論文

国際誌
2020年3月

EZH2 inhibitors restore epigenetically silenced CD58 expression in B-cell lymphomas.

Molecular immunology
  • Yasuyuki Otsuka
  • ,
  • Momoko Nishikori
  • ,
  • Hiroshi Arima
  • ,
  • Kiyotaka Izumi
  • ,
  • Toshio Kitawaki
  • ,
  • Masakatsu Hishizawa
  • ,
  • Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

119
開始ページ
35
終了ページ
45
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.molimm.2020.01.006

Loss of CD58 is a common mechanism for tumor immune evasion in lymphoid malignancies. CD58 loss is known to occur due to both genetic and non-genetic causes; therefore, we hypothesized that restoring CD58 expression in lymphoma cells may be an effective treatment approach. To explore the potential for restoring CD58 expression, we first screened 11 B-cell lymphoma lines and found that 3 had decreased CD58 expression. Among these, CD58 was genetically damaged in two lines but not in the third line. Using the cell line with downregulated CD58 without a genetic abnormality, we performed epigenetic library screening and found that two EZH2 inhibitors, EPZ6438 and GSK126, specifically enhanced CD58 expression. By examining the effect of three EZH2 inhibitors with different selectivity profiles in different B-cell lines, EZH2 inhibition was shown to have a common activity in upregulating CD58 expression. Restoring the expression of CD58 in lymphoma cells using an EZH2 inhibitor was shown to enhance interferon-γ production of T and NK cells against lymphoma cells. H3K27 was shown to be highly trimethylated in the CD58 promoter region, and EZH2 inhibition induced its demethylation and activated transcription of the CD58 gene. These results indicated that EZH2 is involved in the epigenetic silencing of CD58 in lymphoma cells as a mechanism for tumor immune escape, and EZH2 inhibitors are able to restore epigenetically suppressed CD58 expression. Our findings provide a molecular basis for the combination of an EZH2 inhibitor and immunotherapy for lymphoma treatment.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2020.01.006
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31962268
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.molimm.2020.01.006
  • PubMed ID : 31962268

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