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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 81, Issue 20, Pages 4147-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.07.040
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- NSFC [31830052, 31725017, 81802850, 82001668]
- National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents [BX201700210, BX20180270]
- Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine [IIT20200741A]
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Mutations in the tumor suppressor NF2 can affect tumor formation by impacting anti-tumor immune mechanisms, revealing a novel pathogenic mechanism for NF2-related tumors.
Missense mutations of the tumor suppressor Neurofibromin 2 (NF2/Merlin/schwannomin) result in sporadic to frequent occurrences of tumorigenesis in multiple organs. However, the underlying pathogenicity of NF2-related tumorigenesis remains mostly unknown. Here we found that NF2 facilitated innate immunity by regulating YAP/TAZ-mediated TBK1 inhibition. Unexpectedly, patient-derived individual mutations in the FERM domain of NF2 (NF2m) converted NF2 into a potent suppressor of cGAS-STING signaling. Mechanistically, NF2m gained extreme associations with IRF3 and TBK1 and, upon innate nucleic acid sensing, was directly induced by the activated IRF3 to form cellular condensates, which contained the PP2A complex, to eliminate TBK1 activation. Accordingly, NF2m robustly suppressed STING-initiated antitumor immunity in cancer cell-autonomous and -nonautonomous murine models, and NF2m-IRF3 condensates were evident in human vestibular schwannomas. Our study reports phase separation-mediated quiescence of cGAS-STING signaling by a mutant tumor suppressor and reveals gain-of-function pathogenesis for NF2-related tumors by regulating antitumor immunity.
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