Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

TRIM21 inhibits irradiation-induced mitochondrial DNA release and impairs antitumour immunity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumour models

  • Jun-Yan Li,
  • Yin Zhao,
  • Sha Gong,
  • Miao-Miao Wang,
  • Xu Liu,
  • Qing-Mei He,
  • Ying-Qin Li,
  • Sheng-Yan Huang,
  • Han Qiao,
  • Xi-Rong Tan,
  • Ming-Liang Ye,
  • Xun-Hua Zhu,
  • Shi-Wei He,
  • Qian Li,
  • Ye-Lin Liang,
  • Kai-Lin Chen,
  • Sai-Wei Huang,
  • Qing-Jie Li,
  • Jun Ma,
  • Na Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36523-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The molecular mechanisms determining the response to radiotherapy remain incompletely understood. Here, the authors demonstrate that the E3 ubiquitin ligase and intracellular Fc receptor, TRIM21, impairs CD8+ T cell responses in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumour models following ionizing radiation.