{"title":"Publisher Correction: Circadian regulation of cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment during metastasis","authors":"Yu Wang, Rajesh Narasimamurthy, Meng Qu, Nuolin Shi, Haidong Guo, Yuezhen Xue, Nick Barker","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00776-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00776-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 5","pages":"809-809"},"PeriodicalIF":22.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-024-00776-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140892044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00739-8
Younghwan Lee, Karen H. Vousden, Marc Hennequart
{"title":"Cycling back to folate metabolism in cancer","authors":"Younghwan Lee, Karen H. Vousden, Marc Hennequart","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00739-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00739-8","url":null,"abstract":"Metabolic changes contribute to cancer initiation and progression through effects on cancer cells, the tumor microenvironment and whole-body metabolism. Alterations in serine metabolism and the control of one-carbon cycles have emerged as critical for the development of many tumor types. In this Review, we focus on the mitochondrial folate cycle. We discuss recent evidence that, in addition to supporting nucleotide synthesis, mitochondrial folate metabolism also contributes to metastasis through support of antioxidant defense, mitochondrial protein synthesis and the overflow of excess formate. These observations offer potential therapeutic opportunities, including the modulation of formate metabolism through dietary interventions and the use of circulating folate cycle metabolites as biomarkers for cancer detection. Vousden and colleagues discuss the multifactorial role of mitochondrial folate metabolism in cancer and metastasis and reflect on potential therapeutic opportunities.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 5","pages":"701-715"},"PeriodicalIF":22.7,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140835840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00757-6
{"title":"Using single-cell transcriptomics to predict which tumors will respond to targeted therapy","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00757-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00757-6","url":null,"abstract":"We performed a proof-of-concept study showing that single-cell RNA sequencing, a method for capturing rich tumor information (not yet in clinics owing to high costs), can be used to identify patients likely to respond to targeted therapy and to monitor the emergence of resistance.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 6","pages":"825-826"},"PeriodicalIF":23.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140835802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00753-w
Antonella Santoro, Raffaella Di Micco
{"title":"PRMT9 inhibition sparks immune responses in AML","authors":"Antonella Santoro, Raffaella Di Micco","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00753-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00753-w","url":null,"abstract":"Arginine methylation is crucial for tumor maintenance. PRMT9 levels are elevated in acute myeloid leukemia, and its inhibition eradicates leukemia by diminishing arginine methylation of proteins involved in DNA damage response and RNA translation. This activates the cGAS–STING pathway, which triggers immune responses directed against leukemia. Epigenetic targeting of DNA-damage-response mechanisms may bolster anti-tumor immunity.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 4","pages":"539-541"},"PeriodicalIF":22.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140814313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00762-9
Johanna Wagner, Stefan Fröhling
{"title":"Sarcoma ecotypes determine immunotherapy benefit","authors":"Johanna Wagner, Stefan Fröhling","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00762-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00762-9","url":null,"abstract":"Sarcomas are heterogeneous connective tissue tumors that occur at various anatomic sites and are generally difficult to treat. Cell states in sarcoma ecosystems are now shown to be conserved across multiple subtypes and associated with response to immunotherapy and patient outcome.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 4","pages":"536-538"},"PeriodicalIF":22.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140814315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-04-24DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00749-6
Meenakshi Hegde, Shoba Navai, Christopher DeRenzo, Sujith K. Joseph, Khaled Sanber, Mengfen Wu, Ahmed Z. Gad, Katherine A. Janeway, Matthew Campbell, Dolores Mullikin, Zeid Nawas, Catherine Robertson, Pretty R. Mathew, Huimin Zhang, Birju Mehta, Raksha R. Bhat, Angela Major, Ankita Shree, Claudia Gerken, Mamta Kalra, Rikhia Chakraborty, Sachin G. Thakkar, Olga Dakhova, Vita S. Salsman, Bambi Grilley, Natalia Lapteva, Adrian Gee, Gianpietro Dotti, Riyue Bao, Ahmed Hamed Salem, Tao Wang, Malcolm K. Brenner, Helen E. Heslop, Winfried S. Wels, M. John Hicks, Stephen Gottschalk, Nabil Ahmed
