Julia Schiantarelli, Mouadh Benamar, Jihye Park, Haley E. Sax, Giacomo Oliveira, Alice Bosma-Moody, Katie M. Campbell, David Liu, Douglas B. Johnson, Scott Rodig, Catherine J. Wu, F. Stephen Hodi, Antoni Ribas, Eliezer Van Allen, Rizwan Haq
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Abstract
Although some patients with metastatic melanoma experience durable responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), most exhibit intrinsic or acquired resistance to these therapies. Here, we compare somatic genomic profiles from matched pre-treatment and post-resistance tumor biopsies in patients (n = 25) with metastatic melanoma who exhibited heterogeneous ICI responses to nominate additional mediators of acquired resistance. We find that several acquired resistance tumors exhibit defects in B2M or JAK1/2, consistent with prior findings. We also discover resistance-associated mutations in SEC24C and SEC24D in 3 patients. SEC24 has an essential role in the trafficking of the dsDNA sensor STING and has been linked to interferonopathies. Melanoma cells engineered to express the SEC24C mutations observed in patients exhibit diminished STING signaling, including decreased type I interferon production, antigen presentation, and a reduced capacity to activate cytotoxic T cells. This study nominates a role for aberrant STING trafficking in acquired resistance to ICIs.
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