Methio "mine"! Cancer cells steal methionine and impair CD8 T-cell function.

Immunol Cell Biol

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, 792 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.

Published: September 2020

Tumor cells steal methionine from CD8 T cells. High expression of the methionine transporters SLC7A5 and SLC43A2 allows tumor cells to outcompete CD8 T cells for methionine uptake. Lower methionine concentrations in CD8 T cells lead to reduced levels of dimethylated H3K79, an active epigenetic mark, which in turn results in reduced STAT5 expression and activity.

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