期刊
CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE
卷 10, 期 4, 页码 419-429出版社
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/156652410791316977
关键词
CSPG4; immunotherapy; monoclonal antibody; cancer stem cells
资金
- Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
- National Cancer Institute [RO3CA141086-01, RO1CA82295, RO1CA138188, RO1CA105500]
- Hillman Foundation
- DOD Concept Award
- Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA105500, R01CA138188, R03CA141086, R01CA082295] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4), also known as High Molecular Weight-Melanoma Associated Antigen, is a cell surface proteoglycan which has been recently shown to be expressed not only by melanoma cells, but also by various types of human carcinoma and sarcoma. Furthermore, at least in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck and in basal breast carcinoma, CSPG4 is expressed by cancer stem cells. CSPG4 plays an important role in tumor cell growth and survival. These CSPG4-associated functional properties of tumor cells are inhibited by CSPG4-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in vitro. Moreover, CSPG4-specific mAb can also inhibit tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. The anti-tumor effects of CSPG4-specific mAb are likely to reflect the blocking of important migratory, mitogenic and survival signaling pathways in tumor cells. These results indicate that CSPG4 is a promising new target to implement mAb-based immunotherapy of various types of cancer.
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