of Metabolism And Gene Expression By Iron-Sulfur Clusters - SupplementR01GM132491 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI POSSEMATO, RICHARD LEWIS · 2020 to 2023
$1.9M
Targeting the autophagy-lysosome system to block pancreatic cancerR01CA251726 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PERERA, RUSHIKA MIRIAM · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Elucidating The Adaptive Role Of Serine Codons During Pancreatic Tumorigenesis - Diversity SupplementR37CA289040 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Robert Singhung Banh · 2024 to 2026
$1.8M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral Training ProgramT32GM158479 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI Paramjit S Arora, KEITH ALLEN WOERPEL · 2025 to 2026
$645k
NCI NIH HHS K00 CA245822NCI NIH HHS K12 CA270377NCI NIH HHS P01 CA117969NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NCI NIH HHS R01 CA214948NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251726NCI NIH HHS R01 CA286141NCI NIH HHS R35 CA232124NCI NIH HHS R37 CA289040NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146514NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148609NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132491NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM158479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an aggressive cancer that frequently presents with disseminated disease. The PDA metastatic microenvironment imposes distinct metabolic stressors, potentially generating context-dependent vulnerabilities. Therefore, we employed CRISPR-based genetic screening in a model of PDA liver metastasis to identify novel and possibly targetable liabilities. Remarkably, ferritin heavy chain (FTH1) emerged as the most prominent liver-specific dependency - loss of FTH1 suppressed tumor growth specifically in the liver microenvironment. FTH1 deletion and subsequent disruption of iron handling triggers mitochondrial dysfunction and ionic imbalance, including cytosolic calcium overload. These perturbations result in the activation of a transcriptional program that triggers anti-tumor immunity mediated by immunostimulatory cytokine IL36G. Mechanistically, FTH1 deletion and subsequent ionic imbalance causes decreased protein levels of the tumor suppressor

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalInterleukinsIron OverloadPancreatic NeoplasmsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAMP-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFerritinsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsMiceNeoplasm MetastasisSignal TransductionAMP-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesAMP-Activated Protein KinasesFerritinsInterleukinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSTK11 protein, humanStk11 protein, mouse

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PMID42467776
PMCPMC13378540

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