{"title":"Autologous HER2-specific CAR T cells after lymphodepletion for advanced sarcoma: a phase 1 trial","authors":"Meenakshi Hegde, Shoba Navai, Christopher DeRenzo, Sujith K. Joseph, Khaled Sanber, Mengfen Wu, Ahmed Z. Gad, Katherine A. Janeway, Matthew Campbell, Dolores Mullikin, Zeid Nawas, Catherine Robertson, Pretty R. Mathew, Huimin Zhang, Birju Mehta, Raksha R. Bhat, Angela Major, Ankita Shree, Claudia Gerken, Mamta Kalra, Rikhia Chakraborty, Sachin G. Thakkar, Olga Dakhova, Vita S. Salsman, Bambi Grilley, Natalia Lapteva, Adrian Gee, Gianpietro Dotti, Riyue Bao, Ahmed Hamed Salem, Tao Wang, Malcolm K. Brenner, Helen E. Heslop, Winfried S. Wels, M. John Hicks, Stephen Gottschalk, Nabil Ahmed","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00749-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00749-6","url":null,"abstract":"In this prospective, interventional phase 1 study for individuals with advanced sarcoma, we infused autologous HER2-specific chimeric antigen receptor T cells (HER2 CAR T cells) after lymphodepletion with fludarabine (Flu) ± cyclophosphamide (Cy): 1 × 108 T cells per m2 after Flu (cohort A) or Flu/Cy (cohort B) and 1 × 108 CAR+ T cells per m2 after Flu/Cy (cohort C). The primary outcome was assessment of safety of one dose of HER2 CAR T cells after lymphodepletion. Determination of antitumor responses was the secondary outcome. Thirteen individuals were treated in 14 enrollments, and seven received multiple infusions. HER2 CAR T cells expanded after 19 of 21 infusions. Nine of 12 individuals in cohorts A and B developed grade 1–2 cytokine release syndrome. Two individuals in cohort C experienced dose-limiting toxicity with grade 3–4 cytokine release syndrome. Antitumor activity was observed with clinical benefit in 50% of individuals treated. The tumor samples analyzed showed spatial heterogeneity of immune cells and clustering by sarcoma type and by treatment response. Our results affirm HER2 as a CAR T cell target and demonstrate the safety of this therapeutic approach in sarcoma. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT00902044 . In this phase 1 trial, Hegde et al. treat 13 individuals with advanced sarcoma with lymphodepletion followed by HER2-specific CAR T cells, which were found to be safe and showed antitumor activity.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 6","pages":"880-894"},"PeriodicalIF":23.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140659126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Circadian regulation of cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment during metastasis","authors":"Yu Wang, Rajesh Narasimamurthy, Meng Qu, Nuolin Shi, Haidong Guo, Yuezhen Xue, Nick Barker","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00759-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00759-4","url":null,"abstract":"The circadian clock regulates daily rhythms of numerous physiological activities through tightly coordinated modulation of gene expression and biochemical functions. Circadian disruption is associated with enhanced tumor formation and metastasis via dysregulation of key biological processes and modulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and their specialized microenvironment. Here, we review how the circadian clock influences CSCs and their local tumor niches in the context of different stages of tumor metastasis. Identifying circadian therapeutic targets could facilitate the development of new treatments that leverage circadian modulation to ablate tumor-resident CSCs, inhibit tumor metastasis and enhance response to current therapies. Barker and colleagues discuss the interplay between circadian rhythm, the tumor microenvironment and stem cells and how these are linked to metastasis as well as how these interactions could be clinically relevant.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 4","pages":"546-556"},"PeriodicalIF":22.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140669887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-04-19DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00763-8
Michael Rade, Nora Grieb, Ronald Weiss, Jaren Sia, Luise Fischer, Patrick Born, Andreas Boldt, Stephan Fricke, Paul Franz, Jonathan Scolnick, Lakshmi Venkatraman, Stacy Xu, Christina Kloetzer, Simone Heyn, Anne Sophie Kubasch, Ronny Baber, Song Yau Wang, Enrica Bach, Sandra Hoffmann, Jule Ussmann, Birthe Schetschorke, Saskia Hell, Sebastian Schwind, Klaus H. Metzeler, Marco Herling, Madlen Jentzsch, Georg-Nikolaus Franke, Ulrich Sack, Ulrike Köhl, Uwe Platzbecker, Kristin Reiche, Vladan Vucinic, Maximilian Merz
