The cGAS–STING pathway and cancer

N Samson, A Ablasser - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS)–stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway has
emerged as a critical innate immune pathway that, following engagement by DNA, promotes …

Role of the cGAS–STING pathway in systemic and organ-specific diseases

S Skopelja-Gardner, J An, KB Elkon - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2022 - nature.com
Cells are equipped with numerous sensors that recognize nucleic acids, which probably
evolved for defence against viruses. Once triggered, these sensors stimulate the production …

The balance of STING signaling orchestrates immunity in cancer

KRB Lanng, EL Lauridsen, MR Jakobsen - Nature Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Over the past decade, it has become clear that the stimulator of interferon genes (STING)
pathway is critical for a variety of immune responses. This endoplasmic reticulum-anchored …

Metastasis and immune evasion from extracellular cGAMP hydrolysis

J Li, MA Duran, N Dhanota, WK Chatila, SE Bettigole… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Cytosolic DNA is characteristic of chromosomally unstable metastatic cancer cells, resulting
in constitutive activation of the cGAS–STING innate immune pathway. How tumors co-opt …

ATP and cancer immunosurveillance

O Kepp, L Bezu, T Yamazaki, F Di Virgilio… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
While intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) occupies a key position in the bioenergetic
metabolism of all the cellular compartments that form the tumor microenvironment (TME) …

ATP and adenosine metabolism in cancer: exploitation for therapeutic gain

GG Yegutkin, D Boison, S Alexander - Pharmacological reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Adenosine is an evolutionary ancient metabolic regulator linking energy state to physiologic
processes, including immunomodulation and cell proliferation. Tumors create an adenosine …

Biochemistry, cell biology, and pathophysiology of the innate immune cGAS–cGAMP–STING pathway

C Ritchie, JA Carozza, L Li - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
In the decade since the discovery of the innate immune cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS)–
2′ 3′-cyclic GMP–AMP (cGAMP)–stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, its …

ENPP1's regulation of extracellular cGAMP is a ubiquitous mechanism of attenuating STING signaling

JA Carozza, AF Cordova, JA Brown… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The metazoan innate immune second messenger 2′ 3′-cGAMP is present both inside
and outside cells. However, only extracellular cGAMP can be negatively regulated by the …

LRRC8A: C/E heteromeric channels are ubiquitous transporters of cGAMP

LJ Lahey, RE Mardjuki, X Wen, GT Hess, C Ritchie… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Extracellular 2′ 3′-cyclic-GMP-AMP (cGAMP) is an immunotransmitter exported
by diseased cells and imported into host cells to activate the innate immune STING pathway …

Discovery of VH domains that allosterically inhibit ENPP1

PE Solomon, CJ Bracken, JA Carozza, H Wang… - Nature chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Ectodomain phosphatase/phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1) is overexpressed on
cancer cells and functions as an innate immune checkpoint by hydrolyzing extracellular …