Glycosylation and stabilization of programmed death ligand-1 suppresses T-cell activity

Programmed Death ligand-1 (PD-L1) protein mediates immune suppression in cancer. Here, the authors show that in breast cancer, PD-L1 expression can be up regulated post-translationally by glycosylation, which in turn acts through inhibiting GSK3β-mediated PD-L1 degradation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chia-Wei Li, Seung-Oe Lim, Weiya Xia, Heng-Huan Lee, Li-Chuan Chan, Chu-Wei Kuo, Kay-Hooi Khoo, Shih-Shin Chang, Jong-Ho Cha, Taewan Kim, Jennifer L. Hsu, Yun Wu, Jung-Mao Hsu, Hirohito Yamaguchi, Qingqing Ding, Yan Wang, Jun Yao, Cheng-Chung Lee, Hsing-Ju Wu, Aysegul A. Sahin, James P. Allison, Dihua Yu, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, Mien-Chie Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12632