Journal
CANCERS
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cancers14061550
Keywords
mesothelin; acute myeloid leukemia; immunotherapy
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- Leukemia Research Foundation of Delaware
- Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation
- Nemours Foundation
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This review summarizes the function of mesothelin, its role in cancer, and opportunities for targeted immunotherapy. Current research focuses on designing targeted cancer therapies utilizing mesothelin, including various immunotherapeutic methods. Studies highlight the potential impact of this approach as a unique opportunity to treat hard-to-cure acute myeloid leukemia.
Simple Summary This review summarizes the current knowledge on mesothelin's function, its role in cancer, and opportunities for immunotherapeutic targeting of mesothelin. Immunotherapies including monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, chimeric antigen receptor T and NK-cells, targeted alpha therapies, and bispecific T cell engaging molecules are reviewed. We show future directions for mesothelin targeting in hematological malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia. Modern targeted cancer therapies rely on the overexpression of tumor associated antigens with very little to no expression in normal cell types. Mesothelin is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell surface protein that has been identified in many different tumor types, including lung adenocarcinomas, ovarian carcinomas, and most recently in hematological malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although the function of mesothelin is widely unknown, interactions with MUC16/CA125 indicate that mesothelin plays a role in the regulation of proliferation, growth, and adhesion signaling. Most research on mesothelin currently focuses on utilizing mesothelin to design targeted cancer therapies such as monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, chimeric antigen receptor T and NK cells, bispecific T cell engaging molecules, and targeted alpha therapies, amongst others. Both in vitro and in vivo studies using different immunotherapeutic modalities in mesothelin-positive AML models highlight the potential impact of this approach as a unique opportunity to treat hard-to-cure AML.
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