儿童脑桥胶质瘤的免疫治疗研究进展

Research progress on immunotherapy for pontine glioma in children

  • 摘要: 儿童弥漫性中线胶质瘤(diffuse midline glioma,DMG)是一种发生于中枢神经系统(central neural system,CNS)中线位置、以组蛋白H3第27位赖氨酸(lysine,K)变异为主要分子特征的致命儿童恶性肿瘤,其中发生在脑桥部位的称为弥漫性内生型脑桥胶质瘤(diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma,DIPG),其手术及化疗疗效欠佳。放射治疗是目前临床唯一能改善症状并延缓肿瘤进展的标准治疗方法。立体定向颅内活检为DMG临床分子分型确诊提供了安全可靠的技术支撑,对进一步明确肿瘤分型,开展基于放疗的精准联合靶向治疗以及免疫治疗新途径提供了重要保障。免疫治疗作为一种新兴疗法,通过调节患者免疫系统清除肿瘤细胞,具有精准、不良反应小的优势。近年来在DMG治疗中取得显著成果,包括过继性免疫细胞疗法(adoptive cell transfer,ACT)、溶瘤病毒(oncolytic viruses,OVs)疗法、疫苗疗法、免疫检查点抑制剂(immunecheckpoint inhibitors,ICIs)疗法以及联合疗法等。本文综述了DMG免疫治疗领域的最新研究进展,详细阐述了各疗法的临床效果以及面临的挑战,旨在为DMG患儿的临床治疗提供新的思路和方法,推动免疫治疗在DMG治疗中的临床转化和应用。

     

    Abstract: Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), most frequently occurring in children, is a fatal malignant tumor that occurs at the midline position and is mainly characterized by mutations at lysine 27 in histone H3 (such as K27M). Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a type of DMG that occurs in the pons. Surgical and chemotherapeutic intervention outcomes are suboptimal. Radiotherapy is currently the only standard treatment in clinical practice that can improve symptoms and delay tumor progression. Stereotactic intracranial biopsy can safely and reliably provide tissue for clinical molecular typing and diagnosis of DMG, offering an important pathway to more detailed tumor typing and development of new approaches to precise targeting of therapeutic regimens based on radiotherapy and immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is an emerging treatment method that eliminates tumor cells by stimulating the patient's immune system, offering advantages of precision and minimal side effects. Remarkable recent achievements have been made in DMG treatment, including adoptive immunotherapy, oncolytic viral therapy, vaccine therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, and combination therapy. This article reviews the latest research progress in DMG immunotherapy and elaborates on the action, clinical effects, and remaining challenges facing each therapy, aiming to provide new ideas and methods for clinical treatment of children with DMG and promote transformative clinical application of immunotherapy to DMG treatment.

     

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