Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

MAPK-pathway inhibition mediates inflammatory reprogramming and sensitizes tumors to targeted activation of innate immunity sensor RIG-I

  • Johannes Brägelmann,
  • Carina Lorenz,
  • Sven Borchmann,
  • Kazuya Nishii,
  • Julia Wegner,
  • Lydia Meder,
  • Jenny Ostendorp,
  • David F. Ast,
  • Alena Heimsoeth,
  • Takamasa Nakasuka,
  • Atsuko Hirabae,
  • Sachi Okawa,
  • Marcel A. Dammert,
  • Dennis Plenker,
  • Sebastian Klein,
  • Philipp Lohneis,
  • Jianing Gu,
  • Laura K. Godfrey,
  • Jan Forster,
  • Marija Trajkovic-Arsic,
  • Thomas Zillinger,
  • Mareike Haarmann,
  • Alexander Quaas,
  • Stefanie Lennartz,
  • Marcel Schmiel,
  • Joshua D’Rozario,
  • Emily S. Thomas,
  • Henry Li,
  • Clemens A. Schmitt,
  • Julie George,
  • Roman K. Thomas,
  • Silvia von Karstedt,
  • Gunther Hartmann,
  • Reinhard Büttner,
  • Roland T. Ullrich,
  • Jens T. Siveke,
  • Kadoaki Ohashi,
  • Martin Schlee,
  • Martin L. Sos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25728-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Kinase inhibitors are widely used to treat cancer, however patients frequently develop resistance. Here, the authors investigate adaption mechanisms during drug persistence and show that stimulation of the innate immunity sensor RIG-I enhances cancer cell death when combined with kinase inhibition.