Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.007
Yari Ciani, Caterina Nardella, Francesca Demichelis
{"title":"Casting a wider net: The clinical potential of EV transcriptomics in multi-analyte liquid biopsy","authors":"Yari Ciani, Caterina Nardella, Francesca Demichelis","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cancer cells release cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and extracellular vesicles (EVs) into the bloodstream, allowing disease non-invasive monitoring. In this issue of <em>Cancer Cell</em>, Casanova-Salas et al. analyze cfDNA, EV-DNA, and EV-RNA in prostate cancer longitudinal cohorts treated with androgen receptor signaling inhibitors and taxanes, identifying signals reflecting tumor adaptation processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141561680","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.005
{"title":"HRS-4642: The next piece of the puzzle to keep KRAS in check","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"KRASG12D is the most frequent KRAS mutation in human cancer. In this issue, Zhou et al. describe a novel KRASG12D inhibitor, HRS-4642, that shows pote…","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141561682","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.004
Jingxian Liu, Song Cao, Kathleen J. Imbach, Marina A. Gritsenko, Tung-Shing M. Lih, Jennifer E. Kyle, Tomer M. Yaron-Barir, Zev A. Binder, Yize Li, Ilya Strunilin, Yi-Ting Wang, Chia-Feng Tsai, Weiping Ma, Lijun Chen, Natalie M. Clark, Andrew Shinkle, Nataly Naser Al Deen, Wagma Caravan, Andrew Houston, Faria Anjum Simin, Li Ding
{"title":"Multi-scale signaling and tumor evolution in high-grade gliomas","authors":"Jingxian Liu, Song Cao, Kathleen J. Imbach, Marina A. Gritsenko, Tung-Shing M. Lih, Jennifer E. Kyle, Tomer M. Yaron-Barir, Zev A. Binder, Yize Li, Ilya Strunilin, Yi-Ting Wang, Chia-Feng Tsai, Weiping Ma, Lijun Chen, Natalie M. Clark, Andrew Shinkle, Nataly Naser Al Deen, Wagma Caravan, Andrew Houston, Faria Anjum Simin, Li Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although genomic anomalies in glioblastoma (GBM) have been well studied for over a decade, its 5-year survival rate remains lower than 5%. We seek to expand the molecular landscape of high-grade glioma, composed of IDH-wildtype GBM and IDH-mutant grade 4 astrocytoma, by integrating proteomic, metabolomic, lipidomic, and post-translational modifications (PTMs) with genomic and transcriptomic measurements to uncover multi-scale regulatory interactions governing tumor development and evolution. Applying 14 proteogenomic and metabolomic platforms to 228 tumors (212 GBM and 16 grade 4 IDH-mutant astrocytoma), including 28 at recurrence, plus 18 normal brain samples and 14 brain metastases as comparators, reveals heterogeneous upstream alterations converging on common downstream events at the proteomic and metabolomic levels and changes in protein-protein interactions and glycosylation site occupancy at recurrence. Recurrent genetic alterations and phosphorylation events on PTPN11 map to important regulatory domains in three dimensions, suggesting a central role for PTPN11 signaling across high-grade gliomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141561729","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.011
Marc Remke, Vijay Ramaswamy
{"title":"Medulloblastoma subgrouping at first sight","authors":"Marc Remke, Vijay Ramaswamy","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent incorporation of the four primary medulloblastoma subgroups into the WHO Classification of Central Nervous System Tumors necessitates globally accessible methods to discern subgroups. In this issue of <em>Cancer Cell</em>, Wang et al. develop a rapid and reliable machine learning workflow for pre-operative subgroup determination using routine magnetic resonance imaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141561679","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-06-27DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.002
Yan-Ran (Joyce) Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Zihan Yan, Quan Zhou, Fatma Gunturkun, Peng Li, Yanshen Hu, Wei Emma Wu, Kankan Zhao, Michael Zhang, Haoyi Lv, Lehao Fu, Jiajie Jin, Qing Du, Haoyu Wang, Kun Chen, Liangqiong Qu, Keldon Lin, Michael Iv, Hao Wang, Jian Gong
