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  2. Irradiated tumour cell-derived microparticles upregulate MHC-I expression in cancer cells via DNA double-strand break repair pathway

Irradiated tumour cell-derived microparticles upregulate MHC-I expression in cancer cells via DNA double-strand break repair pathway

  • Cancer Lett. 2024 Apr 24:592:216898. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216898.
Suke Deng 1 Jiacheng Wang 1 Yan Hu 1 Yajie Sun 1 Xiao Yang 1 Bin Zhang 1 Yue Deng 1 Wenwen Wei 1 Zhanjie Zhang 1 Lu Wen 1 You Qin 1 Fang Huang 1 Yuhan Sheng 1 Chao Wan 2 Kunyu Yang 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Institute of Radiation Oncology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Precision Radiation Oncology, China.
  • 2 Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Institute of Radiation Oncology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Precision Radiation Oncology, China. Electronic address: wanc@hust.edu.cn.
  • 3 Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Institute of Radiation Oncology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Precision Radiation Oncology, China. Electronic address: yangkunyu@hust.edu.cn.
Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) is used for over 50 % of Cancer patients and can promote adaptive immunity against tumour antigens. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we discovered that RT induces the release of irradiated tumour cell-derived microparticles (RT-MPs), which significantly upregulate MHC-I expression on the membranes of non-irradiated cells, enhancing the recognition and killing of these cells by T cells. Mechanistically, RT-MPs induce DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) in tumour cells, activating the ATM/ATR/CHK1-mediated DNA repair signalling pathway, and upregulating MHC-I expression. Inhibition of ATM/ATR/Chk1 reversed RT-MP-induced upregulation of MHC-I. Furthermore, phosphorylation of STAT1/3 following the activation of ATM/ATR/Chk1 is indispensable for the DSB-dependent upregulation of MHC-I. Therefore, our findings reveal the role of RT-MP-induced DSBs and the subsequent DNA repair signalling pathway in MHC-I expression and provide mechanistic insights into the regulation of MHC-I expression after DSBs.

Keywords

DNA repair; Double-strand break; Microparticle; Radiotherapy.

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