Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Tumor-intrinsic YTHDF1 drives immune evasion and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors via promoting MHC-I degradation

  • Wanzun Lin,
  • Li Chen,
  • Haojiong Zhang,
  • Xianxin Qiu,
  • Qingting Huang,
  • Fangzhu Wan,
  • Ziyu Le,
  • Shikai Geng,
  • Anlan Zhang,
  • Sufang Qiu,
  • Long Chen,
  • Lin Kong,
  • Jiade J. Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35710-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 22

Abstract

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YTHDF1 is an m6A reader that binds to methylated RNA and facilitates translation. Here the authors show that tumor intrinsic YTHDF1 promotes tumorigenesis by regulating lysosomal proteolysis of MHC-I and that YTHDF1 targeting boosts anti-tumor immunity and response to immunotherapy in preclinical cancer models.