Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) triggers tumor ferroptosis. However, most patients are unresponsive to ICB. Tumors might evade ferroptosis in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we discover SLC13A3 is an itaconate transporter in tumor cells and endows tumor ferroptosis resistance, diminishing tumor immunity and ICB efficacy. Mechanistically, tumor cells uptake itaconate via SLC13A3 from tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), thereby activating the NRF2-SLC7A11 pathway and escaping from immune-mediated ferroptosis. Structural modeling and molecular docking analysis identify a functional inhibitor for SLC13A3 (SLC13A3i). Deletion of ACOD1 (an essential enzyme for itaconate synthesis) in macrophages, genetic ablation of SLC13A3 in tumors, or treatment with SLC13A3i sensitize tumors to ferroptosis, curb tumor progression, and bolster ICB effectiveness. Thus, we identify the interplay between tumors and TAMs via the SLC13A3-itaconate-NRF2-SLC7A11 axis as a previously unknown immune ferroptosis resistant mechanism in the TME and SLC13A3 as a promising immunometabolic target for treating SLC13A3(+) cancer.
Itaconate transporter SLC13A3 impairs tumor immunity via endowing ferroptosis resistance.
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作者:Lin Heng, Tison Kole, Du Yuheng, Kirchhoff Paul, Kim Chan, Wang Weichao, Yang Hannah, Pitter Michael, Yu Jiali, Liao Peng, Zhou Jiajia, Vatan Linda, Grove Sara, Wei Shuang, Vigil Thomas, Shah Yatrik M, Mortensen Richard, Kryczek Ilona, Garmire Lana, Sivaccumar Jwala P, Ramesh Ashwin Kumar, Zhang Ningyan, An Zhiqiang, Wang Shaomeng, Zou Weiping
期刊: | Cancer Cell | 影响因子: | 44.500 |
时间: | 2024 | 起止号: | 2024 Dec 9; 42(12):2032-2044 |
doi: | 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.10.010 |
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