EZH2 as a Potential Target in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma
Ari Melnick, MD, a professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses EZH2 and its potential as a target in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Ari Melnick, MD, a professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses EZH2 and its potential as a target in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Clinical Pearls:
- EZH2 is an epigenetic modifier protein that forms part of the so-called polycomb complex 2 that was found to be highly expressed in DLBCL
- Studies have shown that EZH2 functions to suppress checkpoints that stops cells from dividing
- EZH2 is frequently mutated in the GCB-type DLBCL tumors and in follicular lymphomas, supercharging the protein
- The mutation adds three methyl groups to the tails of histone 3 lysine 27, which causes the repression of proliferation checkpoint regulatory genes and genes involved in the differentiation of B cells
- The supercharged EZH2 blocks the ability of germinal center B cells to differentiate, causing the cells to continue to divide
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