PMID- 38171078 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240308 LR - 20240308 IS - 1532-2084 (Electronic) IS - 1368-7646 (Linking) VI - 73 DP - 2024 Mar TI - Rewiring chaperone-mediated autophagy in cancer by a prion-like chemical inducer of proximity to counteract adaptive immune resistance. PG - 101037 LID - S1368-7646(23)00120-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.drup.2023.101037 [doi] AB - Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), a proteolytic system contributing to the degradation of intracellular proteins in lysosomes, is upregulated in tumors for pro-tumorigenic and pro-survival purposes. In this study, bioinformatics analysis revealed the co-occurrence of upregulated CMA and PD-L1 accumulation in metastatic melanoma with adaptive immune resistance (AIR) to anti-PD1 treatment, suggesting the potential therapeutic effects of rewiring CMA for PD-L1 degradation. Furthermore, this co-occurrence is attributed to IFN-gamma-mediated compensatory up-regulation of PD-L1 and CMA, accompanied by enhanced macropinocytosis. Drawing inspiration from the cellular uptake of prions via macropinocytosis, a prion-like chemical inducer of proximity called SAP was engineered using self-assembly of the designed chiral peptide PHA. By exploiting sensitized macropinocytosis, SAP clandestinely infiltrates tumor cells and subsequently disintegrates into PHA, which reprograms CMA by inducing PD-L1 close to HSPA8. SAP degrades PD-L1 in a CMA-dependent manner and effectively restores the anti-tumor immune response in both allografting and Hu-PDX melanoma mouse models with AIR while upholding a high safety profile. Collectively, the reported SAP not only presents an immune reactivation strategy with clinical translational potential for overcoming AIR in cutaneous melanomas but serves as a reproducible example of precision-medicine-guided drug development that fully leverages specific cellular indications in pathological states. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Yan, Jin AU - Yan J AD - Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, PR China; National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnosis and Biotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, PR China. Electronic address: yanjin19920602@xjtu.edu.cn. FAU - Liu, Dan AU - Liu D AD - Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, PR China. FAU - Wang, Jingmei AU - Wang J AD - National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnosis and Biotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, PR China; Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, PR China. FAU - You, Weiming AU - You W AD - National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnosis and Biotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, PR China. FAU - Yang, Wenguang AU - Yang W AD - Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, PR China. FAU - Yan, Siqi AU - Yan S AD - Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, PR China. FAU - He, Wangxiao AU - He W AD - Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, PR China; Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, PR China. Electronic address: hewangxiao5366@xjtu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231225 PL - Scotland TA - Drug Resist Updat JT - Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy JID - 9815369 RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (Prions) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy MH - B7-H1 Antigen/metabolism MH - *Melanoma/metabolism MH - *Prions/metabolism MH - Lysosomes/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adaptive immune resistance OT - PD-L1 degradation OT - Peptide OT - Prionoid OT - Tumor immunotherapy COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2024/01/04 11:43 MHDA- 2024/03/08 06:42 CRDT- 2024/01/03 18:02 PHST- 2023/09/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/08 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/04 11:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/03 18:02 [entrez] AID - S1368-7646(23)00120-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.drup.2023.101037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Resist Updat. 2024 Mar;73:101037. doi: 10.1016/j.drup.2023.101037. Epub 2023 Dec 25.