{"title":"Advancing presurgical non-invasive molecular subgroup prediction in medulloblastoma using artificial intelligence and MRI signatures","authors":"Yan-Ran (Joyce) Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Zihan Yan, Quan Zhou, Fatma Gunturkun, Peng Li, Yanshen Hu, Wei Emma Wu, Kankan Zhao, Michael Zhang, Haoyi Lv, Lehao Fu, Jiajie Jin, Qing Du, Haoyu Wang, Kun Chen, Liangqiong Qu, Keldon Lin, Michael Iv, Hao Wang, Jian Gong","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Global investigation of medulloblastoma has been hindered by the widespread inaccessibility of molecular subgroup testing and paucity of data. To bridge this gap, we established an international molecularly characterized database encompassing 934 medulloblastoma patients from thirteen centers across China and the United States. We demonstrate how image-based machine learning strategies have the potential to create an alternative pathway for non-invasive, presurgical, and low-cost molecular subgroup prediction in the clinical management of medulloblastoma. Our robust validation strategies—including cross-validation, external validation, and consecutive validation—demonstrate the model’s efficacy as a generalizable molecular diagnosis classifier. The detailed analysis of MRI characteristics replenishes the understanding of medulloblastoma through a nuanced radiographic lens. Additionally, comparisons between East Asia and North America subsets highlight critical management implications. We made this comprehensive dataset, which includes MRI signatures, clinicopathological features, treatment variables, and survival data, publicly available to advance global medulloblastoma research.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141462085","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":"Anti-tumor efficacy of HRS-4642 and its potential combination with proteasome inhibition in KRAS G12D-mutant cancer","authors":"Caicun Zhou, Chongyang Li, Libo Luo, Xin Li, Keyi Jia, Ning He, Shiqi Mao, Wanying Wang, Chuchu Shao, Xinyu Liu, Kan Huang, Yaxin Yu, Xinlei Cai, Yingxue Chen, Zican Dai, Wei Li, Jia Yu, Jiayu Li, Feng Shen, Zaiyong Wang, Shengxiang Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><em>KRAS G12D</em> is the most frequently mutated oncogenic <em>KRAS</em> subtype in solid tumors and remains undruggable in clinical settings. Here, we developed a high affinity, selective, long-acting, and non-covalent KRAS G12D inhibitor, HRS-4642, with an affinity constant of 0.083 nM. HRS-4642 demonstrated robust efficacy against <em>KRAS G12D</em>-mutant cancers both <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em>. Importantly, in a phase 1 clinical trial, HRS-4642 exhibited promising anti-tumor activity in the escalating dosing cohorts. Furthermore, the sensitization and resistance spectrum for HRS-4642 was deciphered through genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screening, which unveiled proteasome as a sensitization target. We further observed that the proteasome inhibitor, carfilzomib, improved the anti-tumor efficacy of HRS-4642. Additionally, HRS-4642, either as a single agent or in combination with carfilzomib, reshaped the tumor microenvironment toward an immune-permissive one. In summary, this study provides potential therapies for patients with <em>KRAS G12D</em>-mutant cancers, for whom effective treatments are currently lacking.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141462115","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.025
Gabriel Espinosa-Carrasco, Edison Chiu, Aurora Scrivo, Paul Zumbo, Asim Dave, Doron Betel, Sung Wook Kang, Hee-Jin Jang, Matthew D. Hellmann, Bryan M. Burt, Hyun-Sung Lee, Andrea Schietinger
{"title":"Intratumoral immune triads are required for immunotherapy-mediated elimination of solid tumors","authors":"Gabriel Espinosa-Carrasco, Edison Chiu, Aurora Scrivo, Paul Zumbo, Asim Dave, Doron Betel, Sung Wook Kang, Hee-Jin Jang, Matthew D. Hellmann, Bryan M. Burt, Hyun-Sung Lee, Andrea Schietinger","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.025","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Tumor-specific CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells are frequently dysfunctional and unable to halt tumor growth. We investigated whether tumor-specific CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells can be enlisted to overcome CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell dysfunction within tumors. We find that the spatial positioning and interactions of CD8<sup>+</sup> and CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells, but not their numbers, dictate