Investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms of virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
Investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms of virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
批准号:
10608218
负责人:
HSUAN-AN CHEN
金额:
$9.5万
依托单位:
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2019
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
未结题
起止时间:
2019-09-01 至 2026-03-31
关键词:
ATAC-seqAddressAdvanced Malignant NeoplasmAllelesAntigen PresentationAntigen Presentation PathwayAutomobile DrivingBiological PhenomenaBiologyBypassCancer ControlCancer EtiologyCancer PatientCell AgingCell CommunicationCell Cycle ArrestCell Surface ProteinsCell surfaceCellsCharacteristicsCuesDataDevelopmentDiseaseDisease OutbreaksEngineeringEnvironmentEpigenetic ProcessEpithelialEvolutionExtrahepaticGeneticGenetic ScreeningGoalsHeterogeneityImmuneImmune EvasionImmune systemImmunityImmunocompetentImmunocompromised HostImmunodeficient MouseImmunologic SurveillanceImmunologyImmunotherapyImpairmentKnock-in MouseLabelLaboratoriesLeadLesionLigandsLinkLiver neoplasmsLungMalignant Epithelial CellMalignant NeoplasmsMalignant neoplasm of liverMass Spectrum AnalysisMediatingMetastatic Neoplasm to the LiverMetastatic Neoplasm to the LungModelingMolecularMouse StrainsMusNatural ImmunityNatural Killer CellsNeoplasm MetastasisPathway interactionsPatientsPharmacologyPhasePlayPopulation HeterogeneityPrimary carcinoma of the liver cellsProcessProliferatingProteomeRegulatory PathwayResearchResearch Project GrantsRoleShapesSideSiteTP53 geneTechnologyTumor ImmunityValidationVirusWorkadaptive immunityanti-tumor immune responsebasecancer cellcancer therapycell injurydynamical evolutionexhaustionimmune clearanceimmunoregulationin vivoinsightmortalitymouse modelneoplastic cellnovelnovel strategiesprogramsrestorationsenescencesingle-cell RNA sequencingtooltranscriptome sequencingtumortumor initiationtumor progressiontumor-immune system interactionstumorigenesis
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Cancer development accompanies with the dynamic evolution of immunity, a well-known process termed as
immunoediting. However, the underlying mechanisms of the transition between each phase, from immune
surveillance to final escape, still remain a lot to discover. This proposal aims to study immunoediting during liver
cancer development and progression, with a focus on senescence and metastasis. Senescence is a cell cycle
arrest program that limits the expansion of damaged cells and can trigger anti-tumor immunity that leads to their
elimination in vivo, serving as a potent barrier to tumorigenesis. However, during tumor initiation, the effective
clearance of senescent cells is compromised, warranting a deeper mechanistic understanding of this process.
My doctoral research aims to identify critical molecular and cellular players driving anti-tumor immune responses
during senescence surveillance triggered by wildtype p53, which is known to modulates cancer immunity. The
long-term objective of my thesis project is to define the mechanisms of how senescent cells are susceptible to
immune surveillance and how these mechanisms are evaded or bypassed during cancer development and
progression. As described in Specific Aims 1.1-1.3, my thesis work has demonstrated that the p53 restoration
triggers regression of liver cancers in an immunocompetent host. Using different immunodeficient mouse strains
and pharmacological approaches perturbing specific immune compartments, our preliminary data suggests that
adaptive immunity plays a key role in senescence surveillance. RNA-seq and mass spectrometry were
conducted on both proliferating and senescent tumor cells and revealed several senescence-enriched cell
surface factors related to epithelial-immune cell interactions. In Specific Aims 1.4 and 1.5, we aim to functionally
interrogate the role of these senescence-induced factors as novel senescence surveillance effectors, with a
focus on the regulatory network of antigen presentation pathway and, by exploiting multiplexed in vivo genetic
screens established in the Lowe laboratory. My postdoctoral research will continue to study immunoediting with
a slight change of the focus from the epithelial-tumor angle to a more immunology-rich perspective, applied to
the problem of metastatic immune escape. The proposal aims to investigate the molecular changes of NK cells,
shown to have control of early metastasis, after having physical interaction with metastatic cells. During different
stages of metastatic colonization, tumor-engaging NK cells are labeled via “SynNotch” technology and will be
subjected to single-cell RNA-seq to unveil the NK cell heterogeneity (Specific Aim 2.1) and ATAC-seq to reveal
potential epigenetic mechanisms of immune exhaustion with functional perturbation of the altered programs
employed (Specific Aim 2.2). The proposed postdoctoral research will increase our mechanistic understanding
of NK biology during the metastasis outbreak, paving new paths to harness innate immunity against cancer. In
all, these two projects will offer distinct insight into immunoediting, of which the elucidated mechanisms could be
exploited for developing novel immunotherapies, jointly with existing ones for more effective cancer control.
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Dissecting the mechanisms of immune surveillance and evasion in liver cancer
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批准号:10381134
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$2.2万
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财政年份:2021
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负责人:HSUAN-AN CHEN
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依托单位:
Dissecting the mechanisms of immune surveillance and evasion in liver cancer
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批准号:10013158
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$4.55万
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财政年份:2019
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负责人:HSUAN-AN CHEN
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依托单位:
Investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms of virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
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批准号:10651902
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$9.83万
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财政年份:2019
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负责人:HSUAN-AN CHEN
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依托单位:
海外基金