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- Title
PRMT5 control of cGAS/STING and NLRC5 pathways defines melanoma response to antitumor immunity.
- Authors
Kim, Hyungsoo; Kim, Heejung; Feng, Yongmei; Li, Yan; Tamiya, Hironari; Tocci, Stefania; Ronai, Ze'ev A.
- Abstract
A helping hand for checkpoint blockade: Although immunotherapy using immune checkpoint blockade can be very effective against tumors such as melanoma, it does not work for all patients, and additional interventions continue to be necessary. Kim et al. found that the epigenetic modifier protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), which has multiple protumorigenic functions, promotes immunosuppression in melanoma by two different mechanisms. The authors delineated these immune mechanisms and demonstrated that inhibition of PRMT5 enhances the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibition in multiple mouse models of melanoma, suggesting the combination's potential for clinical translation. Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) controls diverse cellular processes and is implicated in cancer development and progression. Here, we report an inverse correlation between PRMT5 function and antitumor immunity. PRMT5 expression was associated with an antitumor immune gene signature in human melanoma tissue. Reducing PRMT5 activity antagonized melanoma growth in immunocompetent but not immunocompromised mice. PRMT5 methylation of IFI16 [interferon-γ (IFN-γ)–inducible protein 16] or its murine homolog IFI204, which are components of the cGAS/STING (stimulator of IFN genes) pathway, attenuated cytosolic DNA–induced IFN and chemokine expression in melanoma cells. PRMT5 also inhibited transcription of the gene encoding NLRC5 (nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family caspase recruitment domain containing 5), a protein that promotes the expression of genes implicated in major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) antigen presentation. PRMT5 knockdown augmented IFN and chemokine production and increased MHCI abundance in melanoma. Increased expression of IFI204 and NLRC5 was associated with decreased melanoma growth in murine models, and increased expression of IFI16 and NLRC5 correlated with prolonged survival of patients with melanoma. Combination of pharmacological (GSK3326595) or genetic (shRNA) inhibition of PRMT5 with immune checkpoint therapy limited growth of murine melanoma tumors (B16F10 and YUMM1.7) and enhanced therapeutic efficacy, compared with the effect of either treatment alone. Overall, our findings provide a rationale to test PRMT5 inhibitors in immunotherapy-based clinical trials as a means to enhance an antitumor immune response.
- Subjects
PROTEIN arginine methyltransferases; MELANOMA; MAJOR histocompatibility complex; PROGRAMMED cell death 1 receptors; TREATMENT effectiveness; ANTIGEN presentation; ANTIGEN presenting cells
- Publication
Science Translational Medicine, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 551, p1
- ISSN
1946-6234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz5683