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April 25, 2026Advanced Science0 citationsOpen Access

Tumor‐Intrinsic ARHGEF3 Enhances Antitumor Immunity by Promoting T‐Cell Infiltration and Limiting Myeloid Cell‐Mediated Immunosuppression

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YLY LiLWLan WangZZZihao Zhang

Key Points

  • The study aims to uncover how tumor-intrinsic ARHGEF3 impacts antitumor immunity and immunotherapy responses.
  • Evaluated ARHGEF3's effects on tumor microenvironment and T-cell infiltration.
  • Analyzed the signaling pathways involved, including RHOA-ROCK-PTEN and AKT.
  • Examined clinical outcomes in human tumors correlating ARHGEF3 expression with T-cell signatures.
  • ARHGEF3 promoted T-cell infiltration through upregulation of CXCL10 and CXCL11 chemokines.
  • The inhibition of AKT signaling limited myeloid cell-mediated immunosuppression.
  • Higher ARHGEF3 expression linked to improved immunotherapy responses and better clinical outcomes.

Abstract

A lack of effective antitumor T-cell immunity often drives immune evasion and immunotherapy resistance. Here, we demonstrated that tumor-intrinsic ARHGEF3 reprogrammed the tumor microenvironment into a T-cell-inflamed state, resulting in potent antitumor effects. Mechanistically, ARHGEF3 functioned as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activated the RHOA-ROCK-PTEN cascade and inhibited AKT signaling. This inhibition upregulated IRF1-dependent chemokines CXCL10 and CXCL11 to drive T-cell infiltration, while suppressing FASN-mediated fatty acid synthesis to limit myeloid cell-mediated immunosuppression. The dual effects elicited robust T-cell immunity and overcame tumor resistance to immunotherapy. In human tumors, ARHGEF3 expression correlated positively with T-cell-inflamed signatures, improved clinical outcomes, and responsiveness to immunotherapy. Collectively, these findings identify ARHGEF3 as a key modulator linking chemokine signaling with lipid availability to shape T-cell immunity, offering a promising therapeutic strategy to overcome immunotherapy resistance.

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ec5ac988ba6daa22dac42bhttps://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202523895
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