{"doi":"10.1101/2022.08.22.504793","title":"Chromosome 9p21.3 Coordinates Cell Intrinsic and Extrinsic Tumor Suppression","abstract":"SUMMARY Somatic chromosomal deletions are prevalent in cancer, yet their functional contributions remain ill-defined. Among the most prominent of these events are deletions of chromosome 9p21.3, which disable a cell intrinsic barrier to tumorigenesis by eliminating the CDKN2A/B tumor suppressor genes. However, half of 9p21.3 deletions encompass a cluster of 16 type I interferons (IFNs) whose co-deletions have not been functionally characterized. To dissect how 9p21.3 and other genomic deletions impact cancer, we developed MACHETE (Molecular Alteration of Chromosomes with Engineered Tandem Elements), a genome engineering strategy that enables flexible modeling of megabase-sized deletions. Generation of 9p21.3-syntenic deletions in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer revealed that concomitant loss of Cdkn2a/b and the IFN cluster led to immune evasion and metastasis compared to Cdkn2a/b -only deletions. Mechanistically, IFN co-deletion disrupted type I IFN signaling, altered antigen-presenting cells, and facilitated escape from CD8+ T cell surveillance in a cell extrinsic manner requiring loss of interferon epsilon ( Ifne ). Our results establish co-deletions of the IFN cluster as a pervasive route to tumor immune evasion and metastasis, revealing how deletions can disable physically linked cell intrinsic and extrinsic tumor suppression. 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