PMID- 34006522 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220304 LR - 20220304 IS - 2326-6074 (Electronic) IS - 2326-6066 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Arid5a Promotes Immune Evasion by Augmenting Tryptophan Metabolism and Chemokine Expression. PG - 862-876 LID - 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-21-0014 [doi] AB - The acquisition of mesenchymal traits leads to immune evasion in various cancers, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we found that the expression levels of AT-rich interaction domain-containing protein 5a (Arid5a), an RNA-binding protein, were substantially increased in mesenchymal tumor subtypes. The deletion of Arid5a in tumor cell lines enhanced antitumor immunity in immunocompetent mice, but not in immunodeficient mice, suggesting a role for Arid5a in immune evasion. Furthermore, an Arid5a-deficient tumor microenvironment was shown to have robust antitumor immunity, as manifested by suppressed infiltration of granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells and regulatory T cells. In addition, infiltrated T cells were more cytotoxic and less exhausted. Mechanistically, Arid5a stabilized Ido1 and Ccl2 mRNAs and augmented their expression, resulting in enhanced tryptophan catabolism and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Thus, our findings demonstrate the role of Arid5a beyond inflammatory diseases and suggest Arid5a as a promising target for the treatment of immunotolerant malignant tumors.See related Spotlight by Van den Eynde, p. 854. CI - (c)2021 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Parajuli, Gyanu AU - Parajuli G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4674-1579 AD - Laboratory of Immune Regulation, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Tekguc, Murat AU - Tekguc M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7570-5898 AD - Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Wing, James B AU - Wing JB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3462-1003 AD - Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Hashimoto, Ari AU - Hashimoto A AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Okuzaki, Daisuke AU - Okuzaki D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4552-783X AD - Genome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Hirata, Takeshi AU - Hirata T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0002-5190 AD - Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. AD - Department of Neuro-Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. AD - Sohyaku, Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Sasaki, Atsushi AU - Sasaki A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5682-6480 AD - Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. AD - Department of Neuro-Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. AD - Sohyaku, Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Itokazu, Takahide AU - Itokazu T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2977-7190 AD - Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. AD - Department of Neuro-Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Handa, Haruka AU - Handa H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8557-7479 AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Sugino, Hirokazu AU - Sugino H AD - Department of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Nishikawa, Yoshihiro AU - Nishikawa Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1113-6937 AD - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Metwally, Hozaifa AU - Metwally H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8664-096X AD - Laboratory of Immune Regulation, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Kodama, Yuzo AU - Kodama Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1223-7147 AD - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. AD - Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. FAU - Tanaka, Shinya AU - Tanaka S AD - Department of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. AD - Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Sabe, Hisataka AU - Sabe H AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Yamashita, Toshihide AU - Yamashita T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4559-7018 AD - Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. AD - Department of Neuro-Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Sakaguchi, Shimon AU - Sakaguchi S AD - Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Kishimoto, Tadamitsu AU - Kishimoto T AD - Laboratory of Immune Regulation, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. hashimot@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp kishimoto@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp. FAU - Hashimoto, Shigeru AU - Hashimoto S AD - Laboratory of Immune Regulation, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. hashimot@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp kishimoto@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210518 PL - United States TA - Cancer Immunol Res JT - Cancer immunology research JID - 101614637 RN - 0 (Arid5a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 8DUH1N11BX (Tryptophan) SB - IM CIN - Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Aug;9(8):854. PMID: 34158281 MH - Animals MH - Chemokines/*metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immune Evasion/*immunology MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Mice MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Tryptophan/*metabolism MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays EDAT- 2021/05/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/05 06:00 CRDT- 2021/05/19 05:50 PHST- 2021/01/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/19 05:50 [entrez] AID - 2326-6066.CIR-21-0014 [pii] AID - 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-21-0014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Aug;9(8):862-876. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-21-0014. Epub 2021 May 18.