Allosteric inhibition reveals SHP2-mediated tumor immunosuppression in colon cancer by single-cell transcriptomics

作者：Jian Gao, Zhigui Wu, Mingxia Zhao, Rui Zhang, Manru Li, Dongdong Sun, Haibo Cheng, Xianjia Qi, Yuxian Shen, Qiang Xu, Hongqi Chen, Dijun Chen, Yang Sun · 发表于：Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1016/j.apsb.2021.08.006 · 被引用次数：63 · 研究领域：Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases、Galectins and Cancer Biology、RNA modifications and cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC), a malignant tumor worldwide consists of microsatellite instability (MSI) and stable (MSS) phenotypes. Although SHP2 is a hopeful target for cancer therapy, its relationship with innate immunosuppression remains elusive. To address that, single-cell RNA sequencing was performed to explore the role of SHP2 in all cell types of tumor microenvironment (TME) from murine MC38 xenografts. Intratumoral cells were found to be functionally heterogeneous and responded significantly to SHP099, a SHP2 allosteric inhibitor. The malignant evolution of tumor cells was remarkably arrested by SHP099. Mechanistically, STING–TBK1–IRF3-mediated type I interferon signaling was highly activated by SHP099 in infiltrated myeloid cells. Notably, CRC patients with MSS phenotype exhibited greater macrophage infiltration and more potent SHP2 phosphorylation in CD68+ macrophages than MSI-high phenotypes, suggesting the potential role of macrophagic SHP2 in TME. Collectively, our data reveals a mechanism of innate immunosuppression mediated by SHP2, suggesting that SHP2 is a promising target for colon cancer immunotherapy.