生物技术通报 ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 29-32.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.01.004

• 综述与专论 • 上一篇    下一篇

EZH2作为抗肿瘤免疫治疗靶点研究进展

李倩 王艳林   

  1. (三峡大学医学院 三峡大学分子生物学研究所,宜昌 443002)
  • 收稿日期:2014-05-07 出版日期:2015-01-09 发布日期:2015-01-10
  • 作者简介:李倩,女,硕士研究生,研究方向:肿瘤免疫;E-mail:m15672484851@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(81372265),湖北省高等学校优秀中青年创新团队计划项目(T201203)

Research Progress in EZH2 as a Target for Anti-tumor Immunotherapy

Li Qian, Wang Yanlin   

  1. (Medical College,Institute of Molecular Biology,Three Gorges University,Yichang 443002)
  • Received:2014-05-07 Published:2015-01-09 Online:2015-01-10

摘要: 多梳蛋白复合体(PcG)的核心亚基zeste基因增强子同源物2(Enhancer of zeste homolog2,EZH2)是一种组蛋白甲基转移酶,参与维持细胞密度、干细胞多能性、细胞周期调节等重要的生理作用。研究发现,EZH2在多种肿瘤组织中高表达,是促进肿瘤发生和发展的致癌因子。由于EZH2在正常组织中低表达或者不表达,使其新近被鉴定为一种肿瘤相关抗原。已经在EZH2蛋白分子中鉴定出多条特异性抗原肽,这些抗原肽能激发机体免疫细胞对EZH2表达异常增高肿瘤细胞的杀伤活性。上述研究提示,EZH2可能是一种新的抗肿瘤治疗分子靶点,并在肿瘤免疫治疗中具有潜在的应用价值。就该领域的最新研究进展作一简要综述。

关键词: EZH2, 分子靶点, 抗肿瘤免疫, 肿瘤相关抗原

Abstract: EZH2(enhancer of Zeste homolog2), the core subunit of polycomb group protein complex(PcG), is a histone methyltransferase which involves in cell density maintenance, stem cell pluripotent, cell cycle regulation and other important physiological roles. The study has found that EZH2 is over-expressed in many tumor tissues and can be used as a carcinogen to promote tumorigenesis. Since EZH2 has been proved to be non- or low-expressed in normal tissues, it has recently been identified as a tumor-associated antigen. Multiple antigen peptides derived from the EZH2 protein have been identified and their ability in stimulating the killing activity of immune cells against the tumor cells with over-expressed EZH2 has been proved. These studies indicate that EZH2 could be a new molecular target for anti-tumor therapy and has potential value in tumor immunotherapy. This paper gives a brief review on the research progress in these study fields.

Key words: EZH2, molecular target, anti-tumor immunology, tumor-associated antigen