{"title":"Single-cell multiomic dissection of response and resistance to chimeric antigen receptor T cells against BCMA in relapsed multiple myeloma","authors":"Michael Rade, Nora Grieb, Ronald Weiss, Jaren Sia, Luise Fischer, Patrick Born, Andreas Boldt, Stephan Fricke, Paul Franz, Jonathan Scolnick, Lakshmi Venkatraman, Stacy Xu, Christina Kloetzer, Simone Heyn, Anne Sophie Kubasch, Ronny Baber, Song Yau Wang, Enrica Bach, Sandra Hoffmann, Jule Ussmann, Birthe Schetschorke, Saskia Hell, Sebastian Schwind, Klaus H. Metzeler, Marco Herling, Madlen Jentzsch, Georg-Nikolaus Franke, Ulrich Sack, Ulrike Köhl, Uwe Platzbecker, Kristin Reiche, Vladan Vucinic, Maximilian Merz","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00763-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00763-8","url":null,"abstract":"Markers that predict response and resistance to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma are currently missing. We subjected mononuclear cells isolated from peripheral blood and bone marrow before and after the application of approved B cell maturation antigen-directed CAR T cells to single-cell multiomic analyses to identify markers associated with resistance and early relapse. Differences between responders and nonresponders were identified at the time of leukapheresis. Nonresponders showed an immunosuppressive microenvironment characterized by increased numbers of monocytes expressing the immune checkpoint molecule CD39 and suppressed CD8+ T cell and natural killer cell function. Analysis of CAR T cells showed cytotoxic and exhausted phenotypes in hyperexpanded clones compared to low/intermediate expanded clones. We identified potential immunotherapy targets on CAR T cells, like PD1, to improve their functionality and durability. Our work provides evidence that an immunosuppressive microenvironment causes resistance to CAR T cell therapies in multiple myeloma. Merz and colleagues perform single-cell multiomic analysis of mononuclear cells isolated from individuals receiving BCMA-directed CAR T cell therapy for myeloma and show that nonresponders are characterized by an immune-suppressive microenvironment.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 9","pages":"1318-1333"},"PeriodicalIF":23.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140624035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature cancerPub Date : 2024-04-18DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00761-w
Hannah Lawson, James P. Holt-Martyn, Vilma Dembitz, Yuka Kabayama, Lydia M. Wang, Aarushi Bellani, Samanpreet Atwal, Nadia Saffoon, Jozef Durko, Louie N. van de Lagemaat, Azzura L. De Pace, Anthony Tumber, Thomas Corner, Eidarus Salah, Christine Arndt, Lennart Brewitz, Matthew Bowen, Louis Dubusse, Derek George, Lewis Allen, Amelie V. Guitart, Tsz Kan Fung, Chi Wai Eric So, Juerg Schwaller, Paolo Gallipoli, Donal O’Carroll, Christopher J. Schofield, Kamil R. Kranc
{"title":"The selective prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor IOX5 stabilizes HIF-1α and compromises development and progression of acute myeloid leukemia","authors":"Hannah Lawson, James P. Holt-Martyn, Vilma Dembitz, Yuka Kabayama, Lydia M. Wang, Aarushi Bellani, Samanpreet Atwal, Nadia Saffoon, Jozef Durko, Louie N. van de Lagemaat, Azzura L. De Pace, Anthony Tumber, Thomas Corner, Eidarus Salah, Christine Arndt, Lennart Brewitz, Matthew Bowen, Louis Dubusse, Derek George, Lewis Allen, Amelie V. Guitart, Tsz Kan Fung, Chi Wai Eric So, Juerg Schwaller, Paolo Gallipoli, Donal O’Carroll, Christopher J. Schofield, Kamil R. Kranc","doi":"10.1038/s43018-024-00761-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43018-024-00761-w","url":null,"abstract":"Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a largely incurable disease, for which new treatments are urgently needed. While leukemogenesis occurs in the hypoxic bone marrow, the therapeutic tractability of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) system remains undefined. Given that inactivation of HIF-1α/HIF-2α promotes AML, a possible clinical strategy is to target the HIF-prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs), which promote HIF-1α/HIF-2α degradation. Here, we reveal that genetic inactivation of Phd1/Phd2 hinders AML initiation and progression, without impacting normal hematopoiesis. We investigated clinically used PHD inhibitors and a new selective PHD inhibitor (IOX5), to stabilize HIF-α in AML cells. PHD inhibition compromises AML in a HIF-1α-dependent manner to disable pro-leukemogenic pathways, re-program metabolism and induce apoptosis, in part via upregulation of BNIP3. Notably, concurrent inhibition of BCL-2 by venetoclax potentiates the anti-leukemic effect of PHD inhibition. Thus, PHD inhibition, with consequent HIF-1α stabilization, is a promising nontoxic strategy for AML, including in combination with venetoclax. Lawson et al. show that genetic inactivation of Phd1 or Phd2 hinders progression of AML and compromises leukemic stem cells. They develop a selective PHD inhibitor IOX5 and show therapeutic efficacy in AML, which can be potentiated with venetoclax.","PeriodicalId":18885,"journal":{"name":"Nature cancer","volume":"5 6","pages":"916-937"},"PeriodicalIF":23.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-024-00761-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140608842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}