Cancer cells suppress NK activity by actin-driven polarisation of inhibitory ligands at the synapse
Hoffmann, C.; Filali, L.; Wurzer, H.; Pereira Fernandes, D.; Mgrditchian, T.; Moreau, F.; Krecke, M.; Thomas, C.
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Natural killer (NK) cells engage target cells via the immunological synapse, where inhibitory and activating signals determine whether NK cell cytotoxicity is suppressed or activated. We report that cancer cells can rapidly remodel their actin cytoskeleton upon NK cell engagement, leading to F-actin accumulation at the synapse. This process inhibits NK cell activation as indicated by impaired MTOC and lytic granule polarization. Exploring the underlying mechanism, we found that actin remodelling drives the recruitment of inhibitory ligands, such as HLA-A, -B, and -C, to the synapse. Disrupting HLA interaction with their cognate inhibitory receptors KIRs restored NK cell activation. Using NK cells expressing inhibitory KIR receptors, matched or unmatched to HLA molecules on cancer cells, we show that synaptic F-actin accumulation and matching KIR-HLA interactions jointly suppress NK cell cytotoxicity. Our findings reveal a novel immune evasion strategy in which cancer cells impair NK cell activation by altering synaptic signalling through actin cytoskeleton-driven recruitment of inhibitory signals to the immunological synapse.
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