anti-tumor responses in the context of adoptive T cell therapy as well as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB): CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells must engage with CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells on the same dendritic cell during the effector phase, forming a three-cell-type cluster (triad) to license CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell cytotoxicity and cancer cell elimination. When intratumoral triad formation is disrupted, tumors progress despite equal numbers of tumor-specific CD8<sup>+</sup> and CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells. In patients with pleural mesothelioma treated with ICB, triads are associated with clinical responses. Thus, CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells and triads are required for CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell cytotoxicity during the effector phase and tumor elimination.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141430733","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.026
Arnold Bolomsky, Michele Ceribelli, Sebastian Scheich, Kristina Rinaldi, Da Wei Huang, Papiya Chakraborty, Lisette Pham, George W. Wright, Tony Hsiao, Vivian Morris, Jaewoo Choi, James D. Phelan, Ronald J. Holewinski, Thorkell Andresson, Jan Wisniewski, Deanna Riley, Stefania Pittaluga, Elizabeth Hill, Craig J. Thomas, Jagan Muppidi, Ryan M. Young
{"title":"IRF4 requires ARID1A to establish plasma cell identity in multiple myeloma","authors":"Arnold Bolomsky, Michele Ceribelli, Sebastian Scheich, Kristina Rinaldi, Da Wei Huang, Papiya Chakraborty, Lisette Pham, George W. Wright, Tony Hsiao, Vivian Morris, Jaewoo Choi, James D. Phelan, Ronald J. Holewinski, Thorkell Andresson, Jan Wisniewski, Deanna Riley, Stefania Pittaluga, Elizabeth Hill, Craig J. Thomas, Jagan Muppidi, Ryan M. Young","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.026","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable plasma cell malignancy that exploits transcriptional networks driven by IRF4. We employ a multi-omics approach to discover IRF4 vulnerabilities, integrating functional genomics screening, spatial proteomics, and global chromatin mapping. ARID1A, a member of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, is required for IRF4 expression and functionally associates with IRF4 protein on chromatin. Deleting <em>Arid1a</em> in activated murine B cells disrupts IRF4-dependent transcriptional networks and blocks plasma cell differentiation. Targeting SWI/SNF activity leads to rapid loss of IRF4-target gene expression and quenches global amplification of oncogenic gene expression by MYC, resulting in profound toxicity to MM cells. Notably, MM patients with aggressive disease bear the signature of SWI/SNF activity, and SMARCA2/4 inhibitors remain effective in immunomodulatory drug (IMiD)-resistant MM cells. Moreover, combinations of SWI/SNF and MEK inhibitors demonstrate synergistic toxicity to MM cells, providing a promising strategy for relapsed/refractory disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141435864","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}
Cancer CellPub Date : 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.023
Islam E. Elkholi, April A.N. Rose, Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Jean-François Côté
{"title":"How can we integrate the biology of breast cancer cell dormancy into clinical practice?","authors":"Islam E. Elkholi, April A.N. Rose, Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Jean-François Côté","doi":"10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Clinical practice and clinical research heavily rely on primary tumors, circulating tumor DNA, and/or overt metastases as sources of material for predicting or investigating breast cancer metastatic relapses. However, these approaches do not consider emerging fundamentals in the biology of metastatic dormancy and relapse. Conversely, the field of metastatic dormancy often discounts key clinical factors influencing relapse dynamics (e.g., patient’s age and overall health condition). Here, we delineate these disparities into four gaps and propose a framework to bridge them.</p>","PeriodicalId":9670,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Cell","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":50.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141430724","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}