Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2022 Apr;23(4):578-593. doi: 10.1007/s11864-022-00940-w. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
Nectin-4 is a tumor-associated antigen that is highly expressed on various cancer cells, and it has been further proposed to have roles in tumor development and propagation ranging from cellular proliferation to motility and invasion. Nectin-4 blockade reduces tumor proliferation and induces apoptosis in several malignancies. Nectin-4 has been used as a potential target in antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) development. Enfortumab vedotin, an ADC against Nectin-4, has demonstrated efficacy against solid tumor malignancies. Enfortumab vedotin has received US Food and Drug Administration approval for treating urothelial cancer. Furthermore, the efficacy of ADCs against Nectin-4 against solid tumors other than urothelial cancer has been demonstrated in preclinical studies, and clinical trials examining the effects of enfortumab vedotin are ongoing. Recently, Nectin-4 was reported to be highly expressed in several skin cancers, including malignant melanoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and extramammary Paget's disease, and involved in tumor progression and survival in retrospective studies. Nectin-4-targeted therapies and ADCs against Nectin-4 could therefore be novel therapeutic options for skin cancers. This review highlights current knowledge on Nectin-4 in malignant tumors, the efficacy of enfortumab vedotin in clinical trials, and the prospects of Nectin-4-targeted agents against skin cancers.
nectin-4 是一种肿瘤相关抗原,在多种癌细胞中高度表达,它在肿瘤的发展和增殖中具有多种作用,从细胞增殖到运动和侵袭。 nectin-4 阻断可减少几种恶性肿瘤的肿瘤增殖并诱导细胞凋亡。 nectin-4 已被用作抗体药物偶联物(ADC)开发的潜在靶点。针对 nectin-4 的 ADC 药物 enfortumab vedotin 已被证明对实体瘤恶性肿瘤有效。enfortumab vedotin 已获得美国食品和药物管理局批准用于治疗膀胱癌。此外,在临床前研究中已经证明了针对除膀胱癌以外的实体瘤的 nectin-4 ADC 的疗效,并且正在进行检查 enfortumab vedotin 效果的临床试验。最近,有研究报告称 nectin-4 在多种皮肤癌中高度表达,包括恶性黑色素瘤、皮肤鳞状细胞癌和乳腺外佩吉特病,并且在回顾性研究中与肿瘤的进展和生存有关。因此,针对 nectin-4 的治疗性药物和 ADC 可能是皮肤癌的新型治疗选择。本文综述了 nectin-4 在恶性肿瘤中的最新知识、enfortumab vedotin 在临床试验中的疗效以及针对皮肤癌的 nectin-4 靶向药物的前景。