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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Aberrant SUMOylation restricts the targetable cancer immunopeptidome |
| Creators Name: | Demel, Uta M., Meurer, Anna, Zaghla, Badeel Kh Q., Atay, Bilge, Steiert, Daniel, Hummel, Luca V., Isaakidis, Konstandina, Zang, Chuanbing, Korenkov, Michael, Schielin, Marlon, Yousefian, Schayan, Mecklenbräuker, Shima, Kirchner, Marieluise, Haas, Simon, Busse, Antonia, Mertins, Philipp, Müller, Stefan, Wirth, Matthias, Klatt, Martin G. and Keller, Ulrich |
| Abstract: | A balanced SUMOylation equilibrium safeguards the functional anti-tumor immune response. Oncogene activation drives SUMOylation, rendering aberrant SUMOylation a hallmark of cancer. To delineate the impact of activated SUMOylation on the tumor-immune synapse, we applied HLA class-I-targeted ligandomics and identified a function of activated SUMOylation in restricting the immunopeptidome landscape. Importantly, aberrant SUMOylation suppressed a unique HLA-I peptide and oncoprotein-derived neoepitope repertoire, enabling cancer cells to evade T cell immune surveillance. Mechanistically, SUMOylation impaired the immunoproteasome constitution and proteolytic activity, thus limiting the diversity of the peptide landscape. Further, SUMOylation altered TAP1 transporter binding preferences, thereby mimicking viral immune evasion strategies. As an actionable application, pharmacological inhibition of SUMOylation unmasked the targetable immunopeptidome, enhanced the tumor cell susceptibility to T cell killing and substantially reshaped the immune cell landscape. These findings highlight SUMOylation as a critical regulator of the adaptive anti-tumor immune response. We propose SUMOylation inhibition as a strategy to enhance immunogenic peptide presentation, thereby improving the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies. |
| Keywords: | Antigen Presentation, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunopeptidome, Mhc-i, Sumo |
| Source: | Advanced Science |
| ISSN: | 2198-3844 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Page Range: | e11449 |
| Date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202511449 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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